Great to see notice of Atlanta-based artist Dorothy O’Connor’s work currently hanging at Umbrella Arts in NYC, from the New York Times Lens Blog. We’re also pleased that Dorothy is a participating artist in ACP 11!

“Another image (“Green,” by Dorothy O’Connor) is reminiscent of a Henri Rousseau painting, with a young dreamer on a bed of grass surrounded by growing vines.”

If you’re interested in great photographers talking about how things have changed, check out David Burnett’s latest, inspired by the recent upheaval in Iran.

“I always felt that great images would rise to the top of the heap, and be noticed, and that those pictures, however mundane the subject might be, would let an editor know that someone had real talent. Now, as we flitter back and forth on Facebook and YouTube, trying to find the real “news” of the day, I wonder if that’s true any longer. Speed and immediacy seem to trump art and vision. And I have to confess that while it seemed like a burden at the time, finding a willing soul to carry my film back to ‘the world’ was a lovely, almost poetic finish to the process.”

Fascinating to watch the story come to light over this past weekend’s photo essay in the New York Times Magazine by Edgar Martins, which has resulted in this redaction:

“Had the editors known that the photographs had been digitally manipulated, they would not have published the picture essay, which has been removed from NYTimes.com.”

Another example of the efficiency of the net’s hive mind. The photoshoppery was discovered by a reader in this thread on Metafilter, and the ensuing gif-animations in which people essentially uncover how Martins photoshopped his images is worth the click, just as this interview below with the sharp-eyed reader is worth a listen.

From The White House’s Flickrstream, the President and the first family enjoying the Calder show at the Pompidou.

We’re excited to see that Brook Reynolds and Bryan Meltz made Review Santa Fe’s “100″. Check out more of Bryan’s work here, and Brook’s work here.

© Bryan Meltz

© Brook Reynolds

It’s rare to come across an interview like this, where the questions and the photographer’s responses push past pure PR and begin to reach a deeper understanding about an artist and their work. Recent Yale graduate Richard Mosse, whose plane project Airside might be familiar, speaks with BLDGBLOG about his latest project, photographing how the US has appropriated Saddam Hussein’s palaces.

Thanks to Joerg Colberg for the tip.

NYT has an article today “Tight Times Loosen Creativity” which speaks to some of the pressures that artists are experiencing during The New Situation.

“But in the Portland area, Ms. Fallon said, there seems to be a kind of artistic renaissance under way as various groups, like photography cooperatives and drawing collectives, form to connect creative professionals with one another.”

You can exhibit your photograph(s) up north at the New York Photo Festival this weekend by becoming part of their “We’re All Photographers Now” exhibition.

Lens Culture has an audio recording of the World Press Photo Award Lecture from Stephen Mayes, on May 3rd, 2009. Mayes is the managing director of VII photo agency. And here’s a look at the 2009 World Press Photo Award Winners.

“He follows the rule of thirds…” (From the “everyone’sthing‘s a photographer” dept.)

“Our cat Cooper has been taking his own pictures for over a year now. Once a week he wears this light weight digital camera which automatically snaps a new photo every 2 minutes.”

Stills from Cooper’s cat cam are over here.

Great new post over on PDN about a Nikon cake. Photo via Marcia Felton. More info here! (Is it only a matter of days before a Canon cake surfaces?)

An update from the NYT on the suitcase from Mexico.

“While there was some initial hope, the negatives did not end up laying to rest a question that has long hovered over Capa’s career: whether he staged perhaps his most famous picture and one of the defining images of war, “The Falling Soldier,” which shows a Spanish Republican militiaman reeling backward at what appears to be the instant a bullet kills him near Córdoba.”

© David Seymour/Magnum

Danny Lyon, who spoke at the High Museum in 2008 for ACP 10, has a new book out this month from Phaidon, and the New York Times spoke to him recently about the book and his career.

© Danny Lyon

inside the photographers_studio from andrew hetherington on Vimeo.

More Alec Soth on ACP Now!

© Pete Souza/White House, via Slate.

” One hundred and forty-seven frames hang throughout the White House, displaying images of the daily life of his presidency. Known as “jumbos,” the 20-by-30-inch prints are a long-standing presidential tradition that goes back to the Nixon administration. These pictures don’t hang in the grand spaces of the White House. They line the hallways and staircases of the cramped quarters where the work gets done. There are grand offices in the White House, but much of the work area is dim, with low ceilings and such crowded work spaces that it almost seems as if the staff sit two to a chair. Most of the jumbos are not formal photographs but candid views into the daily business of the presidency. “We want to show the president, not just photo-op situations,” says White House photographer Pete Souza.

Ellen Susan, who’s participated in ACP’s Portfolio Review in years past, is teaching a Wet Plate Collodion Workshop in Savannah in June. Click the image for details!

Elliot Erwitt – © Tim Mantoani

Exhibited during this month’s Month of Photography Los Angeles, Tim Mantoani’s 20×24 polaroids of photographers with their photographs are featured today on NPR’s photo-blog Pictureshow.

New York photographer Suzanne Opton, whose Soldier’s Face billboard graced Marietta St. last year via Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship last week.

© Susan Hadorn

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
A LECTURE ON DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY with SUSAN HADORN
Wine & Hors d’œuvre Reception
MORRIS GALLERIES – GALLERY EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
111 N. Main Street, Sweetwater, TN 37874
Phone: (423) 351-0101
Friday, April 17th at 6:30pm – 8:30pm

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…but you need to know how to evaluate the image to gain an understanding of its content. A dramatic photograph can alter our perception and appreciation of the subject matter at hand. It can raise awareness about threatened environments, social concerns or endangered cultures. Join Susan Hadorn as she shares her notions on the subject of documentary and fine art photography.

Susan will talk about evaluating images as it applies to documentary photography, her own work, her process and what her plans are for future work. Susan is a photographer based in Atlanta, GA and a Morris Galleries’ Artist. She received her MA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. Susan has begun documenting disappearing architecture and landscapes in the Tennessee Valley. You can use her wonderful presentation to learn to document your own history. You will also enjoy her enthusiasm for her art. We look forward to seeing you for this enjoyable and informative evening!

(Ed note: Susan Hadorn is a board member of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.)