- “Reminiscent of a Geiger counter, a small speaker emits electronic feedback that increases in intensity the closer you are to an over-photographed location.”
- An interview with VICE’s new photo editor, Elizabeth Renstrom, about “keeping photography weird.”
- Photographer Eilon Paz’s “Dust & Grooves” digs into the private lives – and libraries – of the world’s most obsessive record collectors.
- Classic car enthusiasts and fans of vintage fashions donned their tweeds, trilbies and furs to attend the Goodwood Revival, a historic motor racing festival held every September in Chichester, England since 1998.
- After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers – the best and most experienced combat reporter of his generation – suddenly decided to stop.
- “Dark Fields of the Republic,” featuring haunting Civil War-era photographs, opens at the National Portrait Gallery today.
- Head down to Maketto from 7 to 11 p.m., September 24, for “Five Photo Show,” showcasing new images by local photographers Michael Andrade, Ryan Florig, Tyrous Morris, Kyle Myles and Kevin Wilson.
- This helpful video has tips on organizing and digitizing old photos.
- An inside look at Dominican baseball.
- Ilford, long-time manufacturer of film and photograph paper, has been purchased, but emphasizes that it’s not only committed to analogue photography, it plans to put efforts into promoting the techniques to young photographers.
- Insight Astronomy revealed their Photographer of the Year 2015 winners.
- Ansel Adams’ rare photos of everyday life in a Japanese internment camp.
- Photographer and geologist Frederik Holm has been chasing spectacular volcanic eruptions across Iceland.
- Everybody do the baby owl boogie.
Friday Links: July 10, 2015
- Artomatic has found a 90,000 square foot space in Prince George’s County for this fall. Get a preview of the space tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
- NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to give humanity our first up-close look at Pluto when it whizzes by next Tuesday, July 14, after nearly 10 years in space. The first high-res images will reach Earth around 9:30pm Eastern that night, but for now we can enjoy this spectacular view of Pluto and its moon Charon taken on July 8.
- You can now view a large collection of OCR scanned Leica Photography magazines on Google Drive; nearly 70 are available, back to 1949.
- Humans of New York has 10 times more followers on Facebook than the most-followed newspaper has on all social media combined. But when does the personal touch that makes him so popular reveal an uncomfortable lack of accountability that a real photojournalist would have?
- Enter Sustainable DC’s “DC Climate Photo Contest” by July 12.
- Stunning images of the survival techniques and defensive adaptations of caterpillars by New England-based naturalist and photographer Samuel Jaffe.
- Russian Photographer Ralph Mirebs discovered the sad ruins of the Soviet space shuttle program at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- And if sad images of abandoned places are your thing, but you like an added touch of creepiness, these photos of abandoned amusement parks should be just your cup of tea.
- Decked out in natty suits and flowing dresses, locals and visitors from across Central and South America travelled to attend the 9th International Festival Danzon in Havana, Cuba.
- Across five years, five countries and 11 music festivals, Australian photographer Nic Bezzina has documented one constant – the raw emotion expressed by festival-goers.
- Dronestagram’s photo contest winners soar to “change the way we see the world.”
- Your Instagram photos are now being stored at a higher resolution.
- Selfie-stick + lightning = Darwin Awards nominee?