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Spy Cams Reveal Wild Stuff
Published March 15, 2011 Photography 5 CommentsTags: Smithsonian Wild, spy cams, surveillance, wild animals
Photo: siwild
The Smithsonian Wild project is the result of five years of surreptitious photographs of animals in their natural habitats. Using motion-triggered cameras that are attached to trees or posts all over the world, they collected 201,000 images, so now you can see all these rare and unusual animals up close: the South American tapir in the Peruvian Amazon, giant pandas in China, the African lion in Kenya.
As William McShea, co-leader of the project, told Wired:
“Many animals leave virtually no sign of their existence, so camera traps are just a godsend for people like me. … It’s much better than looking at a handful of feces and wondering what dropped it. These images are like museum-quality specimens with collection dates, locations, species names and other veracious metadata.”
In a similar vein, “60 Minutes” recently aired a segment on British filmmaker John Downer, whose ground-breaking spy cams have captured hard-to-track animals — most recently the polar bear in the Arctic Circle. Because the cameras look like snowballs, they blend into the terrain and the bears are shown behaving as they would when they are totally alone.
You don’t have to be nutso for animals to be pretty awed by these.
20th Century Criminals, With Flair
Published March 14, 2011 Photography 3 CommentsTags: Australia, criminals, Crooks Like Us, Justice & Police Museum, mug shots, Sydney
Between 1910 and 1930, Australian authorities photographed the criminals, and suspected criminals, that passed through Sydney’s Central Police Station. Instead of stark and simple mug shots, the result is a collection of intense, engrossing portraits of the city’s underground crime scene.
Author Peter Doyle spent hours immersed in the forensic photography archive at the Justice & Police Museum in Sydney to compile the images that make up his book, “Crooks Like Us.” It’s not nice to romanticize these people, who were notable drug dealers, thieves, prostitutes and cons, but they’re a pretty cool-looking set, truth be told. Those that aren’t downright suave and stylish are at least quirky and interesting. (Contrast these to the modern criminal, and well, you see what I mean.)
(via Boing Boing)
World’s Smallest Video Camera
Published March 14, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: endoscope, Fraunhofer, smallest video camera, surveillance
Photo: Fraunhofer
The German research firm Fraunhofer has developed the world’s smallest digital video camera — intended for use for exploration within the human body. The new endoscope, which is the size of a grain of salt and has a resolution of 62,500 pixels, is the first of its kind that can be reproduced inexpensively and is disposable. The invention will have a myriad of applications in the medical and research fields, but just imagine the possibilities in surveillance….
Source: Gizmag
Published March 12, 2011 Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography , Street photography Leave a Comment
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Devastation
Published March 11, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: earthquake, Japan, NOAA, tsunami
Photo: NOAA
There are some insane photos of the destruction in Japan from the massive earthquake and tsunami at The Atlantic.
The Big Picture also has a collection here.
Published March 11, 2011 Hollywood , Los Angeles , Photography Leave a Comment
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Is Lady Gaga A Copyright Bully?
Published March 10, 2011 Photography 6 CommentsTags: copyright, lady gaga, photographing concerts
Normally I’m all for multi-millionaire celebrities trying to protect what’s rightfully theirs, except in the case when it’s not theirs.
In a move that signals crushing amounts of hubris, Lady Gaga is demanding that photographers sign over the copyright to images taken at her concerts so that she owns them all.
Rolling Stone writes: “This an especially bold demand as the government has established that copyright exists the moment when a work is created, which in this case is the moment when a photographer clicks their shutter button.”
If this is attempt to control her image, it seems totally futile considering everyone has a cell phone camera these days. If it’s an effort to make more money, well, she made $64 million last year and was on the Forbes list as the fourth richest woman in Hollywood, so that’s just greedy.
As concert photographer and intellectual property lawyer David Atlas told Rolling Stone:
“Typically the person who has the least leverage gets the worst release,” Atlas says. “Maybe there’s a photographer that she likes who won’t have to sign the release form, but the people who get paid $125 to hang out for four hours at a concert have to sign this release. So on top of getting paid very little, they have no ongoing revenue stream from these photos whatsoever.”
Photography Link Roundup
Published March 10, 2011 Photography 1 CommentTags: anti-facist demonstrators, dog photos, earthquake, Eva Braun, links, roundup, San Francisco, submissions, wedding
Photo: Smithsonian Institution
• A Smithsonian volunteer has uncovered what seems to be the first true color photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake — as well as the first true color photos ever taken of the city. [Newser]
• Life magazine has released rare images of Hitler’s number one lady, Eva Braun, from her own personal collection. Love the one of Hitler’s portrait in her living room. [Life]
• It’s a bummer when your Big Day coincides with a protest by anti-fascist demonstrators because then your photos are all messed up. [Daily Mail]
• Dogtography, New York’s first-ever photo exhibit shot by dogs, is opening today. They took the photos with collar cams, if you’re wondering. [Gothamist]
• To celebrate Women’s History Month, NPR is calling for photos of inspiring women in any size, shape or form. To submit, tag your Flickr photos #nprwomen. [The Picture Show]
New York’s No. 1 Fashion Photographer
Published March 10, 2011 Photography , Street photography 1 CommentTags: Bill Cunningham, fashion, movie, New York
Bill Cunningham New York, opening on March 16 in New York and March 25 in Los Angeles, celebrates the life and work of photographer/bicyclist/smock fan/all around eccentric, Bill Cunningham.
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