Posts Tagged ‘photographs’
June 23rd, 2010 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog
image via LIFE Magazine photo archive
Edith Shain, who was one of the subjects in the classic World War II photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in August 1945, has passed away at the age of 91 (via Reuters). This news got us to thinking about how photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s V-J Day photograph, featuring Shain, is truly one of the most iconic images in the history of photography. What other photos come to mind when you think of iconic shots? What about Steve McCurry’s “Afghan Girl,” which was published on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic? Perhaps The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album cover image, taken by Iain Macmillan?
image via National Geographic 100 Best Pictures
image via beatles.com
October 14th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Jim Marshall
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Rock & Roll Photographer Jim Marshall has published a new book, “Trust,” which contains some of his most famous images, including those of the great Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, etc.
- Nikon blew a lot of peoples’ minds with the six-digit expanded ISO setting in the brand new DS3 D-SLR.
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is celebrating the one year anniversary of the Chris Burden installation, “Urban Light,” with a stunning online photography exhibition of shots of the Burden piece from contributors around the world.
- Wired.com recently posted a brilliant slideshow of photographs of glaciers from space.
Tags: documentary, Jum Marshall, LACMA, News, Nikon, NikonD3S, photographs, photography, Rock&Roll, space, Wired | No Comments »
September 9th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Articles, Blog, Photo Essays
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…
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Tags: Altadena, CA, Canon, Canon5DMarkII, fire, Los Angeles, Lynne Eodice, photo essay, photographs, photography, smoke, Station Fire | 1 Comment »
August 31st, 2009 by Debbi K. Swanson Patrick Posted in Blog, Politics in Photography
photo via Getty Images
I can’t help but be extremely sad over the loss of Ted Kennedy. I’m going to Boston in three weeks and he won’t be there. My whole life he’s been there, and now he isn’t. His spirit is, of course, in all the work that he’s done in 47 years in the Senate.
For me his loss is bringing up many of my childhood memories: His brother JFK when I was in Mrs. Silvera’s class in Lockhurst Drive Elementary. His brother Bobby when I was in Hale Junior High. Martin Luther King at the same time. My father when I was 17. It feels like we’ve lost America’s uncle, not just the family’s. We’ve lost the man who has fought for the rights of labor, the disenfranchised, and those who have been discriminated against.
Yes, he was wise to bestow his blessings and grace upon our current president, to be sure his legacy is honored in the healthcare work that is being done today, for tomorrow. Socialist? Hardly. Giving all Americans the right to decent healthcare? Providing an expectation of a decent quality of life? Priceless. Yet everybody wants to hang the pricetag out for battering and bruising. How do you put a pricetag on humanity?
What are you thoughts on the world without Ted Kennedy?
August 26th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- The Nikon D-Movie Screening Room presents its latest short film, by Director of Photography Ellen Kuras– of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame. (Still from video above.)
- Tamron presents a timely “Back to School” photo story by photographer Wendy Saunders, who used the Tamron 18-270mm lens to capture one little boy’s big day. Saunders’ photos encourage parents to get creative on this day beyond the ubiquitous lunch pale in the doorway shot.
- Exposure Manager announced their new Pro Lab Direct Printing System for sports and event photographers.
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August 17th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog
In keeping with our summer “travel” theme (yes, summer is still upon us, albeit hanging on by a thread), we’d like to point you to the new book, Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby (University of New Mexico Press), which features the photography of Santa Fe photographer Craig Varjabedian. In it, Varjabedian illustrates a hauntingly serene look at Northern New Mexico’s iconic Ghost Ranch (former stomping grounds of painter Georgia O’Keeffe), along with essays to accompany his stunning photographs (one penned by Ms. O’Keeffe all those years ago).
August 12th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © tokyo camera style
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
- Nikon announced their much anticipated D300s and D3000 D-SLRs.
- I came across John Sypal’s blog, tokyo camera style, which I quite like.
- Verbatim announced their new “penny thin” TUFF-’N'-TINY 8GB USB Drive.
- Nikon also announced the winners of their highly regarded International Photo Contest.
Tags: Cameras, contests, News, Nikon, NikonD3000, NikonD300s, photographs, photography, tokyocamerastyle, USB, Verbatim | No Comments »
August 5th, 2009 by Debbi K. Swanson Patrick Posted in Blog, Politics in Photography
I chose this photo this week because the story seemed to be more about President Clinton’s trip to see ailing Kim Jong Il (he has pancreatic cancer and had a stroke a year ago) than it was about returning the “convicted,” then pardoned journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of Comment TV. Apparently months of backroom dealing at the White House made this all happen so easily as Clinton was the person the ill Il wanted—and needed—to give his friendless country a positive spin.
With no announcement, Clinton arrived in North Korean in an unmarked plane, yet is greeted with diplomacy and flowers, meets with Il, and brings the women home. (So many opportunities here for bad jokes, I’ll leave them to you.) But having a former president play Dudley Do-Right elevated this medium-hot story to another level.
Ling and Lee had been arrested for illegally entering the country, and convicted of it, but insiders on NPR and other news outlets say Korea never planned on really keeping them locked up, as all things are politics in Korea. This was not a raid on Entebbe. This was political maneuvering at the highest levels—Korea needs friends and we don’t take kindly to having our journalists or citizens jailed. Just what all the talk was about while Clinton visited, as the White House says he not there to negotiate government deals, is yet to be revealed. What do you think? Should Clinton have gone? Did Il get the attention he wanted? Is that ok?
July 29th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Midweek Photo News Roundup, News
photo © Still Life With…
It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.
-Stll Life With… posted a great, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated piece on the 2009 International Conference on Food Styling & Photography Master Class that she attended.
-onOne Software released their Plug-in Suite 4.5.1, and it’s now available for immediate download.
-On view right now at the Getty Center is “In Focus: Making a Scene“– photographs “drawn exclusively from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection,” which “make no pretense about presenting the world as it exists; instead, they are the productions of directors and actors who rely on stagecraft and occasional darkroom trickery to tell stories.”
July 29th, 2009 by Allison Gibson Posted in Blog, Reader Photos
Digital Photographer reader Louise Fahy is a Canadian lawyer and photographer based in Paris, France. She has a deep interest in foreign travel and languages, and has traveled extensively throughout the world, capturing scenes of sprawling landscape and city life with her Sony D-SLR. Her photographs have been published in The New York Times and on various websites in France. Below is a selection of some of her powerful shots, as well as her thoughts on the images she captured, from a trip she took to central Australia in January 2008. More of Louise Fahy’s work can be seen at either of her online portfolios: http://louisefahy.redbubble.com or http://louise-fahy.fineartamerica.com.
Enjoy Louise’s shots after the jump, and be sure to join the DP Flickr Group, and to send me your thoughts on why you should be the next photographer highlighted in the DP Blog’s Reader Photos section through Flickr mail or on Twitter at twitter.com/digiphotomag.
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