George Jardine has brought some of the most inspirational voices of photography to our ears over the last couple of years. But sadly he’s unplugging the mikes and his 53rd episode, featuring Martin Evening and recorded in London, will be the last.
The podcast (labeled “20080310-2 Video Podcast – Martin Evening Book Project”) is in the [...]

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“The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s compassionate dedication exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist. For 2008, the grant will be $30,000, with an additional [...]

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The latest Firefox browser has just been made available.
And along with a whole host of other features it now makes it possible to display images according to their correct ICC profile. BUT it’s turned off in the default mode, so you’ll have to turn it on to get the advantage.
Instructions:
1 – Type [...]

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In 2006 the EU announced an initiative called i2010 Digital Libraries Initiative. Its aim is to enable the digitisation of work held by cultural institutions, for the public good. However it also raised the problem of not being able to digitise some works because the authors could not be traced, ie. Orphan Works. [...]

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The work was commissioned by Arts Council England West Midlands and is an exploration of North Staffordshire, a territory rich in cultural and artistic heritage seeking to forge a new identity in a post-industrial era. On entering the 21st century, much emphasis is placed on the need for northern towns and cities to develop aspirational [...]

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Press Release:
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2008 deadline is Friday 20th June 2008.
All applications must be digital. Our FTP instructions and the application form are available from www.ianparry.org
Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died whilst on assignment for the Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989. He was just 24 years old. The Scholarship was [...]

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Tonight the BBC have featured a documentary on Annie Leibovitz’s life in work “Life Through a Lens” in the Imagine series of programmes on BBC2. It is also available on the iPlayer until 17 June.
However if you are in Paris or London you will be able to see her retrospective for yourself…
“Annie Leibovitz: [...]

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If you are a photographer, you are eligible to enter Think Tank Photo’s drawing for free round-trip airfare, hotel, spending money, and exhibition passes to photokina, the world’s leading photo and imaging trade fair. Join over 160,000 visitors from 156 countries in exploring 1,600 exhibitors of cutting edge imaging products from almost 50 countries. And, [...]

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