Mar 12th, 2008 | Photography Buzz, Working in Photography | No Comments
A world-wide photography contest to showcase the world’s forth largest food source (and one of the tastiest), the potato, was announce today by the United Nations.
The contest, entitled Focus on a global food, invites photographers to capture the spirit of the International Year in images that illustrate potato biodiversity, cultivation, processing, trade, marketing, consumption and utilization, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization
Visit the International Year of the Potato for more information.
Mar 12th, 2008 | Emerging Photographers | No Comments
Ernie Button’s photography may be the most important meal of the day. That’s because Button, a Phoenix based photographer, has photographed landscapes using breakfast cereals.
The cereal aisle has become a cornucopia of colors with marshmallows that resemble people and objects and characters from movies. It’s apparent that cereal is not just for breakfast anymore; it’s playtime.
Ernie’s work has exhibited in galleries mostly in California and Arizona, and was the Hey, Hot Shot Summer Edition Winner in 2006 at the Jen Bekman Gallery. His work can also be seen at Photo-Eye.
Mar 10th, 2008 | Photography Buzz | No Comments
Plans for Kodak-branded 35mm film-based SLR camera unveiled
A simple little article about Kodak teaming up with Vivitar to rebrand some cameras aimed for educational institutes, has certainly created a buzz in the photography world… especially for those photographers that still use and love film.
Initial predictions of the death of film have been somewhat premature, according to Joel Proegler, general manager of Film Capture at Eastman Kodak who told us: ‘Kodak has focused on the digital message for the past four years. As we come out of that transition, one thing is very clear: film is a very profitable part of the business’.
This simple little quote has film lovers rejoicing in the streets, shouting “Film is not Dead!” Well… ok, maybe not… but they are happy that Kodak for now, has taken the stance that film is still profitable to their business. We’ve seen a lot of film lines trimmed back, or go completely obsolete in the last couple of years, Canon and Nikon dropping all but a few 35mm cameras. It’s been a little disheartening for some. But with this little statement, Fuji continuing supporting and expanding their film lines, and more and more reports of top photographers going back to film… I think film is still alive and kicking, and will be for some time.
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