Ted Eytan took this futuristic photograph at a fundraising event for the Point Foundation. The alien looking wig and headband match quite well with the reflective umbrellas being used for the photoshoot. Everything looks other-worldly; even the gear looks like it’s straight from the space station. The photographer in the middle in complete darkness only adds to the mystery of this photograph.
Friday Links
This week we have cat photos from a true animal photography master, electric blue volcano images from Java, the photo inspiration behind a Grammy winning song, and a tiny Batman roaming across Texas.
- Everyone with an Instagram account thinks they’re an expert, but here are lessons from Walter Chandoha, an actual cat photography master. This man has been photographing cats for 60 years, and even Grumpy Cat would be pleased with his work.
- Air & Space Magazine announced the winners of their first annual photo contest.
- Narciso Contreras, the photographer cut by the AP last week, spoke with PDN about what he saw as an unfair process.
- Seniors in a German retirement community recreated famous movie scenes. Jack and Rose look as in love as ever.
- They’re not tigers, but the newest lion cubs at the National Zoo are still pretty adorable.
- Grammy winner Lorde gathered inspiration for her song “Royals” from a picture of from Kansas City Royals star George Brett. The photo originally appeared in a 1976 issue of National Geographic.
- Johnson Press, a UK newspaper chain, let go of all of their photographers.
- In Focus shared images of the snow storm that shut down the South this week.
- The snow also reached the Outer Banks, and the two environments colliding is pretty fantastic.
- Photographer Oliver Grunewalld has been capturing pictures of volcanoes that are straight out of a sci-fi flick. The fantastic blue glow comes from the combustion of sulfuric gases.
- Hold the Alamo, a tiny batman is making his way across Texas. Photos by Remi Noel.
- The New York Public Library held a #shelfie day on twitter, where readers shared photos of their favorite book shelves. #YOLO
- Photographer Roger May photographed people in West Virginia dealing with the chemical spill that has destroyed their drinking water.
- Head down the photographic rabbit hole with this selection of 22 online photo magazines.
- Benjamin Moser is going through the Susan Sontag archives at UCLA, and writing a book about the her life.
- In tiger news, a Phoenix man found a young tiger on his neighbors patio. The local news footage and tiger sounds are glorious.
In Frame: January 30, 2014
We’re not used to seeing this much ice at Great Falls park. This photo by Phil Yabut shows just how cold it has been in the area, and how different the falls can look throughout the year. The snowy owl he photographed last week in downtown D.C. would be right at home (and at least safe from traffic) here.
Exposed Interview: Paulo Ordoveza of @PicPedant
If you use Twitter, you have probably seen one of the dozens of feeds that post photos without giving proper credit to the original photographer. Some accounts, like @HistoryInPics and @Earthpix, have millions of followers who retweet and share the uncredited images thousands of times. Those accounts recently sparked debate after the teenagers who manage them were interviewed by Alexis Madrigal for the Atlantic. While not crediting the photographers is bad enough, sometimes these accounts post historical photos with inaccurate captions, bad science, or images that are photoshopped and passed off as unaltered.
But as the number of accounts sharing uncredited photos grows, so does the backlash. A few Twitter accounts are dedicated to exposing the truth about the images. One of them is run by Paulo Ordoveza, a local who posts as @PicPedant. Ordoveza started his account just five days ago, and already has over 1,300 followers. He responds to tweets from the offending accounts, providing the photographer’s name or the correct scientific or historical information. Ordoveza’s work caught our attention, so we asked him a few questions about his uphill battle exposing uncredited or false images.
In Frame: January 27, 2014
It is so cold that even the sun is freezing her buns off. Photographer JY O’Reilly caught a woman dressed as the sun taking a dip in the Potomac for the “Keep Winter Cold” Polar Bear Plunge. We hope the warm-themed outfit made the dip less treacherous.
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