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First balloon photographers reflect on historic image
by dwgaub
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on Fri Feb 10, 2023 at 08:44 PM PST
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Obviously I am taking a break from politics with this. Click here to enlarge above photo. Pulling up behind this motorcyclist yesterday in Milwaukie, Oregon* on a lovely warm sunny day I saw lots of people on motorcycles out and about taking advantage...
by HalBrown
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on Wed Jun 22, 2022 at 07:14 AM PDT
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This J. Scott Applewhite AP photo of Joe Manchin is worth 1000 words. So, who is lensman Applewhite? I was stuck by the top of the main page of HuffPost (by the time you click it may not be on the top of the page anymore) photo used to illustrate “Democrats Try To 'Build Back' After Manchin Tanks $2 Trillion Bill” this morning. (Here’s a link to the...
by HalBrown
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on Tue Dec 21, 2021 at 06:35 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico, annetteboardman, jck, and Besame. Alumni editors include (but...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jul 16, 2021 at 09:15 PM PDT
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If photographic journalism could be rendered into oil painting, here is a perfect composition ready-made.
There have been a number of photos taken that suggest a compositional style that brings to mind the art of such masters as Caravaggio, Rubens,...
by Limelite
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on Sat Sep 29, 2018 at 01:23 PM PDT
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In a front page article in the New York Times today, Mujib Mashal profiles his friend and colleage Shah Marai, a photojournalist with Agence France-Presse, who was killed by a suicide bomber yesterday in Kabul.
The online version combines text...
by Garrett
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on Tue May 01, 2018 at 08:26 AM PDT
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The above photo is just one from this excellent NYT's Article that asks more questions than it answers - especially with it’s visual content.
But the writer indeed asks the most important question here:
“Where are the police?” shouted a man...
by durrati
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on Mon Aug 14, 2017 at 04:30 AM PDT
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On Saturday February 18, I attended a photography class at The Dancing Cat. It was great, the environment was very friendly and welcoming. We listened to the teacher give us a presentation full of tips on how to take pictures of cats. It was a great...
by TheLittleOne
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on Sun Feb 19, 2017 at 10:15 AM PST
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All things considered, you'd have to say that war photographers are all a bit mad. I mean, what sort of person chooses to jump into the crucible of human conflict not to fight, but to document the ...
by Virally Suppressed
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on Tue Sep 22, 2015 at 08:57 AM PDT
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I Want to Be With The Circus
This is an excellent Photo essay from David Hume Kennerly on his 50 years of political photography.
1998: AND HILL ...
The secretary of education, during comments ...
by FlorenceNJ2point0
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on Wed Jun 10, 2015 at 05:39 AM PDT
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"I was using a telephoto lens, and she thought it was a weapon," says Sağırlı . "İ realised she was terrified ...
by Eileen B
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on Tue Mar 31, 2015 at 04:27 PM PDT
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The trend in major media these days is to do without as many warm bodies as possible, especially warm bodies that require things like paid vacations and health insurance.
Sports Illustrated, which ...
by quaoar
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on Fri Jan 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM PST
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4,645 days have passed since Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in Afghanistan in October of 2001. Over that period of time, 3,453 coalition soldiers and 21,000 Afghani civilians have been ...
by Virally Suppressed
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on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 08:05 PM PDT
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This is a Photo Diary of OSU, OSU Students, Corvallis community and Oregonians organizing to counter protest Westboro Baptist Church at U.S. Army Ranger Pfc. Cody Patterson's memorial service at ...
by BlueJessamine
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on Wed Oct 23, 2013 at 10:41 AM PDT
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a (bike) writer with a camera self-portrait
In 2009, after 13 years of wordsmithing and playing in a rock & roll band accompanied by a series of eclectic day jobs, I set out to be ...
by citisven
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on Sat Aug 17, 2013 at 02:17 PM PDT
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This past Saturday the Corvallis Environmental Center hosted the Earth Ball: All ...
by BlueJessamine
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on Tue Apr 23, 2013 at 06:45 AM PDT
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The Procession of the Species kicked off Earth Day 2013 in Corvallis Saturday with events planned through out the week.
by BlueJessamine
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on Mon Apr 22, 2013 at 06:45 AM PDT
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by subtropolis
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on Fri Dec 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM PST
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I watched it out in California - maybe some of you were there in person! It must be an experience to be that physically cold and emotionally (morally, metaphysically?) warm at the same time. The ...
by accio
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on Mon Nov 05, 2012 at 02:15 AM PST
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People are camping out under the stars in Freeport, Illinois. Unfortunately, it's not for fun. This rural area is now home to 175 people who will be out of work by Christmas of 2012 and they are ...
by Wendi Kent
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on Sun Oct 14, 2012 at 07:49 AM PDT
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