Category: photography
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International Year of Astronomy 2009
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, and to celebrate Seed Magazine has compiled some awe-inspiring images. For more incredible images, see The Big Picture’s Hubble Space Telescope Advent calendar.
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The Most Popular (Canon) DSLR Lenses
The readers of Darren Rowse’s Digital Photography School voted for their favourite lenses. Below are the overall top five, with Darren’s comments. (Plus links to reviews from The Digital Picture and approx prices from Amazon UK) Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM (Telephoto Zoom) (£1300) – fast, great for portraits, weddings, sports, versatile focal length.…
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The Year in Photographs
I try not to link to individual entries from The Big Picture because, well, they’re all good. However, there’s always an exception. The Year 2008 in Photographs (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) is a three–part collection of some of the best photographs from the year, covering a wide range of events. 2008 has been…
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Time’s Year in Review
In the most unsurpsing move of the year, Time has announced Barack Obama as Person of the Year, 2008. But it’s the other parts of the Year in Review issue that interest me the most. People Who Mattered tells the story of those who have changed the course of science, politics and science in 2008: some for…
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Gaza’s Underground Economy
Foreign Policy has a fascinating photo essay on Gaza’s (literal) underground economy. Except for basic humanitarian supplies, Israel has blockaded the flow of goods into Gaza since June 2007, when Hamas, a militant Islamist group committed to Israel’s destruction, ousted its more secular rival, Fatah. The blockade has led to a new economic structure—a literal underground…
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Science and Photography
Seed presents 11 stunning portfolios of science photography. Personal favourites: Colonial Intelligence X-ray Vision Flight Patterns
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Following the Diamond Trade
Foreign Policy presents A Trail of Diamonds – a photo essay following the diamond trade from mine to bride. It reminds me of a Janine Roberts interview (author of Glitter and Greed) where she discusses how the manipulation of supply and advertising created the myth of the diamond wedding ring and made Ernest Oppenheimer (who…
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James Nachtwey’s Powerful XDR-TB Photography
I try not to link to TED Talks as I believe doing so will just add to the millions around the Internet already doing so (plus, I hope everyone visiting here already subscribes to the TED Talks RSS feed). Today, however, l feel compelled to do so after viewing James Nachtwey’s heartbreaking photographs of people…
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Flickr Community Building
Like David, I had seen many people linking to this article profiling Flickr’s Director of Community, Heather Champ, and was unsure why. Once I read it, however, I found it an engaging look at the intricacies of policing an online community. At first glance this parallel society has been made, quite literally, in the image…
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Days with My Father
Phillip Toledano documents his struggle dealing with his father’s dementia following the death of his mother in his touching and beautifully crafted photo-series, Days with My Father. This quote from Shape and Colour says what I’m thinking more eloquently than I ever could. It takes a real artist to know when something is special enough…