tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35189226380930674142009-09-12T11:42:23.685-07:00Bob Atkins PhotographyPhotography NewsBobnoreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-11936369426021576392009-09-12T11:42:00.000-07:002009-09-12T11:42:23.693-07:00French Photographer Willy Ronis Dead at 99 - NYTimes.comFrench Photographer Willy Ronis Dead at 99 - NYTimes.com: "PARIS (AP) -- Willy Ronis, the last of France's postwar greats of photography who captured the essence of Paris in black and white scenes of everyday life, died Saturday. He was 99."Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-26570635538476591382009-07-09T11:16:00.000-07:002009-07-09T11:16:25.768-07:00Section 44 in Chatham High Street. | monaxle : blogSection 44 in Chatham High Street. | monaxle : blog: "I went down to Chatham High Street today to take some pictures of the flyover being demolished (that’s another post to come) and to use up a film I’ve had in a camera for over a year. Doing so had some unexpected consequences"Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-18677176794096070152009-07-09T10:42:00.000-07:002009-07-09T10:42:08.714-07:00Photo Reporter - Photography Industry NewsPhoto Reporter - Photography Industry News: "Ritz Camera Centers, Inc., the country’s largest specialty camera retailer, has filed documents in federal bankruptcy court to place its remaining 400 stores up for auction or liquidation by the end of July."Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-60070796072779350052009-06-26T20:17:00.000-07:002009-06-26T20:17:50.936-07:00Online Electronics Stores Caught in Consumer Fraud - City Room Blog - NYTimes.comOnline Electronics Stores Caught in Consumer Fraud - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com: "...These were the illegal tactics used by seven online electronic stores — including Sonic Photo — as they swindled customers seeking cameras, camcorders, projectors and other items out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the state attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, said on Thursday in a news release....The Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-10407574695018177462009-06-08T07:24:00.000-07:002009-06-08T07:25:45.726-07:00Canon to build new digital camera factoryCanon to build new digital camera factory: "TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Canon Inc. (7751.TO) has decided to proceed with the construction of a new digital camera factory in southern Japan after a six-month delay, in a sign of the nation's manufacturing sector shifting gear to boost production through capital spending. Tokyo-based Canon, which makes a wide range of electronics goods, said Friday it will Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-31234064338410929642009-05-24T19:47:00.000-07:002009-05-24T19:49:02.809-07:00Benjamen Chinn dies at 87; photographer documented San Francisco's Chinatown - Los Angeles TimesBenjamen Chinn dies at 87; photographer documented San Francisco's Chinatown - Los Angeles Times: "Benjamen Chinn, one of the few Chinese American photographers to live and artfully document street scenes in San Francisco's Chinatown, has died. He was 87.Often photographing from the doorway of his home in Chinatown, Chinn began training his camera on his neighborhood in the late 1930s, but his Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-39990126747818366002009-05-23T12:00:00.000-07:002009-05-23T12:00:00.239-07:00Photographer, Author, Bill Jay, 69Photographer, Author, Bill Jay, 69: "COSTA RICA (May 14, 2009) – Photographer, professor, and popular author Bill Jay, 69, founder of the program of photographic studies at Arizona State University, died Sunday in Samara, Costa Rica, where he lived in retirement, according to friends.COSTA RICA (May 14, 2009) – Photographer, professor, and popular author Bill Jay, 69, founder of the program of Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-54319381045400151502009-05-21T11:39:00.000-07:002009-05-21T11:39:54.080-07:00Fotolia Launches Free Stock Photography Bank PhotoXpressFotolia Launches Free Stock Photography Bank PhotoXpress: "Fotolia, a marketplace for microstock photography and video, is launching PhotoXpress, a free, premier-quality image bank, which will offer users royalty free image licenses for personal or professional use, ranging from Web site design to advertisements and editorial imagery.Patrick Lor, president of PhotoXpress North America, says the Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-89059526137325636892009-05-18T21:48:00.000-07:002009-05-18T21:48:47.496-07:00SNE JAPAN DIGITAL CAMERA FIRMS SHOW MIXED PICTURE OF FY09 SHIPMENTSSNE JAPAN DIGITAL CAMERA FIRMS SHOW MIXED PICTURE OF FY09 SHIPMENTS: "TOKYO, May 18, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- SNE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- While overall worldwide shipments by the top eight Japanese digital camera makers are forecast to dip only mildly in fiscal 2009 by one per cent year-on-year to 95.27 million units, projections by individual companies show a wide gap. SonyBobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-30929052883066334522009-05-12T19:43:00.000-07:002009-05-12T19:43:55.717-07:00Massachusetts wants to imprison people for 10 years if they take a nude photo of their over-60 spouse, even with spouse's consent - Boing BoingMassachusetts wants to imprison people for 10 years if they take a nude photo of their over-60 spouse, even with spouse's consent - Boing Boing: "Disaboom reports on an idiotic bill that would make it a crime to 'photograph with 'lascivious intent' a person over the age of 60 or a person with a disability who has been declared mentally incompetent.'"Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-59009646405543936232009-03-23T19:53:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:53:53.018-07:00Home | The Grange PrizeHome | The Grange Prize: "Each year, The Grange Prize recognizes the work of Canadian and international contemporary photographers, awarding $50,000 CDN to a winner chosen through an online public vote from among two Canadian and two international artists. Voting ends May 20."Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-27159226288206900522009-03-23T16:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T16:43:47.087-07:00Pirkle Jones, Photojournalist, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.comPirkle Jones, Photojournalist, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Pirkle Jones, whose images of migrant farm workers, threatened California towns and valleys and the Black Panthers at the peak of their power made him one of the most admired photographers of his generation, died on March 15 in San Rafael, Calif. He was 95 and lived in Mill Valley, Calif."Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-87279285028698444112009-02-24T10:09:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:09:50.283-08:00UPDATE 1-Ritz Camera files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | ReutersUPDATE 1-Ritz Camera files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy | Industries | Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters: "NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ritz Camera Centers Inc, which said it is the largest U.S. specialty camera and imaging chain, on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hurt by the recession and consumers' shift to digital photography.The Beltsville, Maryland-based company filed for Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-85033784190028869372009-02-12T16:49:00.000-08:002009-02-12T16:49:01.680-08:00New York Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now@International Center of Photography - EventsNew York Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now@International Center of Photography - Events: "The true beauty of all those glossy fashion editorial images that you see in magazines doesn't merely lie in the product or the model, but in the photographer's message and the versatility of the themes exposed. Just in time for Fashion Week, the International Center of Photography examines these images Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-91468013640268765572009-02-07T15:09:00.000-08:002009-02-07T15:09:47.984-08:00Cell phone pic gets park visitor busted in a snapCell phone pic gets park visitor busted in a snap: "It was a bum rap.Actor Robert Kabakoff snapped a photo of a woman's bottom as she sunned herself in Central Park on April 22 because he thought it would make a good 'slice-of-life' postcard...Before he knew it, the woman was talking to cops and Kabakoff was handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser... During the next 18 hours, he was charged Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-5100109801059097762009-02-06T15:26:00.000-08:002009-02-06T15:26:51.415-08:00Olympus expects lossBloomberg.com: Japan: "Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Olympus Corp., the world’s biggest maker of endoscopes, expects to swing to a full-year net loss as the stronger yen erodes overseas earnings and digital camera prices drop. The company expects to post a 45 billion yen net loss ($495 million) in the year to March 31, reversing its outlook from the 19 billion yen profit it forecast on Nov. 6, according Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-34960406226729351282009-02-05T19:13:00.000-08:002009-02-05T19:13:15.594-08:00Texas Attorney General sues ripoff photo storesTexas Attorney General: "AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged two online digital camera and electronics retailers with conducting an unlawful bait-and-switch sales scheme. Today’s enforcement action seeks restitution for Texans who suffered financially because of the defendants’ unlawful conduct.According to state investigators, Broadway Photo, L.L.C. and Starlight Camera & Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-8796633168448446302009-02-04T10:18:00.001-08:002009-02-04T10:20:45.674-08:00Photographer arrested for taking pictures of trains!.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cNailed 'Em - Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-85293893851994048232009-01-31T23:30:00.000-08:002009-01-31T23:30:21.256-08:00Deutsche Börse Photography Prize: Tod Papageorge - TelegraphDeutsche Börse Photography Prize: Tod Papageorge - Telegraph: "Central Park in New York has been many things to photographers and filmmakers, but few have characterised it as a garden of Eden. Tod Papageorge, the American photographer, walked the 'high, untended tow-tipped grass' (as he writes) of the location during the years 1962 to 1996. The experience produced his exhibition, Passing Through Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-41559131388192807082009-01-29T10:33:00.000-08:002009-01-29T10:33:06.695-08:00Recent layoffs in the workforce - Recent company layoffs - Kodak - Los Angeles TimesRecent layoffs in the workforce - Recent company layoffs - Kodak - Los Angeles Times: "Recent layoffs in the workforceEastman Kodak Co.Announced: Jan. 29Number of layoffs: 3,500 to 4,500 jobsReason for the cuts: It posted a fourth-quarter loss of $137 million on plunging sales of both digital and film-based photography products. Sales slumped 24 percent to $2.43 billion from $3.22 billion a year Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-23794522685521722762009-01-28T12:31:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:31:42.576-08:00Canon profit tumbles, predicts further slide | ReutersCanon profit tumbles, predicts further slide | Reuters: "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc (7751.T), the world's largest digital camera maker, reported an 81 percent fall in quarterly profit and predicted a further slide in annual profit to a 14-year low this year, hit by slumping demand for cameras and office equipment and a stronger yen."Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-22882919651886403432009-01-18T21:14:00.000-08:002009-01-18T21:14:14.436-08:00Washington Times - PHOTOGRAPHY: Frank perspectiveWashington Times - PHOTOGRAPHY: Frank perspective: "PHOTOGRAPHY: Frank perspectiveA landmark photography book turns 50 with an exhibition devoted to prescient viewsIn the mid-1950s, photographer Robert Frank captured an unsentimental picture of America that still resonates today. He spent two years crisscrossing the country to chronicle ordinary people and discovered a population separated by Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-65185233255953359582009-01-17T21:05:00.000-08:002009-01-17T21:05:10.893-08:00Edward Steichen - International Center Of PhotographyEdward Steichen - International Center Of Photography: "An exhibition of 175 works by Edward Steichen drawn largely from the Condé Nast archives, this is the first presentation to give serious consideration to the full range of Steichen's fashion images. Organized by the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, in conjunction with the Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-33419161870529434922009-01-16T15:42:00.000-08:002009-01-16T15:42:55.320-08:00CCL Computers | News > Article - Digital cameras and video: Obama portrait shot by Canon digital cameraCCL Computers | News > Article - Digital cameras and video: Obama portrait shot by Canon digital camera: "After a presidential campaign full of firsts, another has been added to the list: Barack Obama's new presidential portrait was the first to be shot using a digital camera.While the press release on the President-elect's official website, change.gov, didn't give specific info, camera buffs Bobnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518922638093067414.post-3704975878924527522009-01-16T15:41:00.000-08:002009-01-16T15:41:05.934-08:00In focus: Liz Jobey on Michael Fried's rigorous analysis of contemporary art photography | Art and design | guardian.co.ukIn focus: Liz Jobey on Michael Fried's rigorous analysis of contemporary art photography | Art and design | guardian.co.uk: "For anybody interested in the changing nature of photography over the last 30 years, Michael Fried's Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before is an important book. The reputation of its author – one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century – Bobnoreply@blogger.com0