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DIY Accessit seems that if one is interested in making good pictures, there may be a natural trajectory in at least attempting to create access that normally wouldn't be there. (And by access, I mean conversationally, even. Try talking with your subject.)... Michael David Murphy on street photography, from an essay in which my work is mentioned. (thank you!)

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gridskipper photo contest
my parisian birdfeeders have been nominated. go vote for it!

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China Daily on ziboy.com
a nice article on Wen Ling, and the power of international observations through photoblogging... sharing lives from abroad. via lightningfield, who's also mentioned.

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A Love Affair With The City
My work featured in Friday morning's Metro newspaper, page 8. (March 3rd issue: pdf here - 4.5mb).

A very special thank you to Paul Berger for such a lovely New York City send-off.

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a year in pictures
perhaps the most flattering thing my photoblog has ever brought: i'm featured in a comic strip.

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good news for photobloggers: you can sell your shots
local, current legislation: ...New York's right-to-privacy laws prohibit the use of someone's likeness for commercial purposes without the person's permission. But if the likeness is deemed to be art, the commerce restrictions do not apply.

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camerafight - theme: self-portrait
photographer challenges, one-to-one by theme... just getting started, but so much fun.

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An Era Ends
After 145 years, Western Union quietly stopped sending telegrams.

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photos tagged with "kentile"
a favorite sign on the brooklyn landscape, on flickr.

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This Won't Hurt a Bit
From Judith Warner's NYT guestblog. The NYTimes' corporate blogs have been a success, primarily, in my opinion, because of the amount of well-educated, polite (and even spellchecked) comments... some good discussion.

:: the long history of a bus ride
juan williams' nytimes op-ed on the fuller story that honors rosa parks. a must-read.

:: nyc photobloggers: new work, new york
my stuff is neither "new" nor "work" but i'll have two prints showing nonetheless: thursday 7-9pm at the chrystie street gallery.

:: Need Developer who can customize MovableType blog software on seattle's craigslist:
Freelance gig. Make my MovableType photoblog as robust as this one: http://rion.nu. I basically want to emulate its functionality.

:: walk the tunnel:
bluejake covers the Campaign to End AIDS' protest walk through the lincoln tunnel.

:: 4 8 15 16 23 42 dimsum:
what happens if we order the LOST numbers on the dim sum menu? (eg. my friends are a bit nuts.)

:: barack obama's podcasts
the junior senator from illinois jumps onboard. maybe they were right when they said that the revolution would be podcast.

:: fair use or not?
So, last night I sat down to watch Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. They had one of their usual opening skits... And right as they cut to the punch line (about back alley abortions,) I realized that two of my photos were used as the backdrop. -- Brandon Stone on flickr....

:: vloggers get political in norway
i've never seen the word "vlogger" before, but i did hear that norway is the best place to live five years running...

:: best picture ever
so very, very true. at cityrag, from dailykos. (you just can't make this stuff up.)

:: louisiana's wetlands
from national geographic, oct 2004: The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City.

:: message from New Orleans
9/2 information and a plea for equipment from the emergency services in New Orleans, at lightningfield.

:: im-ok.org
brandon stone's contribution to katrina refugees: Why this registry is different... By using the person's telephone number, you can find out immediately if there is information or not. This allows you to pinpoint a specific person or household..

:: lost: a very cute puppy xxx small
david gallagher captures a brooklyn street sign on flickr.

:: blue mike c
meccapixel guestposts on bluejake.

:: muggles and wizards take over!
Joe Holmes covers the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince midnight book release at Scholastic's SoHo headquarters.

:: nyc photobloggers 4 on flickr
joe holmes rocks a who's who fisheye.

:: new york city photobloggers 4
eliot shepard, go lertworachon, jay parkinson, jenene chesbrough, keith kin yan, raul gutierrez, and travis ruse: this friday, 7pm, at the apple store, new york city.

:: nyc graffiti bike tour
sunday riding in brooklyn and queens.

:: copyright protection
LA photoblogger outafocus.com fights a case of photo-swiping with the help of the photoblogging community.

:: taste of chinatown 2005
the chaos of the plates by 114th.net.

:: a beautiful scrap-paper project
lovely design's community craftiness.

:: flickrland March 2005
i <3 data.

:: flickr tag: softies
i've fallen in love.

:: chico - pope john paul II
on avenue b & houston in nyc, a vibrant catch at trevorlittle.

:: flickr tag: kitkat
there's a serious global kitkat cult out there.

:: ..: . rion.nu | photobloggers meet up . :..
in david's del.icio.us: "3 years ago this week, Rion and I organized what was most likely the world's first photoblogger gathering. We were all so innocent then." so true.

:: 24in48.org
it's on. go look now!

:: daylo
where you can buy, sell and exchange all kinds of services in your local area.

:: squared circle
yet another surprising flickr pool.

:: idiotarod
possibly genius.

 | :: JPG Magazine issue 1: origin -- derek and heather release the premiere issue of their photography mag, with contributions from some of our favorite photobloggers. rockin' the cmyk and on sale now. |

:: window virus
infectious experimentation in flickr.

:: nyc photobloggers 2
currently featured on vanityfair.com.

:: cameramail
On the 22nd of December 2004, Kyle Van Horn taped a disposable camera to a piece of black foamcore and inscribed upon it the following message...

:: del.icio.us/tag/tsunami
the growing resource of links recording the devastation.

:: pillow fight flash mob
at the national gallery in london, covered by nyclondon.

:: scared of santa
via metafilter. hilarious.

:: found magazine
love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles- anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. anything goes... via laura holder.

:: what's in your bag?
endless browsing, tagging and squinting in this flickr group pool.

:: flickr: gehry
travel the world with architecture tags.

:: flickr: the bookshelf project
photos of the books on people's bookshelves.

:: sony, ken jennings, and me
hang in there, jason.

:: williamsburg photo bribery
youngna trades portraits for lollypops in brooklyn.

:: flickr: insect
buggariffic.

:: college photographers of the year
endless, endless amazing work. inspiring stuff within each category, so click around. via joe holmes.

:: 24 in 48
the 48 hour group moblog of 24 new yorkers.

:: the VF daily dose
a recommended-click list from the newly-launched vanityfair.com

:: blogging and the arts
david gallagher and others in the hotseat on the impact of blogs on art and artists, tues nov 23 at 6:30pm at the new museum in chelsea...

:: the left will rise
"not in our name" anti-war march and rally coverage, from lackadaisical in san francisco on nov 4... more photos beyond the first.
