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Airline Says ‘No Photography’ on Flights

Chris Knight — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:44:54 +0000

Recently, NPR featured an article about a woman that was kicked off an American Airlines flight for singing a Whitney Houston song, but there was something else that caught the attention of at least one of their writers. During the video, crew members can be repeatedly heard telling people they aren’t allowed to film or photograph onboard the plane. [more]

Color Film Footage From 1920s London is the Coolest Thing You’ll See Today

Chris Knight — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:37:03 +0000

In 1927, Claude Frisse-Greene shot a series of film around London based on a color (or colour) technique that his father had experimenting with. His father, William Friese-Greene, was an early pioneer of cinematography. His process was called ‘Biocolour’ which produced the illusion of color by exposing alternating frames of black and white film with color filters, then staining the film again with red or green. [more]

Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx Teams Up With Leica

Chris Knight — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:23:30 +0000

Motley Crue bassist, Nikki Sixx is a recovering addict. But cameras, he says, are his new drug. He has been a musician, a writer and a radio host. His new passion is photography. To be honest, I was pretty surprised by his images. They are empathetic, penetrative and incredibly personal. He has teamed up with Leica to photograph a two-part interview series. [more]

Haunting Portrait from Bangladesh Tragedy

Chris Knight — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:55:25 +0000

WARNING: GRAPHIC It’s incredibly difficult for many people of the world to have a point of reference on this type of tragedy, but this image my be one of the most tragic images that I have seen in recent memory. It is both devastating and incredibly heartbreaking. The image is of a male and a female, embracing in their final moments. The couple hasn’t been identified, nor is their story known. They were found about 2am buried under fallen concrete with blood coming from the man’s eye like a tear. [more]

Jeff Bridges Honored for His Photography

Chris Knight — Sat, 04 May 2013 02:44:50 +0000

Jeff Bridges has been nominated for six Academy Awards and has won once (for ‘Crazy Heart’). He can now add another honor to his list of awards. This week at the 29th annual Infinity Awards, he is being nominated for his photography. ‘The Dude’ has been shooting on-set images of the films he has worked on since 1984, and his work gives us a peek at a world most people never get to see. [more]

Your Argument About How Film is Better Than Digital is Old. Like, Really Old.

Chris Knight — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:21:27 +0000

“These new ways might be found by men who could abandon their allegiance to traditional pictorial standards—or by the artistically ignorant, who had no old allegiances to break. There have been many of the latter sort. Since its earliest days, photography has been practiced by thousands who shared no common tradition or training, who were disciplined and united by no academy or guild, who considered their medium variously as a science, an art, a trade, or an entertainment, and who were often unaware of each other’s work… [more]

Fstoppers Sits Down with Lara Jade

Chris Knight — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:59:19 +0000

A captivating photograph often tells a story. That story is – more often than not –the story of the one taking the picture. Sometimes the story is obvious, and sometimes not so much. It’s in that delayed gratification that we are able to explore the nuances –when we have to reach into the subtleties for meaning behind a photo. Lara Jade is a classic example of this and her images are a vivid interpretation of her life. [more]

Documenting the Resurgence of Africa – ‘The New African Photography’ on Al Jazeera

Chris Knight — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:42:47 +0000

Al Jazeera English just premiered the first episode of their new show, “The New African Photography.” Following a time of great turmoil for Africa, the show centers on the changing image of the continent as told through the eyes of photographers. The goal is to ultimately replace the images of famine and war that often come to mind and with images that redefine what Africa is becoming today. [more]

“Trophy Pose” Football Player Countersues Photographer

Chris Knight — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:10:11 +0000

In 1991, Brian Masck photographed famed football player Desmond Howard in what has become known as “The Trophy Pose” in reference to the Heisman Trophy. That image has become recognized as one of the greatest photographs in sports and has gone on to be published all over the world in everything from Sports Illustrated to advertisements to the cover of a video game. At the moment, Masck is involved in lawsuits suing several entities that have used the image without his permission, including Sports Illustrated, Nissan and Desmond Howard, himself. Desmond Howard wasn’t super thrilled with that and decided to countersue Masck over the use of his likeness. [more]

And the 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Photography Are…(NSFW)

Chris Knight — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:10:36 +0000

…pretty outstanding and powerful photos. Every single image that was awarded the prize was taken by photographers covering the war in Syria. What’s particularly unique about the winner of the “Breaking News” category was that there was not a solitary winner; the award was shared by five photographers. [more]