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photography stories: 56 news summaries

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New Keller Photo Surfaces

It may be the first image of her with teacher Anne Sullivan

Mar 5, 08 8:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A rare photo of a young Helen Keller accompanied by teacher Anne Sullivan in 1888 has surfaced among a family collection donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The photo, which was tucked away in an album, may be the first taken of the two and the only to... More »

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discoveries • photography • New England • blindness • archive • Cape Cod • deaf people • Helen Keller

'Perfect' School Photos, But at What Cost?

Digital retouching for young kids may warp developing body image

Feb 22, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Popular and inexpensive digital retouching of school photos has some parents concerned about the effects on kids’ sense of body image, Newsweek reports. Clients for retouching services—powdering complexions, whitening teeth, reshaping eyebrows and so forth—are getting younger and younger, creating, one historian says, "a culture of kids... More »

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children • photography • body image • digital retouching • school pictures • childhood

Nude Lohan Pics Clone Epic Monroe Shoot

'Mean Girl' dons wig and little else for mag's Marilyn spread

Feb 19, 08 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Celebrity photographer Bert Stern has proved that he still prefers his blonds nude, snapping revealing pictures of Lindsay Lohan for New York magazine in a recreation of his famous 1962 Marilyn Monroe photo shoot. In the original, Monroe posed with only a few scarves and a glass of champagne. Blond... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • photography • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • photographers • nude photo

Death Photo of Famous War Correspondent Surfaces

Historians stunned to see war photo of Ernie Pyle 63 years later

Feb 4, 08 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - He was a celebrated World War II correspondent who became a household name and earned a Pulitzer Prize for his stories about hometown soldiers. But the photo that captured Ernie Pyle’s death on the battlefield only turned up recently, surprising historians, AP reports. The never-before-published photo shows Pyle lying... More »

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photography • correspondent • World War II • Ernie Pyle • Newseum

Metropolitan Museum Scores Arbus Archive

Priceless gift includes thousands of negatives, annotated prints

Dec 18, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Two years after New York's Metropolitan Museum mounted a landmark Diane Arbus retrospective, the photographer's daughters have donated her complete archives to the museum, reports the New York Times. The gift includes 7,500 rolls of film, hundreds of early photographs, and print sleeves Arbus annotated by hand before she... More »

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art • photography • Diane Arbus • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Video Caught in Copyright Claim

Silicon Valley parody video taken down after photog complains

Dec 13, 07 1:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A parody video about the return of an Internet bubble by Bay Area group Richter Scales has been taken down from YouTube for copyright reasons, after a photographer complained about one of her images being used, Wired reports. The group claimed that it since it was satire, it was fair... More »

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YouTube • photography • Flickr • copyright • photographers

Flickr Launches Search Map of World Photos

New service groups
pix by location

Nov 19, 07 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Beginning today, a new mapping feature will make it easier to view photos stored on Flickr by location. "Places," a new geographical sorting service on the massive photo-share website, pinpoints photo contributions to one of 100,000 locations on a global map, Reuters reports. The map also shows... More »

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Yahoo • photography • Flickr • photograph • travel photography • Flickr Places

Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death

Did a soldier die so he could get a
picture, he wonders in talk about book

Nov 4, 07 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Photographer Ashley Gilbertson tried to be as emotionally removed as possible while working in Iraq, but once he let soldiers protect him as he ran to get a close-up. There was a shot, Gilbertson felt blood; one of the men protecting him was killed. It's something he has deeply regretted... More »

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Iraq • photography • war • photographers • PTSD • Ashley Gilbertson • Iraq war

Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

Album reveals death camp guards relaxing after 'a hard day's work'

Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A photo album of co-workers decorating Christmas trees, playing with dogs, eating blueberries—fond memories, but for the swastikas on the merrymakers' uniforms. The US Holocaust Museum has posted online 116 photos showing how Auschwitz guards "unwound after 'a hard day's work,' " archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells the... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • photography • Holocaust Museum • Nazi • Auschwitz • World War II • SS

Ring, Bended Knee, and Candid Camera

Cottage industry
in proposal photos
is booming

Sep 20, 07 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Husband hopefuls are lining up not only romantic locales and plentiful karats, but also hidden cameramen to document their marriage proposals. Some knee-benders are even timing their big events for optimal lighting conditions and bride-to-be beauty (make sure she gets to change her clothes after work). Newly affianced couples can... More »

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marriage • photography • wedding • proposals • disguise

8 Best Innovations in Travel

Outside lists its 8 favorite travel innovations

Aug 14, 07 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sometimes vacations can be more work then, well... work.  Outside finds some gadgets, places and websites that makes the trail run a little smoother.
  1. Singapore's Changi Airport
  2. The MLC bag from Patagonia
  3. GreenGlobe.org
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travel • list • photography • Patagonia • luggage • Singapore • Changi Airport • GreenGlobe.org

Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

Garden State beauty queen keeps her crown despite Facebook leak

Jul 13, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss New Jersey can keep her tiara, say pageant officials who ruled unanimously that risqué photos of the beauty queen leaked from her Facebook page aren't that bad. The images, which Amy Polumbo revealed on the Today Show yesterday, contained no nudity or underage drinking, but did show Polumbo in... More »

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Internet • Facebook • photography • beauty pageant • Miss New Jersey • Amy Polumbo • Miss NJ • beauty queen • Today show

Photos That Changed the World?

Jun 19, 07 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Slate and Magnum Photos team up to present 31 photos that over the past 70 years have "informed the world" and "capture(d) the political and cultural zeitgeist of our time."  The iconic photos in this slide show range from a soldier falling in the Spanish Civil... More »

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photography • culture • photograph • picture • history • world • Iraq war

Kodak Sets Sights on Flashless Future

New low-light sensor could snap flagging company out of slump

Jun 14, 07 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kodak showed off a new technology today that enables digital cameras to capture clearer pictures in low light—without a flash. Kodak revealed the innovation just as the enduring photography company finishes up its long and costly transformation to digital and begins to tap into its valuable portfolio of patents. More »

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technology • film • images • Kodak • Eastman Kodak • camera • digital camera • photography • digital photography • light sensors • pixels • flash • patent

German Students Do Full Monty  

Nude calendars raise cash for charities, protests

May 9, 07 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend... More »

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Germany • calendars • nudity • photography • Deggendorf • student

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity

Thousands go au naturel for photo shoot

May 7, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mob of some 20,000 Mexicans stormed the capital yesterday morning not to protest, but to show off their birthday suits. The stark-naked crowd pranced around Mexico City's historic plaza as part of a giant photo shoot orchestrated by New York–based photographer Spencer Tunick, a well-known buff of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • art • Spencer Tunick • nudity • photography

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