new kid in town: Photoshop Disasters
The headline says it all. There is a new blog around since the beginning of march, revealing (and commenting on) “Photoshop Disasters” which are sometimes plain funny and most of the time professional bungling.
Jan Sochor – Photo-Essays
Unfortunately there isnt much information given about Jan Sochor on his website or elsewhere in the net. He is describing himself as a:
[f]reelance photographer & webdesigner, born in Czech Republic, changing his base between South America and Europe.
At the moment 13 essays are published in his website www.jansochor.com. The topics cover a topical range
from
Amazon River: People living on the Amazon river banks, the largest river system in the world. Indigenous people pushed to the edge, Brazilians caught in the jungle towns with no hope to escape.
over
Jesus Combat: A slum called Calvario shows everydays effort made to survive in a ghetto. Collecting rubbish, get high by sniffing glue and watch out for not to get shot dead by El Sheriff.
to
Women Gold Miners: Women miners working in goldbearing mud, searching for gold and platine in the jungle rivers of Chocó, the western lowlands of Colombia.
The following photographs are taken from the essay Cockfight
Go to www.jansochor.com and check out all essays.
The Grandfathers not of Rock n Roll but Photography
I’m reading M. W. Marien‘s great book “Photography. A cultural History” and i am amazed by the photographs the pioneers of photography created.
“View from the Window at Le Gras”- 1826 – The photograph which is considered to be the first one.
“Boulevard du Temple”- 1839 – The first photograph to depict a person.
“Leaves of Orchidea” – 1839 – Photogenic drawing negative
“The use of Aether for Anesthesia” – 1847
“Mrs Elizabeth Hall, Newhaven fishwife” – 1843/46
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