A S C R A P B O O K O F S O L U T I O N S F O R T H E P H O T O G R A P H E R
Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.
11 July 2020
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at sharks, the Srebrenica Massacre, humans in nature, photographing buildings, YouTube and Facebook.
- The Startling World of Sharks finds itself "threatened around the world by overfishing, microplastics and habitat loss," Eric Hilaire reports. Still this set of photos shows their "Power, majesty, wonder."
- In Remembering the Srebrenica Massacre, Marigold Warner presents the images of forensic photographer Daniel Norwood whose series 21 "offers an opportunity to connect with the individual lives that were lost."
- Shutterbug has published The Beautiful Winning Images in the 'Humans in Nature' Photo Challenge.
- Greenberg & Reznicki ask trademark specialist Josh Broitman to weigh in on Trademarks, Copyrights and Photographing Buildings.
- Sarah Urist Green of The Art Assignment video series explains Why I'm Slowing Down in this unusually frank essay that reflects the online environment educators labor in:
- In Zuckerberg Never Fails to Disappoint, Kara Swisher brings her usual clarity to Facebook's policy of profiting from the naiveté of its users and the money behind deceiving them. She characterizes its business model as that of a corrupt butcher: "People should be free to eat rotten hamburger, even if it wreaks havoc on their gastrointestinal tract and the seller of the meat should not be the one to tell them which meat is good and which is bad (even though the butcher can tell in most cases)."
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...