Photo District News

Photographer Evelyn Hofer, Champion of Classic Style, Dies at 87

By Daryl Lang — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:37:00 EST

Hofer, who devoted her six-decade career to orderly and well-constructed portraits and scenic photographs, died November 2.

FotoWeek DC Lights Up Washington

By Daryl Lang — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:00 EST

The photo festival returns for a second year, with an emphasis on documentary work.

Hachette Folds Metropolitan Home

By Lucia Moses of Mediaweek, with reporting by PDN staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:55:00 EST

The latest shelter magazine to fold this year will shutter with its December issue.

Photographers Denied Participation in Google Settlement

By Daryl Lang — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:57:00 EST

Groups representing visual artists hoped to have a say in the Google Book Settlement, but a judge shot down their motion. (Updated.)

Celebrity Photographer Dies At Lady Gaga Event

By Daryl Lang — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:03:00 EST

Shooter A.J. Sokalner, admired by his colleagues for his quiet, passionate commitment to photography, collapsed Monday night outside an event in New York.

GEO Magazine Closing New York Bureau

By Daryl Lang — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:46:00 EST

German picture magazine GEO announced it is closing its New York City office effective November 1.

Photographer Roy DeCarava Dies At 89

By Holly Stuart Hughes and Daryl Lang — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:46:00 EDT

DeCarava, the Harlem-born photographer whose documentary work was the subject of a 1996 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, has died at age 89.

Shepard Fairey Admits Lying in Lawsuit

By Daryl Lang — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:27:00 EDT

The Obama poster artist fabricated evidence in his copyright dispute with the Associated Press. Fairey apologized to his fans in a posting on his Web site. (Updated.)

Military Reverses Short-Lived Ban on Photos of Afghanistan Deaths

By Daryl Lang — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:05:00 EDT

The change came after the Pentagon distanced itself from the policy amid media scrutiny this week.

Lu Guang Wins 2009 W. Eugene Smith Award

By Holly Stuart Hughes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:52:00 EDT

The photographer says he will use the $30,000 grant to continue his project on effects of pollution in China.

California Law Subjects Publishers to Anti-Paparazzi Claims

By David Walker — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:58:00 EDT

A 2005 law allowing public figures to sue photographers for privacy violation has been broadened to allow claims against publishers, too

New Rule Bans Some Afghanistan Casualty Photos

By Daryl Lang — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:35:00 EDT

Pictures of American military deaths are rare, but until now they have not been officially banned during either of the ongoing wars.

Photographer Irving Penn Dies at 92

By PDN staff — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:03:00 EDT

A craftsman and a perfectionist, Penn was known for longtime association with Vogue magazine. He shot elegantly constructed portraits of many of the most important creative figures of the 20th century and was still producing work into his 90s.

Digital Photo Pioneers Win Nobel Prize

By Daryl Lang — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:10:00 EDT

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in part to two inventors who developed a digital sensor that revolutionized photography.

Condé Nast to Close Gourmet, 3 Others

By Lucia Moses of Mediaweek — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:00 EDT

Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride are also folding. The closures come as the big magazine publisher is struggling with a devastating decline in luxury advertising.

Marty Forscher, Inventor and Camera Repair Guru, Dies at 87

By Holly Stuart Hughes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:41:00 EDT

Forscher, whose New York City camera repair shop was the stomping ground of the city’s top photographers and who donated his services to photographers of the 1960s Civil Rights movement, died September 30.

In Youth Sports Photography, It’s Pros Vs. Parents

By Daryl Lang — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:56:00 EDT

Photographers who shoot action photos at school sports games face competition from amateurs armed with DSLRs who give pictures away.

Microstock Site Shutterstock Acquires BigStockPhoto

By Daryl Lang — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer says the company was looking for a way to reach lower-volume buyers with a credit-based service. “We were in a position where we could either build one or buy one,” he says.

Lynsey Addario Wins $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Paying $500,000 over five years, the no-strings-attached fellowships are among the largest grants given to support creative work. (Updated with reaction from Addario.)

Italian Photo Agency Grazia Neri Plans to Shut Down

By Daryl Lang — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:24:00 EDT

The agency’s director writes that a “crisis in the Italian editorial market” has caused a 40 percent decline in sales.