closeUP: Downtown LA
DTLA 2012
© Nikhil Shahi
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DTLA 2012
Lomography Hosts Tori Amos Inspiration Photo Contest
Lomography and renown singer Tori Amos have teamed up to host a photography contest inspired by several worldwide cities, including our very own City of Angels. The Tori Amos Inspiration Competition is accepting entries until August 15th, so get on it! The contest features “exclusives prizes including a Limited Edition TORI Diana F+ camera that you can’t even pick up in the Lomography Online Shop,” according to the contest site. There are also a ton of other opportunities for prizes for winners and runners up. Read all about the competition and prizes at the official contest site. Good luck!
[via LAist, via Lomography] image via Lomography
closeUP: gehry’s design
Designed by architect Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
© mbockal
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Photojournalism: War is Only Half the Story
photo © Uriel Sinai, 66th POYi Magazine Photographer of the Year, courtesy Annenberg Space for Photography
For the final program of their IRIS Nights series during the Pictures of the Year International (POYi) exhibition, The Annenberg Space for Photography will be presenting “War is Only Half the Story”: A Conversation with Sara Terry and Louie Palu. Both acclaimed photojournalists, Terry and Palu will be discussing issues relevant to photojournalism, their experiences covering global conflict and their work on The Aftermath Project. For those of you who are practicing photojournalists, or interested in a future in the field, this is not to be missed.
Find out more about the important work that The Aftermath Project is doing after the jump and click here to register for the IRIS Nights program. Also, we’d love to hear about any of your experiences in photojournalism. Upload images to share at the DP Flickr Group, Tweet us, or comment with stories.
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Photo Essay: The Station Fire from the Front Lines
The Station Fire, shot at the top of Lake Avenue in Altadena, CA
all photos © Lynne Eodice
Stunning images of the Los Angeles area Station Fire have been circulating for weeks now online and in newspapers, as area residents and professional photographers alike seek to capture the drama of the blaze that has devistated homes and even taken the lives of brave firefighters here in Southern California. Digital Photographer editor and professional photographer, Lynne Eodice, happens to live very close to the area where a majority of the fire was concentrated last week, and captured the following images with her Canon EOS 5D Mark II full-frame D-SLR using a Canon EF 100-300mm lens on August 29, 2009, just a couple miles from her home. See more of Lynne’s photos of the fire after the jump…
Tags: Altadena, CA, Canon, Canon5DMarkII, fire, Los Angeles, Lynne Eodice, photo essay, photographs, photography, smoke, Station Fire | 1 Comment »
