Monthly Archives: July 2012

Olym-PICS

  TOP 10 Sites for Olympic Photographs After the first weekend of the 30th Summer Olympic Games, the web is full of amazing images from London.  Here are links to 10 sites that have chronicled the athletes and the celebration … Continue reading

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Taking Out the SONY Nex-7

  The SONY Nex-7 has been out for almost one year. This week I finally got the chance to take it out for a test drive. Verdict: I love it. This is SONY’s version of the Mirror-less Interchangeable Lens Camera … Continue reading

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This Week in Photography

This Week in Photography Lytro Camera Now Works with Windows/PCs (Tech update from PC World) Lytro, the light-field camera that was supposed to revolutionize photography, now supports Windows PCs. Until now, only Macs could run Lytro’s desktop software, which is … Continue reading

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Photo Apps for Your Phone

Photos Apps for your Phone Everyone these days has a portable camera on their smart-phone. Unlike the earliest camera-phone features, the most recent versions are pretty fantastic and extremely convenient. This camera-phone takeover has been silently making point-and-click travel cameras … Continue reading

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Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Grant Awarded

  PARIS, Jul 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) Selected from a record breaking 262 worldwide submissions, The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film announced today that Argentine photographer Gustavo Jononovich has been named the recipient of the Foundation’s … Continue reading

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Solar Flare Leads to Unearthly Photography

Suns Eruptions Excite Auroras Did you catch the storm on Thursday? No, not here on Earth, but the Solar Storm? The Sun erupted this past week, the sixth time this year that we have experienced major solar activity. What does … Continue reading

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NYC Photo Focus- Bed/Stuy

  Neighborhood Profile: Bedford-Stuyvesant To most outsiders, and even to many New Yorkers, Brooklyn can be a large intimidating presence. They know some of the big sites like Prospect Park or the Promenade. They may know a few popular restaurants … Continue reading

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Weekly Roundup- July 13th

Sunil Janah, IndianPhotographer (1918-2012) Indian Photographer Sunil Janah died last week at the age of 94. Janah, a legendary figure in India came to international prominence when he released devastating photos of the Bengali Famine that hit the region in … Continue reading

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Rineke Dijkstra at The Guggenheim

  New York’s Guggenheim Museum has just begun showing a career retrospective exhibit of Dutch Photographer Rineke Dijkstra. Open until October of this year, the show features over 70 photographs and a few videos of Dijkstra’s work. Her portraits feature … Continue reading

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Prix Pictet Finalists Announced

The 12 finalists for the esteemed Prix Pictet photography award were announced this week at the Global Photography Festival at Les Rencontres d’Arles. In it’s fourth year, the Prix Pictet has quickly established itself as the most prestigious competition for … Continue reading

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