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Re: Photography

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:10 pm
by Endovelico
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The photographer who took this picture and won a World Press Photo prize with it, is now unemployed and had to sell his cameras in order to have money to live. The idea that capitalism rewards quality and guarantees success to those who are above average is just another myth...

Re: Photography

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:17 am
by noddy
amusingly enough it was capitalism's socialist aspect which has made life very difficult for professional photographers.

the days of only a few having access to high quality imaging gear are long gone, if you can afford 2 grand you can have equipment as good as what cost 20 grand a decade ago and double that again a decade previous.

this has destroyed alot of the photographers market... flickr.com, 500px.com and all the various microstock sites have millions upon millions of high quality images taken by keen amateurs who give their work away for free or extremely low cost.

to survive on photography now the skill is in your salesmanship and money smarts, having nice gear and an artistic eye is no longer the only requirement.

viva le revolution.

Re: Photography

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:04 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
noddy wrote: . . . to survive on photography now the skill is in your salesmanship and money smarts, having nice gear and an artistic eye is no longer the only requirement.
Yes, you also need Indian weddings.

Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:13 pm
by YMix
East Side Access Update - 2/12/2013

Progress continues on the East Side Access project as of February 12, 2013. The project will allow the Long Island Rail Road to access Grand Central Terminal for the first time.

These photos shows work on the caverns underneath Grand Central Terminal that will house a future concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains.

Photos: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.

Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:44 am
by Typhoon

Re: Photography

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:31 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
75 cool photos from the blog "TwistedSifter"

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/10/top-75 ... Sifter+%29

Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:34 am
by noddy
Nonc Hilaire wrote:75 cool photos from the blog "TwistedSifter"

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/10/top-75 ... Sifter+%29
wow, some rippers in that.

Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:50 am
by Nonc Hilaire
noddy wrote:
Nonc Hilaire wrote:75 cool photos from the blog "TwistedSifter"

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/10/top-75 ... Sifter+%29
wow, some rippers in that.
It's a good feed with non-photo stuff of the same quality too. But mostly photos.

Re: Photography

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:04 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
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Re: Photography

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:49 pm
by Parodite
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An Iraqi woman washes the hair of a toddler in a transit camp in Aski Kalak, forty kilometers from the Kurdish capital Arbil. Thousands of Iraqis are fleeing ISIS, the terror organization advancing towards Baghdad. Photo AFP / Safin Hamed

Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:52 am
by Typhoon

Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:35 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
It looks like the new Leader of Ukraine is going to be Italian. Either Fibonacci or Caravaggio.

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Re: Photography

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:32 pm
by Typhoon
Nonc Hilaire wrote:
noddy wrote: . . . to survive on photography now the skill is in your salesmanship and money smarts, having nice gear and an artistic eye is no longer the only requirement.
Yes, you also need Indian weddings.
:lol:

Re: Photography

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:21 am
by Doc
Personal photographs from the last couple of weeks.

Best viewed in the latest version of Firefox in "view image"

http://postimg.org/gallery/1enf7e6ny/aa47d7e1/


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Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:53 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
Photoessay on Israeli Haredi culture

http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/04/a-f ... dium=email

Luis dos Santos

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:46 pm
by Nonc Hilaire

Re: Photography

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:50 am
by Typhoon
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Re: Photography

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:34 pm
by noddy
At some point in your travels, you’ll come across a sight that’s so beautiful, it takes your breath away.

In those moments there’s only one thing to do. Take a photo. With your balls out.

Nutscaping is a photo-taking trend which involves dropping your trousers, whipping out some testicles (yours, if you have them), and gently hovering above the camera so your balls hang down like a majestic moon in the sky.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/27/men-are-t ... z3priHj4aD
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Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:36 am
by Simple Minded
noddy wrote:
At some point in your travels, you’ll come across a sight that’s so beautiful, it takes your breath away.

In those moments there’s only one thing to do. Take a photo. With your balls out.

Nutscaping is a photo-taking trend which involves dropping your trousers, whipping out some testicles (yours, if you have them), and gently hovering above the camera so your balls hang down like a majestic moon in the sky.


Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/10/27/men-are-t ... z3priHj4aD
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Caused by AGW?

:lol: This gives me hope for the future of humanity.

Modern tech enables instantaneous, ubiquitous communication used to share high culture. I think "we" are gonna be ok after all.

What about nipplescaping, we should be fair, after all.......

Tytia Habing

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:35 am
by Nonc Hilaire

Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:03 pm
by noddy
that image is neither here not there for subject matter or framing for me but its a tour de force of gorgeous lighting and processing, the tones and foreground/background seperatation are wonderful.

Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:05 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
noddy wrote:that image is neither here not there for subject matter or framing for me but its a tour de force of gorgeous lighting and processing, the tones and foreground/background seperatation are wonderful.
You need to see the series. Cropping is clipped by the forum software's 640 px width restriction. Thr series ia centered on childhood. It is a serene vision.

Re: Photography

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:11 pm
by Parodite
Beautiful, thanks.

Re: Photography

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:52 pm
by Typhoon

Re: Photography

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:34 am
by noddy
Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant contacted conceptual design studio Lernert & Sander to create a piece for a special documentary photography issue about food. Lernert & Sander responded with this somewhat miraculous photo of 98 unprocessed foods cut into extremely precise 2.5cm cubes aligned on a staggered grid.
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