Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Magnum: Advice for young photographers - ideastap
Magnum: Advice for young photographers –
Alex Webb
Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of doing it. Other rewards – recognition, financial remuneration – come to so few and are so fleeting. And even if you are somewhat successful, there will almost inevitably be stretches of time when you will be ignored, have little income, or often both. Certainly there are many other easier ways to make a living in this society. Take photography on as a passion, not a career.
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Alex Webb
Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of doing it. Other rewards – recognition, financial remuneration – come to so few and are so fleeting. And even if you are somewhat successful, there will almost inevitably be stretches of time when you will be ignored, have little income, or often both. Certainly there are many other easier ways to make a living in this society. Take photography on as a passion, not a career.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Facebook’s photo collection 10,000 times larger than Library of Congress
With billions of photos uploaded onto Facebook each month, it's no surprise that the social networking giant likely houses the largest collection of photographs in the United States.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Am I a Photographic Cheat? - The Luminous Landscape
The issue of veracity in photography has been debated for more than 150 years.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Barbara Davidson: From the Pulitzer to Perpignan - BJP
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| Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times. |
The Art Institutes: Legitimate Photo Schools or Accessories to Fraud? - PDN
A lawsuit against the nation's second largest operator of for-profit colleges has cast a spotlight on the company's recruitment practices and ethics, including those of a chain called The Art Institutes, which offers degree programs in photography and more than 55 other creative fields at more than 45 locations around the country.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Errol Morris Looks for the Truth in Photography - NYT
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| Sharif Karim/Reuters |
Morris writes, “he posed the photograph by excluding something. . . . But how would you know? . . . Isn’t there always a possible elephant lurking just at the edge of the frame?”
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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