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“Screwing things up is a virtue”

A piece from Robert Rauschenberg's earlier "Currents" series is shown at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, in Hartford, Conn., in 2004. via Providence Journal

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“He was so sweet and sensitive”

The season finale of "Damages" aired in Canada this week, but Ted Danson - who stars in the TV legal thriller - has yet to see it. via 102.9 CKDS-FM

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At the risk of stating the obvious, digital photography is one of the great revolutions of our time. via Burlingame Daily News

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SOUTH ORLEANS, Mass. - Ruth Melchior Fleck, 89, of South Orleans, Mass., died peacefully at Cape Cod Hospital on May 1, 2008, surrounded by her three daughters. via Home News Tribune

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“Rien ne se perd, rien ne se cree, tout se transforme”

- The Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal is launching the first edition of the Triennial of Quebec Art this summer, an exhibition devoted to the current state of contemporary Quebec art.

To be held every three years, the Triennial is the most ambitious Quebec art exhibition of its kind ever presented, says the museum.

Works of more than 30 artists will be on view from May 24 to Sept. 7. The range of media includes painting, sculpture, photography, performance, video and installation. Read more

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Review : " The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 is a new version of Panasonic's best-selling camera of 2007, the DMC-TZ3, an ultra-compact superzoom with a 10x, 28-200mm lens. via Cameratown.com Digital Imaging News

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SALISBURY -- Salisbury University's 'B.F.A. Art Show,' featuring about 160 works by 24 graduating seniors with majors in Fine Arts, is on display at the University Gallery through May 18. via The Daily Times

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THE former girlfriend of a photography student who hanged himself in Southampton woods while carrying out a project on notorious suicide spots has told of the man she still loves. via The Daily Echo

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Helmut Newton Foundation presents "Pigozzi and the Paparazzi" with Salomon, Weegee, Galella, Angeli, Secchiaroli, Quinn and Newton, on view June 20th through November 16th, 2008. via Art Knowledge News

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What would an arts festival be without art? Piccolo Spoleto isn't in any danger of finding out, as there are at least a dozen visual arts exhibitions and activities on the calendar this year, and you don't have ... via Post and Courier

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Press & Sun-Bulletin photographers and reporters were honored Wednesday night at the Newspaper Publishers Association's Excellence Awards Reception and Dinner in Albany. via Press & Sun-Bulletin

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“There are a lot of copyright fights coming that are as big or bigger than orphan works”

Updated 4:05 p.m. ET As the orphan works copyright legislation advances through Congress, it has exposed a split among photo associations. via Photo District News

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“It's an exciting time to be here. The improvements will make working at the park a more enjoyable experience. "It means there will be a lot more people in the area and we are conveniently placed to get a segment of this new business.”

By refreshing its look in time for its third birthday, Citrus photographic studio hopes to bring a touch of colour to Winnersh Triangle. via Get Reading

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Mamiya has announced two new high performance digital lenses for the Mamiya 645AFD II and the newly announced 645AFD III camera systems. via Shutterbug

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The Globe and Mail claimed six of the 21 awards at the 59th National Newspaper Awards gala held Friday night in Toronto. via CBC News

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The photographer of the month for May, 2008, chosen by the Friends of Hagerman NWR is Bill Hurst. via Planoland

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“The library does have a photographic collection but in the past it has been spread between the departments: there's a huge collection in printed books, for example.”

Poet's downbeat letters to Fay Godwin among archive acquired by British Library See our gallery of the archive here Mark Brown, arts correspondent Wednesday May 7, 2008 The Guardian Philip Larkin, outside Hull ... via MediaGuardian.co.uk

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"I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension." BERLIN - The first major retrospective devoted to the Russian ... via Art Knowledge News

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We consciously chose to make the site design appear plain and simple, despite its deep complexity. via Soxiam

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Wedding photographers far and wide completed PDN's recent income survey, providing a snapshot of how much they earn on average, how hard they work, and how efficiently they run their businesses. via Photo District News

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Savage-based Momento Images Photography announces Jen Hillenga, co-owner and photographer, has received The Wedding Portrait Artist of the Year award. via Savage Pacer - Newspaper and online c...

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“This is such a crazy and unusual architectural space, the best possibility I could imagine would be to do an exhibition about today's Shanghai, which is equally disorienting and unusual and architecturally crazy.”

Yang Zhenzhong's Light and Easy II , part of ROM's Shanghai Kaleidoscope. Just as in politics, economics and, yes, Olympics, China has dominated art and its media outlets since 2000. via National Post

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“It's a mystery why these particular pictures were put together. It seems to have been a pre-selection for a joint project that in the end never happened”

A suitcase containing thousands of undeveloped photographs of the Spanish Civil War shot by the great war photographer Robert Capa has reappeared after being lost for 70 years. via The Belfast Telegraph

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Way back in 1975 -- when Kodachrome color slides and Kodak Instamatics were all the rage -- Kodak researcher Steve Sasson built the first digicam, cobbled together from spare parts and bleeding edge digital ... via Retro thing

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“This case establishes a law of privacy for children in those cases where, understandably, the parents wish to protect their children from intrusive photography by the paparazzi”

The initial claim by Rowling and her husband was thrown out by a London court last year, prompting the couple to appeal. via Globe and Mail

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May 7. KAZINFORM. A U.S. researcher says a photogenic drawing of a leaf could be the world's oldest photograph. via Kazinform

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Rick demonstrates his methods through a collection of his original photographs. Each photo includes notes explaining the principles he followed and the techniques he used. via Informit Safari Tech Books Online

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Bryan Adams takes time off his busy touring schedule to attend the opening of his 'Hear the World' photography show in New York City, and sit down wit ... via Mochila

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The Photo Annual The Year in Review Dramatic shake-ups in the stock business, photojournalists under fire and in ethical hot water, court battles, contract issues and more news from across the photo industry. via Photo District News

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“You've got to see them to believe it. The posters are incredible character portraits of our students”

Cesar Chavez Students are Subjects of Unique Photographic Poster Exhibit Unveiled May 9 Comtex ROYAL OAK, Mich., May 5, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ ----On Friday, May 9, 2008 Cesar Chavez Academy ... via Fox News

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Rite, Incorporated along with recently acquired Pantone, Inc. has introduced ColorMunki, said to provide photographers and designers new technological advances that address core issues of color creation, ... via Shutterbug

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Gary H. Steadman, a commercial photographer and founder of SteadmanTech in Vestal, spoke to a group of Vestal High School students in February about careers in photography. via Press & Sun-Bulletin

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“My dad was an amateur photographer. He had a darkroom and cameras were always around our home”

Wisconsin Art Board displays Sanderson's works throughout state BY LAURIE WEYENBERG * Press-Gazette correspondent * May 4, 2008 Glenn Sanderson, artist and owner of Sanderson Photography, grew up in Wisconsin, ... via Green Bay Press-Gazette

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“Dario Robleto: Oh, Those Mirrors With Memory (Actions 1996-1997)”

"Apertura-Colombia" This survey of Colombian photography and video at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art far outshined the official FotoFest exhibitions of contemporary Chinese photography. via Houston Press

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A Spanish bookstore and a pet photographer will receive loans totaling $32,000 as part of a program aiding small businesses in economically distressed areas. via Easton Express-Times

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“I don't know what kind of message she wanted to send, but she was worried that people didn't understand what was going on in the world”

VII Photo hosted an intimate and emotional gathering in New York Thursday for friends and family of Alexandra Boulat, who died Oct. via Photo District News

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A funny thing happened to me while I was shooting and reviewing the new Sigma DP1 compact camera in New Mexico. via Shutterbug

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“With his approachable style, Scott's hard-earned practical advice on digital photography has his readers constantly clamoring for more from their beloved author.”

May. 1, 2008 -- Peachpit today announced that Scott Kelby's The Digital Photography Book has been recognized as the best-selling digital photography book ever by Nielsen Bookscan, with over 250,000 copies ... via Cameratown.com Digital Imaging News

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“I remember wandering through the labs in 2003, and seeing the theoretical model that could become Stream”

Steven J. Sasson, an electrical engineer who invented the first digital camera at Eastman Kodak in the 1970s, remembers well management's dismay at his feat. via StarNewsOnline.com

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“Riverwood is a new park to Mississauga and the City has large, environmentally responsible plans for its future”

Almost every Sunday morning for the past year, Mississauga photographer Christine Montague has made the trek to Riverwood. via Mississauga

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Major upcoming events and contest deadlines: May 1 to 31: CONTACT Toronto The annual CONTACT photography festival will take place during the month of May in Toronto. via Photo District News

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“These two products really simplify the process of geotagging and organizing digital photos by location, even without a GPS device”

Editor's note: We've always felt the concept of "geotagging" in digital photography to be more trouble than its worth. via Photo District News

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“They're obviously investing heavily in some of their growth initiatives like inkjet, but they're not able to squeeze enough costs out of the business to offset that”

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday its first-quarter loss narrowed to $115 million as it battles for a bigger slice of digital photography. via ReporterHerald.com

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"Forever Tango," the touring version of the Broadway show, will open the 2008 North Charleston Arts Festival on Friday at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. via The Post and Courier

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