Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Stocksy and stock photography

Stocksy aims to bring the soul back into stock photography | Internet & Media - CNET News: ""Photographers kept coming to see me, coming to visit, telling me how bad the industry was, telling me they were disenfranchised, telling me about the competition, this sea of images. That, combined with declining royalties -- they were super frustrated," he said. "They were looking to me to get back in the game. I just couldn't ignore it anymore." He's not aiming to conquer the world -- something iStock did as it pioneered the "microstock" market that exploded when an army of digital photographers mobilized to sell photos globally on the Internet. That growth accelerated dramatically when Getty Images acquired iStock for $50 million in 2006. This time around, Livingstone is looking for "sustainability," concentrating on a high-end foothold."

AIPAD Photography Show 2013: New York Art Fair Takes Over Park Avenue ...
Huffington Post
This year more than 80 fine art dealers have come together to showcase a wide range of photographic works, video and new media in the 33rd edition of the Association of InternationalPhotography Art Dealers soiree. Ranging from well-known 19th century ...

Art review: 'Photography and the American Civil War' at the Metropolitan Museum
NorthJersey.com
In this tragic conflict, the deadliest in American history, photography found a monumental subject. Photography's grim realism changed people's perception of war. In the process, it transformed itself as well, from a form of entertainment into a ...

NorthJersey.com

Man fatally shot Friday was former freelance photographer for the Oakland Tribune
San Jose Mercury News
"Lionel worked for the Oakland Tribune over the years, initially as an unpaid intern, simply because he loved the field of photojournalism," said Nick Lammers, director of photography for the Bay Area News Group. "He later worked for (the newspaper) as ...

5 iPhone Photography Accessories for Better Pictures
Gotta Be Mobile
While the camera works great by itself, the difference between getting a nice snapshot and getting a great photograph with an iPhone might be useful iPhone photographyaccessories that help improve photo quality. Here are some useful iPhonephotography ...

Gotta Be Mobile

A Fashion Photographer and his “Jamaica”…in Milan
Jamaica Observer
Having first opened its doors in 1911, Bar Jamaica became the bar of choice for journalists and artists in the 1950s and started holding art and photography shows long before anyone else thought of combining the arts with alcohol. It has been the muse ...

Art review: Cindy Sherman's theatrical photos at Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Morning News
A major retrospective of some 160 of her photographs, organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and first shown there, is now on display in the Barrel Vault and Quadrant Galleries at the Dallas Museum of Art. The show begins with a grab-bag of ...

Dallas Morning News

Art X artist spotlight: Liz Cohen
Detroit Free Press
Photographer, multimedia and performance artist. The lowdown: Raised in San Francisco, Calif., Cohen moved to metro Detroit in 2008 when she was appointed artist-in-residence and head of thephotography department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in ...

Art installation debuts on Montana State campus
Daily Inter Lake
“Someone asked if it was a webcam,” said Aaron Hyatt, a senior photography student from Hamilton who had a hand in building the camera obscura as part of a multidisciplinary undergraduate class jointly offered by the School of Architecture and the ...

DON'T MISS THIS! 'The Fine Art of Photography'
Wicked Local Plymouth
Francine Weiss is the PRC curator and Loupe editor, as well as an art researcher and specialist in the history of photography and American visual culture who also teaches art history at Wellesley College. Peter Vanderwarker is a freelance photographer ...

Landscape Photography by Edmondo Senatore » Design You Trust ...
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