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NEWS ABOUT: photographers

photographers stories: 36 news summaries

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 French Vogue 
 'Black Face' 
 Sparks Row 

October edition triggers debate on racism

Oct 14, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch model painted black from face to toe in French Vogue has triggered angry charges of racism. The photos of model Lara Stone, taken by US photographer Steven Klein, are part of the magazine's October issue honoring models and photo shoots through history. What French Vogue and the photographer... More »

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fashion • racism • model • Vogue • black • photographers • blackface • French Vogue • Lara Stone • Steven Klein

 US Lensman 
 Captures 
 Life-Size 
 Whale Pics 

Photog praises 'gentle, friendly' beasts

Oct 6, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US lensman who has opened an exhibit of life-size whale photographs in Norway calls the great beasts "the most friendly and inquisitive carnivores on the planet." Bryant Austin spent five years, including days diving with "exceptional individual" whales he could touch, to collect enough photos to... More »

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art • ocean • Norway • sea • photographers • minke • whales • Bryant Austin

(AP) - Two photographers have sued Tom Brady and his supermodel wife for $1 million, saying they were shot at during a party in Costa Rica. The two men, one from AFP and the other from a Costa Rican newspaper, say Gisele Bundchen's bodyguards shot at their car and just missed their... More »

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entertainment • New England Patriots • Costa Rica • paparazzi • lawsuit • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • photographers • quarterback • supermodel

 Italian Photog Says 
 Leibovitz Stole His Pics 

He sues for $300,000, adding to her troubles

Sep 5, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian photographer is suing famed celebrity shutterbug Annie Leibovitz for $300,000, claiming she stole two of his photos, the New York Daily News reports. Paolo Pizzetti says Leibovitz’s associates hired him to scout locations in Italy for a limited-edition calendar Leibovitz was putting together for Lavazza... More »

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photography • lawsuit • photographers • Annie Leibovitz • copyright infringement

GLOSSIES

 How Annie Leibovitz 
 Got Underwater 


Aug 17, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Photographer to the stars Annie Leibovitz is in a widely reported financial pickle, but it really comes as no surprise to those close to her, New York reports. Leibovitz is now engaged in baroque legal wrangling over her catalog, but her troubles started earlier. Insiders say a suspected “... More »

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Vanity Fair • bankruptcy • photography • debt • Vogue • photographers • spending • Annie Leibovitz • underwater • economic downturn • Susan Sontag • catalog

(Newser) - A financial firm is suing Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz for failing to cooperate to repay a $24 million loan, reports the Telegraph. Leibovitz last year put up her photographs and two homes as collateral for the money to pay off debts. But now Art Capital Group said the 59-year-old... More »

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Vanity Fair • photography • debt • court • lawsuit • photographers • Annie Leibovitz • loan • repayment

(Newser) - One of the most famous war photos of all time was a fake, according to Spanish newspaper El Periodico. The paper says its investigation into Robert Capa's Spanish Civil War "falling soldier" photo—which appears to show a shot militiaman at the moment of death—concluded that the photo... More »

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photography • photograph • photographers • Spanish Civil War • fake photos • Robert Capa

(Newser) - The paparazzo who snapped pics of nude guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s villa says another scandal is coming: the Italian prime minister in a "mock marriage" with a younger woman. Antonello Zappadu says he photographed Berlusconi in what "seemed to be a puerile game" at... More »

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sex scandal • photograph • photographers • Silvio Berlusconi • Villa • political scandal

(Newser) - Naked photographers, orders to strip for no reason and sex assaults are a troubling part of the modeling business and involve some of the top names in fashion, according to a new documentary by a popular model. "Every girl I have talked to has a story," model Sara... More »

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fashion • sexual harassment • runway • model • photographers • fashion industry • sex assault

(Newser) - Mesmerizing photos of Marilyn Monroe before she hit the big time have surfaced in the archives of LIfe magazine. The 1950 shots in Griffin Park in Los Angeles reveal a peaches-and-cream 24-year-old Monroe before the ultra-glam shots that would become a staple of her career. "I was amazed looking... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • sex • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • photographers • Life • Griffin Park • Ed Clark

Fans Seek to Resurrect Polaroid Film

Group buys equipment from shuttered plant, seeks to reinvent recipe

May 26, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A determined band of entrepreneurs, scientists, and lovers of retro photography is doing its best to bring Polaroid film back from the dead, the New York Times reports. The group managed to buy the company’s old equipment just before it was dumped and is now attempting to reinvent the... More »

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photography • digital photography • photograph • photographers • Holland • Polaroid

 Bankruptcy 
 Looms in 
 Leibovitz's 
 Viewfinder 

Lighting supplier claims photog has unpaid bills

May 24, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Annie Leibovitz pulls down $2 million a year from Vanity Fair to shoot Hollywood A-listers, but a lighting company that claims the shutterbug owes it about $200,000 may force her to file for involuntary bankruptcy. Leibovitz is already underwater—with other lawsuits over real estate and unpaid bills, she... More »

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bankruptcy • photographers • civil lawsuits • Annie Leibovitz

Reuters Journo Held by US in Iraq 8 Months

No charges against photographer; military cites insurgent ties

May 24, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the outrage over journalist Roxana Saberi’s detention in Iran, the US is holding a Reuters photographer in Iraq without charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ibrahim Jassam, 31, has been held since September “as the result of his activity with a known insurgent organization,” said a... More »

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Iraq • US military • detainee • photographers • journalist • photojournalist • Committee to Protect Journalists • Roxana Saberi • Ibrahim Jassam

 Show 
 Spotlights 
 Avedon's 
 Melancholy 
 Fashion 
 Genius 

Major retrospective looks at photographer's legacy

May 14, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - For 60 years Richard Avedon was the quintessential fashion photographer, and his black-and-white images established an ideal of beauty for a generation. Now, 5 years after his death, the International Center of Photography in New York is mounting a retrospective of Avedon’s fashion work. For Times critic Cathy Horyn,... More »

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fashion • museum • photography • Vogue • photographers • Harper's Bazaar • Jay-ZTV • International Center of Photography • Richard Avedon • Diana Vreeland

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

 Madonna Fell 
 All By Herself: 
 Photog 

Paparazzo and cops say he left before Madge's horse dumped her

Apr 20, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A photographer Madonna blames for a weekend tumble off her horse in the Hamptons claims he had nothing to do with the accident—and local cops back his version, reports the New York Daily News. A spokeswoman claims Madonna was thrown when her horse was startled by a paparazzo, but... More »

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New York • paparazzi • horse • photographers • Long Island • Madonna • Hamptons • equestrian • Madge

New Photos Bare Aftermath of King's Death

Life finally releases
grim images taken
after assassination

Apr 3, 09 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly published photographs by a Life magazine lensman capture the aftermath of the shocking assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including a motel worker sweeping away the blood of the civil rights crusader. Few journalists traveled to Memphis after the assassination, and Life declined to run the photos after his... More »

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photograph • civil rights • photographers • Martin Luther King Jr. • Memphis • Life • civil rights movement • Life Magazine

 Stars, Photogs 
 Rip Red-Carpet 
 Restrictions 

Academy uses back entrance to boost ratings

Feb 23, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Not everyone walked the red carpet at last night’s Oscars, and photographers were none too pleased, Variety reports. The Academy asked some stars to enter out of cameras’ reach, to keep fashion choices a secret until the telecast—in an attempt to boost ratings. Some celebs, including Jennifer Aniston... More »

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Academy Awards • paparazzi • award show • photographers • Jennifer Aniston • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Jessica Alba • Oscars • Kevin Kline

Mugabe's Wife Pounds Photog

Brit learns hard way not to mess with first lady and her diamond-encrusted rings

Jan 18, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The wife of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attacked a photographer for the Times of London who caught her leaving a posh Hong Kong hotel, the newspaper reports. Grace Mugabe ordered her bodyguard to seize the shutterbug’s camera—and then joined in the fracas. The photographer suffered nine cuts, abrasions... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Hong Kong • photographers • assault • bodyguard

Glossies

 A Princess 
 and Her Photog: 
 How the Bloom 
 Faded 

18-year marriage had an auspicious start

Jan 12, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Princess Margaret thrilled Britain in 1960 by marrying a dashing photographer—the first commoner to marry a monarch's daughter in 400 years. As Lord Snowdon, he navigated the perils of royal life while hosting parties with Margaret for London's jet set crowd of actors and writers. But Snowdon and the... More »

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divorce • marriage • photographers • British royals • Princess Margaret • Lord Snowdon

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