Professional photography
Quest for Land: Magnum photographer John Vink chooses the iPad for latest project
Quest for Land, an extensive photo reportage to be viewed on the iPad about land issues in Cambodia by John Vink, a Magnum Photos photographer who has been working on these issues over the last 11 years. The application developed by Robert Starkweather contains over 700 photographs, texts written by Robert Carmichael, links to reports […]
Photography book: The Ruins of Detroit by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
The Ruins of Detroit: a gorgeous book about Detroit, how the city has changed and some storytelling about the decay of a dream, of an industry and an era. Authors Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre depict in 186 amazing photos almost a century of Detroit in empty buildings, ruins and ghostly landscapes. “Ruins are the […]
This photo is worth $4.34 million
This is a real ground breaking record: a whopping $4.34 million is the price paid at a Christie’s auction in NY. This Rhein II river snapshot set the world record for a photo. Gursky’s print, made in 1999, was expected to sell for between $2.5 million and $3.5 million. It depicts a stunning panorama of […]
Go Pro with the new Canon EOS-D1 X top DSLR camera!
It’s been quite a long time since Canon introduced the (now old) EOS 1D Mark IV and EOS 1D Mark III: Canon has finally unveiled the 10th (I might be wrong, but this should be the right number) generation of its professional digital camera. The new Canon EOS-D1 X sports a CMOS sensor with 18.1 […]
Magnum Photos exhibition in Germany (Oct 2011-Jan-2012): war photography compendium
Do you happen to be in Reutlingen, Germany from October 10, 2011 – January 31, 2012? You should, we all should, even if we’re not photo enthusiasts. Magnum Photos (yes, the name associated with Robert Capa, Henry Cartier Bresson, Steve McCurry…) is presenting Wunden der Welt – Wounds of the World, an educational exhibition on […]
