©CHRISTOPHER RAUSCHENBERG Early mornings he walked the old Paris with his camera. One day in Saint-Cloud, he came across a spiral-topped gatepost and took a picture of it. It’s one of more than 10,000 photographs Eugène Atget made over 30 years, trying to preserve on film what was vanishing in this great city [...]
Nikon’s latest introductions include the new flagship DX-format D7100 DSLR, which features a 24.1-megapixel sensor. The lightweight D5200 also boasts 24.1 megapixels and features a vari-angle LCD panel. Also new is the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens, which incorporates Nikon’s Vibration Reduction capabilities in a popular zoom range, besides being a lighter weight [...]
historia, memoria y silencios, VI From images of dancing Aborigines in Australia to personal family portrayals, Lorena Guillén Vaschetti’s photography evokes memories and emotion. In 2012, her first monograph was published ”” a series of old family pictures that she rephotographed after her mother had attempted to abandon them. In historia, memoria y [...]
Sigma’s DP3 Merrill Compact Digital Camera As the final camera in the Sigma DP Merrill lineup, the DP3 Merrill features a high-performance 50mm F2.8 lens, which is equivalent to 75mm on a 35mm SLR camera. Like the previously released DP1 (19mm F2.8) and DP2 (30mm F2.8) Merrill cameras, it is equipped with the [...]
The Phase One IQ2 series consists of three new full-frame 645 format digital camera backs with high-speed wireless connectivity and 13 f-stops of dynamic range. The 80 megapixel IQ280 enables remote image capture and viewing of huge 80 megapixel images on an iPad running Phase One’s Capture Pilot App. The 60 megapixel IQ260 offers exposure [...]
PELICAN PROGEAR S130 BACKPACK The S130 Laptop/Camera Backpack from Pelican ProGear is a top-loading, TSA-ready backpack that features a protective divider pack for cameras and a built-in watertight and crushproof case for laptops, tablets and other accessories. Its high-impact compartment protects your camera body, extra lenses and flash equipment. Remove the padded dividers [...]
CANON’S NEW POWERSHOT SX280 HS DIGITAL CAMERA Canon’s new 12.1-megapixel PowerShot SX280 HS Digital Camera with built-in Wi-Fi® technology and 20x Optical Zoom lens is the first Canon camera to feature Canon’s DIGIC 6 Image Processor. The camera offers connectivity options to share your images via the free Canon CameraWindow app (downloadable from any [...]
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Poppies. Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan 2002 © KATE BROOKS If you follow world events at all, you can’t miss Kate Brooks’s photographs. You also might not want to look at them. When her book In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer’s Journey After 9/11 (Schilt Publishing, 2011) arrived at my doorstep, I braced myself. But [...]
Down the Rabbit Hole, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland © ABELARDO MORELL Abelardo Morell is undoubtedly one of the most compelling visual artists of our time. Rather than relying heavily on Photoshop and the latest camera gear, his images come from a unique way of looking at the world. One of his most notable [...]
