Photographs

Photographs are visible manifestations of what is captured when light strikes film or a digital sensor within a camera. Originally photographic prints were created by exposing any of several light-sensitive materials to light, usually passed through a negative. With the recent dominance of digital imaging, prints come increasingly from, well, printers. Likewise the perception of photographs has shifted from the physical manifestation of an image — something you can "hold in your hand" — to a visible manifestation — now, for instance, a photographic image on a computer screen is called a "photograph," as is a still "pulled" from a video. Many people think this practice, and the desire for multimedia content, will mean the eventual end of "still" photographs.

Debate continues about the objective of photographs, especially documentary photographs. Henri-Cartier Bresson famously called it the "decisive moment," and hundreds of bloggers have riffed off that with varying degrees of success. The most popular discussion of photographs is usually about their meaning within a social or political context, and whether they can be "trusted," especially now that digital manipulation is so easy.

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• One Proud Mommy!

  
  Joys in Life — Authority: 426
  She makes me smile proudly again. (grinning) Friday was “getting of cards” day and  the teacher told me that she saw her grades ahead of me and that she was so happy and excited.  When i checked it out, i discovered that all her grades have increased several places except for her English subject. The subjects ...
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• Photograph of the Day: Autumn Sunset

  
  http://epiac1216.wordpress.com — Authority: 137
  (Credit: Albert G. @Pixdaus.com)
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• SITE SEEING no. 1 | Shanghai Soup

  
  Innovation by SIT — Authority: 106
  This is the first in a new series of posts in which we will try to share with you the more colorful side of SIT… As part of what may be called our daily “routine” we find ourselves leading innovation processes with various companies all over the world - from Cincinnati to Melbourne, from Tokyo to Stockholm, and ...
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• A Universal Truth...

  
  Sarcomical — Authority: 110
  We walked by a few pet stores one day strolling around the West Village during our trip in October, and if one thing is true everywhere (no matter how much you detest them being in the place), it is this:  walking past a puppy nose pressed against a window without stopping is nearly impossible. This fellow didnt ...
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• Nikon Cameras and Lenses Promotion

  
  InfoZone Where News Comes Ahead — Authority: 164
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• Photo of the Day – 11/10/09

  
  Gary's World — Authority: 136
    “State of Confusion” Javajunkee is probably going to start rumors about me on facebook for posting this photo but it’s just too damn funny to NOT post. The confused look on her face is just PRICELESS!
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• The closed window - Portugal

  
  Houseplants — Authority: 139
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/92941522@N00/889006645/
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• levi’s gran fondo | the pacific coast highway

  
  clusterflock — Authority: 623
  Freewheeling down the 18% grade it didn’t take long to reach the left turn onto the Highway 1. Volunteers stopped traffic and waved us onto the two lane highway. We continued downhill, using most of the right lane to take the switchbacks. When the road turned and we rolled toward the ocean the cold wind blasted me ...
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• An occasional photo: A new MP

  
  Notes from a Teacher — Authority: 106
  Fin Donnelly, swimming the Fraser River in 1995. In 1995, Fin Donnelly swam the 1,300-kilometre-long Fraser River to draw attention to the need to save B.C.’s rivers, an epic three-week experience I was fortunate enough to be part of. Tonight, Fin was elected as a Member of Parliament, in a by-election in New ...
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• Nog net 4 dae voor AfriForum se Pretoria 154 Afrikaanse Musiekfees!

  
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  Sien Afrikaanse webwerf vir meer inligting.
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• "Its A Fact The Whole World Knows": A Spambox Poem

  
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• Now THIS is really being tired on your feet!

  
  Beth's Blog — Authority: 154
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• Boats! Planes! Autos!

  
  All My Branches Genealogy — Authority: 453
  When my dad got orders for Japan in the early ’50s, he went ahead of the rest of the family.  Mom had to get from Ohio to the Pacific Coast in order to sail to Japan.  The photo at left was taken when my mom, brother and sister were leaving my Uncle’s home in Michigan headed west.  They drove 450 miles in one ...
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• Photographs – Sleepless Night Miami Beach 2009

  
  Soul Of Miami — Authority: 521
  Miami Beach held their second all-night art marathon on November 2nd, 2009. There was so much going on and we only caught a small fraction of it. Presented below is some of what we saw. Alternative gallery here .
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• I went to Sheffield this weekend.

  
  BUNNY BISSOUX — Authority: 130
  It was bloody brilliant. Special love for the ghouls of Barkers Road."You cant piss on hospitality! I wont allow it"
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• Kuniyoshi

  
  clusterflock — Authority: 623
  via The Impossible Cool [IMG: http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kuniyoshi.jpg]
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• Photos: Clinton in Berlin

  
  Madam Secretary — Authority: 425
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• BPW: Rock Pigeons in Flight

  
  Birding in Maine — Authority: 103
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• Photo: Defence Minister Antony In Japan

  
  LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence — Authority: 136
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• Weekend Roundup

  
  Owls' Court — Authority: 122
  This was a truly lovely weekend. We didn’t rush around, the weather was nice, we crossed things off the to-do list, I got work done, got reading done, had a cello lesson, and ate food. Really, that’s all I ask for. Friday afternoon I had the deeply satisfying experience of refusing that benighted UPS package, and ...
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