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Friday Links

July 25, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Let 'Em Fly! by Jano Silva
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.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Anja Niedringhaus, Apollo 11, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Carleton Watkins, Daniel Arnold, Frank Underwood, friday links, HRH, Kevin Frayer, Mark Strandquist, photographer, Photographer's Rights, Queen Elizabeth II, tigers

Friday Links

March 14, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Exposed 2014 Photography Show poster by ep_jhu
Exposed 2014 Photography Show poster by ep_jhu

So you’ve bought your Exposed 2014 opening night tickets, right? Ok, then. Your reward is this week’s allotment of alluring links, including fantastic Snowy Owl research photos, local photographer Jim Darling’s upcoming pop-up studio, and the sad story behind Calumet’s demise:

  • We learned yesterday that Calumet Photo filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Their website is gone, all their twitter feeds have been deleted, and the short update they wrote on facebook about their closing has also been deleted. Calumet took over three Penn Camera stores in the area after they closed down a few years ago. Peta Pixel has an interview with a former employee which details how bad things had gotten at the retailer.
  • Just how valuable are your Instagram photos? Daniel Arnold made $15K in one day selling prints of his popular Instagram shots.
  • A Photo Editor wrote his own guide to photography contests.
  • The Baltimore Police are at it again. They forced Baltimore Sun photo editor Chris Assaf away from the scene of an office involved shooting. We wrote about another similar incident with Baltimore Police last year.
  • D.C. area photographer Kristi Odom is headed to Bolivia to photograph the illegal animal trade. She is looking for financial backing on the project, and has almost met her goal.
  • Photographer Meredith Rizzo has some great images in an NPR story on the snowy owl.
  • Need a good headshot? Local photographer Jim Darling, whose portraits we profiled last year, is hosting a pop-up portrait studio on 3/22.
  • D.C. based photographer Mathew Ramsey is getting a lot of attention for his burger porn project. The photos look very tasty.
  • Combat photographer Stacey Pearsall shared stories about working as an Air Force photographer with Photoshelter.
  • This week PetaPixel wrote about the work Paulo Ordoveza, or @PicPedant, is doing to expose fake or copyrighted photos posted on twitter. You may remember that we interviewed Ordoveza back in January.
  • General Colin Powell posted a selfie he took 60 years ago to facebook yesterday. He even managed to call out Ellen in the process.
  • (e)merge art fair will return for their fourth year to D.C. this fall.
  • “Permitting photography led to constant tension between those who wanted a clear view for their camera and those who wished to look at the paintings.” To ban or not to ban cameras at museums.
  • An finally, Nepal celebrated some happy news this week when it marked 365 days without a tiger, rhino or elephant being poached.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: (e)merge art fair, A Photo Editor, Baltmore Police, Calumet Photo, Colin Powell, Daniel Arnold, friday links, Jim Darling, Kristi Odom, Mathew Ramsey, Meredith Rizzo, Paulo Ordoveza, Photo Rights, snowy owl, Stacey Pearsall, tiger

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