Photo News

The LOMO LC-A+ Customisation Competition

By Sean
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Now I don’t consider myself a lomographer.  In fact, my only camera made at LOMO is a Cosmic Symbol, the import rebrand of the Smena Symbol.  I do, however, consider myself a toy camera enthusiast.  I have a ton of toy cameras and I love them. Occasionally, I’ll post some of the pictures taken with… »

Triangle Triangle’s Upcoming Book “Golden Triangle”

By Sean
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The folks at Triangle Triangle are slated to release their second book in December.  Here is what they say on their site about it:
GOLDEN TRIANGLE
It’s coming soon. The last book, Common Denominators, featured work from seven photographers, 150 copies were made, priced at £7 and all sold out within one week. Golden Triangle features work… »

The Impossible Project Inspires Polaroid to Re-launch Instant Cameras

By Sean
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Today came the news I never thought I would here.  Polaroid is re-launching some its Instant Cameras on a limited run and they are commissioning The Impossible Project to produce the film for them.  The Polaroid licensee, The Summit Global Group, and The Impossible Project held a joint press conference in Hong Kong today stating… »

Nude Brooke Sheilds Causes a Stir at Tate Modern (Caution: article may be offensive)

By Sean
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A new exhibition “Pop Life” by artist Richard Prince opened to the public a few days ago at Tate Modern in the UK.  The show had previously been showed at the Guggenheim without stir and very little controversy.  However, when Pop Life opened to the public at Tate Modern the police were waiting with an… »

Soho Photo Krappy Kamera® Competition

By Sean
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Call for Entries for Krappy Kamera XII INTERnational Juried Competition
Prospectus and Application
International entry directions
The beginning
The Krappy Kamera concept was born in 1992 at the Soho Photo Gallery® during a regular monthly opening reception when a few members admitted they preferred using their junky cameras to their high-end ones. One of the members, Sandra Carrion, proposed… »

The First 3D Image of Atomic Bonds

By Sean
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At first glance, this may seem to be a rather unassuming image.  A neutral gray background disrupted by a patterned spattering of white lines, which themselves are broken up by a couple of dark spherical shapes.  To understand the significance of this image one must really ‘look’ at it and do a little bit of… »

My Pinhole Day Photos

By Sean
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Today was the day, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.  I’ve been getting geared up for today for a couple weeks.  The weather here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was dreary, damp, and chilly.  The sun rarely poked through thick gray clouds and it rained and drizzled for most of the day.  Definitely not the ideal… »

Photographer’s Rights

By Sean
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Photo by Boris Kafka, all rights reserved
As photographers it’s imperative that we understand and exercise our rights appropriately.  In the age of terror, which the US government persistently tells us we live in, it is becoming more and more common for photographers to be met with hostility, harassment, and sometimes physical intervention while photographing in… »

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

By Sean
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As some of you may already know, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is now less than a month away.  April 26th marks the day the world will unite behind their pinhole cameras and very slowly and silently fire away.  It is the one day a year when photographers and photo enthusiasts alike are encouraged to set… »

Color Magazine, the Premiere

By Sean
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Black and White magazine has recently released a sister publication, Color.  It is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to color fine art photography.  John Lavine, the editor, says, “part of our mission is to showcase work from lesser-known or emerging artists.”  There is very little information available about the magazine on the internet and their website… »