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In Focus, 2: AP Photographer Recalls Jan. 6--"We Have to Be There"

AP   Thursday January 6, 2022

On Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite was in the middle of it all. “Glass was breaking in the main door to the chamber of the House of Representatives — the very door where you see the president enter for the State of the Union address. Quickly, the police and a few lawmakers grabbed benches and cabinets and barricaded the door,” he recalls a year later.   Read the full Story >>

In Focus, 1: Unseen Video of the Jan. 6 Insurrection

Los Angeles Times   Thursday January 6, 2022

On Jan. 6, 2021, L.A. Times photographer Kent Nishimura covered the pro-Trump rally at the Ellipse, just south of the White House, as then-President Trump urged his supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol, where the balloting results were being certified. Nishimura followed them, documenting the Capitol attack in real time. As he sent in photos and video of the event, he let his GoPro camera, attached to his helmet, run as long as the battery could last. That video had never been shown until now, notes the Times.   Read the full Story >>

State of the Art: Canon Confirms the 1DX Mark III Will Be Its Last Flagship DSLR

DP Review   Thursday January 6, 2022

In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun, a major newspaper in Japan, Canon CEO, President and Chairman, Fujio Mitarai, confirmed the EOS-1D X Mark III will be the company’s last flagship DSLR camera as the company continues its transition to mirrorless systems. “[T]he needs of the market are shifting to mirrorless cameras at an accelerating pace […] and we are moving more and more people to meet this trend,” Mitarai noted. The story of the EOS-1 SLR series started back in 1989 with the original EOS-1, notes DP Review.   Read the full Story >>

What We're Reading: A Roundup of News, Opinion and Trends

By David Schonauer   Thursday January 6, 2022

Want to start a business in analog photography? Bloomberg recently profiled a couple people who have done so, and we include the report in today's roundup of photo news, opinions and trends from across the world wide internet. You may also be interested in learning how two photographers sold $47,000 of stock photos. As for trends, The New York Times notes that this movie …   Read the full Story >>

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