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Friday Links

May 9, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Happy Friday, link lovers! This week we have a local photographer explaining the use of anamorphic lenses on his blog, new local professional development workshops, Amazon patenting shooting on a white seamless, and much more!

The May APA DC featured member is Erika Nizborski, who was also an Exposed DC contest winner. She was interviewed on their blog by Jim Darling, who also happens to be a former Exposed winner.
George Steinmetz’s work is on the cover of National Geographic this month. His creation of the photos of factory farms got him arrested last year.
Kickstarter for a panoramic camera that makes images in fancy 4k resolution, called CENTR.
Local wedding photographer Sam Hurd wrote an excellent post on his blog describing how he uses an anamorphic lens. The post was later picked up by PetaPixel.
The Los Angeles Times has redesigned their photography section, and there is plenty of great work to enjoy.
In extremely weird news, Amazon has patented shooting on a white seamless background. No word yet what the estate of Richard Avedon will have to pay in royalty fees.
Interested in professional development? Local photographer E. Brady Robinson will be hosting workshops at The Fringe.
Polaroid made a camera in the 60’s called The Swinger, and fittingly the commercial is full of sexual innuendo.
The title of this article says more than enough, “Man Photoshops Himself Into Girlfriend’s Childhood Photographs.” An alternative title could have been, “How To Quickly Make Yourself Into An Ex-Boyfriend.”
Who controls an artist’s work after their death? The Wall Street Journal looks at the posthumous production of prints from negatives created by Vivian Maier and Garry Winogrand.
Photographer Sophie Gamand takes a hard look at one of the most humiliating part of a dogs life, bath time.
The Calumet website is back online. Calumet was sold to C & A Marketing, and you can read some legal documents about the case here, and here. You can also read the perspective of a college student struggling with the loss of the camera store.
And finally, the Philadelphia zoo creating a cat walk crossing that allows tigers to leave their exhibits and travel across the zoo can only mean one thing – Road Trip!

2013 Photobooks by D.C. Area Photographers

December 17, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Street Reading by JEO Photography — Street Reading by Julian Ortiz

Let’s take a look back at some of the photobooks created by hardworking D.C. area photographers this year — some are self published, some are print on demand, and some were created with the help of a publishing house.

We could not have assembled this list without the help of Larissa Leclair, founder of the Indie Photobook Library. The Indie Photobook Library is based in D.C. and is an archive for indie, and self-published books. Much more than just an archive, “the iPL promotes and showcases the books in the collection through international pop-up and feature-length exhibitions, articles, conferences, guest lectures, and also preserves them as a non-circulating public library.” We encourage you to find out more about this great local resource, which is funded by donations.

If you know of a photobook published this year by a D.C. area photographer, please let us know. We will be happy to add it to the list.

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Friday Links

December 6, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Tree on a Hill II bu ep_jhu — Tree on a Hill II by ep_jhu

Our links today include a D.C. photojournalist being knocked down by security guards at the Smithsonian, the story behind a popular street photo, some very creepy Victorian baby photos and much more.

The New Yorker has a nice collection of images of the life of Nelson Mandela.
Photojournalist Kristoffer Tripplaar was knocked to the ground yesterday by guards at the National Air and Space Museum. Fellow photojournalist Charles Dharapak shared the images on Instagram, and stated that guards were trying to “stop him from photographing a protest about the minimum wage at a McDonald’s restaurant” inside the museum.
While demonstrating “how the pros” change their camera lenses a man drops his Canon L series lens on the ground. The best part is that he uploaded the video to YouTube for all of us to enjoy.
Photographer Mikhail Mordasov’s images of the people of Sochi show the city as it is, not as seen through the Olympic glow.
Over 10 years ago Zoe Strauss took an image of a boy doing a flip on the street in Philadelphia. The image went on to be published around the world, but the story behind it is just being revealed by his friends and family.
Jason Kottke is compiling a list of this year’s best of photo lists.
Coal production, and its impact on communities in Appalachia is the focus of Justin Kaneps new work. The images are reminiscent of Walker Evans’s work for the Farm Security Administration 75 years ago.
We found a baby photo trend you will never find on facebook. Victorian parents, mostly mothers, used to hide in plan site to get their babies to behave while getting photographed. The result is the stuff of nightmares.
Dirds. Birds look much better with dog heads.
CoEdit Collection is a new site selling photography prints. The curated selections include work from D.C. photographer Melissa Golden.
Here’s a story and photos of a rich white lady going to China in the 1940s and stealing baby pandas, which she kept in her apartment for a while. China’s panda protection and breeding program makes so much more sense now.
And finally, a baby lion, tiger and bear walk into an animal sanctuary…

Friday Links on Wednesday

November 27, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

We are posting early this week so you can enjoy these tasty links over the long holiday weekend. Feel free to click for escape if one of your relatives starts talking about politics over the weekend.

Beautiful photos of individual snowflakes are possible with this cheap, home-made camera rig. Let it snow!
A photo series started in D.C. by E. Brady Robinson, is spreading across the East Coast. She is creating a book called Art Desks, the work spaces of of artists and curators, and is funding it via Indiegogo.
You can vote for your favorite finalists in the Air & Space Magazine photo contest until December 12.
Open now until December 20, the Pepco Edison Gallery is hosting Montgomery College Foundation’s Portraits of Life Exhibit. “The emphasis of Portraits of Life is tolerance, understanding, knowledge and the inherent value of the individual.”
Squinching is the new Duck Face.
You have until December 2 to get a great deal from Adobe on their subscription to Photoshop & Lightroom 5.
Epson has several great tutorials on printing available online. These black & white print videos are a highlight.
“We’re constantly tweeting and instagramming, and the media is always showing us exactly what’s happening when it’s happening, but it’s an illusion. Are we really so connected?” Washington Post review of Alex Prader’s new show at the Corcoran.
Need a job? Critical Exposure, the D.C. non-profit that teaches youth the power of photography, is hiring a Development & Communications Director.
Hotel guests across the country will no longer be greeted by propaganda first thing in the morning, since USA Today has announced it will no longer publish handout photos from the White House.
Do you have a lot of leaves to rake? Perhaps getting a baby lion to play in them will make your leaf piles more manageable.
Many images from space are amazing, but this collection is particularly stunning.
Umm, the following link is pretty gross, so perhaps you should click with care. But merging animals before cooking used to be a thing I guess. “There is a variation on this dish called the Helmeted Cock in which the bird is made to ride the pig in military regalia.”
Photojournalist ranks just below dishwasher as a career.
If you have some spare time this weekend, the Library of Congress uploaded their 20,000th photo to Flickr this week.
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation gave $3 million to the World Wildlife Fund to help grow the tiger population in Nepal. Leo, if you need photos of baby tigers taken, call me.

Have a great Thanksgiving! We will see you back here on Monday.