Sony world photography awards – professional shortlist
The World Photography Organisation has announced the shortlists for the professional, open and youth categories of the 2013 Sony world photography awards. Topics include the Syrian conflict, the Obama presidential campaign, cinemagoers in Kabul and witty shots of the animal kingdom See all pictures here Source: The Guardian UK
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Director Gerald Fox’s documentary Leaving Home Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank features intimate interviews with the film-maker and photographer. The artist discusses his feelings about how his adopted home town of New York City has changed over the course of his 50 years living there. The director showcases Frank’s work, including clips of…
Making of Pirelli Calendar 2013
See documentary about making the newest Pirelli Calendar (2013)
How to make money from Stock Photography
Source: dpreview.com I make 90% of my living from Stock Photography, and have been doing it for over 20 years, so here are a few tips that might make it easier if you’re trying to get started. 1) You have to spread yourself as wide as possible. Don’t go with just one library, go with…
Military photojournalist talks about life under fire in gripping new documentary
source: imaging-resource.com Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a photojournalist for the military? As a photographer for the United States Air Force, Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane does just that, documenting life in the combat zone during recent deployments to Afghanistan. A revealing new documentary by Hannah Hill, titled “Snap Snap…
Sebastião Salgado in Siberia
Source: guardian.co.uk The Nenets of northern Siberia live at temperatures of -35C, wash just once a year and eat raw reindeer liver to survive. Photographer Sebastião Salgado travelled with them. Eight years ago, at the age of 60, Sebastião Salgado set out on his most ambitious project. The photographer, best known for his painterly portraits…
Samsara – one of the most visually-stunning films in the history of cinema
by rosielarose. imdb.com A film that took 5 years to make and co-ordinate. Shot in Panarama 70mm, across 26 countries, needing major government and regulatory clearances, having to wait for certain seasons or lunar phases to get the light to hit the way director Fricke wanted…carefully strung together with a massive 7.1 surround sound design…
I Am Fishead: Are Corporate Leaders Psychopaths?
(by topdocumentaryfilms.com) It is a well-known fact that our society is structured like a pyramid. The very few people at the top create conditions for the majority below. Who are these people? Can we blame them for the problems our society faces today? Guided by the saying “A fish rots from the head” we set out…
Cloud Atlas – the best movie of 2012?
Directed by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski “Cloud Atlas is unlike its contemporaries at the multiplex. It tells a big story in an engaging, difficult fashion. It has big names and a big budget. But it also is thematically dense… it wants to tell you something through plot, characters, dialogue and symbols. Cloud Atlas…
40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines
Whatever country we live in, we’re probably all familiar with the well-known photography magazines available in our newsagents and bookstores. The UK has Practical Photography, France has Photo, the Italians have Zoom and the Americans have American Photo. What you may not know is that there are many more photography magazines that are only available…
Fashion films get their own close-up as they evolve to rival catwalk shows
Fashion film has evolved beyond videos of catwalks – and the big labels are starting to take notice A blonde woman in a red fetish-style bikini moves to the slow beat of Love To Love You and an undercurrent of soft, ecstatic moans. She talks quietly in voiceover about her muscle-bound body: ‘I feel different…
New Car Commercials – Bentley GT, Rolls Royce Phantom
We are continuing our work on car commercials. See our new clips: More clips at Signature Car Hire YouTube Channel
