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The Emperor's New Photographs

If you haven't heard, Czech photographer Joe Klamar was recently sent by AFP to get shots of the U.S. Olympic team at a press photo op, and the result was some outstandingly bad portraits of the athletes. This created a huge media and online brouhaha,… more »
Permalink 07/11/12 09:30, by robert, Categories: News, On the web , Tags: commentary, photography

Running Afoul of Nikon

'Comfort women' were sex slaves taken from Korea by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II. South Korean photographer Ahn Sehong has created a series capturing the now elderly survivors, and he even managed to wangle an exhibition at the Nikon Gall… more »
Permalink 06/06/12 13:33, by robert, Categories: On the web , Tags: japan, photography, world war ii

Fingerprints Are Bogus, But You Don't Have To Be

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 »
Permalink 04/18/12 09:38, by robert, Categories: In real life, On the web , Tags: commentary, photography, tips

Is Instagram Instacrap?

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 »
Permalink 03/25/12 14:05, by robert, Categories: Background , Tags: commentary, photography, technology

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