The Barbican: Homeland Lost

Photograph © Alan Gignoux-All Rights Reserved The Barbican Arts Centre in the heart of the city of London is showing Homeland Lost, an exhibition consisting of 16 black and white images taken by the photojournalist Alan Gignoux. These photographs of Palestinian refugees, displaced from their homes by Israel in 1948, are an artistic slice of life from a dramatic point in Middle Eastern history.The photographs provide "an antidote to a western media saturated with images of exiled Palestinians as either extremists or victims, whereas the majority are individuals trying to build a life for themselves in complex circumstances.Homeland Lost shows from 18 April 2008 - 2 May 2008.The Independent newspaper reports that "Jonathan Hoffman, of the Jewish...

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Updates: 1D Mark III, 1Ds Mark III

Canon has released firmware updates for the EOS-1D Mark III and v1.1.2 for the EOS-1Ds Mark III which include both feature additions and promised improvements to AI Servo autofocus.Full information and links available from Rob Galbraith ...

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Jane Eaton Hamilton: Travel

Photograph © Jane Eaton Hamilton-All Rights Reserved Here's the travel photography work of the multi-talented Jane Eaton Hamilton, a Canadian photographer, award-winning writer, master gardener, and poet. Her Flash travel gallery starts off with images of Bali, Japan, Mexico (the above image is of Mexican vendors), USA and Canada. Although I haven't posted it here, my favorite image in her gallery is of two Geishas...just perfect in its composition, and blurry enough to make it just right. If you look around her website, you'll also find travel slideshows on the Himba of Namibia and the Maasai of Tanzania (you'll need to allow pop-ups to play the...

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New iMac

Apple has announced the new iMac. The new version is slimmer, faster and more powerful. The price ranges from $1200 to $2200 or higher depending on chosen configurati...

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Photog's Togs

I've been asked by a few readers to share my preferred type of clothes when traveling on my photo expeditions or on assignments. It's an important issue because weight, durability, ease of washing/drying, etc all come into play. So here are the items that usually make it into my dufflebag...there must be womens' equivalents at the same stores. (Since I don't mean this to be adverts for the companies that stock these items, I won't link to them...sorry).1. I lost my old safari jacket in Bhutan last year, and its subsequent replacement from Orvis wasn't as comfortable. But I've recently found an alternative at Cabela's for the reasonable price of $45. It even has a cheesy map of Africa on the inside back should I travel there and get lost. Now,...

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Canon's EF Lenses

Canon Inc. announced the achievement of a new lens-production milestone as production of the company’s EF lenses passed the 40-million mark. The line-up of its lenses as shown in the above photograph is just er...what's the word? ah, yes...awesome! If I'm not mistaken, there are 51 black lenses and 17 white ones, for a total of 68 lenses (maybe there's an extender or two in there)...If you're not suitably impressed, click on the image to see it in larger size(Photo Via www.the-digital-picture.co...

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Adam Ferguson: Orissa

Photograph © Adam Ferguson-All Rights Reserved Adam Ferguson is an Australian freelance photojournalist currently working out of Delhi. His photographs have appeared in Newsweek, Time, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and many other publications.I found his images depicting the destitute contract laborers in Orissa to be the most poignant of his photo galleries. Orissa has the richest ore deposits of all the states in India, yet its people are some of the poorest in the country. Naturally, this has much to do with the exploitation of the underprivileged such as the Adivasis and the lower castes, and by the corrupt practices of the mining industry, and of industrialization in gener...

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Posted in: India,Photographers: Photojournalists

NY Times: Ansel Adams' Yosemite

Courtesy of the Cedric Wright Family/All Rights Reserved The New York Times brings us an interactive feature on Ansel Adams' iconic photographs with a narration by his former assistant Andrea G. Stillman. The accompanying article tells us that Adams' work is the best unpaid advertising for Yosemite because many professional photographers and amateurs spend hours for the perfect minute of the moon rising over Half Dome or a shadow on a fallen tree in Siesta La...

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Canon USA Jacks Up Prices

Canon USA is informing its US dealers that they should expect price increases on a broad range of its camera gear. Starting May 1, 2008, US dealers will pay 3-5% more to Canon for most Canon EF lenses and all Canon EOS accessories . The dealer net on Canon digital SLRs is unchanged.I presume that these price increases will not retroactively be applied on available inventory, but for illustration purposes, the increase would cause a price jump in the range of $66 to $110 in the $2200 price of a Canon 5D. Is this why it's out of stock at two of the largest New York retailers?The reason given for the price increase is that Canon is "not immune to the rising fuel prices or unfavorable exchange rates..."A previous post on TTP addressed this issue...

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Camera Raw, Bridge or Lightroom?

Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider has an interesting comparison between Camera Raw, Bridge and Lightroom, and it made my day because of what he writes at the end of the post:"So basically, all the things that Lightroom and Photoshop have in common, Lightroom does much, much better. That’s why I spend about 70% of my time in Lightroom."Since I started trying out Lightroom 2.0, I've been impressed by its capabilities, and found that I've used Photoshop much less since. I was never a pixel-pusher, nor will I ever be...so while my usage of Photoshop was always minimal, Lightroom makes my image processing even simpler!Scott Kelby is the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, Layers magazine and President of the National Association of Photoshop...

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Virginie Vican: Hola Mohalla

Photograph © Virginie Vican-All Rights Reserved Virginie Vican is a French photojournalist specializing in culture and exotic communities. She worked on projects in Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Egypt and India, which were published in various magazines such as Le Monde, La Vie, and Le Minotaure.She photographed the ancient Sikh festival of Hola Mohalla that is celebrated in the month of Phalguna (around March or April). This festival is for Sikhs to reaffirm their commitment to the brotherhood of man and their dedication to the Khalsa Pantha.Colorful processions mark the festival of Hola Mohalla, when Sikhs dress up in traditional martial costumes (especially the Nihangs or the "Order of the Blue-Clad Farmer-Warriors") and celebrate the day with archery,...

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Canon Europe: "The Assignment"

Canon Europe has set up a photo competition creatively called "The Assignment". Entries are to be submitted online, and there are four categories to choose from: Portrait, Landscape, Sport, or Macro photography. The prizes include EOS 40D cameras and various lenses, as well as other prizes. As in all contests, it's highly recommended that interested parties read terms and conditions prior to entering. This one is no different.Even if you're not interested (or not eligible), I suggest visiting the site. The entries are to be judged by award-winning photographer Vicki Couchman (whose work I don't know), but there's a short clip of her working in the field, and she's quite attractive...well worth a visit.By the way, the competition's logo is of...

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Jean-Claude Louis: Tibet

Photograph © Jean-Claude LouisI've come across Jean-Claude Louis' work through the many photographic contests he won in 2007 and 2008. For instance, he participated and won (in specific categories) awards in National Geographic International competition, the Travel Photographer of the Year competition (two categories), and the B&W Magazine Portfolio Competition. I also recently saw his work published in Outdoor Photography. For those interested in winning photography contests, his images will certainly offer you clues as to what makes them click with judges.His biography tells us that he's a physician and a scientist, working in biomedical research until 2007 when he pursued photography full time, specializing in documentary photography....

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Posted in: Asia,Photographers: Travel,Tibet

Canon 5D Mk II Rumors: Hoax or Blunder?

The latest buzz floating around is whether Canon Germany's website has blundered by briefly publishing the anticipated EOS 5D Mark II, whose screen capture seems to confirms that it will feature a 16 Megapixel sensor, a 6.5 fps shooting speed, the new Digic III processor and a weatherproof body, or was it a hoax. Since I'm on the tenterhooks of impatience for a Canon 5D successor, all this is irritating. The screen grab is shown on Wired's website, and some people have dismissed it as being a fake...since the image of the new camera looks out of alignment with the rest of the images, and why wasn't the full web rundown page for the Canon 5D II been grabbed as well? I'll suspend belief until I physically see the 5D Mark II at the retaile...

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Bucharest Below Ground

© Bombay Flying Club-All Rights ReservedHere's a hard hitting and gripping multimedia production by the Bombay Flying Club (BFC) on the plight of street children and youths in Bucharest, Romania. Poul Madsen, the photographer/producer of Bucharest Below Ground, describes it as a full screen feature which gives it a cinematic feel to its viewers that other multimedia producers have not exploited so far.Romania's street children are estimated from several hundred to 10,000. These children are homeless as a result of the policies of former Communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu, who forbade contraception in the hopes of ruling a populous nation, or of his successors, who consider the economy of greater importance than social welfare. This is an extremely...

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Posted in: Multimedia,Photojournalism

Jan Sochor: Carnival of Barranquilla

Photograph © Jan Sochor-All Rights ReservedHere is Jan Sochor's photo essay on the Carnival of Barranquilla which brings us an explosion of colors...pulsating rhythms and swaying (and gorgeous) dancers! I can almost hear the distinctive sound of the carnival music in this essay.Jan Sochor is freelance photographer & web designer, who makes his base in South America and Europe. He lived and worked in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain and the Czech Republic in the last five years. He focuses principally on the Latin American continent, its everyday life, social, political and cultural issues. His photographs and stories have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and publications, including Reflex magazine, National Geographic CZ, Instinkt,...

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Albertina D'Urso: Laos, Along The Mekong

Photograph © Albertina d'Urso-All Rights ReservedAlbertina d'Urso is an Italian documentary photographer. She published two books, "Bombay Slum" and "Lifezoom", and two collections "Respiro del Mondo 5, Afghanistan" and "Km 5072, Milano-Kabul No Stop," which received the Canon Young Photographers Award in 2007. She traveled to over 70 countries and has a special interest in Tibetan culture. She has been photographing Tibetan refugees around the world since 2004. While her work on Tibetan refugees is certainly topical at a time when world's attention is on China and its treatment of Tibet, I chose her photo gallery titled "Laos: Along the Mekong" to highlight on the pages of T...

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The Cobbler of South Williamsburg

Photograph © James Angelos-All Rights ReservedOne of the perks of living in NYC is to get The City, part of the New York Times' Sunday supplements, which is also available in its web edition. This week, in a nod to Passover, it published an article titled The Kibitzer of Cobblers’ Row (for those not familiar with the Yiddish term, a kibitzer is 'a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others'), along with a slideshow of photographs of the Hasidic cobbler, peppered with Dovid Miyerov's voice.The accompanying article tells us that the Hasidic enclave of South Williamsburg is where cobblers can make a good living. In this community, males wear long, double-breasted coats with matching felt hats while females wear pleated skirts and pearl earrings...there...

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Boots for the Iraqi Army?

Photograph © Michael Kamber/NY Times-All Rights ReservedThis has nothing to do with the mission of TTP, but I can't resist. Iraqi army units are complaining about their inadequate supplies and lack of sophisticated weaponry. The above photograph by Michael Kamber in today's New York Times of an Iraqi soldier wearing plastic sandals (albeit new) is indicative of this seemingly widespread problem. In comparison, the American soldier is equipped with a sniper scope, helmet, rugged boots and perhaps body armor. So this begs the question: where do the funds to equip the Iraqi army go, and why aren't its soldiers properly equipped? I guess we all know the answ...

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Tattooing Monks of Thailand

Photograph © Tewfic El-Sawy-All Rights ReservedI recently updated a photo essay entitled The Tattooing Monks of Wat Bang Phra, and revamped the photo gallery by using Adobe Lightroom's Flash gallery capabilities. Nothing could have been simpler.The National Geographic's All Terrain blog has a new post on Thailand's tattooing monks, and I wrote on the same subject a few months ago on TTP, and linked to an identical project which had appeared on NPRThe monks at Wat Bang Phro near Bangkok are reputed to be among the best tattooists in Asia. They use a long metal rod, sharpened to a fine point, and have uncanny precision in their work. Here, antiseptics range from regular rubbing alcohol to a local rice wine, and toilet paper paper to blot any...

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PopPhoto: Journeys of a Lifetime

Photograph © Jim Lo Scalzo-All Rights ReservedPopular Photography magazine has published the article "Journeys of a Lifetime" describing how four very different trips change the lives of four very different photographers. The four photographers are Greg Bleakney, Fiona Aboud, Doug Menuez, and Jim Lo Scalzo.It's always interesting to read how other photographers started their careers, what makes them click, what are their passions and how their styles evolved over time. Fiona Aboud's story details how a documentary portrait photographer found her signature style amid the chaos of her native country's Carnival, while Jim Lo Scalzo's story tells us how a travel-addicted photojournalist learned to stop moving and embrace the ca...

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Siddharth Jain: Holi Festival

Photograph © Siddharth Jain-All Rights ReservedThis is TTP's second post on Siddharth Jain, a photographer residing in Delhi but who frequently travels around India to capture color and movement. Siddharth's color affinity and the festival of Holi brings us Holi in Braj, a photo essay that pulsates with super saturated color and dazzling movement. As Siddharth informs us, the people of Braj (Uttar Pradesh) come together to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors. It is believed that it was here that the festive tradition started. Braj consists of Mathura (where Krishna was born), Vrinadavan (where he was raised), Nandgaon (his natal village) and Barsana (Radha’s village). It is also here where the women reenact the scenes of the mythology where...

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National Geographic: CHINA

I just received the May issue of the National Geographic magazine, which is entirely devoted to China. The photography and articles on the new super-power are just superb, and it's a must-have even if you are not a subscriber.In the magazine, there are photo essays by Fritz Hoffmann, Randy Olson, Lynn Johnson, and Greg Girard as well as by aerial photographer George Steinmeitz. On the web, short videos narrated by the photographers are available. NGM has added photographs from a 2002 issue on Tibetans by Steve McCurry, as well as an interesting article originally published in the July 1955 National Geographic by Heinrich Harrer, along with vintage photographs, both color and B&...

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Bilal Hussein Free At Last

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. military has now released Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein after holding him for more than two years. Bilal was handed over to AP colleagues today in Baghdad.The U.S. military accused Hussein of links to insurgents, and was detained by U.S. Marines on April 12, 2006 in Ramadi. An Iraqi judicial panel this month dismissed all allegations against Hussein and ordered his release. Hussein and the AP strongly denied any improper contacts by the 36-year-old photographer, saying he was doing the normal work of a photographer in a war zone.The Washington Post's Bilal Freed(AP Photo/Jim MacMill...

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Brent Stirton: Omo Valley

Photograph © Brent Stirton-All Rights ReservedBrent Stirton is a photojournalist based out of New York, where he's a senior staff photographer at Getty Images. He specializes in documentary work and travels an average of 9 months of the year on assignment in his work for Getty Images, working exclusively on commissioned assignment.Brent holds a degree in Journalism from his native South Africa and often works in tandem with journalists from the world’s leading publications. He is a multiple award winning photographer, receiving 5 awards from the World Press Photo Foundation and 3 awards from the UN for his humanitarian work, including Awards from the Global fund for his work in the field of HIV. Brent’s work has appeared in Newsweek, National...

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Posted in: Ethiopia,Photographers: Photojournalists,Photographers: Travel

Luang Prabang: A Zoo?!

Photograph © David Longstreath/Associated Press-All Rights ReservedThis photograph appeared in the New York Times this morning with the article "Tourism Saves a Laotian City but Saps Its Buddhist Spirit", and is of tourists jostling each other to take photographs of Buddhist monks during their alms gathering in Luang Prabang. What a disgraceful spectacle!!! I realize that Laos is in dire need of the jobs and money that such tourism brings, but the damage that this does to its traditions and ways of life is irreversible. Many other South East Asian cities have degenerated into touristic zoos...Siem Reap and its fabulous Angkor temples is one of them.I visited Luang Prabang 3 years ago, and I recall seeing tourists photographing the monks early...

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Four Entry Level DSLRs

Courtesy GizmodoFor those who are interested in entry-level digital SLRs, Gizmodo has a comparison of four popular choices: Canon Digital Rebel XSi, Sony Alpha a350, Nikon D60 and Olympus E-420. The comparison makes an interesting read; perhaps too simple for technophiles, but it is a great starting point for anyone seeking to either buy an entry-level DSLR or a back-up body. According to the reviewer, the Canon XSi is first choi...

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Holy Week (Spain)

Photograph © Leslie Mazoch/Chico Sanchez-All Rights ReservedHere's a Soundslides feature produced by Leslie Mazoch and Chico Sanchez on the Holy Week in Cadiz, Andalucia in Spain.First, a brief intro on the photographers: Leslie Mazoch began her career as a photojournalist at the Daily Texan at the University of Texas at Austin. She worked in Venezuela photographing for the Associated Press. In 2007 she joined an editing team that oversees AP's Latin America and Caribbean report from Mexico City. Chico Sanchez is a freelance photographer based in Mexico City since 2007. For the last six years, he lived in Venezuela collaborating with Reuters, European Pressphoto Agency, Agencia EFE, and others. Throughout seven days, Andalucia celebrates Semana...

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Adobe TV

Many of us will find Adobe TV very useful as it features 4 channels, each targeting a specific audience. Naturally, the one that is of most interest to us is the Photographers channel.Each channel features tutorials and commentary from Adobe experts, and more than 200 videos are currently available on Adobe TV: the first of which offers secrets about Photoshop software, podcasts and design tips for Creative Suite, techniques for Photoshop Lightroom, and many others that will be useful to other disciplines as we...

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Atlantic Monthly: Kolkata

Photograph © Atul Loke-All Rights ReservedHere's a Soundslides feature from The Atlantic Monthly of Kolkata photographs by Atul Loke. The one above is of street barbers in the Kalighat neighborhood of the city. The slideshow is accompanied by a lovely piece of sitar by Ravi Shankar, but I'm not sure why the magazine's website insists in opening a small window for the slideshow. It's annoying.It is also the accompanying feature to Robert Kaplan's article about this teeming city. Kaplan is an author and an editor for the magazine. His writings have also been nationally featured, and while he's viewed as controversial because of his support for the Iraq war (his biography is revealing as to why), he captures Kolkata very well.This is one of the...

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Email Newsletters

I don't usually plug products much, but I found Campaign Monitor to be one of the better ones I've used so far. The thing I like best about it is its pricing structure. There are no setup fees, no monthly fees and no hidden fees. For each campaign sent with more than 5 recipients, it's a flat delivery fee of $5 plus 1 cent/recipient. So it's a purely pay-as-you-go product.Sending newsletters by email is one of the most effective way to reach one's clients/audience, whether your mailing list is in the tens or in the thousands. You have to realize that some will not reach their mailbox destination, but that's a function of anti-spam filters in email providers.Using Campaign Monitor is not difficult, but because it's built for designers, it gives...

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Inside Guantanamo: Louie Palu

Photograph © Louie Palu-All Rights ReservedFrank Rich of the New York Times authored an insightful Op-Ed today, which he titled The Petraeus-Crocker Show Gets the Hook . It's an extremely well-written and well-thought out opinion piece, especially when he writes: "Most Americans don’t want to hear, see or feel anything about Iraq, whether they support the war or oppose it. They want to look away, period, and have been doing so for some time."Coincidentally, I found The Atlantic Monthly's Inside Guatanamo, a Soundslides feature by photojournalist Louie Palu, who visited the facility where the U.S. government is holding some 340 “enemy combatants”. From the accompanying article, we read that "fewer than 20 percent of Guantánamo inmates have been...

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Remi Benali: The Khampa Horsemen

Photograph © Remi Benali-All Rights ReservedHere's a presentation of photographs by Remi Benali, a photojournalist and travel photographer from France, on The Khampa Horsemen of Tibet.The Khampas are the inhabitants of the Kham region,the eastern third of Tibet. Marco Polo described the Kham as "thieves and caravan raiders practicing all sorts of magic". Many of them adhere to their religious and cultural traditions. The Khampas' spectacular Yagi Summer Festival is held in Litang, in China's western Sichuan province, one county over from Tibet proper. Tibetans make up 90 percent of the people who live in Litang. The NPR website has further background (including some audio) on the Khampa Horsemen and the festival.Remi Benali worked with the...

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Lightroom Beta 2.0: Sample

© Tewfic El-Sawy - All Rights ReservedAs reported in an earlier post this week, I've been test-driving Lightroom 2.0 in its Beta form. I found it to be intuitive and simple to use so far, and I'm very pleased to have downloaded it. I'm far from being a "pixel-pusher", so I keep my usage very basic and the photograph above (village elders in Jojawar, Rajasthan) is the result of just a couple of clicks. A photojournalist friend recommended that I try the recently updated Aperture as well, predominantly for its capability to seamlessly integrate with all of Apple's applications. I shall do so short...

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Marc Dozier: Papua New Guinea

Photograph © Marc Dozier-All Rights ReservedMarc Dozier is a French photojournalist, who describes himself as a tireless globetrotter. He traveled to the four corners of the world, reporting and photographing for Grands Reportages, the French travel magazine. He studied graphic arts at the University of Moresby, in Papua New Guinea.He regularly travels to Papua New Guinea, and considers it his second home. His portfolio consists of travel photographs from PNG, Benin, Zanzibar, Thailand, Burma and Taiwan among othe...

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Posted in: Asia,Photographers: Travel

Rubin Museum of Art: Kevin Bubriski

Photograph © Kevin Bubriski-All Rights ReservedFrom March 14 to October 13, 2008, the Rubin Museum of Art in New York is featuring "Nepal in Black and White", an exhibition of photographs made by Kevin Bubriski.The photographer arrived in Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1975, and spent about 4 years working in remote villages. He returned in 1984 as a photographer, and with a 4” x 5” view camera, a Nepalese photographic assistant, and two porters, he traveled the length and breadth of the country for the better part of three years. “The realization that not only my camera but also the modern world was making ever-increasing intrusions into even the most remote areas of Nepal compelled me to document a time and way of life slipping inexorably...

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Bruno Morandi: Guatemala

Here's a two for one post; I already featured Bruno Morandi on TTP about a year ago with a post on his work with the Hijras of Pakistan. Bruno is a globe trotting French photographer blessed with an excellent 'eye', and who relies on all-inclusive framing and the power of colors. I also posted about Issuu, an online conversion system that converts PDF files so that they can be read on the internet via web browsers. One can create a digital magazine or book with its pages flipped just like the real thing.Bruno has published his colorful Guatemala: A Symphony of Colours photographs as an Issuu digital book, and it's really lovely. I don't know what it is, but having one's photographs in digital book form seems aesthetically more pleasing to the...

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Posted in: Guatemala,Photographers: Travel

The Magnum Workshop East London

The Magnum Workshop East London will be held 14th - 20th June 2008 is a seven day event organized for advanced photographers wishing to take the next logical step in their career. Led by Magnum photographers Chris Steele-Perkins and Simon Wheatley, this workshop is an opportunity to build a body of work focusing on the topical regeneration of East London.For Further information: The Magnum Workshop East Lon...

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Sony World Photography Awards

© Arup Ghosh, courtesy of Sony World Photography AwardsArup Ghosh's image of an Indian barber shaving a customer has won him top honors as Amateur Photographer of the Year in the Sony World Photography Awards.The inaugural Sony World Photography Awards will be held in Cannes, France, between April 21 and 25. Professional photographers nominated in the 11 categories will find out in Cannes who has been named Photographer of the Year.There are many terrific photographs among the World Photography Awards Finalists (via Spiegel Online) galle...

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Amy Thompson: Cambodia

Photograph © Amy Thompson-All Rights ReservedAmy Thompson is a talented photojournalist who recently completed her masters in documentary photography from Ohio University and is currently teaching at the Massachusetts College of Art. Amy worked as a freelance and staff photographer for The New York Times (Washington D.C. bureau) and was a featured photographer in National Geographic Magazine.Supported by a grant from the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, she created and produced an essay Peace, Violence and Visitors, which is chosen for this post. Her photographs captioned "Hunting for frogs" and "Selling bok-shoy" in the photo essay amply demonstrate her talent.To me, Amy's photograph of a lay nun (aka doan-chi) in the Bayon Temple in Angkor...

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Posted in: Cambodia,Photographers: Photojournalists

Pulitzer Prize: Breaking News Photography

Photograph © Adrees Latif -All Rights ReservedThe 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced a short while ago, and Adrees Latif of Reuters was awarded the $10,000 2008 Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News Photography for his photograph of a Japanese videographer, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar.Mahmud Hams of Agence France-Presse was also nominated as finalist in this category for his picture of a missile, caught in mid-air, as it falls on a target in the Gaza Strip while young Palestinians scramble for safety.2008 Pulitzer Pri...

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TTP Recap of the Week

For your convenience, here's the past week's (March 31-April 6, 2008) most popular posts on TTP: Karen Huntt: PNG. Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta Edirol R-0...

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4th Angkor Photography Festival

Françoise Callier, Curator of The Angkor Photography Festival, has announced that it will be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from November 23rd to 28th, 2008.For the program of exhibitions and slideshows, projects photographed worldwide, not just in Asia, are welcomed by the selection committee.The deadline for submitting work is July 15th, 2008. The selected photographers will receive a reply during the month of August.Details are available at : The Angkor Photography Festi...

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Ehrin Macksey: Pulikali

© Ehrin Macksey-All Rights ReservedEhrin Macksey is a multimedia freelance producer, designer and programmer. He graduated with an engineering degree with specializations in business and web programming from the University of Florida.He spent part of his life in the Middle East, and traveled in South East Asia, where he developed a love for photography. He currently photographs social, economical and political issues in Vietnam. Here is his multimedia feature on Pulikali, or the "Tiger Dance", which is a folk dance and art form from Trissur in the south of India. The unusual dance is performed during the Onam festival which occurs in the months of August or September.You can also see other multimedia work by Ehrin at Relative Exposure and...

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Posted in: India,Multimedia

Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta

I'm a Luddite when it comes to imaging software, and in justification I have to say that I don't spend much time fiddling with my images. While I certainly use Adobe's Photoshop to prep my images before displaying, printing or selling them, I seldom use its more advanced tools. I decided to leave these to people better qualified than I am.However, I decided to give Adobe Lightroom 2.0 (Beta) a try, and downloaded its trial. Having no patience to read manuals or tutorials, I just took a plunge and I must say that it's one heck of a program! As I haven't used its predecessor, I can't make any comparisons (my friend Gavin Gough did on his blog) nor can I add anything that hasn't been written or said since it was released. I currently use iView...

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Smithsonian 5th Annual Photo Contest

The Smithsonian magazine has announced the selection of 10 Finalists in its 5th Annual Photo Contest. We are told that its judges reviewed 7,500 photographs from around the world.The five categories are Americana, The Natural World, People, Altered Images, and Travel. The Grand Prize Winner and the five Category Winners will be announced in the July 2008 issue of Smithsonian, and on its web site on July 1st.The Smithsonian's 5th Annual Photo Cont...

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