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In this rather unusual photo set, French photographer Antoine Geiger criticizes our obsession and addiction to modern technology and smartphones by creating faces being sucked into screens. Using candid photos captured in the Louvre and elsewhere in Paris, Antoine says this project places the screen as an object of “mass subculture”, alienating the relation to [...]

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GoPro cameras are impressive in their own right, but theyre far from a complete video solution. Here to change that is SUPERcase, an all-in-one device from Austin-based startup Si-Jex that not only protects your GoPro camera but provides more storage, power and protection. SUPERcase is currently getting funded on Kickstarter, where its amassed roughly 35% [...]

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There’s a Triangle of Servicethat you may have seen before whichgoes something like this: You have three options available (cheap, quick, quality) but can only choose two. I first saw this on a sign in an automotive shop years ago, but it applies in almost any professional setting where goods and services are produced for consumption, and is especially true in photography.

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As an homage to its 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M lens, Leica has launched a collection of limited-edition accessoriesthat use Leicas name, branding and clever marketing copy to raise the price to astronomical numbers. Leica teamed up with French accessory manufacturer S.T. Dupont to produce 95 pieces of three separate accessories, each of which pay tribute to [...]

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Canon and Nikon pretty much dominated the market with no competitors or significant innovators in the horizon, until Sony showed up with some outstanding cameras and technological wonders. Now that were getting used to the high standards set by the a7S II and a7R II, Sony is said to be working on a top-secret camera [...]

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In 1994, diver and photographer Carl Roessler captured Maddened Attack, an image of a shark taken off the southern coast of Australia. Four years later Apple Computers Inc. licensed the photograph to use during a presentation wherein Steve Jobs used the image to cheekily illustrate that Apples new PowerBook G3 laptop computer could eat the [...]

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Back in 1971 Apollo 15 was the most successful manned flight ever achieved, according to NASA. But the three astronauts aboard the spacecraft werent all about the science, as the video below shows. Two of the astronauts took turns to photograph each other on the moon, undoubtedly aware that theyd need epic Facebook profile photos [...]

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Privacyand social networks has always been an issue(yup). But this latest experiment from Facebook probably tops any scenario you may have considered as privacy invasion. A new feature coming that is currently testing in Australia (for android) is calledPhoto Magic. Here is the magic: The Facebook Messenger Appwill scan your camera roll and will apply [...]

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“What do you mean it’s a manual lens?”

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If you looked in my closet youd probably think Oh yeah, this guy is a cross-dresser! Although that would certainly make a more interesting story, the fact is, since my photography is 99.9% of the time a DIY venture (no stylists or hair ormake-up), my closets are packed with wardrobe (including a lot of womens [...]

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