Radio Free Asia Tuesday September 5, 2023
A photography professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Art and Design has been refused entry to Hong Kong for the second time, further evidence that an ongoing crackdown on dissent under a draconian national security law could affect which foreign nationals are allowed to travel to the city, notes Radio Free Asia. The photographer, Matthew Connors, was denied entry in 2020, immediately after the 2019 protest movement, but is still allowed to visit North Korea.
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Blind Tuesday September 5, 2023
French diver and photographer Laurent Ballesta is heir to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, notes Blind. Ballesta has been scouring the abyss for over 20 years, creating images of astonishing creatures that “owe as much to his technical prowess as to an artist’s soul.” Trained as a marine biologist, Ballesta has been a photographer for National Geographic since 2011 and won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award three times. He is also the director of Andromède Océanologie in addition to leading group dives through Gombessa Expeditions.
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DP Review Tuesday September 5, 2023
Hasselblad has announced a new XCD 28mm F4 P wide-angle prime lens for its compact X System of medium format mirrorless cameras, notes DP Review. The lens features a 22mm-equivalent focal length in full-frame terms and is the company's second widest X System lens, after the XCD 21mm F4 prime. The new 28mm F4 lens takes the crown from Hasselblad's earlier XCD 45mm F4 P lens as the smallest and lightest lens in their X System lens lineup. The company calls it a highly portable prime designed for street photography, landscapes, or anyone looking to have a travel-friendly setup for their X1D II 50C or X2D 100C cameras.
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Maine Media Tuesday September 5, 2023
Photographer Craig Easton in the winner of the 2023 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture for his series “Bank Top,” a much-acclaimed examination of immigrant and working-class communities in the north of England focusing on a neighborhood in Blackburn, Lancashire. Named for the famed portrait photographer, the $20,000 Arnold Newmanprize is awarded annually to a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. Read the full Story >>
