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It’s a fine-art book from renowned celebrity photographer Michael Grecco, offering an unabashed peek under the silken covers of the multi-billion dollar porn industry. Published by San Francisco-based Rock Out Books, the beautiful hard cover, full color, 224-page book, strategically oversized at 13 3/4″ x 10″, will just barely be able to slide into retail …
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French photojournalist Alexandra Boulat died today in a Paris hospital. She was 45. She has been coma since late June after she suffered a stroke caused by aneurism. Boulat was one of the founding members of the VII agency and pursued conflict photography, covering the wars in Kosovo and the Middle East, among others. Boulat …
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Paul Indigo writes, “Most great pictures that touch our hearts have technical flaws. The technically perfect advertising shots will never have this kind of power and impact on humanity. “Look at Robert Capa‘s shots of the Normandy landing. Grainy, blurred, scratched (the negatives were trodden on in the darkroom during development) and yet all of …
Sanyo Digital has launched its lightest and smallest camcorder yet, the Xacti HD1000, which features full high-definition 1920×1080 pixels video recording while also being able to shoot 4-megapixel still photos. The HD1000 utilizes the advanced MPEG-4 AVC/H.246 video format and features a 10x optical HD lens and a large 2.7-inch widescreen display. The new Sanyo …
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The London-based Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has narrowed down the entries to its Young Photographers Awards competition down to 33 photos from among the thousands they received. The chosen photos, which feature kittiwakes to kitties, lions to lemurs, will be displayed at the glitzy annual award ceremony to be …
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Kingston today unleashed two new RAMs for the computer, the 1800MHz HyperX 14400 series DDR3 and and the low-latency 1625MHz HyperX 13000 series DDR3 memory modules. Both series are available now and are shipping in 1GB and 2GB capacities. The 1GB 1800MHz (CL8-8-8-24-1T @ 1.9V) DDR3 HyperX DIMM has a suggested retail price of $227 …
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Getty Images is now accepting applications for next year’s Grants for Editorial Photography. Five grants will be awarded, $20,000 each for a total of $100,000. The grants also carries with it project execution support from the photo editors of Getty Images. Grant recipients are given the opportunity to sign a one-year exclusive-rights deal with Getty …
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Precision Camera, which bills itself as the largest camera repair facility in the world, will be exhibiting at the 2007 PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo on October 18-20, 2007 at Jacob Javits Center in New York City, New York. The PhotoPlus conference and expo brings together diverse audiences including professional and advanced amateur photographers, …
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If you’re in or near London, there is a wildlife photography workshop you can attend on October 26 and 27. Bristol-based conservation charity Wildscreen and Shell Wildlife will be jointly hosting WildPhotos 2007: Exploring the Power of Nature Photography. The conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London. It will feature talks …
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This is the way to shoot professional-looking product shots if you’re a do-it-yourself product photographer. The Sharpics Complete Tabletop Studio is designed with online auction sites, e-commerce websites, insurance claims, appraisals, home and office inventories, estate planning, etc. in mind. The Complete Tabletop Studios feature the D-Flector Portable Photo Studio, a Compact Light Kit and …