Street photography is an art, a patient art, candidly keeping an eye on the prize; moments of truth, moments of combinations, moments that transcend. With photo-editing software many moments can be fabricated to the point of conviction, to where the question of “is it real” isn’t considered. So why do street work when one can [...]

by Michele Gershberg of Reuters:
“NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock photography company Corbis is offering Internet bloggers access to some of its images for their posts for free in exchange for showcasing advertising embedded into the photos.
Corbis and its digital rights partner, PicScout, will allow bloggers to access photos via a Web link from the site [...]

by Reuel Gordon at PDNonline.com:
“Diana Walker has been a contract photographer for Time magazine since 1979, and worked as a White House photographer during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. She photographed George W Bush in 1999 for Talk magazine, behind the scenes while he was campaigning for the 2000 [...]

by Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“U.S. military authorities in Iraq will file a formal complaint against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein in the Iraqi court system on Nov. 28, a spokesperson says.
Hussein, an Iraqi, has been held as a security detainee since April 2006, much to the frustration of the AP, which has defended Hussein and [...]

By Emanuel Parker of Pasadena Star-News:
“MONROVIA – Tammy Rapp is a photographer. Her husband, Capt. Dave Rapp, is a veteran firefighter.
It was only natural that his job would catch her eye.
The result has been hundreds of photographs Tammy Rapp has taken [...]

By Aimee Baldridge at PopPhoto.com:
“Sigma has announced two new autofocus fisheye lenses designed for digital SLRs that use APS-C-size sensors. The 10mm F2.8 EX DC Fisheye HSM and 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC Circular Fisheye HSM will be available with Nikon, Canon, and Sigma mounts. The 10mm lens produces a 180-degree diagonal angle of view on [...]

By Michael Shaw at PopPhoto.com:
“Ever wonder why an American office worker might prefer to sit under his desk, while his Japanese counterpart would do anything to not have to leave his chair? Lars Tunbjörk’s “Office” series, an artful photographic documentary of corporate offices in Japan, North America, and Sweden, seems to hold some clues.
With their [...]

By Daryl Lang of PDNonline.com:
“Stock photo agency Corbis plans to eliminate 125 jobs and close offices in eight markets in the first half of 2008, the company announced Wednesday. Among the casualties are Corbis’s Chicago office.
The reductions are part of a plan to consolidate customer service and sales operations into two major centers, one [...]

By Martha Waggoner on www.cleveland.com:
“ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — They are photos Ansel Adams never intended anyone to see — tiny proofs taken with a handheld camera of a landscape that lacks the grandeur captured in his portraits of the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite National Park.
But thanks to some connections and a quirk of inheritance [...]

By Kristen Powell for theeagleonline.com:
“‘Snapshot’ is a hunting term referring to a shot taken quickly and without a fixed target. When Kodak made photography accessible to the masses in 1888, people began hunting for the perfect shot to paste in their albums, show their friends and document their lives. The National Gallery’s exhibit, ‘The Art [...]