Posted by Holly Hughes on Friday October 29, 2010 | Media
Darius Himes, publisher of Radius Books, told the audience at the “Publishing Your Photobook” seminar at PhotoPlus Expo that having an honest assessment of the potential audience for your photo book “is almost as important as doing the work.” Knowing who would want to buy a book of your photos helps you determine whether to... More ›
Posted by Conor Risch on Friday October 29, 2010 | Business, Media
One of the central questions of the seminar “10 Things You Should Know About Magazine Publishing Today,” which took place yesterday afternoon at the PDN Photo Plus Expo in New York, was what exactly defines the term “magazine” in the current media marketplace? Moderator Michelle Dunn Marsh, co-publisher of Aperture magazine, put the question to... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Wednesday October 27, 2010 | Media, Photos In The News
Panos Pictures, the UK-based photo agency, has posted images that miner Edison Pena took while he was trapped underground in the San Jose mine in Chile for 69 days. His photos show the refuge area where he and the other miners slept on cots and bed rolls, and the pile of fallen stone that cut... More ›
Posted by Sponsors on Wednesday October 27, 2010 | Events
This year, LaCie will be exhibiting its range of professional solutions at the PDN PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo at booth #479. LaCie’s external storage products have always been popular with photographers, and our new products are no exception. The LaCie 2big USB 3.0 is a great way to get capacity, speed, and security; it... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Tuesday October 26, 2010 | Celebrity, Fine Art
Annie Leibovitz has been trying to extract herself from a financial hole by offering master sets of 157 prints for more than $3 million each, but collectors are apparently balking, according to a recent story by John Gapper in the Financial Times. And at recent auctions, he reports, Leibovitz’s prints have been fetching less than... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Monday October 25, 2010 | Photojournalism, Photos In The News
Since the news went out that photographer Joao Silva had been severely wounded when he stepped on a mine in Afghanistan on Saturday, colleagues have sent messages of support to Silva’s Facebook page and The New York Times, where Silva is on contract. Photographer Greg Marinovich says he and other friends of Silva’s have been... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Friday October 22, 2010 | Media
According to an article on Daily Front Row, Jody Quon has resigned her post as W Magazine creative director just three issues into the re-launch of the magazine under the guidance of Stefano Tonchi. Sources at W told the fashion Web site that Quon’s split with W was by mutual decision, and that she would... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Wednesday October 20, 2010 | Photos In The News
The TED Conference has awarded its 2011 TED Prize to the street artist known as JR, who has plastered enormous photos on slums, industrial sites, office buildings and demolition sites in Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, Cambodia, France, Spain, the US and elsewhere. The TED prize , awarded annually to an individual who exemplifies innovation, includes a... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Tuesday October 19, 2010 | Fine Art
Our red flags went up last week when we received notice that some prints by Douglas Kirkland, Lynn Goldsmith, Michael Yamashita and others from the Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography collection will soon go on the auction block. The announcement came from Capital Recovery Group, acting on behalf of Peoples United Bank, of Springfield, Massachusetts.... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Monday October 18, 2010 | Copyright/Legal
Harvard law professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig has responded on Huffington Post to the brouhaha over his call for copyright reform two weeks ago at the Vimeo festival in New York. As we reported here, Lessig called on re-mix artists to push for changes in the law to make it easier to re-purpose,... More ›
