Annie Leibovitz, the rather famous portrait photographer has done something which on the face of it, seems rather bizarre; she has pawned the rights to her work.
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The New York Times has a superb collection of multimedia stories called One in Eight Million by photographer Todd Heisler.
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New “anti-terrorism” measures came in to force yesterday. Alas, the wording is so loose, that it will allow Police to stop you taking pictures of them. This is a huge issue and completely tramples on the freedom of press. Two main issues come forth with this; firstly, if you are covering a demonstration or a riot, the Police can object to you photographing them and you can get arrested. This will put a stop to reporting a situation honestly and properly, and aesthetically will result in pictures of demonstrators with nothing to balance things out with. Secondly, if you’re in a situation where you see a Police officer doing something wrong, you won’t be allowed to photograph them. Its an outrage. Basically, the Police will be able to arrest all photographers in a given situation, ending up in no visual record of what happens.
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David Bergman, a friend from the States has made a superb image from the Presidential Inauguration using a Canon G10 and a GigaPan. The image was made up of 220 photographs and can be seen here. The level of detail is absolutely astonishing; give it a try and see how far you can zoom into the image.
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The Washington Post has done something very interesting with photos from the inauguration of President Obama; its well worth a look.
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I’ve just come across an excellent link with the story of the “Mexican Suitcase” which contained Robert Capa and Gerda Taro’s lost negatives. Its been superbly put together and well worth a look.
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