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Reporting Violence Against Media and Journalists During January 6 Capitol Insurrection

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ASMP remains committed to journalistic freedom and is very concerned with the violence against media and journalists that occurred during the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Below, please see a message from the U.S. District Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, along with its law enforcement partners, is aware of reports of violence, including assaults, threats, and property damage, against members of the press while…

January 27, 2021

The Daily Edit – The New York Times: Erinn Springer

By Barry SchwartzStrictly Business BlogNo Comments

Cross-posted from aPhotoEditor. [By Heidi Volpe] “Heidi: Did the images for this come from your archive or from your Dormant Seasons? Erinn: All of the images were shot specifically for this article. It was very exciting to get this assignment because I’ve been shooting winter in Wisconsin for the last few years (which is how my series Dormant Seasons came about) so, How We Survive Winter felt like a natural progression” “How much time passed…

January 27, 2021

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Man Ray: The Unwilling Fashion Photographer Who Excelled

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Cross-posted from PetaPixel. [By Phil Mistry] “Man Ray is today regarded as one of the most innovative photographers of the twentieth century. He reinvented solarization and further developed photograms, which he called ‘rayographs,’ in reference to himself. He also pioneered fashion photography in the 1920s-1940 in Paris but did not want to be known as a ‘photographer.’ He considered himself a painter and artist above all.” “He started working with Harper’s Bazaar in 1934, and…

January 26, 2021

Tactile Images Partners With Getty Images and the National Federation of the Blind

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Cross-posted from Cision PRNewswire NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, and the National Federation of the Blind, America’s civil rights and membership organization of the blind, have partnered with Tactile Images to deliver more than 45 million images to the world’s blind and disabled population at museums, science centers, libraries, schools, and government agencies. This partnership will significantly enhance educational opportunities and cultural inclusion for blind…

January 26, 2021

Six Spreads: Ralph Gibson Visits Sacred Land

By Barry SchwartzStrictly Business BlogNo Comments

Cross-posted from blind. [By Bill Shapiro] Celebrated photographer Ralph Gibson on making his new book—both its magical images and its spreads that are always greater than the sum of their parts. If you ever get the chance to talk to Ralph Gibson—the legendary photographer behind a shelf’s-worth of books and a staggering number of iconic images—you must jump at it. Let me tell you why: With apologies to my girlfriend (who I find endlessly fascinating)…

January 25, 2021

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Grace Robertson, photography pioneer, dies at 90

By Barry SchwartzCurrent News, Obituaries, Strictly Business BlogNo Comments

Cross-posted from The Guardian via Pro Photo Daily. [By Sean O’Hagan] “Grace, born in Manchester in 1930, later recalled being dismayed as a teenager by the paucity of career choices available to her. ‘There were only three jobs considered by society as appropriate – teaching, secretarial work or nursing, just to fill in until you got your man.’ After she expressed an interest in photography, her father, in 1949, bought her a camera, enthusiastically encouraging her…

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Reporting Violence Against Media and Journalists During January 6 Capitol Insurrection

The Daily Edit – The New York Times: Erinn Springer

Man Ray: The Unwilling Fashion Photographer Who Excelled

Tactile Images Partners With Getty Images and the National Federation of the Blind

Six Spreads: Ralph Gibson Visits Sacred Land

Grace Robertson, photography pioneer, dies at 90

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