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Unreal stop-motion animation, a jpg at a time, from BLU.

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ACP 2008 Lecture Series presenter Danny Clinch has a new video documentary about Jay-Z.

It’s hard to quantify how great it is that there’s another new photography organization serving photographers in Metro Atlanta. The Serenbe Photography Center located southwest of the city, in Palmetto, is a tremendous step forward as a serious resource for local (and regional!) photographers. Their Grand Opening was this past weekend, and we wanted to share with you a quick look of the facilities, which include a sizeable gallery and a digital/traditional darkroom. Amazing!

Please take a look at their site to see upcoming workshops, classes, and presentations, and find out how to get involved!

Grand Opening of Serenbe Photography Center from Atlanta Celebrates Photography on Vimeo.

We don’t normally post advertisements for camera gear here on ACP Now!, but there’s something about Wim Wenders’ approach that speaks more to the joy of photography as a whole, regardless of what camera you own.

ACP 9 Lecture Series presenter (and creator of current exhibition at the High Museum) Alec Soth is up-and-blogging again with “Little Brown Mushroom” and this trio of videos furthers our last post about digital storytelling. Great stuff!

Las Vegas Birthday Slideshow from Little Brown Mushroom on Vimeo.

From the Library: Riley and His Story from Little Brown Mushroom on Vimeo.

Glass Jars from Little Brown Mushroom on Vimeo.

It’s incredible that still photography’s digital-SLR revolution is now yielding a significant transition for moving pictures. This six-minute documentary about a man and his dog was made by Eliot Rausch with a consumer level Canon 7D.

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Help-Portrait is a global campaign for photographers to spend a day giving their time and expertise to people in need. “Founded by celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart, Help-Portrait is a community of photographers, coming together across the world, to use their photography skills to give back to their local community.”

There were multiple locations for the event in Atlanta, which took place on Sunday, 12/12. Here’s a behind-the-scenes video.

Help Portrait Atlanta – Midtown Long Version from Frank Lazaro on Vimeo.

To keep-up with the project and get involved here in Atlanta, check-out the “Help Portrait Atlanta” group on flickr.

“Final stats for the 6 participating locations in Help Portrait Atlanta:
337 portraits taken
683 individual people were photographed
157 Atlanta-Metro volunteers participated”

Looks like it was a fantastic day!

Photographer and filmmaker Ryan Lobo has a great Ted Talk that was released today.

“Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting talk, he reframes controversial subjects with empathy, so that we see the pain of a Liberian war criminal, the quiet strength of UN women peacekeepers and the perseverance of Delhi’s underappreciated firefighters.”

Rest in peace, Roy DeCarava

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