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This week Rob and Chris talk about getting in hot water with Martin Parr and thew Bristol Photo Festival and Rob talks about the coup that Sony has made by signing as the exclusive provider for cameras to the Assiciated Press. ► LINKS Sony and the AP https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/2999935759/interview-we-talk-to-ap-director-of-photography-about-switch-to-sony?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_source Martin Parr and the Bristol Photo Festival https://news.artnet.com/art-world/martin-parr-resigns-bristol-photo-racism-allegations-1896448 https://twitter.com/LTHdebate/status/1133092064323952644 ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website durstonphoto.com

This week Chris and Rob talk about the passing of Magnum photographer Paul Fusco. We talk about some of his works including his RFK Funeral Train series. We also talk about the news of Sony finally annoucing a date of when they will announce their new A7SIII and all the bells and whistles of it. Also in this edition is Bernard Gunther, Ewen Spencer, bromide printing and Martin Parr. So join us for some interesting photography news. ► LINKS The passing of Paul Fusco https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/paul-fusco-1930-2020/ https://time.com/longform/rfk-funeral-train-photos/ https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/books/rfk-funeral-train-softcover/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Fusco_(photographer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan Barb Cole and her underwater world https://www.diyphotography.net/photographer-creates-emotional-underwater-portraits-that-look-like-paintings-mildly-nsfw/ Sony A7SIII release annoucement date July 28th https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-alpha-a7s-iii-everything-we-know-so-far Bernard Gunther https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Relaxation-Below-Your-Mind/dp/0671786288 Ewen Spencer https://ewenspencer.com/shop Martin Parr's beach ball https://www.martinparrfoundation.org/product/martin-parr-beach-ball/ Bromide Printing https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24637/24637-h/24637-h.htm ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

Still in lockdown but the gov't is pushing to get us out and about. So we did a socially distant Photo Walk. In the meantime, here are some stories we feel are importrant this week. ► LINKS The "older" generation of Sinapore - a photo story https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/the-women-of-singapore/ Valuable SEO Lessons Learned from Photographer Website https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/07/valuable-seo-lessons-learned-from-photographer-websites/ Do you really need 8k RAW - Canon R5 https://www.dpreview.com/articles/3236591186/hands-on-with-the-new-canon-eos-r5 Bill Brandt and his European years - a photo story https://photoworks.org.uk/1-europe-bill-brandt/ H.266 IS COMING AND YOUR VIDEO FILES WILL BE HALF THE SIZE THEY ARE WITH H.265/HEVC https://www.diyphotography.net/h-266-is-coming-and-your-video-files-will-be-half-the-size-they-are-with-h-265-hevc/ JH Engström's latest book Day by Day https://nearesttruth.com/episodes/ep-45-jh-engstrom-day-by-day/ ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

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What the heck is going on out there? People, lets do something creative you all say. Well we're trying, we have a new game we're playing "Stump the Chumps", where we try to stump each other with the descriptions of iconic images. Check them out. Otherwise, today we're back with a new Weekly Dose. Sorry about Chris' audio. ► LINKS Sony News - Sony A7s III details https://www.diyphotography.net/sony-confirms-that-a-completely-redesigned-sony-a7s-iii-is-finally-coming-this-summer/ Fuji GFX 100 gets RAW video and other features WOW https://www.diyphotography.net/fujis-gfx-system-gets-massive-firmware-update-and-the-gfx-100-now-offers-prores-raw-video/ Patent Trolls attack Nikon https://www.dpreview.com/news/5791070627/nikon-is-the-latest-camera-company-sued-by-digimedia-tech-over-alleged-patent-infringement Vast Fratelli Alinari photographic archive saved by Tuscan government https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/alinari-photographic-archive-saved-by-tuscan-government Lisa Barnard's world of GOLD https://mackbooks.co.uk/products/the-canary-and-the-hammer-br-lisa-barnard?_pos=1&_sid=4c59b1922&_ss=r http://lisabarnard.co.uk/news/financial-times-photographer-lisa-barnards-personal-journey-through-the-world-of-gold/ Pace Gallery shuts down homophobic slurs on Instagram over Peter Hujar photographs https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/pace-gallery-men-kissing-instagram UK photography body removes image 'playing to racist stereotypes' https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/02/uk-photography-body-removes-image-playing-to-racist-stereotypes Tom Seymour Writes Stuff https://tomseymourwrites.com SOURCE Photographic https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/source-issue-101-across-cultures-launch-online-tickets-109950765700 ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

Another week and another Weekly Dose. Rob outs his cowboy hat back on and Chris works that creaky chair of his . . . . . This week on the Dose. . . . Rob and Chris chat about Russian photographers Olympus camera and Apple new CPU's. ► LINKS Victor and Sergey Kochetov https://tinyurl.com/y97suu9f Valeria Cherchi attempts to decode the complex structure of kidnapping in Sardinia https://tinyurl.com/ycpm3zuz Olympus agrees to sell imaging business by the end of the year https://tinyurl.com/ycf2bb85 Apple Reveals Plans to Ditch Intel and Use Its Own CPUs Starting this Year https://tinyurl.com/yd69kxtj Sergey Chilikov RIP https://tinyurl.com/yc8m3xor Below is a complete statement from his publisher Sergey Chilikov, 1953-2020 Last weekend we received a message we knew would come but nevertheless hoped not to. Our one of a kind photographer Sergey Chilikov died of cancer. We are mourning an artist who was totally unique in the world, being a man equal to the work he made: great, strange, funny, annoying. All of it and all of it all the same time. So Sergey had a lot of friends and admirers, but he also had enemies. Or better, he created them. People who just could not handle him anymore, often after having played a certainly for him very important role in his professional or personal life. So tragic is another word which comes to mind while thinking back of him. Fortunately we, as his publisher and one of his – strangely enough – few galleries, never had any problem with him. Our relationship was of course also quite remote; him living in Yoshkar-Ola (about 750 km. east of Moscow) and we in Amsterdam (about 3,200 km. west from Yoshkar-Ola). Sergey came to Amsterdam in 2011 to work with us and our designer Victor Levie on his book, which we in the end simply called 'Selected Works, 1978-', and which was published in the same year in close cooperation with three colleagues and friends: Larisa Grinberg (Grinberg Gallery), Vladimir Dudchenko and Russian co-publisher Leonid Gusev. (Not to forget the extremely important mentors and friends for all of us being involved in Russian photography: Евгений Березнер, Irina Tchmyreva and Natalia Tarasova.) The first thing Sergey demanded stepping out of the car when we arrived at Victor’s studio was: “Maarten, get flat down on the floor!” “Maria Louise, lift up your dress on the right side!” “Victor, stand still, bend to the left and also downwards!” And this not in English but in Russian, being the only language he knew. But he also made it clear with sign language, so we knew what to do and we immediately did what he demanded. Because that is what people did when he asked them to. And that is what makes his work so superb and unique, for he never made more than one image of anything he wanted to photograph; it was either good or not. Bad luck if it was the latter but normally it was very very good! And it still is. Sergey left us to take his time off in between the virgins, or wherever else he might be happy. But fortunately, so incredibly fortunately his work, his absolutely exquisit work, will be always with us. No matter what. Thank you very much for that, dear Sergey. Rest in peace, enjoy it! Maarten Schilt June 2020 ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

Chris and Rob discuss their own top 5 photographers, who they felt have left the greatest lasting impressions on them. It was very difficult to come to these five names for each of them; whittled down from dozens. Some of the honourable mentions include Helmut Newton, Nadav Kander, Ed Burtynsky, Platon, Cindy Sherman, Chris Buck, Floria Sigismondi, Gregory Crewson, Andreas Giursky, Henri Lartrigue, Dorthea Lange, Edward Weston, Rich Gilligan, Matthew Thompson, Ken O’halloran, Noel Boyle, Jill Quigley, Sally Mann, Nan Goldin. Links Helmut Newton https://helmut-newton-foundation.org/en/ Nadav Kander https://www.nadavkander.com/ Ed Burtynsky https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ Platon http://www.platonphoto.com/ Cindy Sherman https://www.instagram.com/cindysherman/ Chris Buck https://www.chrisbuck.com/ Floria Sigismondi http://www.floriasigismondi.com/ Gregory Crewdson https://gagosian.com/artists/gregory-crewdson/ Andreas Gursky https://www.andreasgursky.com/en Jacques Henri Lartigue https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/print-sales/our-artists/jacques-henri-lartigue Dorothea Lange https://www.moma.org/artists/3373 Edward Weston https://edward-weston.com/ Rich Gilligan http://www.richgilligan.com/ Matthew Thompson https://matthewthompsonphotography.com/ Ken O’Halloran http://www.kennethohalloran.com/ Noel Bowler http://www.noelbowler.com/ Jill Quigley https://jillquigley.ie/ Sally Mann https://www.sallymann.com/ Nan Goldin http://www.artnet.com/artists/nan-goldin/

Another week and another Weekly Dose. Rob lets his hair down and Chris moves closer towards the camera . . . . . . This week on the Dose. . . . Rob and Chris chat about Volvo's lawsuit, graduate photo work, self publishing and Lorna Simpson. ► LINKS Photographer loses an eye https://petapixel.com/2020/06/16/photographer-sues-police-for-blinding-her-left-eye-uses-last-photo-as-proof/ Graduate Photography Online - Source https://www.source.ie/graduate/2020/univsuffba/univsuffba_student_15_16_31_05-05-20/univsuffba_student_15_16_31_05-05-20.php Photographer vs. Volvo https://petapixel.com/2020/06/15/photographer-and-model-sue-volvo-for-willful-and-wanton-copyright-infringement/ The Image of Whiteness https://shop.selfpublishbehappy.com/collections/all-books/products/the-image-of-whiteness-contemporary-photography-and-racialization-by-daniel-c-blight Defective Sony SD cards https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00246463 Lorna Simpson - Photo collage artist https://lsimpsonstudio.com/photographic-works/1985-88 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/07/lorna-simpson-there-are-days-when-i-cry-four-times-for-an-hour ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

Another week and another Weekly Dose. Rob’s hair gets way longer and Chris moves further away from the camera . . . . . . This week on the Dose. . . . Rob chats about Instagram's lawsuit, Platon and PimEyes and Chris talks about racism, ► LINKS Addressing racism and issues of representation through photography https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/06/addressing-racism-and-issues-of-representation-through-photography/ British Journal of Photography for only a BUCK https://access.bjpsubs.com/covid-19/?utm_source=bjp-online&utm_medium=landing_page&utm_campaign=zwa378~marc_hartog~access_covid~12_may_2020~bjp-online~landing_page~ad_positions_on_bjp~&utm_term=ad_positions_on_bjp Portrait of Britain contest https://www.portraitofbritain.uk Nearest Truth podcast https://nearesttruth.com/episodes/ John Divola's Cibachromes https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/photographing-the-unphotographable-john-divola-s-cibachrome-prints/ https://americansuburbx.com/2020/04/john-divola-chroma-and-spectrum-opposition.html http://www.divola.com Instagram's bombshell on copyright for embedded images https://www.rangefinderonline.com/news-features/industry-news/instagrams-bombshell-on-copyright-for-embedded-images/ Platon doc https://youtu.be/BDpqt-haLLM Pim Eyes https://www.diyphotography.net/privacy-nightmare-this-site-will-show-you-all-the-photos-of-anyone-on-the-web/ https://pimeyes.com/en/ ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com

****Not FAKE NEWS**** its just the Weekly Dose, our new weekly news update; all the news thats fit for us to report. These are just the OUTAKES. Another week and another Weekly Dose. Rob’s hair gets longer and Chris’ . . . . . . . This week on the Dose. . . . Rob chats about the new Sony 12-24 f2.8, Martin Parr and Chris talks about BLM, Lucien Clergue and famous Black photographers you should know. ► LINKS The Sony GM 12-24 f2.8 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/rumor-there-is-a-good-chance-sony-will-release-a-12-24mm-f-2-8-gm-lens-by-end-2020-or-early-2021/ Martin Parr Sparks Anger by Selling Face Masks featuring His Photos https://fstoppers.com/news/martin-parr-sparks-anger-selling-face-masks-featuring-his-photos-490380 https://www.martinparrfoundation.org/product/martin-parr-face-masks/ The most revealing photos of what Covid in the hospitals is really like by Michael Kirby for the NYT. https://aphotoeditor.com/2020/06/03/the-daily-edit-the-new-york-times-michael-kirby/ 10 Questions for Pye https://www.rangefinderonline.com/news-features/profiles/10-questions-for-pye-jirsa-slr-lounge-founder-photographer-and-lighting-legend/?blocked=true The Freedom Fundraiser: A print sale for the Black Lives Matter movement https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/06/the-freedom-fundraiser-a-print-sale-for-the-black-lives-matter-movement/ ►LET'S CONNECT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/belfastphoto... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belfast_pho... Chris' Website http://www.christopherbarrphotography... Rob's Website https://durstonphoto.com