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nofilmschool Wednesday June 26, 2013
Heads up to documentary filmmakers: Do you have a project in need of funding? The Catapult Film Fund provides development funding to documentary filmmakers who have secured access to their story
and are ready to shoot and edit a piece for production fundraising purposes, notes NoFilmSchool. The San Francisco-based org has two funding cycles a year, awarding $100,000 worth of grants per cycle
with grantees receiving up to $20,000 each. Catapult is now accepting applications for its next funding cycle. Go here for info on submitting
one. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday December 1, 2015
Special Events Tuesday, December
1 Day With(out) Art 2015 presents: Radiant Presence, featuring work by Bill Arning, Ian Alteveer, Chris Vargas, Rae Lewis-Thornton, Mark S.
King, Allen Frame, Maria Mejia, Jack Mackenroth, and Kimberly Drew. Online here. Public events/Info Tuesday, December 1-Sunday, December 6 Miami Art
Week. Various locations. Info Wednesday, December 2 Publishers Weekly and the Bologna Children's Book Fair present: Global Kids Connect | … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday June 15, 2017
The observance of the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, in 1897, is being celebrated with exhibitions, tours, and special events, from New York City to the prairie
states that were the architect’s home turf. Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive continues through October 1 at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd
Street, NY, NY Info Read the … Read the full Story >>
ars technica Tuesday September 5, 2017
The Verge recently reported on an Instagram hack that exposed the private
phone numbers and email addresses of a number of celebrities — but now Ars Technica notes that the breach is affecting millions of users, whose private information is up for sale for $10 a
search. “Although Instagram say that the bug has now been fixed, bots can work very quickly. All it takes is a few lines of code to set up a script to pull down massive quantities of data in a
small amount of time,” adds DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday December 12, 2019
Rodney Smith, a photographer of immeasurable talent, wit and
intelligence, died in 2016 at the age of 68. His work, often commissioned by top magazine editors, spanned the arenas of fashion and finance, treating subjects from the human figure to nature’s
landscapes—always imbued with his innate sense of surrealism, elegance and whimsy. Above: Scene from Members Opening last week; photo: Rick Smolan Throughout his … Read the full Story >>
One Year With Film Only Monday July 24, 2017
Previously at PPD, we told you
about Vincent Moschetti, a new-to-analog photographer who documents his experiences at a website called One Year With Film Only. As part of that effort, Moschetti created the Film Dating tool, which allows photographers to figure out what kinds of film stock they prefer. So far, some 38,582
people have tried it, notes Moschetti, who has collated info gleaned from the tool to see which films photographers like most. Coming in at number one: Kodak Tri-X 400, because of course everyone
loves black and white. DIY Photography has more. Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Thursday May 22, 2014
Photo-sharing site 500px shook things up when it launched the 500px Prime licensing marketplace, by listening to photogs and offering them a
70-percent piece of the action. Now, notes PetaPixel, the company is changing the licensing game again by letting clients search the service by gender preference. It’s part of a plan by the
company to use social-network info it has accumulated to create “a complete demographic data offering” for clients. Read the full Story >>
Mashable Thursday June 11, 2020
The latest version of Google
Maps for Android and iOS has several features that can help travelers get around safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, when you look up public transit directions, Maps will show
Covid-19-related alerts, notes Mashable. Google points out that data will only be available where it can get info from the local transit agencies, and only on trips that are likely to be affected by
Covid-19 restrictions. These alerts are rolling out in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain,
Thailand, United Kingdom, and the U.S. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 7, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 6-7 pm: Argentine Folk Dance Workshop at Socrates
Queensboro Dance Festival presents Dancing Around the World’s Boro class series. Family friendly and taught by diverse Queens-based dance groups, this class on Soca is taught by carNYval dancers. If you miss this round at Socrates, check out the full summer schedule here
Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY … Read the full Story >>
DP Review Friday July 13, 2018
Do you ever shoot with older
lenses that aren't capable of transmitting metadata to the camera when you shoot? If so, notes DP Review, you might want to try out NameThatLens, a cross-platform program that simplifies the process of adding lens information to photo files. Developed by Georg Fiedler, a photographer who often shoots with
classic and vintage manual lenses, NameThatLens allows you to create author profiles, lens profiles and image parameters. Read the full Story >>
CanonWatch Tuesday August 7, 2012
There is more info leaking out about a new Canon medium-format DSLR. It is expected to be announced next month at Photokina, notes CanonWatch, which reports the new camera will feature an EF mount
but may not be named EOS and may not accept all of the EF lenses “due to focal length issues.” PetaPixel points out that Canon’s move into a medium-format market
dominated by Hasselblad and Pentax comes only months after the company announced it would make a cinema DSLR to compete with the likes of the RED’s line of cameras. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday November 1, 2016
Special Events Thursday, November 3-Sunday, November 6
Editions/Artists’ Book Fair [E/AB Fair]. The Tunnel, 269 11th Avenue, NY, NY Info Thursday, November 3-Sunday, November 6 IFPDA NY Print Week. Various locations, NY, NY Info Buy the Book Fair 2016. Central Booking, 21 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info Through Friday, November 4 The Magnum Square Print Sale | Conditions of the
Heart: On Empathy and … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday June 17, 2016
Friday, June 17-Thursday, June 23 National Week of Making. Building on last year’s National
Week of Making, this year’s Week will highlight the diversity of Makers big and small, young and old, urban and rural. The Week of Making is an opportunity to for individuals in communities
throughout the U.S. to participate in Making activities locally, celebrating the innovation, ingenuity and creativity of … Read the full Story >>
NPPA Monday November 11, 2013
The Alexia Foundation will begin accepting applications for its 2014 professional and student grants on November 15, notes NPPA. The deadline for submissions for the Professional Grant is Jan. 13,
2014. The deadline for the Student Grant is Jan. 27, 2014. The grants support projects advancing the foundation’s mission to support world peace and cultural understanding. This year, the award
for the Professional Grant has been raised to $20,000. Go
here for more info. Read the full Story >>
SocialTimes Wednesday January 25, 2012
Vimeo hasn’t just redesigned their site—they’ve completely torn the old Vimeo down and built a new one from scratch that puts greater focus on users’ videos and improves the
user experience. The major changes include better browsing, a new homepage layout in which your “inbox” becomes your “feed” following, better uploading, more privacy control,
and advanced search. The redesigned 960x540 video player—the largest ever—sits at the top of the screen while the distracting related info hangs out below the fold. Read the full Story >>
National Press Photographers Association Tuesday July 15, 2014
Last year, media organizations, including the Associated Press, criticized
the lack of access news photographers were given to the White House. More recently, notes the NPPA, news orgs are renewing their call for greater government transparency: Last week, 38 journalism
and open-government groups, including the NPPA, called on President Obama to stop practices in federal agencies that prevent important information from getting to the public, Go here to read the letter sent to the president. Read the full Story >>
AI-AP Friday September 21, 2012
A heads-up for all of you planning to enter the first-ever International Motion Art Award competition from American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP): The deadline has been extended until
September 28. Winning work will be showcased in a winner's reel at the AI-AP Party and BIG TALK, the highly-anticipated annual book launch event and symposium, November 8 and 9, in New York City. We
will also be featuring winning work right here at Motion Arts Pro. Let’s see your work! All the info you need is at the AI-AP site. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday January 27, 2016
With Presenting Shakespeare, Mirko Ilic and Steven Heller have gathered over a thousand posters from around the globe to show why Shakespeare has become the most important
writer in the English language. In a lively and entertaining introduction, the two demonstrate the power of branding, from the dawn of the poster to the banner ads that invade today's
desktops. While they're at it they explain … Read the full Story >>
PetaPixel Tuesday September 20, 2016
Canon’s newly announced EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM lens is its first lens with a newly developed LCD information display built right into the lens body, notes PetaPixel. The lens also
features NANO USM technology — combining the speed of an ultrasonic motor with the smoothness of a stepping motor — to achieve high-speed focusing in near-silence. It also boasts an image
stabilization system that compensates shake for the equivalent of 4 stops. Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Thursday September 14, 2017
Pacific Standard Time LA/LA opens today at more than 50 venues across Southern California. A celebration of Latin American/Latino/Chicano art, this series of thematically linked exhibitions explore
topics such as luxury objects in the pre-Columbian Americas, 20th- century Afro-Brazilian art, alternative spaces in Mexico City, and boundary-crossing practices of Latino artists. Exhibitions
range from monographic studies of individual artists to broad surveys that cut … Read the full Story >>
