8 Fotolinks van deze week

13-12-2009 in fotografie links

GIANNI GALASSI PhotoGraphia

Foto's als grafisch werk, met inktzwarte schaduwen, strakke lijnen en sterke kleuren. (via)

Colony

Prachtige (echt!) foto's van schimmels op brood (via)

These photographs document several of the various types of mould which can be found growing on your average loaf of bread, given enough time and neglect. I am interested in the inherent contradiction of finding aesthetic beauty in something almost universally perceived as disgusting.

National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009

Meer inzendingen van de National Geographic fotowedstrijd bij the Big Picture

Nat Geo's Contest Winners Announced

National Geographic has finally announced the winners of its international photo contest. Each participating country had a national contest and sent one photo from each category to the National Geographic headquarters

2010 Predictions by Thom Hogan

Thom Hogan publiceert elk jaar zijn voorspellingen (gericht op Nikon) voor het komend jaar. Koffiedik kijken met goede onderbouwing, en soms vrij dicht bij de waarheid.

I think 2010 is a very pivotable year for the camera companies. Olympus, Panasonic, and Leica have made changes that flip them from downward trends to upward. Sony continues to try to buy market share. Pentax is still doing the same-old, same-old (even down to the digital 645 being on-again, off-again, on-again). Nikon and Canon seem to be mostly only seeing each other and more worried that the other gets the upper hand on them.

Five-Minute Portrait, Dean Collins Style

Leerzame video van een portretsessie van 5 minuten, met een paar dagen aan voorbereidingstijd. Leuk voor de fans van flitslicht en ouderwetse lichtmeters, en goed te zien hoe zo'n foto wordt voorbereid.

a 14-min video of an annual report cover [Dean] Collins did of two airline bigwigs back in the '80s.

Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer on the Environmental Meltdown

Portretten van slachtoffers van klimaatverandering, van Noord-Rusland tot Afrika en zelfs Las Vegas.

two Swiss photographers, Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer, are reconnoitering the ecological battle zone. Having survived a near-fatal car crash in 2004, the pair have since dedicated themselves to documenting in portraiture the human cost of the climatic chaos.