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American Photo: Cindy Sherman at MoMA

A talk with curator Eva Respini to preview the MoMA's 35-year Sherman retrospective opening this week
- By American Photo on February 22, 2012
This week (on February 26), New York’s Museum of Modern Art opens its major retrospective of Sherman's photographs, chronicling 35 years of work. We recently spoke with exhibition curator Eva Respini on her collaboration with Sherman, and the challenge of packaging such a large (and critically well-documented) body of work.
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Flickr To Get Massive Redesign

Flickr's Markus Spiering is promising a major overhaul to the look and feel of their website
- By Tim Barribeau on February 22, 2012
In an interview with Beta Beat, Flickr's senior product manager Markus Spiering has promised a dramatic makeover for the web-service, bringing it more inline with its modern competition. While many photographers have jumped ship to the likes of 500px or Google+, Flickr's status as the de facto photo hosting for most photogs puts it in a position of power.
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World Press Photo Award Winning Photographer Rémi Ochlik Killed In Syria

World Press Photo winner Rémi Ochlik was killed in Syria alongside Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin, and at least three other photographers are reported injured.
- By Tim Barribeau on February 22, 2012
World Press Photo award winner Rémi Ochlik was killed in Syria when shells hit a makeshift media station in the city of Homs, ending his life and that of Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin.
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A Wall Street Trader’s Unexpected Photo Hobby: Documenting Lives of Marginalized New Yorkers

Chris Arnade may be a part of the city’s 1%, but he spends his free time photographing some of the Bronx’s most forgotten residents
- By Kathleen Davis on February 21, 2012
Chris Arnade is a well-paid banker during the week and a photo hobbyist on the weekends, which really isn’t that rare. However, what is more surprising is his choice of photo subject: prostitutes, drug addicts and the homeless. He first went to the Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point in 2010, as a volunteer at the Hunts Point Alliance for Children. He began talking to the local addicts and prostitutes he encountered and was fascinated by their stories.
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The Latest Police Weapon is a Tiny Camera

Small video cameras mounted on officer’s clothing could offer solution to controversies surrounding police violence
- By Kathleen Davis on February 21, 2012
In light of the steady stream of reports of police violence, especially involving protestors, Taser’s new mini-video cameras for police may be just what’s needed to show both sides of the story.
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Newsweek's New Tumblr Shows Off the Covershots that Didn't Make the Cut

Picking Newsweek's cover image is a more complicated process than you might think
- By Tim Barribeau on February 21, 2012
Have you ever wondered how a major magazine like Newsweek chooses a cover image? For their newest issue, they ended up going with the one above for the cover story "The Politics of Sex", but what about the ones that didn't make the cut?
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Capturing Vanishing Cultures with a 35-Foot Camera

A Kickstarter fund has been created for a project that revolves around photographing vanishing cultures with a camera the size of a truck
- By Tim Barribeau on February 21, 2012
Photographer Dennis Manarchy is working on a project that is mind-blowing in scale, a 35-foot camera that produces two story tall prints, all in an attempt to capture some of the forgotten and evaporating societies of the United States. The project is called Vanishing Cultures, and Manarchy is raising funds through Kickstarter in what can only be described as a Herculean effort.
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Flickr, Vimeo, and Twitter are Integrated in the New Mac Operating System

Due out this summer, OS X Mountain Lion introduces Share Sheets allowing users to share photos more easily.
- By Kathleen Davis on February 17, 2012
Mac devotees are excited to hear that just a year after the release of OS X Lion, Apple previewed yesterday an updated operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, due out this summer.This new version introduces Share Sheets, an interface element inspired by iOS. Share Sheets are a pop-up menu that appears when you click on the Share icon in an app such as Safari, Preview, or Notes (developers can add them to their apps as well).
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Report: 18% Of Consumers Now Consider Their Smartphone Their Primary Camera

A new study published by the CEA shows a growing trend on relying on a smartphone for photography.
- By Tim Barribeau on February 16, 2012
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has released a new study on how consumers are using cameras, and unsurprisingly, smartphones are on the rise. Over the last two years the number of users who rely on their smartphone as a primary photographic device has tripled to 18% — though compact cameras still hold 55% of that vote.
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Fashion and Fine-Art Photographer,Lillian Bassman, Dies at 94

Lillian Bassman was a renowned fashion photographer in the 1940s and 50s, who re-emerged in the 1990s.
- By Kathleen Davis on February 14, 2012
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Lillian Bassman died Monday in her home in Manhattan at the age of 94. Starting in 1945, Bassman served as the Art Director for Harper Bazaar spin-off magazine Junior Bazaar, where she featured images by future photographic stars like Richard Avedon, Robert Frank and Louis Faurer. It was inspiration from these photographers that got Bassman started on her own career as a fashion photographer.
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