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Ansel Adams Or Uncle Earl?

A Bay Area woman may have solid proof to support the assertions of the Ansel Adams estate that negatives a Fresno man bought at a yard sale were not taken by the famed nature photographer as he claims. She thinks they may have been taken by her Uncle Earl.
via KTVU San Francisco, via The Online [...]

Grassland consists of 22 full-page c-prints and one digital print tipped in on the inside cover

Several years ago, a self-published photography book could cost an arm and a leg to produce, carrying the potential to be so costly as to deter artists from attempting the leap of photographic publication. But low and behold came the arrival of the print-on-demand book – an exciting new avenue for emerging or mid-career photographers [...]

Ask Anything – Summertime = Marketingtime?

Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers to gather a variety of opinions. The goal with this [...]

Combining Video And Typography

Here’s something interesting. Photographer William Hereford thinks that videos presented in magazines are treated as an afterthought (agreed!) and should be integrated into the layout. As a proof of concept he got off his ass and made this video. I think he’s onto something.

Ansel Adams discovery sparks row as family say negatives are fakes – Telegraph

Bill Turnage, managing director of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, said: “It’s an unfortunate fraud. It’s very distressing.”
via  Telegraph.

Real World Estimates – Pricing Photography for Image Libraries

By Jess Dudley, Wonderful Machine Producer
Lately, I’ve noticed more and more corporations and ad agencies are requesting that photographers quote on producing “image libraries”. An image library is a pool of pictures that a client will commission, where they’ll license rights to use the photographs from a shoot in a variety [...]

Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale

Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 — negotiated down from $70 — are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser.
Those boxes contained 65 glass negatives created by famed nature photographer Ansel Adams in the early period of his career. Experts believed the [...]

Monocle Mediterraneo

“The creation of the Monocle newspaper is a response to our growing audience and the desire to launch a highly targeted product to reach them when they have time to read and listen at their leisure,” says Brûlé.
“There’s a huge amount of talk about the death of print, thanks to various types of ‘pad’ devices, [...]

Photo Assistant List

File this under great idea: “Photo Assistant List is a a comprehensive list of experienced photo assistants and crew working in Minneapolis, MN.”

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Can Photography Save Publishing?

Here’s an argument for Roger Black’s template design in magazines that I found on
POP Photographers on Photography.
JB: The predictability of the grid allows the photography to break free of the expected.
TM: Yes, they use a repeated, somewhat predictable and definite grid and style. You kind of recognize it so the focus goes back to the [...]

Magazine And Newspaper Templates Rock The Publication Design Boat

Wow. Roger Black, the consummate magazine and newspaper redesign mogul has rocked the design world with the announcement of his new company Ready-Media, which seeks to sell high quality templates to publications seeking an overhaul/upgrade. The Society of Publication Designers blog has lit up with commentary from many of the top designers chewing over the [...]

there are a lot of things wrong in the design of Helvetica

People go on about Arial and how awful it is, and Comic Sans, what an atrocity that is, why not the same about Helvetica?
via Creative Review.

My Guide To Photography Contests

I’m pretty sure it’s not just my in-box that’s crammed with photography contest notices these days. Mine are of the “will you share this incredible opportunity with your community” ilk and I’ve stopped even checking to see if it really is “an incredible opportunity” or actually a way to either a.) Make some money off [...]

Stash Artists

I can honestly say I’ve never had as much fun looking at photographer’s portfolios as I did when I looked at these. In keeping with their entire brand, the Stash “books” are anything but.
via Hmab: The Lounge.

BP Caught Altering Images

This is why journalists need unfettered access. America Blog caught them red handed: http://www.americablog.com/2010/07/bp-photoshops-fake-photo-of-command.html

Print Your Friends Facebook Photos

Photographer Rob Greer let me know about this potentially troublesome feature Walmart, Target and other online printing outfits are adding where you can print your friends facebook photos. I assume this will not be allowed if there is enough objection to it, so let them know what you think. I found this video describing a [...]

Hearst Magazines Readies App Editions

Hearst Magazines sold more than 12,000 downloads of its Popular Mechanics iPad edition since its release on July 8 and is gearing up to release many more apps this year, including app editions of Esquire; Marie Claire; O, The Oprah Magazine; Food Network Magazine; Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar.
via Advertising Age – MediaWorks.