I dig Terry’s work. He makes compelling pictures without the aide of expensive cameras, film and retouching (not always of course) through a strong point of view and a connection to his subject.
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Hillman Photojournalism Award- Call for EntriesThe Sidney Hillman Awards honor journalism that explores issues related to social justice and progressive public policy. The 2009 prizes are given for work produced, published or exhibited in 2008. Winners will be announced in May 2009 and will be published in the New York Times. Winners are awarded a $5,000 prize and a plaque. For more information and past winners, please visit www.hillmanfoundation.org.
Deadline January 31, 2009
**There is no submission fee or form—a cover letter and 3 copies of the nominated material are all that are required.
Interesting way to sell artworkJason Polan will make art for 1 hour or 1 day (here) then mail you what he did (mostly drawings I think). Seems like a cool way to get something incredibly one-of-a-kind.
Movie Studios Struggle With Digital Screenings"When you shoot a movie digitally," Kennedy told Daily Variety later, "you're dependent on those projectors being calibrated perfectly and everything working perfectly. Even the condition of the screen is important."
Story in Variety (here).
Advertising In New Media"It used to be really easy for us to advertise anything because consumers had no idea what they were buying. We could basically sell them whatever we wanted. But the Internet has made everything so transparent."
Story in the NYTimes Magazine (here).
Redux Pictures Call for WorkThis summer and fall, Redux Pictures' photographers have been shooting material for a new book about American youth ages 18 to 24. The book will be published in the Spring/Summer of 2009 by Contrasto Books and distributed in major bookstores around the country and in Europe.
Some of the subjects photographed include Native Americans living on reservations, boxers, organic farmers, political activists, Muslim college students, hip hop dancers, fire academy cadets, college students tailgating, debutantes, surfers and more. The work is a great mix of portraiture and documentary.
We have room in the book for one or two more stories, and are reaching out to the photo community in hopes of finding something that fits in well with the other work.
We are looking for photo essays that:
-- have already been completed
-- fit the theme and age range of the book
-- were shot in the last year
-- have not been published anywhere
-- are not being distributed through any agency
-- ideally, have model releasesIf you are interested in submitting something for consideration, please email americanyouth@reduxpictures.com with a link to the story. Please do not send attachments. Include a short summary of your story with the link so we know what we're looking at.
Life Magazine Archive Hosted by GoogleOver 10 million images in total - will soon be available on a new hosted image service from Google, Time Inc. has announced. Ninety-seven percent of the photographs have never been seen by the public.
The LIFE Photo Archive featured on Google will be among the largest professional photography collections on the Web and one of the largest scanning projects ever undertaken.
Advice From PhotographersTry not to take pictures, which simply show what something looks like.
Taking good pictures is easy. Making very good pictures is difficult. Making great pictures is almost impossible.
-- Constantine Manos
More on the Magnum Blog (here).
Talking About PicturesJames Danziger tells us what he likes about images he picked out from an upcoming auction (here).
Talking about photography is such an important skill to have and listening to someone else talk is a great way to learn.
Laforet Internship Print SaleVincent Laforet has a print sale going (here) and he's using the money to fund a paid student internship. Seems like a good idea.
Financial Times RedesignLooks kinda bloggy. So much less clutter. I like it.
See it (here). Via, Vallywag.
