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It's not so easy finding quality graphic design authors. So to make things easier for you, here I present my top 50 graphic design blogs . via Creative Design

“But these proofs have a certain vitality that you don't find in a finished print. It gives them an educational point of view and shows the public what Adams' work is like at that stage -- a work in progress.”

They are photos Ansel Adams never intended anyone to see -- tiny proofs taken with a handheld camera of a landscape that lacks the grandeur captured in his portraits of the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite National ... via Cleveland.com

Photo by Bill Wilson Mayor Newsom will tour Crissy Field Monday with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Craig Bone in wake of Cosco Busan oil spill. via SF Sentinel

“Such a lifestyle, especially in today's society, is not easy”

It saddens him, but Robert Schaefer believes his exhibition of photographs of an Alabama farmer are important because there may come a time when pictures of farmers like this are all we have. via Montgomery Advertiser

“We are very proud of the diversity and depth of the work that has been achieved on the MA Photography course at University College Falmouth, and are rather in awe of the energy these students devoted to making this exhibition a reality.”

VOTE Falmouth university students present work Thirteen graduates from University College Falmouth's MA in Photography - Steven Bond, Nick Brewer, Jonathan Blyth, Liza Cauldwell, Delian Dixon, Katie Godfrey, ... via Falmouth Packet

Nature programming abounds on Sunday evenings. Discovery will repeat back-to-back episodes of acclaimed, expensive and audacious series ''Planet Earth'' every Sunday night, followed by the new nature series ... via MergeDigital

Remy Lidereau - Trompe-l'oeil Remy Lidereau, Bale, Suisse, novembre 2003. Trompe-l'oeil series. via Art Daily

“I always tell the girls, 'You're beautiful.' So are all these actors and models on TV and in the magazines, but once you get all this treatment you look just as good. It's good for the ego.”

Wearing a long red dress with a plunging neckline, Jessica Callahan looks more like a World War II-era actress than a 20-year-old wife and mother. via WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

“These North Korean Christians had started a portrait photography studio to help support themselves, and had registered their businesses with appropriate government authorities”

A team of "foreign spies" arrested by North Korean authorities - and possibility executed - actually are Christians who had started a portrait photography studio to support themselves, according to The Voice of ... via World Net Daily

“I nearly didn't do it ... but the thought of all these little faces peering over the pots kind of drove me to it”

- Australian photographer Anne Geddes, known the world over for her images of babies in creative settings and costumes, counts a photo of over 100 chubby infants in clay flower pots as one of her most memorable - and most difficult - pieces.

"When I look at that image today I feel really tired," Geddes, 51, said Friday with a smile in an interview in her hotel room ahead of a book signing for her new autobiography/photobook "A Labor of Love."

"The whole organization around that shoot was incredible." Read more

“Downloadable tools, editing tools, and more make the website a leader in the industry.”

Just launched 1844stockphotography.com offers download of high quality photographs from a wide range of photo stocks. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

Yes, it may be a little early for this, but as you know time between now and Christmas tends to disappear faster than a pint of ale set in front of me on a Friday evening. via Camera-news.com

From its inception, the PDN PIX Digital Contest recognized excellence in a new phenomenon called digital photography. via Photo District News

Introduction to Networked Storage Download this paper for an introduction to the basics of networked storage and its relevance to smaller business operations where storage specialists are typically not found. via Small Business Computing

“We know that mugshots were successful, but as more and more pictures were taken the sheer volume of pictures created problems, and later fingerprints became the primary source of identification”

James Harris stole some whiskey from a Ceredigion pub in 1902 The early history of the police mugshot is the unlikely subject of a photography exhibition in Aberystwyth. via BBC News

“More and more people are coming to know about it and more and more people are coming to see it.”

THE remote landscape around Lake Ballard, 800km north of Perth, is not where you'd expect to find great art. via The Austrailian

“My people have always been those trapped in a corner. I can come to them with a voice they do not possess”

W. Eugene Smith focused on giving a voice to the voiceless.

His medium was photography. And in one flash of his life he aimed to expose life-ruining pollution at a fishing village in Minamata, Japan.

The chemical company Chisso dumped toxic mercury waste into Minamata Bay, off the west coast of Kyushu Island, in the 1950s. Thousands of villagers ate contaminated fish, and more than 1,700 died over more than two decades. The waste ruined victims' nervous systems and shrank brains.

Smith, a former World War II combat photojournalist for Life magazine, went to Minamata after hearing about the victims' suffering. Read more

“To tell you the truth, I'm a photographer. I came down here to get a photo of Run DMC for my portfolio.”

Jason Messer Age: 33 Job: Photographer Hometown: Ocean City Best piece of technology: Photoshop Last thing he ate: Chicken parm sandwich from Finizios. via CourierPostOnline

“He is as good as anybody in the world with transparent watercolors. He's one of the best there is.”

The Middletown Arts Center will throw a birthday bash for longtime arts instructor Homer Hacker with an exhibit of his work that begins with a reception at 6 p.m. Nov. via MiddletownJournal

Aerial Photography and aerial photographer resources and information. Help to find the aerial photographer that best suites your needs. via Buzzle.com