People Tuesday March 5, 2024
Misan Harriman has been photographing celebrities for years, but now, notes People, he's entered a new Hollywood inner circle: Netflix’s 18-minute film The After, starring David Oyelowo and co-written by Harriman and John Julius Schwabach with Harriman directing, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short. “I can't process any of this,” admits the Nigeria-born Harriman, who has served as portrait photographer for Rihanna, Cate Blanchett, Tom Cruise and his close friends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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Associated Press Tuesday March 5, 2024
“I’m always thinking of ways to take a different photo. I’m looking for things like new angles and exposures, in sports as well as in general news,” notes photographer Lee Jin-man, explaining how he captured Spanish swimmer Carles Coll Marti making a unique splash at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Marti was competing in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke when Lee photographed him entering the water. “I asked the diver in charge to move the underwater camera to another lane in advance,” he explains.
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DP Review Tuesday March 5, 2024
Previously announced in Japan, Sony’s PDT-FP1 5G transmitter is coming to the United States, notes DP Review. The smartphone-shaped transmitter is not a phone (it cannot make calls) but instead uses its 5G connection to transfer files from compatible Sony cameras to an FTP location. Sony rates the device for about four hours of photo upload time with an LTE connection, or two hours of video live streaming, with a charge time of under two hours with the optional 30W quick charger. Regarding transfer speeds, it's rated for 1.1 Gbps up and 8.1 Gbps down, though real-world performance and use-time may vary..
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The Washington Post Tuesday March 5, 2024
Born in Hazard, Ky., in 1950, Shelby Lee Adams has been documenting life in Appalachia for four decades and today stands as perhaps the preeminent photographer of the region, notes The Washington Post, which recently spotlighted Adams’s newest book From the Heads of the Hollers. The book brings together unpublished images that Adams made between 1974 and 2010. “His aim was to print those which may have been previously overlooked, concerned that if he did not print them…the photographs would never be made,” notes publisher Gost.
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