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Joe Sobel

Joe Sobel

This weeks featured photographer is Joe Sobel.  I’ve known Joe for several years now.  In the Winter semester of 2009, Joe and I were in the same photography seminar course at Northern Michigan University.  From the outset of that course, Joe’s work was striking.  He was the most junior of all of us, but...
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Facebook’s New Groups Product

Facebook’s New Groups Product

Greetings readers.  This is just a quick update on what the Facebook’s new groups product means for readers and followers of The Photo Playground.  Fortunately the new groups product has made significant improvements over their previous groups product.  Although it does seem that Facebook is always in the middle of some sort of controversy...
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Susannah Benjamin, part two

Susannah Benjamin, part two

As promised last week, here is the second installment of Susannah Benjamin’s photographs.  I’ll keep the writing to a minimum this week and just let you enjoy these amazing photographs. Share this Article
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Lumix 13.2 MP Cellular Phone

Lumix 13.2 MP Cellular Phone

This gorgeous machine, readers, is a 13.2 megapixel camera phone produced by Lumix.  It was debuted on the 5th of October, just two days ago, in Japan.  Unfortunately, for now it will only be available in the Japanese market. From the backside it appears to be like many other slide phones currently available on...
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Susannah Benjamin, part one

Susannah Benjamin, part one

Susannah Benjamin Today is a rare day.  It’s unique in that I often have difficulties picking only a few photographs from each featured photographer, but I always manage to do it.  Not this time.  You will notice that the title indicates that there are going to be multiple posts on our next featured photographer,...
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Our Debt to John Szarkowski

Our Debt to John Szarkowski

There is an excellent article written by Sean O’Hagan on John Szarkowski on the front page of the Guardian’s Photography section right now.  It is kind of old news, being published on 20th of July and I should have posted a link sooner, but it is better late than never.  Anyone with a deep...
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Vernacular Photography

Vernacular Photography

Like many other photography enthusiasts, I collect photographs.  Unlike many photography enthusiasts, I collect snapshots taken by anonymous people and have been for about a decade.  What is a vernacular photograph?  Is art and if it isn’t why have they been popping up in museums and galleries over the past ten years or so? ...
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George Shiras III

George Shiras III

As you may have noticed The Photo Playground went on six month hiatus. Life happened and new responsibilities were incurred both academically and personally. This next article will focus on an academic responsibility that I took on during the Winter 2010 semester. It is a project that I had wanted to work on for...
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, 2010

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, 2010

Greetings readers, just thought that I would drop a short friendly message reminding everyone that Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is just around the corner, 25 April to be exact.  So, grab those dusty pinhole cameras stashed away in your closet since last April and run a test roll through them, you’ve only got a...
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Paul D’Haese

Paul D’Haese

Editor’s Note: Last October I was admitted into Northern Michigan University’s post-baccalaureate program and as of the beginning of January I have begun my three semester trek towards a B.S. in Art History.  I am really excited to be able to pursue my interests in art and art history.  Because I am attempting to...
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