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Photographer Martin Schreiber's best shot - Hannah Pool - guardian.co.uk

Hannah Pool - guardian.co.uk "In 1979, I was teaching nude photography
at Parsons school in New York. I needed models for the course – and
one day a 20-year-old called Madonna Ciccone showed up. She was just
another citizen, a girl trying to make ends meet. She was quiet,
taciturn. I'm not sure it was something she enjoyed. She did it for
the money, in this case $30. She was relaxed, composed, did as asked.
Some people are stiff, some are there to do a job, some give a little
more. She was in the middle: she did what she was told but nothing
extra."
 
"Shooting nudes is tricky. What are you trying to do? When is it a
nude; when is it erotica? There is nothing erotic about these
pictures. Erotica suggests sex; these pictures don't suggest sex. They
are studies of the body – it's sculpture with a camera. "
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jun/24/photography-martin-schreiber-best-shot#

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Posted June 28, 2009
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Kodak rewards two in Yellow Rose Boy search

Scott Campbell for CrunchGear, "A 20-year-old Canadian woman has claimed a $5,000 prize set by Kodak for the first person to find the boy who was pictured attempting to give actress Megan Fox a rose. [Ed. PHa here, we've also confirmed with Kodak that a second winner will be announced and each will get the $5000 cash reward. We expect an official release in an hour or so.]

Kim Falardeau, a Montrealer, has been contacted by Kodak, who are planning to announce the win soon. She received a phone call from the company at around 11.30am (CET) on Thurday 25th June. She had received emails from crafty bloggers pretending to be from the company in an attempt to gain information."

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/25/breaking-kodak-rewards-two-in-yellow-rose-boy-search/

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Posted June 27, 2009
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Sited: Photography.Book.Now

Photography.Book.Now is a celebration of the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them. Learn more about the competition, categories, our jurors and of course, the awards.

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Posted June 27, 2009
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Nan Goldin: unafraid of the dark By Drusilla Beyfus - Telegraph.co.uk

During our conversation, I picked up the following Goldinisms and reflections, all communicated in her deep, throaty voice:

On portraits: 'I realised a long time ago that outside of commercial work I would never photograph anyone that I didn’t want to live with. I didn’t think anyone had the right to photograph a stranger. But now I know that there are other ways that people photograph strangers with compassion, either as a reflection of themselves or where they go deep into a relationship in some way or help people.’

On truthfulness: 'At the Tate Gallery I asked an audience of 150 how many of them believed a photograph could be real. Only five put up their hands. That’s not a world I thought I would grow into.’

On attitude: 'A real artist doesn’t do themselves. I don’t do Nan Goldin.’

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/photography/5648658/Nan-Goldin-unafraid-of-the-dark.html

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Posted June 27, 2009
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Radiant Nation: William Eggleston - Danielle O'Steen for Express

Danielle O'Steen for Express, "This much is true about William
Eggleston, often referred to as the father of color photography: He
works quickly, never stages a photograph and takes only one shot.
 
Eggleston learned early on that when something caught his eye, he
didn't need rolls of film to capture his mark. "[Starting out], I
would take many frames essentially of the same subject, see, and I
would have to decide which one was the best," Eggleston told Express
while in D.C. for his current retrospective "William Eggleston:
Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008," at the Corcoran.
"I figured, why not just take one? I'm going to eventually choose, and
I could never make up my mind."
 
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/06/radiant_nation_william_eggleston.php

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Posted June 26, 2009
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Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young photographers - The photo blog of Magnum Photos

Austria. 1948. © David Seymour/Magnum Photos.
via blog.magnumphotos.com

"What advice would you give young photographers?

Alec Soth:

Try everything. Photojournalism, fashion, portraiture, nudes, whatever. You won't know what kind of photographer you are until you try it. During one summer vacation (in college) I worked for a born-again tabletop photographer. All day long we'd photograph socks and listen to Christian radio. That summer I learned I was neither a studio photographer nor a born-again Christian. Another year I worked for a small suburban newspaper chain and was surprised to learn that I enjoyed assignment photography. Fun is important. You should like the process and the subject. If you are bored or unhappy with your subject it will show up in the pictures. If in your heart of hearts you want to take pictures of kitties, take pictures of kitties."

http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/11/wear_good_shoes_advice_to_young_photographers.html

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Posted June 25, 2009
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Sited: Blueeyes Magazine - Online documentary photography magazine.

"Blueeyes Magazine is an online documentary photography magazine
devoted to publishing new long-term project work. It is a labor of
love created by a dedicated group of people who believe in the power
of still photography. The magazine was created in 2003 in response to
declining editorial space for documentary images, following in the
footsteps of the now defunct Untitled Magazine to publish pictures
that support and celebrate passionate and personal photography."
 
http://www.blueeyesmagazine.com/

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Posted June 25, 2009
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Kodak wishes to reunite Megan Fox and the boy with the yellow rose by Peter Ha - CrunchGear

Peter Ha for CrunchGear, "Megan Fox inadvertently snubbed the
affections of this boy and wants to make it up to him, but the origins
of this boy remain a mystery and have made it difficult for Fox to
contact him. So, Kodak is pitching in $5000 to anyone who can provide
info to help bring the two together. If you have any legit information
to help make this happen then shoot an e-mail to yellowroseboy at
gmail dot com."
 
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/24/kodak-wishes-to-reunite-megan-fox-and-the-boy-with-the-yellow-rose/

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Posted June 25, 2009
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Neda Agha-Soltan: Latest iconic image to inspire. By Jessica Ravitz for CNN

By Jessica Ravitz for CNN,
 
 "A14-year-old girl stoops and screams above the body of a Kent State
University student killed in 1970 by an Ohio National Guardsman.

A police chief aims his gun at a Vietcong prisoner's head in 1968,
just before executing him on a Saigon, Vietnam, street.

And in 1989, an unarmed man in Beijing, China, stands defiantly in
front of a column of tanks as they rolled into Tiananmen Square.

These are iconic images, the kinds of shots that changed the way
people viewed history as it unfolded. They put human faces on
conflicts and became rallying cries for movements, inspiring those who
demanded change.  

But while these photographs -- chronicling a single, silent moment --
were taken by seasoned photographers, two of whom won Pulitzer Prizes,
this time amateur cell phone video is grabbing worldwide attention. It
captures the death of a young woman named Neda Agha-Soltan,
galvanizing protesters in Iran and shaping perceptions of a land and
people few Westerners know."
 
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/neda.iconic.images/index.html#

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Posted June 24, 2009
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Talk to the Newsroom: Michele McNally who oversees photography for The New York Times, is answering questions from readers.

via nytimes.com
"Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally, who oversees photography for The New York Times, is answering questions from readers June 22-26. She previously answered questions in July 2006. Questions may be e-mailed to askthetimes@nytimes.com."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/business/media/22askthetimes.html?pagewanted=all

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Posted June 24, 2009
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