Chris Supect’s work is filled with wonderful compositions, and this is no exception. The placing of the horizon line, the location of the people in the image, and the way they are all doing odd things is what makes this image stand out. The humor is the icing on the cake.
Friday Links
- The City Paper has a short review on the photo exhibit at the U.S. Botanical Gardens.
- Copyright law is complicated and confusing, especially when Wikipedia argues that since this endangered crested black macaque took the photo himself, the photographer has no rights to it. But if David Slater doesn’t have the copyright, who does? (Hint: Not the monkey.)
- Photographer Jonathan French will be honored next week at the Third Annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Awards Reception.
- “The winners of the Popcap 14 prize for contemporary African photography cover everything from fictional set ups of tribal rituals to the impact of mining on forgotten communities.” You can see some of the winners over on The Guardian.
- This is the kind of “baby” photo session we can get behind: one with a dog.
- At the Leica Store, this month’s Oskar Barnack Wall winning photograph was shot by Kashif Javaid.
- Notorious Russian “rooftoppers” Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov take death-defying photos from high atop skyscrapers around the world. Their latest destination: Hong Kong.
- The yet to open National Museum of African American History and Culture made an acquisition of rare photographs of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Smile for the cameras! Every attendee at two concerts last year in Boston were photographed by the city. “We’re not talking about old school black and white surveillance cameras. More like technology that analyzes every passerby for height, clothing, and skin color.” Yikes.
- A shrinking salt lake leaves an extinct volcano’s cone exposed in the Iranian desert, as seen in this amazing photo from the ISS.
- Dear Leader really, really, really likes lubricant.
- German photographer Herlinde Koelbl has published Targets, a photo documentary book featuring shooting targets from 30 countries used during military training.
- This is the last week to catch the Magnum exhibit Unintended Journeys at the Natural History Museum.
- “Troy Holden didn’t carry around a camera when he first moved to San Francisco in 1996. Now, he wishes he had. Since then, his adopted city has changed quite a bit.”
- Care for the Wild International is asking tourists to stop taking selfies with tigers while traveling abroad, as the money they spend funds animal abuse.
In Frame: August 4, 2014
The maze at the National Building Museum shows up often in our Flickr pool, but this black and white photo from Caroline Angelo stands out. The man in the image is visually overwhelmed by the giant, white structure around him, and the tight framing of the image prevents us from seeing beyond the maze. You could say that we are a-mazed.
Friday Links
Roll up! Roll up for the magical Friday Links tour! This week, be amazed at the announcement of a new art space at American University, be shocked at photos of hate today that look a lot like photos of hate 50 years ago, and say “huh?” to the news of Flickr’s new licensing option. Step right up!
- The STRATA Collective is having a show titled “Faith” at the Leica Gallery that opens next Saturday night, August 9. Fingers crossed for some George Michael dancing rear photos.
- The Broken Light Collective is an online gallery providing a supportive environment for photographers affected by mental illness. The group just opened its first show “From Darkness to Light” at the Fountain Gallery in New York City. More in the New York Times.
- Some great news for DC artists: The Alper Initiative for Washington Art is starting at AU’s Katzen Arts Center. “The initiative will dedicate space for displaying the work of Washington artists, including more tightly focused, historical shows; development of space for archives of Washington art (available for both members of the public and AU students); an endowment to support more programming of events, gatherings, lectures and films; and digitization of AU’s growing collection of Washington art.”
- When an unusual wedding photo went viral, the internet made up some crazy, racist story, but not surprisingly none if it was true. The Post tracked down the bride to get the real story, which was much more interesting.
- The National Press Photographers Association announced the opening of the 2014 Short Grants entry period, including the news that grant awards have been doubled to $6,000.
- PhotoPhilanthropy has some great mobile photography tips from @Koci.
- The Dallas Morning News printed a photo of people protesting immigrants, and got “six or seven” letters saying how much it reminded them of the Arkansas school integration photos. LIFE has a good collection of photos of the Little Rock Nine, which shows exactly how much history repeats itself.
- After three years as photo editor of local blog We Love DC, Brian Mosley has stepped down.
- A chance conversation at a Beijing bar led Tomoko Kikuchi to explore the world of drag queens in a society where attitudes have slowly changed.
- Local photographer Dan Hendrickson’s photos of Spaceport America in New Mexico were published in Air & Space this week.
- Want to know how much editorial clients are paying? There is a wiki for that.
- “Directors like Judd Apatow and Quentin Tarantino are pushing movie studios to commit to buying a certain amount of film from Kodak for the next several years” to save the company.
- Flickr has a new “licensing experience” they are calling Curated Connections. The program is very short on details.
- National Geographic Traveler announced the winners of their 2014 photo contest this week.
- And finally, Tuesday was International Tiger Day so we should celebrate with one of the funniest tiger photos ever.
In Frame: July 30, 2014
Look kids, living in colonial times is about as fun as you always imagined! Photographer His Noodly Appendage captured this photo at the Claude Moore Colonial Farm and the expressions on the faces of the reenactors is priceless. If only we all lived in a time without indoor plumbing and antibiotics.
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