Tech News: Manfrotto's (Very) Tough Memory Cards
Manfrotto has entered the world of memory cards. The company says its new Pro RUGGED lineup — which includes SD cards, microSD cards, and CompactFlash cards — are “the toughest memory cards on the market” for professionals, notes DIY Photography. Manfrotto says its waterproof and dustproof SD/microSD cards keep liquid and foreign debris out when submerged for up to 72 hours (the CF cards aren’t waterproof), adds PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
Picture Story: Inside the Church of John Coltrane
Jazz great John Coltrane’s death in 1967 devastated the music world. In San Francisco, Franzo and Marina King turned their jazz club into a temple.The Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, as it is known today, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, which, notes The New Yorker, is commemorated in a book of photographs and essays titled A Love Supreme: 50 Years of the Coltrane Church. The New Yorker takes you inside the church with images by photographer Carlos Chavarría. Read the full Story >>
What We're Reading: Lessons From a Decade of Short Film
What happened to art of the short film over the past 10 years? Streaming happened, and it changed everything, notes Short of the Week. “In the early days of Web 2.0, it was possible to put your film online and trust someone would bump into it. Now that there are 500 hours of video posted every minute to YouTube alone, not to mention Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok, those days are long gone,” notes the website. Read the full Story >>
Honor Roll: Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award Winners
Photographer Maximilian Mann has been chosen as the top prize winner of the 2019 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards, an international competition now in its fifth year. Mann receives a $3,000 cash prize to continue his photography winning project on Lake Urmia, Iran. (Earlier this month we spotlighted an NPR report on the work.) Judges selected 31 photographers from the contest to be part of a group show at Aperture Gallery in Manhattan on January 23 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Read the full Story >>