By David at Strobist.blogspot.com:
“Canadian Photographer Joey Lawrence is kicking butt. He is doing killer still photography, shooting music videos and traveling the world. He has an agent in New York and another one in London. Pretty cool for a guy who shoots with a Canon EOS 5D and is as likely to be lighting with [...]

by holly stuart hughes of PDNonline.com:
“Memphis-based photojournalist Ernest Withers, who photographed the civil rights movement from the Emmett Till trial through the assassination Martin Luther King and amassed an archive on African-American society, music and culture, died October 16 at a Memphis hospital. He was 85.
“There’s no question in my mind that he had [...]

By Ashoke Nag of The Indian Times:
“KOLKATA: The market for fine art photography is fast catching up in India. If there were just 3-4 exhibits yearly of this genre around two years back, the numbers have grown to 4-5 such shows monthly in the major hubs now. Well, this action is largely centred in Delhi [...]

 By Joleen Oshiro of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
“If Zen masters practice their philosophy through the art of calligraphy and flower arrangement, why can’t a photographer exercise his Taoist sensibilities through his camera?
The answer is, he can. Philippe Gross, a research psychologist who had his first experience behind the lens at age 8, empties his mind [...]

 
Photographer Robert Buelteman will be exhibiting news works from his portfolios of cameraless, lensless, non-digital art Saturday, October 13th at the Ira Wolk Gallery in St. Helena, California.  The reception starts at 5 o’clock and lasts until 7.
Ira Wolk Gallery – 1354 Main Street, St. Helena, California
www.buelteman.com 

Jay Walters saw how much photography had changed when he tried to sell camera bags and photo albums at a recent flea market.

“I was selling stuff for 10 cents on the dollar,” said Mr. Walters, 59, of Clarks Summit.
BY JAMES HAGGERTY of the Scranton Times-Tribune:
“The explosion of digital photography [...]

From The Edge at BostonHerald.com:
“WASHINGTON – Three official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II will be displayed alongside Annie Leibovitz’s signature celebrity photography in a 15-year retrospective exhibition of her work that opens Saturday at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The Corcoran is the third of seven stops for the show titled “Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, [...]

From PDNonline.com:
Our annual edition showcases many of the irresistible promos that skimmed industry professionals’ desks this year. While the entries ranged from new talent to seasoned pros, every one had a distinct vibe and modern feel.
When our panel of judges came in to view the promos, spirits were high as they chatted about the creative, [...]

 Care of C-net’s News.com:
“Every year Nikon sponsors the Small World competition for photomicrography, the art of photography through a microscope. In its 33rd year, the 2007 competition had more than 2,000 entries. For more about the competition, including information on when the exhibit tour of micrographs will be in a city near you, take a [...]

By Roger Green for the Metro Times:
“As the drumbeats for war against Iran intensify, the question arises, where can we discover truths about that far-off land? From Ari Fleischer and the pro-war moneybags at Freedom’s Watch? From Dana Perino?
Get real. 
 
Better to gather input from Iranians, an option now auspiciously at hand in an eye-opening exhibit, [...]