“The moment I become unaffected or unable to feel,” (Adam) Ferguson said, “it would be time to go and do something else with my life. The war would have got me.”

Watching a Teenage Girl Die by Mortar in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com.

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Going Back To Haiti

by Allen Sullivan on August 29, 2010

I’ll be in Haiti for about ten days beginning September 6. Although I’m primarily working on a personal project, I will also be able to complete other assignments. Email allen@allensullivan.com or Skype allensullivan if you’d like to get in touch.

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May I suggest this…. The “film look” is bullshit – Mike Jones Digital Basin : Weblog

August 27, 2010

Mike Jones Digital Basin : Weblog “Shallow focus and Rack-Focus is lazy. A ham-fisted and overtly slothful technique with little impetus other than to lead your viewer around by the nose, to force them to look exactly where you want them to look, when you want them to look there. As a tool, like all [...]

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Georgia Rambler | This American Life

August 25, 2010

THIS AMERICAN LIFE from WBEZ: “In the 1970s a reporter named Charles Salter wrote a column for the Atlanta Journal called “Georgia Rambler.” He’d get into his car, head out to some small town, and ask around until he found a story. This week, nine of us go to Georgia to try it out for [...]

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Happy Birthday

August 25, 2010
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A Bold Step For Afghan Women Journalists « Afghan Women’s Writing Project

August 25, 2010

“Being a woman journalist in Afghanistan can be extremely dangerous. Women who venture into that field routinely face harassment and threats, and have sometimes been killed. The dangers have resulted in fewer women studying to become journalists. But the new center hopes to counter this trend. It will support women journalists both by helping them [...]

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Five Questions for an Art Buyer—Amy Feitelberg, Outside Magazine / Wonderful Machine Photography Blog

August 23, 2010

Now that‘s refreshing: “You are the photographer. You are the one who was there. You tell me what’s important to you. I certainly don’t mind a broad edit, in fact, I prefer it, but hundreds even thousands of images handed to me like it’s a gift just isn’t cool.” Five Questions for an Art Buyer—Amy [...]

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ASMP Seminar | Atlanta | The Art and Commerce of Multimedia

August 21, 2010

9/16/2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Social time starts at 6:30 PM) Atlanta, GA Savannah College of Art and Design. 1600 Peachtree Street Northwest “Adding audio to still images can turn a simple web gallery into a much more powerful storytelling tool. The demand for such presentations is growing and presents photographers with new opportunities [...]

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Timelapse

August 17, 2010

I’m a sucker for good timelapse sequences. When done well, with good composition and subject and/or movement, they will really hold a viewer. And so many things could go wrong on the back end that a great timelapse must be a combination of research, planning, patience and a great amount of luck. Here’s an awesome [...]

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Ireland

August 16, 2010

I traveled with my dad and brother to some of the places from which I draw a fading hairline and expanding ears. A week was a tease; I will be back to beautiful Ireland.

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