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The New Age of Editorial Photography . . . .

REAL = Good

In 1987, I can remember talking with a California stock photo agency director who waved his hand toward his office files with the exclamation, “Editorial photos? We have plenty of those!” The pictures he referred to, of course, were clean-cut models in a work situation, smiling at a computer screen, or a model housewife pleasantly choring away with her modern vacuum cleaner. The viewing public in those days, it was assumed, preferred fairytale “editorial” pictures.

Catalogs of historical B&W photos from the post WWII era also reflect the aspirations of the public (or at least that’s what the art directors assumed) to inhabit a wonderland society, a peaches and cream world, that, however, few people would ever experience.



Times have changed. Maybe it has been the shock of 9/11 or the turmoil in the Middle East; or it may be the influence of TV that can portray reality as it really is. The public is growing up and getting real. Publishers are wakening up also. We are seeing a growing willingness on the part of publishers to tackle controversial subjects with natural lighting and hand-held camerawork. Even major Hollywood films today reflect a cultural acceptance of the “real.”

Yes, the squeaky-clean advertising pictures we continue to see today have their place – in advertising. But, book and magazine publishers are showing a growing willingness to feature controversial subject matter, with a straight forward appoach. They have shifted to a sense of realism in the images they choose for production. They perceive that their readership wants the “straight story.”

Or maybe there’s an influence creeping in here from such popular websites like YouTube, Ebaumsworld or Metacafe .. the squeaky-clean hand-held video picture seems out of place there—where viewers expect “realness.”
The nominations for “The Oscars” in recent years also reflect this willingness to tackle gritty, topical issues head on. The top nominations range from race relations (“Crash”) to the homosexual love (“Brokeback Mountain”). In fact all the major nominees deal with realism and the personal cost of making life decisions based on whether to conform to social norms or not.



Will the pendulum eventually swing back to the fairytale type of photos of the last decades? Possibly.
I’ve watched this phenomenon over the last 40 years, and my bet is that it will continue in the pattern of shifting back and forth from “peaches and cream” to “reality” every fifteen years or so.


Rohn Engh is director of PhotoSource International and publisher of PhotoResearcher Newsletter. Pine Lake Farm, 1910 35th Road, Osceola, WI 54020 USA. E-mail: info@photosource.com . Fax: 1 715 248 7394. Web site: www.photosource.com.

CAN’T FIND IT ? – Don’t know who owns that image? The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) has produced guidelines on finding the owner of the copyright of a photographic or visual work. In light of the Orphan Works pending legislation, these guidelines could serve as a model for making a "diligent search" for a copyright holder. Check out "ASPP's Best Practices to Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic and Visual Art".
http://www.aspp.com/users/ASPPSite4390/ASPP_Best_Practises_v2_7-8-08.pdf

You Win!
Our collective cries have been heard in Redmond, WA. Microsoft has agreed to continue support for Windows XP till April 2014, including security patches and program updates. That=s three years longer than any prior version, and extends support for 13 years. That does not mean, however, that you=ll be able to BUY XP for several more years. June 30 was the cutoff date for retail selling of XP.
However, many retailers with master licenses can continue to sell computers with XP preinstalled, and large companies with master disks can continue to install XP on their new computers. And, as a last resort, you can still get a computer with Vista installed, then downgrade (for a fee) to XP.

Overstock.com Reacts to New NY AAmazon Tax@ Law
As we reported previously, New York enacted a tax law effective June 1, 2008, that requires online retailers to collect and remit NY state tax for products shipped to NY addresses, regardless of whether the shipper has a nexus in NY or not, the prior standard for imposing sales tax collections. The NY law says that affiliates count as a physical presence and thus it should collect sales tax.
Amazon is challenging the law in court, and Overstock.com may join in. Meanwhile, Overstock.com has terminated its association with its affiliates in NY, believing that in doing so it can avoid collecting NY sales tax on products shipped there. How all this plays out in the courts will be interesting, and perhaps precedent-setting.

Conserving Energy
No, we don=t mean sitting on the couch watching that new flat panel hanging on your wall. You=d be surprised at how many of your electronic gadgets continue to suck power even when you think they are off.
DVD players, VCRs, stereos, your computer and/or monitor in standby/sleep mode, and anything capable of remote on/off. Here=s an idea: Plug all those devices that don=t need to be on all the time into a power strip/surge protector with an on/off switch. That way, you can switch your equipment on with the flick of a switch, and yet conserve power all other times.
Even that 7-watt nightlight that=s on all the time, for Ajust pennies a day,@ does add up. Using a national electric average of about 9 cents/kWh (and that=s before local taxes, surcharges, connect fees, etc.) that one little lamp costs you about half a buck a month. So, unplug and help save the EarthBand a little cash on the side. Here=s an inexpensive device that will allow you to see how much power a particular piece of equipment consumes: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000RGF29Q/photosourcefolio -BH

DO-IT-YOURSELF – "How I Created My First Coffee-Table Book. I decided after reading positive reviews online. What sold me was it’s ease of use, as well as being able to produce my book and market it through their bookstore commission-free. http://rising.blackstar.com/how-i-created-my-first-coffee-table-book.html
TAKEAWAY: Self published books can also serve as a catalog.

BITING BACK – “How Getty Is Killing the Stock Photo Industry - Klein, Getty CEO, stated in a Seattle Times piece that the deal ‘for us is not significant, but it'sstrategically extremely important.’ It's about locking out competition from the industry to ensure a continued, virtual monopoly.”
http://blog.photoshelter.com/corp/2008/07/how-getty-is-killing-the-stock.html
TAKEAWAY: So, if it's not really about making money, what is it about?

FOR PHOTOJOURNALISTS. Aurora In Deal To Distribute Agence VU Photography - Portland, Maine-based photo agency Aurora has reached a deal to be the U.S. distributor of Agence VU, a French photojournalism agency.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827356

THE PRICE IS RIGHT -- “A few photo agencies have come out with special pricing plans for blogs ( non commercial ones). It appears compete against microstock, with very, very low prices. These days, images are sold based on usage and never on content.
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/07/19/two-thoughts-exactly-nothing-more/

AT YET ANOTHER. AOL and Photography - AOL announced the launch of PIXCETERA,
http://www.pixcetera.com, a new site focused exclusively on top-quality photography. http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/07/16/aol-and-photography/

On a commercial assignment? Can you sell the “extras”? Yes, the Copyright Law says that unless you’ve signed a “Work-for-Hire” agreement, YOU own the pictures. You can sell whatever and whenever.

MOVIN’ ALONG Orphan Works: Some important Q&A’s.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2008/07/orphan-works-faqs.html

YES I CAN! Amateur and professional photographers in the UK are facing an up-hill struggle when trying to take photographs in public places, after misinformation has been taken as fact. As part of its campaign for photographers' rights, every UK photographer member is being issued with the BFP "Blue Card". This card asserts to people the photographers' rights to take pictures in public places.
http://www.huliq.com/64310/bfp-campaign-photographers

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NO SNAPSHOTS PLEASE. Was camera too candid for police officer? It's not everyday someone gets arrested for photographing a cop. But that's apparently what happened in Mountain City in Northeast Tennessee.
And, when that news broke, bloggers pounced.
Chief among them was Knoxville lawyer Brendan Loy, who blogs at The One Blog, http://theoneblog.brendanloy.com
Darius Radzius, a reporter for WJHL, wrote at Tricities.com that an area man, Scott Conover, was arrested for "illegal photography." " 'He says you took a picture of me. It's illegal to take a picture of a law enforcement officer,' said Conover.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/20/was-camera-too-candid-for-officer/

PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART - Architectural photographer enjoys revival at 97. Julius Shulman took a photograph in 1960 that made millions dream of a perfect life: two women seated in a glass house seemingly suspended in mid air as the twinkling lights of Los Angeles beckon below.
Nearly 50 years after the famous photo of Case Study House #22, the man many consider the finest architectural photographer in history finds himself a cult figure for a new generation that covets the minimalist mid-century modern architecture he took around the world.
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1836945220080718

Roland Roldan, a tongue-twister name with the ability to record eye-popping
photographs,is proud to have developed his third eye or what for him is ‘the eye for details and sense of design.’ http://www.mb.com.ph/PIPE20080721129854.html

SOCIAL PIONEER -- Jim DeBoth probably made enough money to live off the interest when he sold the Interest.com site and an associated mortgage information company to Bankrate.com back in 2005. So he's started a new site, this one entering the crowded and, so far, comparatively unsuccessful field of citizen journalism. The difference with WeSay.com, though, is that instead of treating the news primarily through text, he does it with photographs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-hypertext-wesay-0716jul16,0,7457653.column

‘Accidental' Images Result In New Artistic Direction. There are no shortage of words that can be used to describe a human face. The hurts and happiness of lives reflect in blue eyes, in taut lips, in wrinkles, in furrowed brows.
The adjectives come quickly. Pensive. Nervous. Amused. Melancholy.
Those moods and features stare, begging the viewer to question a subject they may have never met. It is a deceptively simple conundrum in "Strangers & Not So Strange," a collection of intimate portraits taken by Fayetteville photographer Craig Earl Nelson.
http://nwanews.com/nwat/Living/67315/

BACK THEN -- In Thousands of Images, a Photographer Builds a History in Harlem
For nearly three decades, Alix Dejean has been an unofficial Harlem
photographer, chronicling the famous, the infamous and the anonymous
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/nyregion/21photographer.html

1889 – First Photograph of a Meteor was made in the United States, on August 10th, taken by Harvard College observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts.

How to Choose A Domain Name

Advance Notes: This may be the most important decision of your career: choosing a domain name for your business website.

When starting to build your business website, the temptation is to start out on a “free site,” sponsored by a website company. That means your domain name would be owned by that “free web service.”
Instead, I recommend investing in a good domain name of your own, right from the start. Ten years from now, you’ll be glad you did.
Make a list of names you’d be satisfied with. You can check whether your choice of domain name is already taken, at: www.networksolutions.com .
Should you choose a short name or a not-so short name? Or should you choose a name that describes what your photo research business is all about (your specialization)? Or a domain name that is “catchy” – like JeepersCreepers?
No doubt, the best decision is to choose one that describes your mission in the world of photo research. In other words, pick a name that potential clients will understand immediately and that’s associated with your work, one that best describes your services.
A short name? Well, Bill Gates chose “Corbis” for his stock photo agency (it used to be named, Continuum). Because Gates has the revenue to promote Corbis (promotion on the net is time-consuming for someone starting out), most everyone now knows Corbis = stock photos. But if you’re not Bill Gates, pick a name that tells the public (and potential clients) what you’re about.
Getty chose Getty Images. ‘Nuf said.


Should you sign up with a web company that will host your website on their site?
It's cheap, easy, and fast. But as you get yourself more established, your existence on a third party website will mark you as a naïve beginner who shouldn't be taken too seriously by the professional community. Sort of the equivalent of having an @aol.com or Hotmail email address or a Geocities website. Having such a domain name, owned by a “free web service,” can hold back the development potential of your on-line photo research business.
Letting somebody else own your domain name means that they own your destiny on the Internet. The company might eventually degrade the service quality of your site as much as they want. 1.) They can increase the price as much as they want. 2.) They can add to your content as many blinking banners, competing web ads, or other user-repelling advertising techniques as they want. 3.) They can go out of business.

If you start on a third-party free website later down the line, you might decide to upgrade to a self-owned website. You have laboriously built up a database of loyal visitors and you now want to change your website address to a more professional one. But most of your work– links you've attracted from other sites, and your search engine ranking – will have been in vain. You have to start from scratch, with a new domain name to promote to your customers. The longer you stay at someone else's domain name, the higher the cost of going independent.
Yes, it's tempting to establish a website on one of the services that offer free accounts. But to sign up for your own personal domain name costs only $8 to $9 per year (http://www.godaddy.com/). You’ll have the luxury of being your own boss, and own your own future in the world of photo research.

Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and publisher of “PhotoRESEARCHER Newsletter,” has provided on-line targeted information for photobuyers, photo researchers and editors for two decades. No other newsletter brings photobuyers such up-to-the minute information on how to find stock photos. For more info: 800 223-3860.

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Your Important Tool

Advance Notes: We interviewed publisher, Rohn Engh, for this article. His insights can provide you with a marketing (and design) roadmap for the coming years in stock photography.

Q. Are you basically a photographer, author, publisher, or what?

A. I’m all three, and at different periods have focussed on each of the disciplines in turn. In each field, I have found the fundamental requirement to be a good understanding of design. I was trained in design at Maryland Institute of Art for four years, but I didn't really learn design until I left school. I'm still learning design.

Q. How do you apply design to taking a photograph?

A. Every creative endeavor has two components, format and content. One can't exist without the other. A designer works with both. In my seminars, I teach photographers how to design their images so that both these components are present. If the format is solid and the content is compelling, you'll have a winning photo -- whether it's for editorial use or for an advertising campaign.

Q. What kind of format are you talking about?

A. It's not a hard and fast rule, but most appealing photos these days are those whose format starts with a meaningful background, includes an appropriate person or persons, a provocative symbol, and has the person(s) involved with the symbol. The design of the picture should be bold, poster-like.

Q. And content, how do we get that into the picture?

A. While format is a matter of engineering, content, on the other hand, brings out the artist in you. Your image should evoke a mood. It should allow the viewer to "read into" the picture. Your photo should allow the viewer to be a collaborator in your image. That's what good picture design is all about.

Q. Did you learn all this at art school?

A. No. When I attended art school in the mid-50's, design was more or less an elective. It took a back seat. Design was what happened after the product and marketing people did their part. I learned how to apply design properly after I got out of school. Successful companies today include design as a strategic and tactical weapon. Designers are now part of the integrated team in Corporate America.

Q. Why has design become so important?

A. The buying and viewing public are far more sophisticated today than three or four decades ago. Whether you are designing a photo or a camera bag, a shoe box or a dishwasher, the way your idea is presented to the public (a very fickle public, by the way) will determine acceptance or rejection.

Q. Even if the product is inherently "the best" -- if the design elements are lacking, the product will fail?

A. In most cases, yes. This applies especially in commercial stock photography, where a static generic picture-postcard of a beautiful scene will attract fewer viewers (and photobuyers) than one composed with the design elements I mentioned earlier.

Q. How does design affect stock photography as part of the New Media, e.g. web photos, CD ROMS, on-line photobanks?

A. It's no secret that stock photography has entered "the new economy," which is affecting all businesses, both locally and globally. The world is changing. You get competition for your photos from Spain as well as Maine. Prices are falling, but if you design your business structure well, you will be able to produce more.

Q. Meaning?

A. Corporate America, through the 70's and 80's, protected profits by shrinking their operations and cutting costs -- thanks to technology. But the shrinking is over. Profits now come from automation and volume production. If you design your business structure to fit the times we live in by utilizing today's available technology, plus design your stock photography using the format principles I first mentioned, you will move to the head of the line.

Q. Can you be more specific on what this means for stock photographers?

A. Today's cameras are much more sophisticated than the point-and-shoot cameras of the 70's and 80's that the pros looked on with disdain. The automatic controls on cameras today make it nearly impossible not to get a technically fine image. Couple that with Internet ordering of everything photographic under the sun, and you have a New Generation stock photographer -- the automated photographer who can operate on-the-fly and in remote locations, plus can provide more volume to his markets without increasing overhead.

Q. Can amateur photographers capitalize on the phenomenon?

A. More than ever, because they have access to the same equipment and production materials that the pro does. Times have never been better for the part-time stock photographer.

Q. How about marketing those photos?

A. We're back to the importance of design again. This time in relation to business structure. A stock photography business designed to take advantage of the new hardware and software can also automate the selling process. A well-designed website is a starting point. Here at PhotoSource International we offer stock photographers the opportunity to join the new economy even if they don't own a computer. Photographers can enter text descriptions of their specialties and stock photos (using up to 3000 words) on their own pages in the PhotoSourceBank Directory section of our website (www.photosource.com). Photobuyers turn to the PhotoSourceBank to locate photographers who have the image they desperately need, when they're in search of something specific, whether it be photos of an area of Hong Kong or Walla Walla, Washington.

Q. What do you see as the greatest hang-up for stock photographers today?

A. Too many stock photographers are clinging to the "old way" of doing business. Yes, there are many photobuyers who continue to operate their photobuying routine in the old way -- and this fosters the illusion that it's "business as usual" in our industry. But there's much more business to be had -- when stock photographers utilize the emerging global markets, for example. And there's the reverse: graphic houses and corporate art directors are realizing they no longer are confined to photographers from their local Yellow Pages, but rather they can just as easily tap the wealth of talent on the Internet, where in many cases they might find a better match for their visual needs.

Q. Do you have examples on how a photographer can move forward to strengthen his stock photo operation in today's business climate?

A. Yes. To design your business structure to take advantage of today's technology -- you will establish a presence on the Internet, with a website of your own, with hyperlinks to related websites. You will list your photo descriptions in the PhotoSourceBank Directory, and put examples of your work on PhotoSourceFolio, an internet image gallery. You will publish a CD featuring examples of your area(s) of expertise. You'll sign on with a stock photo agency that has a foothold on the Internet. You'll subscribe to a marketletter such as PhotoLetter or PhotoDaily to make sales. By doing all this, you will be doing what Corporate America will be doing in the coming decade to utilize today's new opportunities for delivery of product and making new sales contacts. And if your products (your stock photos) are designed to conform to the marketing needs of photobuyers (in the areas you love photographing) -- you will be riding the top of the wave of the next generation of stock photographers.

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A WAY WITH WORDS – For ten years, Jerry Greenberg has claimed that the National Geographic has violated his copyright by reproducing images shot for the print magazine appeared in the NG CD compilation. The court originally found that the product presented on the CD retained “contextual fidelity” because it compiled previous issues of National Geographic exactly as they appeared in print, adding only an introduction and functional elements.
Well, different courts have ruled differently on the Jerry Greenberg case over the last decade, often in Greenberg’s favor. But In 1998, the Georgia federal district court ruled in favor of NGS, citing a 1997 decision in Tasini v. New York Times Co., that determined that re-using freelancer-owned work in databases and CDs did not constitute copyright infringement, even without obtaining the author’s permission.
Now, for the second time, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the National Geographic Society in this case. What’s next? http://www.selling-stock.com/?p=2812 (www.selling-stock.com.)
TAKEAWAY: Well, I guess this one will go to the Supreme Court (who wants to foot that legal bill…?). If it doesn’t, the Greenberg case will stand as a precedent for publishers to “re-sale” some of the pictures that they’ve published earlier in certain formats, and not give a dime to the photographers. And if you think about it, that might also apply to you designers, artists, and illustrators out their.

WHERE’S MY CHECK? Struggling picture agency owes photographers thousands - A picture agency, Red Cover, based in Balham, South London, owes nearly £500,000 to creditors has told freelance photographers and writers it will not be able to pay them for up to two years. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41501&c=1

GETTING BIGGER -- Shutterstock's Image Library Hits 4 Million Images
http://www.stockphototalk.com/the_stock_photo_industry_/

BIGGER -BUT BETTER? -- Agency Portfolio Growth - Here's a visual representation of what agency portfolio growth over the past year looks like for the agencies who publish their portfolio size.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/agency-portfolio-growth.html

A PROFIT CENTER NO MORE? -- Revisiting the news - Here is the dilemma with journalism today: It is still trying to be a profit center when obviously it cannot be one anymore. News used to be for sale and people would gladly pay for it.
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2008/06/29/revisiting-the-news/

MORE STOCK SCHLOCK? Getty Images and Flickr Announce Exclusive Partnership to Offer New Collection of Creative Imagery - Getty Images and Flickr are working together to establish the first commercial licensing opportunity for photo-enthusiasts in the Flickr community. The Flickr collection will feature photography selected by Getty Images editors based on their expertise in licensing digital content.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/getty-images-and-flickr-announce-exclusive-partnership-offer-new-collection-creative-imagery
TAKEAWAY: It’s pretty, yes. But where’s the substance?

CITIZEN PHOTOGRAPHERS -- Happy snappers zoom into the industry frame - Amateur photographers are shaking up the global market for licensed images far quicker than video is for broadcasters, and even Bill Gates's privately held image bank, Corbis, is having to reinvent itself.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/happy-snappers-zoom-into-the-industry-frame/2008/06/26/1214073401115.html

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE PHOTOS ARE? A bill slowly moving through Congress threatens to change the copyright law in ways that have artists, writers and other creators fighting to keep it from passing. Titled the Orphan Works Act of 2008, the bill, if enacted, would alter the copyright protection of certain intellectual property. Artistic, written, musical, scientific and photographic works seemingly without a noted author would be open to free use, providing that the user shows proof of a "diligent effort" to search for the author.
Although many artists are passionately fighting to preserve their names and their creations, the legislation seems to be sneaking in under the radar of many local creators. Several artists, writers and musicians contacted for this story were unaware of the proposed law. http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_189210217.html


WHEN DO YOU NEED ONE -- Kelby Interviews Lawyer on Copyright Law and Model Releases -
http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1645

NEW RULES -- NYC sets formal film permit rules. - Filmmakers and photographers who shoot on New York City's famed streets and sidewalks now have a clear set of rules dictating when they must obtain permits, after years of relying on loose guidelines that civil liberties advocates said were too vague. http://www.amny.com/news/local/ny-bc-ny--filmpermitrules0714jul14,0,5846784.story?track=rss

CELEBRITY PHOTOS Brown Estate In A 'Cold Sweat' Over Image Use - The case concerns whether the licensing a photo of a celebrity is considered a commercial use in every situation. If the case is decided in favor of Brown's estate, it could open a flood of legal challenges against anybody who licenses celebrity photos, even for editorial use.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92433895

SAY CHEESE! -- Man Arrested For Unlawful Photography Nearly everyone carries a cell phone and it’s hard to find one without that camera feature. It’s convenient when you want to take that impromptu photo, but a Tri-Cities area man ended up behind bars after snapping a shot of a Johnson County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop.
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/man_arrested_for_unlawful_photography/11576/
TAKEAWAY Lest we forget Rodney King

NO RESTRICTION -- NUJ Secretary Jeremy Dear writes to Home secretary about surveillance - Ironic to recent situations of photographers clashing with the police, Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith's response to the matter also stated that "the Government greatly values the importance of the freedom of the press, and
such there is no legal restriction of photography in public places."
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/NUJ-Secretary-Jeremy-Dear-writes-to-Home-secretary-about-surveillance

COTTON MILL KIDS. .Photos document a dark era . Upcoming exhibit at Gaston library focuses on century-old images of child labor in mills. The haunting portraits photographer Lewis Hine made in November 1908 of Gastonia's cotton mill kids were meant to document abuses of child labor laws.
One hundred years later, the images are returning to the community as a permanent exhibit on the vanishing textile culture. http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/698700.html

EXHIBIT SHOWS EXAMPLES OF ABUSE Pasadena mom among subjects of domestic violence photo exhibit. Nine years ago this fall, Lisa Spicknall's worst nightmare came true when her two young children were murdered. The killer was her estranged husband, Richard Spicknall II, against whom she had gotten a protection from abuse order only months earlier. Since that time, the Pasadena woman, now 33, has spent nearly a decade as an advocate for domestic abuse victims, working to prevent similar tragedies from happening to other families. She was honored for her efforts in a traveling photography exhibit held earlier this month.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_02-43/NBH

NEW GLORY -- From Ground Zero to the moon to Iraq, the stars and stripes stand for America. A photography exhibit by Seth Butler, which opened on the eve of Independence Day at the Picker Building in Dover, seeks to better understand the way the American flag has been used and misused by the nation.
http://www.wirenh.com/Art/Art_Show/%93tattered%94_flag_photos_in_Dover_explore_America_200807103040.html

RINGO RULES! -- Working with legends. The last we heard about Norwood Young, American native, Rob Shanahan, he was drumming in a successful band while making a name for himself in the photography business in California. Shanahan was appointed Ringo Starr’s official photographer late last year.
http://www.waconiapatriot.com/articles/2008/07/14/norwood_young_america_times/news/news01.txt

1850 – First photograph of a star (other than the sun): Vega, which was made at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 17th, by Whipple, a professional photographer. A 15-inch telescope was used as a camera lens and a daguerreotype plate was set up at the eye end.

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