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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:58:48 -0400

mpdrolet: November, 2005 Hannah Starkey

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:54:44 -0400

mpdrolet:

November, 2005

Hannah Starkey

collectivehistory: Armaments manufacturer Alfred Krupp...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:37 -0400

collectivehistory:

Armaments manufacturer Alfred Krupp who allegedly used slave labor to make weapons for the Nazis, contacted the famous Arnold Newman for a portrait in 1963.

Upon finding out that Newman was a Jew, Krupp refused to let him take the photograph. Newman insisted to have Krupp look at his portfolio before making a final decision and after seeing Newman’s portfolio Krupp accepted.

On July 6, 1963, they went into a factory in Essen which belonged to Krupp, where Newman decided to make Krupp look as evil as possible under the eerie demonic lighting of the factory.

When Krupp first saw the portrait he was livid. Newman was more tongue-in-cheek: “As a Jew, it’s my own little moment of revenge.”

Sources: 1, 2

mpdrolet: João Atala

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:12 -0400

mpdrolet:

João Atala

mpdrolet: Thomas Krauss

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:25 -0400

mpdrolet:

Thomas Krauss

mpdrolet: Stacy Kranitz

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:27 -0400

mpdrolet:

Stacy Kranitz

devidsketchbook: CAMERA OBSCURA BY ABELARDO...

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:44:23 -0400

Photographer Abelardo Morell | posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Abelardo Morell | posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Abelardo Morell | posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Abelardo Morell | posted by devidsketchbook.com

devidsketchbook:

CAMERA OBSCURA BY ABELARDO MORELL

Photographer Abelardo Morell - “I made my first picture using camera obscura techniques in my darkened living room in 1991. In setting up a room to make this kind of photograph, I cover all windows with black plastic in order to achieve total darkness. Then, I cut a small hole in the material I use to cover the windows. This opening allows an inverted image of the view outside to flood onto the back walls of the room. Typically then I focused my large-format camera on the incoming image on the wall then make a camera exposure on film. In the beginning, exposures took from five to ten hours”. [see more]

mpdrolet: From Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Andrea Gjestvang

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:40:44 -0400

mpdrolet:

From Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

Andrea Gjestvang

anythingphotography: Mind-Bending Photo-Manipulations by Erik...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:03:55 -0400

anythingphotography:

Mind-Bending Photo-Manipulations by Erik Johansson

Erik Johansen’s pictures are worth more than a thousand words. The German born, Swedish based photographer enjoys nothing more than manipulating the mind with his tantalizing visual imagery. His vivid imagination and surreal forms create brilliant pictures of surreal moments, all with a hint of the believable. Originally a computer engineering student, Johansson currently works on personal projects as well as commissioned ones.

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vanished: Chema Madoz

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:43 -0400

vanished:

Chema Madoz

mpdrolet: Rolph Gobits

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:16 -0400

mpdrolet:

Rolph Gobits

timelightbox: Photograph by Dmitry Kostyukov for TIME After the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:28 -0400

timelightbox:

Photograph by Dmitry Kostyukov for TIME

After the FBI announced that two brothers from southern Russia had bombed the Boston Marathon, the world’s attention quickly turned to where these brothers had come from — a lush strip of highlands called Dagestan. Photographer Dmitry Kostyukov reports from the Russian republic.

warwithinaframe: Gang members of Mara 18 at Centro Penal...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:42 -0400

warwithinaframe:

Gang members of Mara 18 at Centro Penal Quetzaltepeque, El Salvador. August 16, 2012.

Tomás Munita

conscientious: dvafoto: Short film about Simon Norfolk’s...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:48:52 -0400

conscientious:

dvafoto:

Short film about Simon Norfolk’s Burke+Norfolk.

“But when I watched the short documentary film, I was struck by his words, and his willingness to put his politics where his photographers were. He spoke with surprising honesty not just about what he thought of the work being produced by embedded photographers, but also about the entire war and its objectives. This is very rare to hear when it comes to working photojournalists. Most professionals prefer to hide their personal politics and opinions behind vague statements about ‘bearing witness’ or ‘asking only questions, and not offering answers’ and other such obfuscations that hide their fear of being marginalized in the rather small, cliquish and deeply conservative editorial world that is photojournalism.”

- Asim Rafiqui writes about Norfolk and his project on in a post called “Against Whispering” on his blog A Spinning Head.

I guess people would rather talk endlessly about Photoshop pseudo-scandals in photojournalism (while ignoring the increasingly kitschy aesthetic that is so widely used) or about the supposed heroism of photojournalists themselves than about issues that actually should be covered. Good for Simon Norfolk that he is willing to be a lone wolf.

michaeldavidfriberg: A slaughter house employee at Prather...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:39:19 -0400

michaeldavidfriberg:

A slaughter house employee at Prather Ranch in Northern California. Shot for modern farmer magazine. Whole edit here.

photojojo: It goes without saying that a meal from McDonalds is...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:47:29 -0400

photojojo:

It goes without saying that a meal from McDonalds is an experience in itself. Some of us are fans, others tend to stay away, but like it or not, almost everyone has been to the fabled golden arches.

The New York Times published a brilliant editorial shot by Nolan Conway that highlights the myriad of faces and sometimes dogs that visit McDonalds.

The Many Faces of McDonalds Customers

via It’s Nice That

nevver: Fred Wilson

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:16 -0400

nevver:

Fred Wilson

mpdrolet: Stacy Kranitz

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:46:04 -0400

mpdrolet:

Stacy Kranitz

mpdrolet: Untitled Documentary Shot, 2004 Gregory Crewdson

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:45:53 -0400

mpdrolet:

Untitled Documentary Shot, 2004

Gregory Crewdson

natgeofound: Buckets of iron ore are transported to a major...

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:46:24 -0400

natgeofound:

Buckets of iron ore are transported to a major steelworks in Hunedoara, Romania, November 1975.
Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic