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Thousands of People Find Spencer Tunick’s Photography More Gimmick Than Art
In March 2010, as part of the Mardi Gras festival in Sydney, Australia, more than 5000 people stripped down for the official shot by the American photographer Spencer Tunick. Tunick said the aim was to create a human base for the Sydney Opera House, but an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today discusses whether Tunick was successful or not…
Continue reading...US$45 Garage Sale Buy Turns Out to be Worth Over US$200 Million
28. July 2010
Once in a while you stumble upon a story that seem almost too good to be true. This is one such story. And at the center of it all is no less than landscape photographer legend Ansel Adams. Read on to find out more…
Continue reading...UK Home Secretary: Photographer Rights a Priority in Anti-Terror Law Review
15. July 2010
On the 7 July 2010 I wrote a post titled Attacks on Freedom of Expression which included a video detailing how photographers Carlos Miller and Stretch Ledford were banned for life from the Miami-Dade Metrorail in the U.S. Now the British Home Secretary, Theresa May, has said that the British government is making street photography rights a priority in its review of anti-terrorism legislation…
Continue reading...Photo Contest: Win a Nikon D3S
1. July 2010
Yesterday Makoto Kimura, President of Nikon Corporation, announced that entries for the Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011 will be accepted between 1 September to 30 November 2010. There is a Nikon D3S digital SLR with two lenses up for grabs for the grand prize winner…
Continue reading...Is The Impossible Project Shrouding a Mediocre Product in Clever Marketing?
13. June 2010
Over the week-end the folks at The Impossible Project announced they had encountered yet another challenge to overcome. The so-called “problem” was somewhat dramatically referred to as the “the attack of the killer crystals.” Find out more…
Continue reading...The Impossible Project Reveals New Monochrome Instant Film For Polaroid Cameras
23. March 2010
After 17 months of research and development, The Impossible Project has announced that it succeeded in its task of re-producing a new analog Instant Film for traditional Polaroid cameras. Two new monochrome Instant Films – the PX 100 and PX 600 Silver Shade – were introduced as the first products which will go on sale Thursday the 25 March 2010. The new films will start shipping to customers at the end of March 2010…
Continue reading...The Impossible Delay
24. February 2010
The incredible The Impossible Folks were due to have presented the status of their work on the 22nd of February 2010 in New York – where Edwin Land presented the very first Analog Instant Picture publicly at the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America 63 years and 1 day ago, on 21st of February 1947. Unfortunately, there’s has been a delay…
Continue reading...Signature Worthy Papers from Epson
13. January 2010
Printing your images on paper is one of the greatest satisfactions there is, although I have to say I need to print more myself. I have been using Epson papers for a long time, but lately I have also experimented with Hahnemuehle’s Matt FineArt and Bamboo papers as well as Museo Artist cards from Crane [...]
Continue reading...Spectacular Dust Storm in Sydney Today
23. September 2009
Today I woke up to amazing, eerie light like I have never experienced it before. A jolt when through my entire body as I opened eyes and noticed the most spectacular red and orange glow through the gaps of the blinds.
I jumped out of bed (and I normally don’t jump out of bed) to look out the [...]
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