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Comparing Notes, Photographers Turn on Retna

Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:00am
Photographers realized that unreported sales and non-payment are a common occurrence for the celebrity photo agency after a mass e-mail accidentally put contributors in touch with each other.
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7 Stunning Lenses

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:00am
We pick our favorite pieces of all-around glass for a range of photo assignments.
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Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Thu, 01/19/2012 - 12:00am
The once giant film company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. If a bankruptcy judge approves, Kodak could continue operations with the help of a Citigroup loan.
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AP Opens North Korea Bureau

Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:00am
AP's chief Asia photographer David Guttenfelder will help oversee staff in the new bureau, operating in a country famous for restrictions on foreign press.
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The Hottest Cameras of CES 2012

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:00am
PDN's technology specialist, Dan Havlik, shows us his favorite cameras from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.
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The Hot Cameras of CES 2012

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:00am
PDN's technology specialist, Dan Havlik, shows us his favorite cameras from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.
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In Memoriam: Jan Groover, Fine-Art Photographer, 68

Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:00am
The pioneering still-life photographer and teacher died January 1.
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Photographer Eve Arnold Dies

Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:00am
Best known for her portraits of Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities, Arnold was also a passionate and prolific photojournalist who documented the lives of ordinary people all over the world.
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In Memoriam: Madeleine de Sinety, Documenter of Rural Life, 77

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 12:00am
De Sinéty, who for more than two decades photographed daily life in one farm village in Brittany, died at her home in Rangeley, Maine on December 22.
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Lacoste Elysée Photo Prize Cancelled Over Censorship Controversy

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 12:00am
The 25,000 euro photo competition implodes over the exclusion of a finalist for a project that was allegedly "too pro-Palestinian."
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Wedding Photographers Face the (Copyrighted) Music

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 12:00am
A photographer landed in legal hot water for using a pop song in a wedding video without permission, and the incident has highlighted an uncomfortable problem: A lot of other photographers are violating music copyrights with slide shows and videos they create for wedding clients.
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The Year In Photo News

Fri, 12/16/2011 - 12:00am
PDN looks back on the biggest photography news stories of 2011, a year marked infringements on the rights of photographers, by sticky legal cases whose results will be felt long into the future, and by tragedy.
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