This falls under the "don’t read the article if you’re not at all concerned about the future of professional photography" category. iStockphoto is charging a dollar for the same pictures that you would charge $100.
UK cameraphone photographers, or camtographers as I like to call them, now have a contest of their own. The Times of London who is sponsoring the contest will publish the winning images in its newspaper. It could be a blatant rights grab or it could produce some interesting news photos from big UK events - think London bombings.
I saw this story on Yahoo! News yesterday, but the article didn’t make much sense, so it didn’t make it to the blog. It said Canon was planning on halting production of film cameras, but it also said they were going to continue producing current film cameras as long as there is a demand for it. Michael Tomkins at The Imaging Resource explains the mistake. Apparently AP wasn’t the only one who got it wrong. Reuters had a similar story, but has since corrected the article.
Also via Pocket-lint
While the first issue isn’t set to hit newsstands until May 30, PDN got ahold of a copy Shock magazine and dishes the goods on this new "gross-out" tabloid. It appears to have roots in photojournalism but chooses to use sex, blood and absurdities to sell the mag.
Here is Sia’s new "Breathe Me" video. It’s a pretty cool concept worth checking out. It has the flipbook style similar to this short movie made with a Canon 20D.
When most people think of a road trip to the Grand Canyon, they conjure up an image of packing the family station wagon and hitting the road on a laborious multi-day journey. Photographer Scott Edwards had a different vision on his 50th birthday. He decided to walk from his home in Eureka, Wisconsin to the most glorious of American natural landmarks. He isn’t packing light either. Edwards doesn’t shoot digital or with travel-friendly Leicas. Instead, he is hauling a large-format view camera to capture his back-roads American journey. I’m expecting an awesome book to come from this - sometime after August when he finally gets there.
Photographers in California plan on making a 25′ by 100′ photograph using a pinhole airplane hangar. The exposure will be 10-14 days, likely depending on the weather.
New Jersey aims to ban photography of "a power generation, waste treatment, public sewage, water treatment, public water, nuclear or flammable liquid storage facility, as well as any airport in the state." Getting caught doing so would be punishable by up to 18 months in jail. At the very least, the state wants to be able to detain photographers caught taking pictures of these places.
Geez, New Jersey. Paranoid?
UPDATE:
NPPA sends letter opposing bill
Bill shelved in committee
W magazine and Rolling Stone took the top prizes for photography in the 2006 National Magazine Awards. W won for its for July, September, October issues.
“Provocative and endlessly innovative, the arresting photography in W shatters the conventional boundaries of fashion imagery. It succeeds in bridging the gap between photography and contemporary art with a variety of visual styles that add up to maximum impact.”
Rolling Stone took the photo essay category for a piece about global warming shot by Sebastião Salgado in the November 17 issue.
“As part of an ambitious special report on global warming, Rolling Stone published a 14-page photo essay by Sabastião Salgado. “The Edge of the World,” takes readers on a journey to the solitary reaches of Antarctica and Patagonia where his passionate plea for the environment resulted in black and white images of startling drama.”
They’re mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore!
Here is a group of forward-thinking PJs who have embraced technology and have their eye on the future. They call themselves "Gonzo Photojournalists," and according to their manifesto, they definitely have that ‘buck the system’ attitude. Screw AP style. Forget printing pictures on paper - they believe pictures look better illuminated on a computer screen anyway.
Their first product, a piece on the Nashville burlesque scene, incorporates audio, video and stills. It’s a good two and a half minute story that anyone in the world can enjoy.
