Let ‘Em Fly! by Jano Silva

Happy Friday y’all! Ready for links? Here goes: Frank Underwood as photographer, BuzzFeed reinvents the photographer’s rights wheel, controversy over photoshoot of poor people, and granting prisoners a photographic wish.

• Ansel Adams wasn’t the only early photographer to explore Yosemite. Carleton Watkins also photographed the area in the late 1800′s.
• The documentary work by Brenda Ann Kenneally of people living in poverty in Troy, NY caused a barrage of negative internet comments after it was featured in Slate. The New York Times has a good breakdown of the controversy.
• This week is the 45th anniversary of the moon landing, so check out some of these rare photos of the Apollo 11 mission.
• The New York Daily News laid off 17 journalists this week, including five photographers.
• Oh Buzzfeed, this is a tale as old as time. Welcome to D.C., where security guards at Federal buildings enforce rules that don’t exist. “Which ugly Federal building are you?” quiz coming soon.
• Border Patrol agents hold boy scouts at gunpoint for taking a picture of them. “The agent immediately confiscated his camera, informed him he would be arrested, fined possibly $10,000 and 10 years in prison,” Fox was quoted as saying.
• A D.C. couple had their first photo as an engaged couple taken by Frank Underwood.
• The Afghan police officer who killed AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus got the death penalty.
• Photographer Mark Strandquist asked hundreds of prisoners a straightforward question — if your cell could look out on one scene, what would it be?
• “He noticed that Chinese customers would often make a day out of it — bringing their tea and snacks, getting some shopping done and then treating themselves to a nice nap.” Kevin Frayer documents the not uncommon practice of IKEA shoppers in China taking naps in display rooms.
• Wired goes “On the Prowl With Instagram’s Ultimate Street Photographer” Daniel Arnold.
• Queen Photobombs Hockey Player’s Selfie. Enough said.
• And finally, CityLab shares a video about the National Wildlife Property Repository, which houses millions of “products” of the illegal wildlife trade. The property includes an abundance of tigers.