11 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




A LOOK BACK IN COLOR -- Unearthed Color Photos from Depression-Era America Show Rare Glimpse at Life In 1935 when Kodak put the first color-film out, that people started using it. Nonetheless, color photos from Depression-
era America are scant, which is what makes these so important. http://gizmodo.com/5605061/unearthed-color-photos-from-depression+era-america-show-rare-glimpse-at-life


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27 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



GOOD BYE OL’ FRIEND -- Kodak takes its Kodachrome away Photographer who snapped the Afghan Girl allowed to use last roll of iconic film of the 20th century As Kodachrome is no longer manufactured, Steinle said Dwayne's Photo will end its processing of Kodachrome on Dec. 10 2010. SOURCE: Colleen Surridge, Parsons Sun ; http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Kodak+takes+Kodachrome+away/3318015/story.html#ixzz0uebFUkbr ; Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Kodak+takes+Kodachrome+away/3318015/story.html#ixzz0udbVDIuX




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21 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



PROPHET: -- Was John Szarkowski the most influential person in 20th-century photography? An insightful critic as well as a visionary curator, Szarkowski filled New York's Museum of Modern Art with the colour photography of William Eggleston, and championed the transgressive work of Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander. Everyone who cares about photography is in his debt. SOURCE: Sean O'Hagan http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jul/20/john-szarkowski-photography-moma



Caption for photo: Szarkowski championed photographers like Garry Winogrand, whose New York (1969) is currently on show at Tate Modern's


WHERE IT ALL BEGAN -- The History and Evolution of Stock Photography. Stock photography is something that revolutionized the photography world and paved way for many hobbyist photographers to pursue their careers in the photography profession. It is something people are using these days instead of hiring a photographer.
http://www.nikonspling.com/the-history-and-evolution-of-stock-photography/


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14 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Photos need special care to preserve memories

Keep temperature and humidity levels constant. Attics have fluctuating temperature levels from winter to summer. Basements typically host dampness and mold, so both those storage areas won't serve as good places to store family photos.
From the late 1800s to circa 1960, most photo prints were gelatin emulsion on paper. These prints are sensitive to moisture. Gelatin prints will shrink and curl if their environment is too dry. By the 1970s, the majority of our photo images were on resin coated paper. These photo prints are durable and coated with polymers.
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/articles/2010/06/27/life/srv0000008632494.txt


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23 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



An exhibition on the remarkable American photographer Harold Eugene
“Doc” Edgerton is one of the highlights of this year’s Photoespana festival that opened in Madrid. A professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between the wars, Edgerton pioneered the use of stroboscopes and flash to capture high speed movement.
http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/09/high-speed-photography-featured-in-madrid-exhibition/


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19 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



SUPERBIRD How to meet a newspaper deadline. Foster Marshall, then the assistant managing editor for graphics for the newspapers, remembered a similar situation where a photographer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal used a homing pigeon to fly film out of Cape Canaveral when it was shut down during the late ’50s for a suborbital manned space flight. Marshall told his editors to find a homing pigeon. Then-photo editor Don Ray asked where he could find a homing pigeon. After a spin around the Rolodex and several phone calls later, Ray was in touch with pigeon enthusiast Robert Bernard, a retired Prudential Insurance Co. employee, who lived about 11 miles west of Mayport and six miles from downtown Jacksonville. SOURCE: Florida Times-Union; Jessie-Lynne Kerr
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-05-16/story/look-back-birds-helped-get-film-back-newsroom


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05 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



DUST OFF YOUR OLD CAMERA -- Sarah Carmen’s major is Art and Design with a concentration in photography and a minor in Education. Sarah came to Alfred to study art but didn’t jump into photography until registering for a semester overseas - Scotland. Sarah filled out paperwork choosing graphic design but when she saw those words on the paper it looked wrong. She changed it to photography and has been snapping up antique cameras and photos on 2 continents.
http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/news/x1130688360/Slide-show-Three-amazing-artists-at-Alfred-Universitys-School-of-Art-and-Design



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03 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



ANYONE SEEN WARHOL’S PICS? In 1963 Andy Warhol gave Billy Name a 35-millimeter Honeywell Pentax camera, and he became the resident photographer and documentarian of The Factory days... at least for 7 years. He stopped in 1970 partly because of the businesslike attitude Warhol was adopting. But the NY Times reports that Name is now missing his archive of negatives! The photographer, who lives in Poughkeepsie, told them they're "in ghost land, man."
http://gothamist.com/2010/01/09/billy_name.php
TAKEAWAY: More than fifteen minutes of fame lost.
old movie

CAMERA ANTIQUITY -- First mass-produced camera heads to auction - An extremely rare model of the world’s first commercially produced camera will be auctioned later this year. The Giroux Daguerreotype camera was designed by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre and produced in 1839. It will be auctioned on 29 May in Vienna for a starting price of €200,000 (£173,027). http://www.imaginginsider.com/?p=104643&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+imaginginsideronline+%28Imaging+Insider%29


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20 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



FROM THE PAST -- Find Unusual Shooting Locations with "Abandoned" - Whether you're travelling to a new location or you want to go beyond the ordinary in your own area, the iPhone app Abandoned identifies modern-day ruins, such as submerged cities, forgotten hotels, and ghost towns.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/find-unusual-shooting-locations-abandoned

ancient ruin


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09 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



KWIK PIX. – When Polaroid finally yanked its trademark instant film from the market last year, enthusiasts mourned the death of analog photography. But consolation came quickly: Fujifilm has recently released its own line of instant film cameras, the Instax. http://bit.ly/6WSAI3


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02 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



DECEMBER 7th -- Pearal Harbor attack, Hawaii. (VIDEO) Here's an interesting story. Can you figure it out?







ANCIENT EVIDENCE -- Aerial photography detective mission not over yet The mission to analyze thousands of never-before-seen aerial reconnaissance photos that were used to help Britain's military during wartime may yet turn up more amazing discoveries, say researchers. http://bit.ly/8amG44

TIMES ARE NOT A-CHANGIN’ -- Bob Dylan makes another comeback with a little help from Ilford Photo. A film roll containing photographs of Bob Dylan has been unearthed and developed forthe first time 31 years after it was exposed, thanks to UK based Ilford Photo. The pictures demonstrate the capacity of old film technology to store images perfectly, giving rise to the question of whether digital pictures will last this long. http://bit.ly/57E2oi


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24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



TWIN LENS REVIVAL -- TtV (Through the Viewfinder) photography gives life to old TLRs. Twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras of olden days are making a comeback among some digital shutterbugs. By combining the aged shooter and a dSLR, photographers have created a new form of photography known as TtV (Through the Viewfinder). This can be quite a hard concept to grasp, but essentially you're pointing the lens of the dSLR at the viewfinder of the TLR and taking a picture of it.
http://bit.ly/6ouB1c


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17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



NOSTALGIC PHOTOGRAPHY -- The Vanishing Negative in Photography. Some Thoughts on Film Photography in the Digital Age - "I didn't develop my own roll of film until I was eighteen, but the power of that instance changed my world forever. " http://bit.ly/1zwFUM


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11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



WELL, NOT REALLY. Caravaggio: master photographer? Caravaggio experimented with lighting effects in his paintings and used models from the street - two centuries before the great photographic pioneers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography


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04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



DOCUMENTING BY CAMERA -- Four thousand years ago, a government bureaucrat in Mesopotamia jotted down a tally of slave laborers on a clay tablet. The bureaucrat left behind the count in wedge-shaped symbols that proved hard to fully decipher with the naked eye. Until now. SOURCE: Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs2-2009nov02,0,7468773.story


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27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn





THE FIRST ERA OF PHOTOGRAPHY. -- It's not an institution best known for its photographic collection, yet the British Library next week unveils an important archive of historic images which traces the development of the medium from its beginnings in 1839 to the early 1900s. http://bit.ly/23MRPG

THE CASE OF THE INAPPROPRIATE ALARM CLOCK -- A seven part examination of Depression-era photography and photo-fakery. SOURCE: Errol Morris. NYTIMES. http://bit.ly/1e8oMq

SEEING DOUBLE -- Brian May salutes a lost pioneer of early photography. -- Early stereo photography is a forgotten treasure house, and T. R. Williams was its master. SOURCE: The TIMES ONLINE. http://bit.ly/2l9ph0


WE WERE BRILLIANT, THEN. Did you have a Geocities site? Well, those of us that did were the only kid on the block. We were nerds, and the rest of the world giggled. But this month, Geocities died. But a grandchild lives on.
http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/26/geocities-dead-geocities-like


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20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn



ANSEL ADAMS NEGATIVES -- Glass negatives found at a yard sale in Fresno in 2001 are on their way to be proven as works of famed photographer Ansel Adams. SOURCE: James Olinger. http://bit.ly/4dpX2P


AN ANNUITY FOR YOU. Selling Your Old Photos - Building a portfolio of images is a little like creating an investment portfolio. It's an asset that should continue to bring in revenue on a consistent basis throughout the life of the
photographer. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/selling-your-old-photos


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14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn



DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA – A NEW exhibition opening this week at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, offers the chance to review some of the riches of its international photography collection. It aims to give an insight into aspects of the history of creative photography and, through a direct engagement with selected images, prompt consideration of why these works are now regarded as among the most celebrated in the medium's history.Documentary photographs entered library collections in the 19th century, but there was no separate curatorial department of photography in an Australian art gallery until the NGV established one in 1967.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26200316-5013571,00.html

CAMERAS FROM THE PAST. Are you a camera collector? These photo historians will share their knowledge. They founded The Photographic Historical Society to showcase
technical advances and share their interests and collections.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/
20091011/NEWS0201/910110324/1002/rss01

FOR POSTERITY -- In a new documentary, 12 Iraqi women gather in Damascus with a goal. They intend to learn photography, decide what stories to tell, then return to Iraq and tell those stories with their newfound camera skills. http://bit.ly/3JRHol





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07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn




PHOTOS TALK -- This famous photograph, usually titled "The Scourged Back," was widely circulated by abolitionists and is one of the earliest examples of photography used as propaganda.
http://bit.ly/dGkHJ







Photographs may be more memorable than moving images, because they are a neat slice of time, not a flow. Each still photograph is a privileged moment turned into a slim object that one can keep and look at again. - Susan Sontag,






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09 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn





ANTIQUE DIGITAL – The PhotoHistory Symposium Features World's First Digital Camera - The Photographic Historical Society, founded in 1966, is the oldest such group in the world. It will sponsor PhotoHistory XIV in Rochester, NY on Oct. 16-18, 2009. The symposium speakers hail from Canada, England, Belgium and the US. http://shutterbug.com/news/083109history/


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02 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn





BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. Bell Labs has been pumping out innovations in Internet technology for a long time, starting with the fax machine in 1925. Will we see a hiatus in innovations in this ‘down’ economy?

Consider a few of the crown jewels from Bell Labs alone:
• The first public demonstration of fax transmission (1925)
• First long-distance TV transmission (1927)
• Invention of the transistor (1947)
• Invention of photovoltaic cell (1954)
• Creation of the UNIX operating system (1969)
• Technology for cellular telephony (1978)

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_36/b4145036681619.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5


EARLY PHOTOS -- In an exhibition, the Detroit museum shows off rare, early photographs. Sir John Herschel made important contributions to the nascent field of photography more than a century and a half ago, inventing a chemical process that allowed an image to be fixed onto
photosensitive paper. And in a first for a photographic exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, attendees will be invited to fill out a comment card and give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on what they've seen.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_re_us/art_early_photography_2


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29 Jul, 2009 | Posted by: psn




FINDING THEM -- Photographer on mission to save Asia's lost images-
Tens of thousands of rare historical images from Hong Kong and other
countries across Asia are now believed to lie buried in the vast collections of universities, libraries and individuals the world over, largely hidden from public view.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090728/lf_nm_life/us_hongkong_oldphotos_1


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08 Jul, 2009 | Posted by: psn




THE RULES NEVER CHANGE Famous Photographers Tell How - If you're lucky enough to own an LP record of "Famous Photographers Tell How" and a working turntable, this post won't be of much interest to you. If not, though, you may be interested in to this chance to hear, straight from the photographers' mouths, how a handful of mid-century masters made some of their most famous photos.
http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/community/op-editorial-blog/famous-photographers-tell-how.html


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23 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn



RUSSIA – 100 YEARS AG). -- In 1909 a remarkable project was initiated by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. His mission was to record - in full and vibrant color - the vast and diverse Russian Empire. Here, with his story, is a selection of his amazing century old full color pictures. http://bit.ly/2qCIpe






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17 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn



HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS -- The Library of Congress has launched a new photostream on its Flickr page to celebrate this visual heritage. In 2008, the Library of Congress began offering historical photograph collections through Flickr in order to share some of its most popular images with the visual community. The Library of Congress has expanded its Flickr collections to include illustrated and visual content from historic American newspapers available in its online collections. It is a series of 52 weekly supplements in the New-York Tribune, beginning 100 years ago in 1909.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/06/12/new-flickr-photo-set-from-the-library-of-congress-historic-newspapers/


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27 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn




CAPTURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS -- Library Of Congress's Depression Photos Debut On Flickr. The Library of Congress and Flickr have teamed up to introduce folks to a huge collection of photos, with most of the B&W images dating back to the 30’s and early 40’s. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/05/22/library-of-congresss-depression-photos-debut-on-flickr-0



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19 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn



OLD-TYME FLIX -- National Geographic snaps up BBC Photography series, “Genius of Photography”. Outright Distribution has sold BBC2 documentary series to National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) as part of a raft of other post-MipTV sales. Produced by Wall to Wall, the series offered a comprehensive history of photography and was originally produced for BBC2 and BBC4. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2009/05/nat_geo_snaps_up_bbc_photography_series.html



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06 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn




BACK THEN -- London Zoo revealed in 'earliest' colour photo - One of the earliest photographs taken at London Zoo - believed to have been captured around 1906 - has been revealed for the first time, at an exhibition in Hampshire.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/London_Zoo_revealed_in_earliest_colour_photo_update_news_281222.html


PRESERVATION IN ACTION -- Rediscovered Robert Capa Photos Published Online - The "Mexican Suitcase" negatives, shot during the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour and Gerda Taro, have been preserved and scanned by the International Center of Photography.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i06056b3e434534841a00b3b78207dcbc


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29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn




FOUND! Banker's historic color photos found 'in cupboard'. Some of the earliest surviving color photographs have turned up in a cupboard in Hampshire, England. The 700 'forgotten' autochromes, each found wrapped in newspaper, were captured by Lionel de Rothschild, a banker who experimented with the process between 1908-1912.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Bankers_historic_colour_photos_found_in_cupboard_update_news_281048.html

LOOKING BACKWARDS Smithsonian's New Focus on Photography - The Smithsonian is giving their photography collections a much needed publicity boost. The recently started "The Bigger Picture" blog focuses on the Smithsonian photography collections and is a great way to find out about photographs you might not know about.
http://photography.about.com/b/2009/04/25/smithsonians-new-focus-on-photography.htm


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08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn





BACK THEN -- …LIFE.com Publishes Unseen Photos From Martin Luther King Assassination Scene. They've posted a gallery of 13 images from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, April 4, 1968, taken shortly after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. These are not the only pictures from that event, but they had not been published until this week, 41 years after the event.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/lifecom-publishes-unseen-photos-from-mlk-assassination-scene.html


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01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn




EARLY KNICKERBOCKER. -- An 1848 daguerreotype of New York to be sold.
Sotheby's are to sell a photograph believed to be one of the earliest images of New York. The piece goes on sale on Monday and is expected to reach $50,000 to $70,000.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/1848-daguerreotype-of-New-York-to-be-sold-11356


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18 Mar, 2009 | Posted by: psn



LOOK WHAT I FOUND! A Nevada collector believes he has found a mid-1800s photographic image of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general who went on to become the nation's 18th president. A University of Nevada, Las Vegas archivist says the daguerreotype appears to be an authentic image of Grant.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11912645?nclick_check=1


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24 Feb, 2009 | Posted by: psn




NO COBWEBS HERE. This camera shop is an old-fashioned bastion in a digital age building is complete with cameras, lenses, slide projectors and accessories for the tried-and-true 35 mm analog buff. Aptly named Forever 35mm...
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/915620.html


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03 Feb, 2009 | Posted by: psn



TWO GREAT COMPANIES FALTER. Polaroid and KODAK were great competitors in the past. Now their film and paper divisions are slipping and sliding into the history books. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_609709.html



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27 Jan, 2009 | Posted by: psn




OBAMA MOSAIC -- The Washington Post finds a different way to show an historical moment This collage photograph was taken Jan. 20, 2009, by Washington Post photographer Jonathan Newton. It is composed of thousands of photos taken by people who attended Barack Obama's inauguration as well as by photographers from The Post and the Associated Press.
http://specials.washingtonpost.com/inauguration/mosaic/

PHOTOGS SHUT OUT -- The White House Closed Obama’s “Oath Re-Do” To Press Photographers. On the second day of the Obama administration, the White House closed a historic moment to press photographers.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3icc0b0d908a9310220e9c7880bb8111e6
TAKEAWAY Will Freedom of Information be selective in the new adminstration?


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02 Dec, 2008 | Posted by: psn




SAVE THOSE ARTIFACTS. -- A rare photograph of Florence Nightingale has sold for over 10 times its top estimate in Newbury - The photograph of the famous nurse, which was taken just before she died in 1910, was bought for £5,500 by a "London gentleman". http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=8549


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25 Nov, 2008 | Posted by: psn




A JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE. Life Magazine Archive hosted by Google - Time Inc. has announced over 10 million images in total - will soon be available on a new hosted image service from Google. Ninety-seven percent of the photographs have never been seen by the public.
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/11/18/life-magazine-archive-hosted-by-google/
http://opensourcepbx.tmcnet.com/topics/open-source/articles/45647-10-million-rarely-seen-images-from-life-archive.htm
http://www.minonline.com/news/9253.html


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19 Nov, 2008 | Posted by: psn





IT’S BACK. Instant photography is back, in the form of Fujifilm's Instax 200 camera.
http://technologizer.com/2008/11/13/the-unexpected-return-of-instant-photography/
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fujifilm-NASDAQ-FUJI-920650.html


MISSING PHOTOS. Hiroshima: The Lost Photographs - How 700 previously unseen photographs of the Hiroshima aftermath ended up in a pile of trash in Massachusetts.
http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38841


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11 Nov, 2008 | Posted by: psn





WHO SAID PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN’T WRITE? History in the Buffer - David Burnett, photojournalist, wrote this piece about his experience "in the buffer" covering the USA election night in Chicago. A remarkable diary of his election night experience.
http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-in-buffer.html
TAKEAWAY: When TIME Magazine made “the computer” the Man of the Year, they sent David Burnett to Pine Lake Farm to photograph me and my new Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II. You can see the picture TIME used at: http://www.photosource.com/rohntime

CAPTURING WORLD WAR II -- Like a lot of war veterans, George Holmes - who saw World War II action at Iwo Jima and on Okinawa - didn't talk much about his experiences when he got home. Now, more than 60 years later - and 26 years after Holmes' death - his son, Ken, is doing his talking for him. Using a documentary film George made and hundreds of photos he took as a combat photographer for the U.S. Army, Ken Holmes is keeping his dad's memory - and story - alive making presentations to veterans groups, churches and other groups who want to hear it. http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20081109/NEWS15/811090499


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22 Oct, 2008 | Posted by: psn




CAMERA CONNECTION How to use a vintage manual-focus camera lens with your DSLR camera for a fraction of the cost of newer auto-focus lenses. Using manual focus on those old lenses will slow you down a little. Not too much, just enough to make you think about your. You feel more connected to your camera and to the process of shooting.
http://lifehacker.com/5065371/vintage-camera-lenses-make-for-cheap-dslr-lenses


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