Neda Agha-Soltan: Latest iconic image to inspire. By Jessica Ravitz for CNN

By Jessica Ravitz for CNN,

"A 14-year-old girl stoops and screams above the body of a Kent State
University student killed in 1970 by an Ohio National Guardsman.

A police chief aims his gun at a Vietcong prisoner's head in 1968,
just before executing him on a Saigon, Vietnam, street.

And in 1989, an unarmed man in Beijing, China, stands defiantly in
front of a column of tanks as they rolled into Tiananmen Square.

These are iconic images, the kinds of shots that changed the way
people viewed history as it unfolded. They put human faces on
conflicts and became rallying cries for movements, inspiring those who
demanded change.

But while these photographs -- chronicling a single, silent moment --
were taken by seasoned photographers, two of whom won Pulitzer Prizes,
this time amateur cell phone video is grabbing worldwide attention. It
captures the death of a young woman named Neda Agha-Soltan,
galvanizing protesters in Iran and shaping perceptions of a land and
people few Westerners know."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/neda.iconic.images/index.html#

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Talk to the Newsroom: Michele McNally who oversees photography for The New York Times, is answering questions from readers.

via nytimes.com

"Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally, who oversees photography for The New York Times, is answering questions from readers June 22-26. She previously answered questions in July 2006. Questions may be e-mailed to askthetimes@nytimes.com."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/business/media/22askthetimes.html?pagewanted=all

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Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture - Smithsonian - National Portrait Gallery

Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture - Smithsonian -
National Portrait Gallery

"Throughout a lengthy career, which spanned much of the twentieth
century, Marcel Duchamp recast accepted modes for assembling and
describing identity. In 1917, having recently arrived in the United
States, Duchamp found special significance in a mechanically produced
photo-postcard that depicted him simultaneously from five different
vantage points, thanks to a hinged mirror. The Five-Way Portrait of
Marcel Duchamp suggests the artist’s early recognition of the
multifarious nature of personal identity, something he would continue
to explore throughout his career. Fascinated with the way portraits
shape identity, Duchamp exploited the genre, often turning
conventional codes for portrayal on their head."

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/duchamp/index.html

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Portraiture Now: Feature Photography - Smithsonian - National Portrait Gallery

Six photographers who, by working on assignment for publications such
as the New Yorker, Esquire, and the New York Times Magazine, bring
their distinctive “take” on contemporary portraiture to a broad
audience.

Photographers: Katy Grannan,Jocelyn Lee,Ryan McGinley,Steve
Pyke,Martin Schoeller and Alec Soth

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/feature/

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Lewis Wickes Hine - Powerhouse Mechanic Project - George Eastman House : Notes On Photographs

"This image is variously known as “Powerhouse Mechanic,” “Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House,” “Man with Wrench” and other descriptive titles. The prints in the George Eastman House collection vary not only in descriptive title but in material, content and markings, including different formats, papers, surfaces and image color; variant poses, sitters, and treatments of the subject; and multiple stamps and inscriptions. The following groupings are based on the originating negative. The last group includes variant treatments of the subject."

http://notesonphotographs.eastmanhouse.org/index.php?title=Lewis_Wickes_Hine/Powerhouse_Mechanic_Project

Photographer Herman Leonard at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal press release "In 1948, Herman Leonard learned the art of photography from his professor, master portraitist Yousuf Karsh, in Ottawa. The following year, he spent some time in Montreal… and hasn’t set foot here since! Sixty years after the renowned photographer last crossed our threshold, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is thrilled to be inaugurating the new exhibition hall in the Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan with a portfolio of Herman Leonard’s works in September. Moreover, the 86-year-old artist has accepted the Festival’s invitation to visit us this summer, right in the middle of our 30th anniversary festivities, to enrich his portfolio with live shots of some of the great musicians playing this anniversary edition."

http://nouvelles.equipespectra.ca/blog/?p=683&langswitch_lang=en



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