The News Review:
- Photo Gallery: “Disastrous” Conditions in Taiwan Zoo
- Yahoo ‘censored’ Flickr comments
- Gizmodo Gallery: Exploring Fetishistic bjects and More with Crispin…
- Call For National and International Entries: Juried Photography…
- Lost in showbiz
- DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Photo Gallery: “Disastrous” Conditions in Taiwan Zoo
National Geographic – May 18, 2007
nationalgeographic. html>Next Photo >>May 18 2007—A saltwater crocodile holds the forearm of a veterinarian following a grisly attack at Taiwan’s Shoushan Zoo in April. nationalgeographic.
Yahoo ‘censored’ Flickr comments
BBC News – May 18, 2007
Late last year photographer Rebekka Gudleifsd?r discovered that eight of her pictures were reportedly being sold by a UK-based online gallery. She raised the issue on Flickr but a photo and comments were deleted. Yahoo which had no involvement in the row over the sale of the photos has now apologised for its “mistake”. According to Ms Gudleifsd?r online gallery nly Dreemin sold 60 prints of eight of her photos for more than £2500 without her consent… She raised the issue on Flickr but a photo and comments were deleted. Yahoo which had no involvement in the row over the sale of the photos has now apologised for its “mistake”. According to Ms Gudleifsd?r online gallery nly Dreemin sold 60 prints of eight of her photos for more than £2500 without her consent. No-one from gallery nly Dreemin was available for comment. Ms Gudleifsd?r owns the copyright to all of her photos on Flickr and the website clearly states that people cannot use them without permission. Withdrew photosThe gallery withdrew the photos for sale but refused to compensate her she said. Earlier this month Ms Gudleifsd?r posted a photograph on Flickr to highlight her problem with the gallery and received more than 450 comments of support from other users.
Gizmodo Gallery: Exploring Fetishistic bjects and More with Crispin…
Gizmodo – May 18, 2007
I was thinking a lot about looking at photos with friends and family—it seems to me incongruous that we take more photos than ever before with digital cameras but we seldom seem to share them. I remember (and this isn’t exactly a long time ago!) people used to have their photos printed out and then look through them with friends. ne of the main activities we thought the UMPC would be good for is organizing and sharing photos with friends—you can pass the device around because it’s quite small and maybe get back that experience of looking at photo together with friends (rather than simply emailing a few images). In a way I think the current situation where we have a single machine for all our activities—everything from writing letters to loved ones to filing tax returns is analogous with the emergence of domestic food processing equipment. Historically one would buy a motor to which various attachments could be attached (blender whisks cleaning brushes etc) eventually these specific functions were separated out into different devices and I think there is space to do this with the computer; so I think there will be more single use devices rather than the current ambition towards a single unified device which does everything.
Call For National and International Entries: Juried Photography…
prleap.com – May 18, 2007
CM) akland CA (May 18 2007) – The Joyce Gordon Gallery is seeking photography entries for “Glimpses in Time: A Juried Photography Exhibition in Honor of Gordon Parks. ” Gordon Parks’ artistic talent renaissance spirit and social activism serve as the inspiration for this exhibit and embody the gallery’s mission: To represent the creative pursuit of the individual. Stephen Wirtz of the prestigious Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco will be jurying this exhibit. A solo exhibition at the Joyce Gordon Gallery will be among the top awards. An exhibit of all winning photographs will run from August 1 31 2007 at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in akland California. All forms of photography-based work may be entered including digital alternative processes photo collage and montage. CD submissions will be accepted at Joyce Gordon Gallery until 6pm on July 1 2007 In person submissions until 6pm on July 13 2007… ” Gordon Parks’ artistic talent renaissance spirit and social activism serve as the inspiration for this exhibit and embody the gallery’s mission: To represent the creative pursuit of the individual. Stephen Wirtz of the prestigious Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco will be jurying this exhibit. A solo exhibition at the Joyce Gordon Gallery will be among the top awards. An exhibit of all winning photographs will run from August 1 31 2007 at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in akland California. All forms of photography-based work may be entered including digital alternative processes photo collage and montage. CD submissions will be accepted at Joyce Gordon Gallery until 6pm on July 1 2007 In person submissions until 6pm on July 13 2007. An entry fee of $30 (US dollars) is payable to Joyce Gordon Gallery and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Seven Tepees Youth Program in San Francisco.
Lost in showbiz
guardian.co.uk – May 18, 2007
“Alas all natural highs must wear off and a rapid comedown was precipitated by the news that a west London “space” is exhibiting 14 paintings by Pete Doherty the Bejam Byron. What makes the Bankrobber Gallery’s show deserving of the attentions of heavy artillery is the fact that the works if we can be hysterically flattering to them for a minute are largely drawn in Pete’s blood. Gallery director Michael Chambati-Woodhead – on the basis of no evidence whatsoever I’m speculating that Michael has a trust fund and nurses delusions that he is “making a difference” – had this to say to the media. “Painting is a relatively new thing for him” he explained lest anyone should look at Pete’s scribbles and somehow find them analogous in terms of artistic maturity to say Rembrandt’s last self-portrait. “Painting with his blood is the expression of the intensity with which he does everything. “h do come on Michael! Surely it’s the kind of thing any of us would do if you gave us enough smack and we were desperately looking for excuses for our failure to be able to maintain an erection for Kate Moss. As for the artworks themselves I’m afraid some arch observation about imperial nakedness really doesn’t cover it… n the other though the appeal by Paris’s mother to Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has not been successful and Kathy Hilton has now issued a statement. “Hopefully young people who look up to Paris will learn from this” it reads and we must wish Kathy Godspeed while noting the almost unbearable poignance of her failure to realise that life forms who look up to Paris normally only live a matter of days in these sublunar climes. Indeed the archive photo of her daughter wearing a T-shirt reading “I’m Paris Hilton and I can do whatever I want” now seems an image of Sophoclean irony. Why can’t Spiderman wash his own pants?Behold the official Mary Jane doll for Spiderman 3 with which Marvel Comics will in no way sell out any credibility they may be considered to retain following the franchise’s demented pursuit of Mammon. In a recent interview to promote the film Kirsten Dunst explained how Mary Jane had “evolved so much as a character”. “I guess her journey” she mused “is to find herself – and happiness – in a new way. “And frankly it’s hard to imagine a piece of injection-moulded plastic in which these values could be more perfectly crystallised.
DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Daily Express – May 18, 2007
Sabah Cultural Board General Manager Rusman Abdullah said the activity highlighted in the front page of the Daily Express on Thursday was actually done behind his back. “As far as I know they were taking pictures outside the premises using the wall as a background but I never knew they were also doing it inside” he said. “They must have done it after I went into my office” he said adding that a check revealed that security personnel of Wisma Budaya had tried to ask the people to do it outside but to no avail. Rusman said the Sabah Cultural Board had nothing to do with the photo session business and that it was done by outsiders.