Vogue Cover called Racist

Annie Leibovitz's cover image for Vogue that looks too similar to a King Kong poster is slammed for being racist...more

Shooting Still and Video

"Kevin Launius [pictured], a staff photographer at the Grants Pass (Ore.) Daily Courier, is one of thousands of small and mid-sized circulation news photographers who are facing the challenge of adapting to producing content for both online and print editions of their newspapers. Launius has mixed feelings about having to work with both still pictures and video." ...more

Free Photoshop

Photographers can store, edit and share their pictures using new online-based software launched today on a free-to-use trial basis by Adobe.

'Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience,' claims the firm in a press statement.
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Exhibitions for Dave Burgess

MA Photography student Dave Burgess has a series of three exhibitions coming up of his work in China. a) Victor J's Cafe Bar, York: 30th Feb to 30th March, b) Doncaster Art Gallery: 5th April to 10th May, C) Design & Innovation Centre, Leeds: 30th June to 18th July.

NPPA Awards

Adam Dean misses out again to John Moore in the next round of awards but Andrew Biraj, graduate from the Bolton BA Programme and Pathshala wins a first prize...more

Terry O’Neill Award 2008

"Following an outstanding response to the inaugural award in 2007 we are proud to announce details of the award for 2008. The competition forms a showcase for both established and new photographers, providing valuable exposure of their work and a prestigeous opportunity to enhance their careers."...more

The Internet Effect on News

Time magazine blogged discussion on the future of internet news ...more

Foto8 Awards

"Your chance to have your photographs exhibited in London’s prestigious HOST Gallery, seen and judged by respected industry professionals from the media and art worlds and of course to win the first annual Foto8 Award for Best in Show." ...more

Reuters Bear Witness to Iraq

"Through five years of war, a team of 100 Reuters correspondents, photographers, cameramen and support staff has strived to deliver news to the world from Iraq – the most dangerous country for the press. These are their personal stories, bearing witness through half a decade of conflict which has taken the lives of 127 journalists, including seven Reuters colleagues."....more

You Can't Picture This

A short video discussing the rights of photographers to shoot on the streets on the UK....more

Transgressions

A one day symposium organised by the
European Centre for Photographic Research Newport

People's Park

Kurt Tong recalls his childhood as he visits China's forgotten parks...more

Children see their images in print

Street children from Mumbai finally got their hands on a copy of the photo book "Through Our Eyes" created by MA Photography student Rob Thomas as a final project on the course. The teenagers involved spoke very positively about the four week project to local paer The Asian Age.

Fotofest concentrates on China

FOTOFEST 2008 focuses on one of the most compelling cultural, political, and economic phenomena of the contemporary world - China and its transformation....more

New Foto8 Website Launched

Foto8 one of the few quality journals supporting photojournalsim has moved to a much bigger publication but will only publish twice a year. It has also launched a new website at http://foto8.com

Bolton Worktown Images

A new archive is launched by Bolton Museum. Between 1937 and 1938 Humphrey Spender took over 900 pictures of Bolton giving a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary people living
and working in a British pre-War industrial town...more

What Families Eat Around the World

A very simple but powerful use of photography depicting an average family's food buy in different countries around the world ...more