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Black and white meets new technology at photo show

Black and white meets new technology at photo show - 2010-03-20

NEW YORK- Traditional black and white is sharing the spotlight with color and new digital formats at a major international photography show that runs through Sunday in New York. "There are two...
Magnum Photos selling past to ensure future

Magnum Photos selling past to ensure future - 2010-02-05

WASHINGTON, Chris Lefkow - Magnum, one of the most storied names in photojournalism, is selling its past to ensure its future in the digital age. Nearly 200,000 original prints by Henri...
French photographer Izis captures poetic Paris

French photographer Izis captures poetic Paris - 2010-01-21

PARIS, Carole Landry- Chagall painting the ceiling of the Paris opera, young lovers kissing by the Seine, grimy-faced children at play in the streets: French photographer Izis captured the poetry of...
Get the picture: Medvedev photo outdoes Putin's painting

Get the picture: Medvedev photo outdoes Putin's painting - 2010-01-17

SAINT PETERSBURG - A photograph taken by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sold on Saturday for 1.2 million euros -- even more than the amount a painting by his predecessor Vladimir Putin fetched...
Photographs unearthed of first Ellis Island immigrant

Photographs unearthed of first Ellis Island immigrant - 2009-12-30

NEW YORK - Photographs of the first immigrant to land at New York's famed Ellis Island have been unearthed almost 120 years after she arrived in the United States as a girl from Ireland. Teenager...
Fashion photographer Irving Penn dead: gallery

Fashion photographer Irving Penn dead: gallery - 2009-10-08

NEW YORK - Influential fashion photographer Irving Penn, known for his elegant, minimalist portraits, died Wednesday. He was 92. Penn was long associated with Vogue magazine, where he first began...
Italian photographer adds to Leibovitz woe

Italian photographer adds to Leibovitz woe - 2009-09-07

NEW YORK - An Italian photographer has sued US photo star Annie Leibovitz for allegedly stealing images he took, adding to the celebrity snapper's woes as she battles to stave off bankruptcy, the New...
Erotic photoshoot snapped at English village church

Erotic photoshoot snapped at English village church - 2009-08-01

LONDON, August 1, 2009 (AFP) - A photographer who used a 13th century village church in England for an erotic photoshoot has caused uproar in the local diocese, which has decided to sue him, he said...
Architectural photographer Julius Shulman dies at 98

Architectural photographer Julius Shulman dies at 98 - 2009-07-17

NEW YORK - Photographer Julius Shulman, whose images of modernist architecture thrust the movement into the limelight, has died aged 98, his representative told AFP Thursday. Shulman, whose...
Kodak taking Kodachrome away

Kodak taking Kodachrome away - 2009-06-22

WASHINGTON - Kodak is taking Kodachrome away. More than 35 years after Paul Simon immortalized the color film in song, the company announced on Monday that it would be ending production of...
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Prince Charles visits Poland's Muslim Tatars

Prince Charles visits Poland's Muslim Tatars
KRUSZYNIANY- Britain's Prince Charles, who is on an official visit to Poland, on Tuesday travelled to the spiritual home of its tiny Muslim Tatar community and tasted their traditional fare. The heir to the British throne began his visit to the...