BR, Zündfunk: "Das Selfie ist nicht viel mehr als Selbstdarstellungssucht, gepaart mit digitaler Selbstbefriedigung. Behaupten aktuelle wissenschaftliche Publikationen. Dabei sind Selfies doch zuerst Kommunikationsmittel von junger Menschen." Weiter
chinadaily.com.cn:"They have been working for nearly 10 hours. All of them are born in the late 90s and come from rural areas outside the province. Wearing blue uniforms and having peculiar hairstyles, they make a living by repeatedly working on the assembly lines and contributing as one of the forces of the city's construction." Read on
"Social documentary photographer Arlene Collins presents her recent photographs from North Korea. In July Arlene photographed in the capital Pyongyang and traveled south to Kaesong and to the DMZ, the Demilitarized Zone."
"An on-going project documenting Blackpool a Northern English seaside town. Stag and hen nights are about friends getting together to celebrate the bride/groom’s "last night of freedom." It is a last chance to gather together a group of same sex friends they have known since childhood, or through school, university and work. Mums, dads, sisters and brothers also often come along for the ride."
BBC: "The incredible story of a mysterious nanny who died in 2009 leaving behind a secret hoard - thousands of stunning photographs. Never seen in her lifetime, they were found by chance in a Chicago storage locker and auctioned off cheaply." Read on
"The lives and passion of heavy metal fans around the world captured in vivid images. Photographer Jörg Brüggemann traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Egypt, and the USA to shoot pictures of heavy metal fans. Metalheads is a collection of the resulting images, which strikingly portray them and their passion." Read on
wdr.de: "Zum ersten Mal zur Kamera griff Bernd Becher 1957. Der Grafikstudent wollte den Förderturm der Grube Eisenhardter Tiefbau zeichnen, aber der Abbruch der Anlage ging zu schnell voran. So übernahm der Fotoapparat die Funktion des Zeichenstiftes. Als Bernd Becher dann die gelernte Fotografin Hilla Wobeser kennen lernt und heiratet, entwickeln sich die Bechers zu Archivaren der Industriegeschichte. Die Becher-Schule an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf bringt besonders viele bekannte Fotografen, wie Thomas Ruff oder Candida Höfer, hervor. Aber auch der Sohn von Bernd und Hilla Becher setzt das Handwerk fort."
nytimes.com: "Enschede, the Netherlands — In this small town just across the border from Germany, a small group of Dutch scientists and one irrepressible Austrian salesman have dedicated themselves to the task of reinventing one of the great inventions of the 20th century — Polaroid’s instant film." Read on
boingboing.net: "Danish photographer Peter Funch stakes New York City street corners out for two weeks at a time, taking pictures of passersby from the very same spot. He then uses Photoshop to composite the results into single images."
ubu.com: "In the first programme of a major new arts strand, Ben Lewis's amusing odyssey delves into the world of the planet's most influential photographer, Andreas Gursky. Trying to find out what makes Gursky tick, Lewis's bizarre journey takes him on an adventure from Reading to Dusseldorf. When he meets finally his hero, he gains a fuller understanding of what it means to live in a 'Gursky World'." Watch/download here
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