Check out these images of the great June Carter, when she was not yet Mrs. Cash. These are over fifty years old and they just pop: immediate, vibrant, and lifelike. If you looked at the chromes in person they'd be even more impressive. Taken by Life vete… more »

There are no black helicopters on this website. It's a simple fact that fingerprints aren't as useful or accurate as people believe. In 2004, a half dozen of the most prestigious analysts in the world all testified they were '100 percent certain' that th… more »

The answer is, that at the British Institute of Professional Photography, the judges judge themselves. That's right: in their latest annual contest, four out of seven of the BIPP's judges awarded themselves top prizes. Wouldn't it be a self-evident no-br… more »

In this age of increasing cinematic illiteracy, many people have probably never seen The Bicycle Thief (now often referred to as Bicycle Thieves). This 1948 film by Vittoria De Sica comes from the 'neorealist' school of filmmaking and uses real locations… more »

Boston police have been forced to pay a $1.4 million settlement to a man left with brain damage after he was tackled and placed in a chokehold by police in 2009. Why all the violence? He was videotaping the cops of course. The big irony is that the victi… more »

All the reviews I can find for the new Lytro camera are glowing, and this worries me, because, as I've mentioned before, I don't see how it's anything but a silly gimmick. If you don't know, this is the camera which allows you to just snap an image and '… more »

My favourite TV show of all time is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You can laugh, but a huge number of critics also recognize what a great show it was, and critics are usually way behind the curve. Because BTVS is my favourite show, I have the entire thing on… more »

Here's an item that falls either into the 'You can't make this up' department, or the 'All too believable' column, depending on how cynical you are. Only a day after the Baltimore PD announced a new rule making it clear that photographers and videograp… more »

Winning the right photo contest can bring a photographer a lot of attention. The problem is that many contests are really just for-profit quasi-boiler room operations. I also get lots of emails asking me to spread the word about one contest or another an… more »