ImageUn-Bearing Witness

By Dennis Dunleavy, communications professor and Black Star Rising columnist
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ImageNotes from the VisCom Classroom: Teacher Goes Back to School

By David Weintraub, photography instructor and Black Star Rising columnist
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Innocent Thieves Making It Hard for Stock Photographers
Written by Rohn Engh   
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ImageIn the "for every action there's a reaction" department, the Internet is showing us how technology can backfire. And in the department of "it giveth and it taketh away," unknowing copyright infringers are gobbling up "free" photos from the Internet for their personal and commercial use.

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Developing the Inborn Human Gift of Seeing
Written by Dennis Dunleavy   
Friday, 23 May 2008
ImageWe live in an age of point-and-shoot immediacy. But pointing and shooting is not "seeing" -- not understanding. New technologies, such as computational photography and digital cameras, make it easier for people to think they are seeing when all they are really doing is looking with a camera.

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Lifetouch: Little Photoshop of Horrors
Written by Scott Baradell   
Thursday, 22 May 2008
ImageMinnesota-based Lifetouch, which employs thousands of photographers to produce student portraits and high school annuals nationwide, had a lot of explaining to do this week after it sent a very strange shipment of yearbooks to one Dallas-area high school.

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Why It May Be Time for Me to Quit the NPPA
Written by Heather S. Hughes   
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ImageThe National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) will vote at the end of May on seven amendments to its bylaws, including whether to change its name to The Society of Visual Journalists, Inc. (SVJ). The reason for the proposed change is to acknowledge how the industry and NPPA membership have evolved over the past 50 years. The current name "no longer adequately represents the Association or its membership."

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Are You a Joiner?
Written by Stanley Leary   
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ImageToo many people join associations as if they are buying tickets to a sporting event. They want to sit in their comfortable seats and watch others perform. When considering joining an organization, one of the first questions most people ask is, "What do I get for my membership?" That's a valid question, and most organizations list the benefits their members will receive.

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