You probably remember Naruto, the Indonesian monkey who made photographic self-portraits a few years back.
Now, PETA is suing to have the courts give shutter-tripping animals their own copyrights to their “work”:
http://qz.com/508911/remember-the-monkey-selfie-peta-are-suing-to-give-the-monkey-the-rights-to-it/
Think twice; use your camera/smartphone responsibly.
Quartz tells us how critical smartphone technology is for refugees and migrants fleeing into Europe from Syria and other distressed regions:
http://qz.com/500062/the-most-crucial-item-that-migrants-and-refugees-carry-is-a-smartphone/
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
From the PBS NewsHour: “South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi is on a mission to bring the experience of black lesbians in her home country to the forefront, as many members of the community face high rates of violence, including incidents of so-called “corrective rape.” Muholi’s work is on display at the Brooklyn Museum through November. PBS NewsHour’s Tracy Wholf reports.”
Top photographer is Australian Luke Austin. A sample of his incredible work, below:
For more photographs and photographers in the competition, follow this link.
Like many who are compelled to make photographs, I carry a camera almost everywhere I go. As regular readers may recall, I involve myself in “Windshield Photography” just about any time I am in an automobile as a non-driving passenger.
Today I rode with my daughter for a few hours over an interstate highway.
One of the difficulties (not to mention the obvious concerns of constantly changing camera angles, movement, etc.) involved in the practice of Windshield Photography is the effect of glass — tinted, reflective, dirty, whatever — interposed between subject and camera lens. Color consistency and fidelity becomes almost impossible to achieve without a lot of post-production work. But conversion to black & white is one possible response, as shown at top and below:
And while we are at it (from today, but not through window glass) …
fwiw …
Today I drop in on my old workplace and chat with two of my former colleagues. As we talk …
Finally …
Eadweard Trailer V2 (7.14.15) from The Industry & Co on Vimeo.
And, while we’re at it, let’s listen to Muybridge-inspired music. One of my favorite albums from Philip Glass, “The Photographer”:
Community activist, civic leader and arts advocate …
