This site features some great reviews and notices of what’s happening in the Photography Gallery world in New York City.
http://www.galleryhopper.org/

From PopPHOTO
Looking for an Icon, a new documentary by Hans Pool and Maaik Kriggsman examines the process by which photos become icons, revealing that once a photo is published, social forces are at work beyond the photographer’s control.
The film focuses on four World Press Photo winners, including Eddie Adams’s 1968 photo of the public execution [...]

“The buzzword is TAPELESS. Virtually every manufacturer is positioning itself for a tapeless world.
Sony showed its newest entry in the video journalism field under glass, with its new XD Cam. When it is put on the market next year, it will be able to record to either a double-layered optical disc, which will hold 23 [...]

Wired Reports:
“For decades, art historians have wondered what made Claude Monet and Edgar Degas evolve from landmark impressionist painters to what some consider to be shadows of their former selves. Now, a Stanford University ophthalmologist has used the Gaussian filter and other Photoshop wonders to replicate how the artists saw the world later in life.
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“Across the board, digital workflows have enabled production teams to deliver more content faster at less cost. This is certainly true as well in processing and trafficking digital photographs. Yet, like any new workflow with a high degree of technological support, acquiring and processing digital images comes with its own learning curve and bottlenecks. Interestingly, [...]

We’d Posted about a month ago that Google was going “Green.” Apple has decided to follow suit. SiliconRepublic reports:
“In response to criticism from the environmental lobbysts, Apple has announced future plans to gradually eliminate toxic substances from its manufacturing components and processes.
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, said: “We tend to talk about the things we [...]

From Cnet:
The good: Excellent color rendition and noise levels; large feature set; highly customizable; lightning-fast performance.
The bad: Full raw editor costs extra; flash sync of 1/200 second.
The bottom line: [...]

From NY Times:
Q. When I started e-mailing pictures five years ago, I was taught that they could not be larger than one megabyte, so I always reduce the size of my pictures in Photoshop. Lately, however, I have been successfully receiving pictures that are more than one megabyte over my D.S.L. connection. Did the rules [...]

TG Daily Reports:
“In total Americans spent approximately $145 billion dollars in electronic. Digital television sets and cameras experiences the greatest gains and increased 23 million and 32 million units respectively. Sales of digital television sets surpassed analog sets for the first time last year, according to the CEO. DVD players, which are [...]

About the Image informs us:
“Seattle based Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) has announced the appointment of former WireImage Executive Craig Peters to the post of vice president of the newly created Footage and Multimedia division. Peters was formerly the SVP of new media and strategic development at WireImage (Acquired by Getty images in Feb 07) where he [...]