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Friday Links: July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015 By James Calder

Hemlines by Mike Maguire
Hemlines by Mike Maguire
  • Leica Store DC will present a photography slideshow projection in Blagden Alley showcasing a series of emerging and established local photographers, Thursday, July 30, 8 to 10 p.m.
  • This is your last weekend to see “In the Light of the Past: Twenty-Five Years of Photography” at the National Gallery of Art.
  • Kyle Cassidy took portraits of the scientists who helped make those groundbreaking Pluto photos possible.
  • Want to work as the photojournalist for America’s Test Kitchen?
  • Yannis Behrakis documents the plight of pensioners impacted by Greece’s financial crisis.
  • In 1949, LIFE went behind the scenes to document the fashionable, high-flying lifestyle of the independent women at “the home of the American circus” in Sarasota, Florida.
  • Here’s what happens when a celeb says no to a nude shoot.
  • Michael Borek’s penchant for old and quiet places took him to a lace factory where generations of immigrants toiled, including Hillary Rodham Clinton’s grandfather.
  • The neurotic, sexy, and gross world of food-eating competitions.
  • Flickr is bringing back “Pro” options: benefits include analytics and no ads.
  • A manatee was spotted in the Chesapeake Bay.

 

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: abandoned lace factory, circus women, Flickr, food eating contest, Greek pensioners, job vacancy, LIFE, manatee, National Gallery of Art, outdoor slideshow, scientists

Friday Links

December 20, 2013 By James Calder

two men by Blink Ofanaye
two men by Blink Ofanaye

This week’s collection includes using your mouth as a pinhole camera, the 45th anniversary of Earthrise, a series of photos taken from a kite, and of course several Best of 2013 galleries. Have at it.

  • If you saw video footage of the blizzard-bound first half of the Lions-Eagles game last Sunday, you can imagine what a nightmare it must have been for a still photographer. Kyle Grantham explains how he took the unthinkable step of switching off his auto-focus.
  • Some good insight from the “Masters in Motion” conference on getting your work seen by clients.
  • Time does for photographers what the Academy does for movie-makers. In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2013.
  • Leica Store DC has announced that Vince Lupo is this month’s Oskar Barnack Wall winner.
  • Wait, Facebook might actually be starting to care about photographers?
  • Newseum to open “Pictures of the Year” in April 2014. The display will spotlight the best news images from Pictures of the Year International (POYi), the oldest photojournalism contest in the world.
  • Gorgeous, painting-like images, taken from a kite. Catch a short film by the photographer, Gerco de Ruijter, at the Hirshhorn through this Sunday, December 22.
  • The Washington Post has a gallery of the most eye-catching news photos of the year.
  • Boggle your mind at the most amazing science images of 2013. Some of them move, but we’re ok with that.
  • You know the tapir they used to have at the National Zoo? Well, it wasn’t this kind.
  • Because stealth photography wasn’t already creepy enough.
  • Alright, now open wide and say aaahhAAARRGGHH!!
  • The Smithsonian American Art Museum is looking for a photography curator.
  • Today marks the 45th anniversary of Earthrise, and NASA will celebrate with a Google+ Hangout at 3 p.m.
  • “Professional photographers are vital. Without them, the world’s conscience will wither. They bear witness for all of us.” Pictures That Change History: Why the World Needs Photojournalists.
  • People, places and nature. The 2013 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners.
  • Say bye-bye to MOCA DC.
  • National Geographic photographers expound on the power of photography in this video.
  • And finally, here’s your tiger link. Whoever decided glass was a good material for zoo enclosures must have known what they were setting people up for.

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