Photo Feed – May 7th, 2013

(Warning: This post contains nudity.)
“The porn business is my alma mater.”
That’s how Barbara Nitke introduces her book American Ecstasy, a photographic record of the so-called “Golden Age of porn,” with pictures she took while working as a photographer on adult movie sets in New York during the 1980s.
“It’s hard to […]

After reading the great reviews of the Fuji X100S, I decided to take the leap and buy one. I’ve been getting more interested in street photography lately, and this camera seemed like a good fit. Plus, it’s supposed to sync at all shutter speeds, which is great for flash photography […]

I’ve got a couple of young assistants in my studio, and I say look, you’re future is very vibrant…a lot of people are saying doomsday stuff right now, but I think the future is vibrant, it’s just going to be very different from mine. Talk about multitasking! They have to […]

Print designer Sabrina Chun of San Francisco has raised $66,000 for a kickstarter campaign (here) where she takes photographs off the web, changes them to black and white and prints them on 80lb card stock with a matte finish. When the campaign was published on the autoblog in early April […]

David Hobby over at Strobist uncovered an intriguing new type of parabolic umbrella by B2Pro Lighting last week that has some people intrigued, even as many others are calling BS. The umbrella sports a patent pending pattern of RGB photo sites that, according to B2Pro, will “bring lighting for digital […]

In addition to the Photoshop CC and Camera RAW announcements, the Adobe XD team also debuted something entirely different at the MAX conference: the company’s first shot at hardware. Coming in the form of a pressure-sensitive stylus and digital ruler, the two accessories are meant to take the creative […]

Tuesday: 5.7.13
Design Director: Fred Woodward
Creative Director: Jim Moore
Director of Photography: Dora Somosi
Senior Photo Editor: Krista Prestek
Photo Editor: Justin O’Neil
Art Director: Chelsea Cardinal
Photographer: Peden+Munk
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Next month, for first time in two years, I’ll be teaching a class in the U.S. But it won’t be about lighting, or even photography.

During the Flash Bus dates in 2011, we spent about 15 minutes of my session going into an organic approach to blogging and social media. […]

“Do you see it?” This question is a photographic mantra. Myron Barnstone, my mentor, repeats this question every day with the hopes that we do “see it.” This obvious question reminds me that even though I have seen Cartier-Bresson’s prints and read his books, there are major parts of his […]

Simple and efficient, rail travel nonetheless inspires a sense of romance. By train, subway, and a seemingly endless variety of trams, trolleys, and coal shaft cars, we’ve moved on rails for hundreds of years. Industry too relies on the billions of tons of freight moved annually by rolling stock. Gathered […]

The first time Maja Daniels saw Monette and Mady together, walking briskly down the streets of Paris, she wasn’t sure they were real. Like Alice’s White Rabbit, they were there and gone in a flash.
When she finally approached the identical twins in 2010, after years of watching them from afar, […]

These films that MediaStorm created for the ICP Infinity Awards this year are simply fantastic. Do yourself a favor and take some time today or this week to watch and appreciate the emotion and power of photography in the world.

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements […]

For leaf-shutter flash geeks only: high-speed Phantom v1610 video of a Fuji X100s shutter not-quite-really syncing at 1/4000th of a sec.

Sorry, I know many of you will be bored to tears by this. But the full technical article photographer Kevin Housen developed around this video (and others, at different […]

UPDATE: Too late, it’s over. If you are just seeing this now, you snoozed and you losed. You missed it for free, but you can still purchase the archive from CL if you want.

Just a quick heads-up: for three full days, photographer Joey L. is teaching all day live on […]

On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a demonstration protesting the Vietnam War.
In 2010, the site of the Kent State University shootings was placed on the National Register of Historic places by the […]

I look forward each month to browsing the compilation of “slice of life” images from around the world. They offer us a visual break, if you will, from the tragedies, disasters, wars and violence seemingly so pervasive in our world. Through these images, we can immerse ourselves in the simplicity […]

Mariette Pathy Allen’s 35-year journey documenting the transgender community had a serendipitous beginning.
In 1978, Allen and her husband went on a trip to New Orleans and happened to stay in the same inn as a group of cross-dressers. One morning after breakfast, the group began taking pictures by the swimming […]

See this umbrella? It’s very different than the typical reflector in one very specific way. And it’s being touted as being way better for digital sensors.

Can you tell what’s different about it? Probably not without looking at it close-up…
Read more » […]

Damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy’s landfall last October can still be seen along the US East Coast, especially the hard hit beachfront areas in New Jersey, as many communities work to move forward. Dubbed “The Superstorm” and reaching 1,000 miles wide at times, Sandy caused some $50 billion in […]

The search for survivors continues in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history. Fifty survivors were found today; the death toll stands at 304. Terrified workers notified the police, government officials and a powerful garment industry group about cracks in the walls, discovered just days before the collapse. The […]