Hasselblad V Camera Ends Its Run: A Visual Tribute
One of the most popular and long-standing film camera systems, the Hasselblad V, is going to be discontinued, the company announced Monday. Hasselblad chairman and CEO Larry Hansen cited a “substantial decline in demand for this camera over the past five years” as the main… Read More »
EmailThe Best of Photojournalism
Each year, the National Press Photographers Association holds the “Best of Photojournalism” contest, a competition designed for photojournalists by photojournalists. Here is a selection of the 2013 winners. Photojournalist of the Year, Larger Markets RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post Farmer Harry Strohauer walks in his… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Today in Pictures: Chernobyl Memorial, Lemurs Lunch, Battersea Power Station
Honor guards lay flowers at the Chernobyl victims’ memorial in the Belarus capital of Minsk, April 26, 2013. Today marks the 27th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine. (Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images) Click to see the rest… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Today in Pictures: Texas Memorial Services, Presidents Together, Pope Appeal
Honor guards stand in front of caskets prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week’s fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, April 25, 2013, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Firefighters and other first responders were among those killed when… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Today in Pictures: Inflation Art, Bangladesh Building Collapse, Reflections
Apartment towers and the International Commerce Centre are seen through an art installment entitled “Poetic Cosmos of the Breath,” by Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno, which is part of an exhibition called “Mobile M+: Inflation!” at the waterfront of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Today in Pictures: 3D Printing, Funeral Mass, Doomed Oaks
Gallery employee Rosalind Leake looks at a 3D printer at the “Insects au Gratin” exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, April 23, 2013. A team of designers, food scientists and engineers has created an exhibition using a 3D printer to make shapes from a… Read More »
By Lawrence Lai
Today in Pictures: Earth Day, Marathon Funeral, Rowdy Fans
Bsam Ali, 11, swims in polluted waters at a slum area on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, April 22, 2013. Hundreds of countries globally, mark International Earth Day on April 22, to help raise ecological awareness and support environmental protection. (Hani Mohammed/AP Photo) Click to… Read More »
National Record Store Day 2013: Support Your Local Music Store
While most people are downloading and listening to music on ipods and through online streaming sites like Pandora and Spotify these days — there’s nothing like spending a day in a record store. Created in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners, National… Read More »
Today in Pictures: Baby Giraffe in Berlin, Party in Egypt, Wedding in Japan
Eric the new born Rothschild giraffe stands in front the mother Lotti during its first presentation for public at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, April 19, 2013. (Markus Schreiber/AP Photo) Click to view more of ‘Today in Pictures’ Read More »
Today in Pictures: Iranian National Army Day, Explosion in Texas, Washington Nationals
Runners pull up after finishing The NGK Spark Plugs EBF Maiden Filles’ Stakes at Newmarket racecourse, April 18, 2013 in Newmarket, England. (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images) Click to view more of ‘Today in Pictures’ Read More »
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