PDNonline.com
- Jan. 25, 2007
 News, techniques &
inspiration for the photo professional
Dear reader,
Two stories we posted this week remind us of the respect and emotion
photography can inspire. The founder of the Sipa Press photo agency made a
knight of the the Legion D'Honneur by President Jacques Chirac of France
last week. Closer to home, Time magazine staffers got a visit from the
7-year-old Pakistani girl whose photo in Time, showing her walking on
crutches through her earthquake-ravaged village, inspired a series of
charitable acts to get her medical attention in the States. In other news,
we have news about the sale of 16 Time4 Media magazines, a Who's Shooting
What, a look at Getty's deal with the LPGA and news about Hasselblad's new
31mp version of its H3D-31 medium-format back.
PDNEWSWIRE
Who's
Shooting What 
The photographers behind
new work for Ford Edge for JWT in Detroit, Capital One Bank for DDB
Chicago,, Unilever, Kraft Foods for McGarry Bowen, Coca-Cola for Noble
and Associates, Starbucks and lots more. (For subscribers only; PDN
subscribers can log on and access this story.)
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Getty
Enters LPGA Deal
In the first deal of
its kind for the sports league, the Ladies Professional Golf Association
has made Getty Images its exclusive partner for licensing women's
golf images to advertisers.
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Sipa
Founder Knighted in France
Photojournalist Goksin
Sipahioglu, founder of Sipa Press, was made a knight of the Legion
D'Honneur by French president Jacques Chirac on Jan. 19. |
Guess
The World Press Photo Winner
As the jury for the
World Press Photo competition gather, we invite readers to predict:
What will be the World Press Photo of the Year? Oddsmakers say: a
mother and child.
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PRODUCT
NEWS
Hasselblad
Launches H3D-31, ThinkTank's New Bag, and more…
Launch of the Hasselblad
H3D-31, the 31 megapixel version of the H3D-39 DSLR camera system.
Also, ThinkTank has launched a new bag designed to fit the requirements
of international air travel. DxO Optics Pro's update now supports
the Nikion D40 and comes with 11 new lens correction modules.
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FEATURES
Mastering
Big Production Shoots
In our feature story,
top producers offer their tips for making sure everything goes smoothly
on a shoot, and how to handle it when everything goes wrong. They
also offer their favorite web sites and handy resources. (For subscribers
only; PDN subscribers can log on to access this story.)
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Check into
PDNOnline next week when we'll have highlights form our February "50
States" issue in which we talk to photographers across the U.S. about
the State of the business. We'll also look at a photographer who spices
up his email promotions with satiric videocasts he produced cheaply and
easily.
The Editors
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Spotlight:
Jerry Spagnoli And The Art of The Daguerreotype
After he fell in love
with the beauty of 19th century daguerreotypes, photographer Jerry
Spagnoli experimented to find his own formula and technique for using
this early form of photography. In our Spotlight, Spagnoli talks to
PDNOnline about his art, his collaboration with artist Chuck Close,
and why the 19th century form is as modern as an LCD screen.
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- Perugia
- Spoleto
- Wine tasting at a famous
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