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We’ve been hearing all the rumors about Vanity Fair’s top-secret photos of Baby Suri, the never-as-yet publicly seen child of Tom Cruise and Katie (Kate) Holmes. According to one story, the pictures are so top secret that even Conde Nast owner Si Newhouse was not allowed to see them. The latest rumor, reported on jossip.com is that editor in chief Graydon Carter has stationed armed guards outside the plant where the magazine is printed.

I hate fakery in photojournalism as much as anyone, but I think the legions of bloggers now on the lookout for examples of doctored pictures may be going too far. The latest scandal erupted when Brian Stelter of TVNewser discovered that CBS had shaved a few pounds off of anchor-to-be Katie Couric in a recently released PR photo.

It remains to be seen if, as in New York, this loosely defined ban will continue to spell confusion and frustration for the city's photographers.

Through photos, drawings, and books, the show describes lower Manhattan as an area in flux, placing 9-11 in a context of controversy and devastation familiar to the area.

More than 30 years after his death, revered photojournalist Walker Evans has moved into the digital realm. In a deceptively benign exhibition of his work at the UBS Gallery (circumnavigating the lobby of the UBS building at 1285 Ave. of the Americas), gelatin silver prints of Evans's 1935 and '36 photos live alongside what could be considered controversial contemporary prints from the same negatives--reproduced digitally.

After Galen Rowell died in an airplane crash in 2002, I made a mistake I’ve been regretting ever since. We were close to finishing an issue of American Photo when we got the news that Galen, one of the greatest landscape, nature, and adventure photographers of our time, had been killed in a small plane near his home in Bishop, California. I decided we had to run a tribute in the issue we were closing, but we only had one page in which to do it. We got our little story in, but I knew immediately

We all know photography is changing...but who's doing the changing? Who are the innovators now in the stock business, in fine art, in advertising, in fashion, in photojournalism? We've been thinking a lot about that question for the past few months. We're working on a new feature for American Photo, a little bit like our list.) We're taking suggestions now...any ideas?—David Schonauer

The Military Reporters and Editors organization is holding its annual conference at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University from Oct. 26-28 in Evanston, Illinois. The conference will include a day-long photography program Oct. 27 titled “War Photography: At Home and Abroad.” Speakers will include Getty Images staff photographer Chris Hondros, winner of the Overseas Press Club’s 2005 Robert Capa Gold Medal; and Todd Heisler, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for feature photogr

In celebration of Henri Cartier-Bresson's birthday today, Slate's Magnum-sponsored Today's Pictures includes black-and-white images that find the man credited with in front of, as well as behind, the camera. An article in the September/October issue of American Photo (now out on newsstands) includes excerpts from a long-lost scrapbook by the famed French photographer.

File this under It’s About Time: A group of European worldwide photo podcasters has joined forces to create the Photocast Network, a volunteer organization and website dedicated to helping grow listenership among members shows and providing a central resource where listeners can find other shows of interest.