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Grand , toujours plus grand : Après la mise hors service de la base aérienne du Corps des Marines californienne d'El Toro en 1999, un groupe de six photographes... a entrepris de convertir l'un de ses hangars de F-18 en le plus grand appareil photo à sténopé du monde. Ils ont rendu le bâtiment étanche à la lumière, enduit une étendue de 34 mètres de mousseline avec une émulsion d'halogénure d'argent à la gélatine et l'ont suspendu à 80 pieds de la porte du hangar, dans laquelle ils ont ouvert un trou d'épingle de 6 mm. Après 35 minutes, ils avaient une image inversée de l'ancienne station aérienne, avec les collines de San Joaquin en arrière-plan. Quatre-vingts volontaires ont développé l'impression dans un plateau de la taille d'une piscine olympique et l'ont lavé avec des lances à incendie. L'impression finie remplit 325 mètres carrés; elle et le hangar détiennent des records comme la plus grande photographie imprimée et le plus grand appareil photo au monde.

The best images come from a random wander...

Watermelon Sugar High? Title: [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Millworker's children eating watermelon on porch of rented house. Six miles north of Roxboro..., Person County, North Carolina] Creator(s): Lange, Dorothea, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 July. Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-USF34-020177-E (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8b34177 (digital file from original neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs

Abandoned As A Baby Due To Albinism, Xueli Grew Up To Become A Vogue Mode

Daughter of sharecropper. Mother and another child in background. Wilmington, North Carolina. 1935 Photograph by Arthur Rothstein Sharecropperstenant farmers ...who paid rent with a share of the harvestfaced a perfect storm of disaster and displacement during the Great Depression. Crashing farm prices and mechanization reduced the need for farm labor; then years of drought, dust storms and floods destroyed cropland in many regions of the county. Tenant farmers and sharecroppers who had worked the landoften for generationswere suddenly forced to move. The malnourished, ill-clad, and homeless sharecropper families lost access to schools, healthcare and established support networks. With unemployment rates near 25 percent there were few job opportunities for the dispossessed, and many slipped into abject poverty. Government price-supports paid farmers to cut production, adding pressure to evict sharecroppers, but few landowners split the subsidy with their tenants as required by the program. When Arthur Rothstein took this photo in 1935, President Roosevelt was pressuring Congress to create additional New Deal programs that would provide direct assistance to struggling sharecroppers. #arthurrothstein #arthurrothsteinlegacyproject

Heres an assignment from my friend Andy Adams over in the Flak Photo group. https://medium.com//photographersvote-a-photo-community-mo If you want to be in a strongly positive photo discussion group you should sign up for the Flak Network...... https://www.facebook.com/groups/flakphoto/

"In 1960, while a construction crew dismantled a row of brownstones right across from my own brownstone studio on East 58th Street, I was inspired to, somehow i...mmortalize those buildings. I had the vision of 43 women in formal dress adorning the windows of the skeletal facade. We had to work quickly to secure City permissions, arrange for models which included celebrities, the demolition supervisior’s wife (third floor, third from left), my own wife (second floor, far right), and also secure the Rolls Royce to be parked on the sidewalk. Careful planning was a necessity as the photography had to be accomplished during the workers’ lunch time! The day before the buildings were razed, the 43 women appeared in their finest attire, went into the buildings, climbed the old stairs, and took their places in the windows. I was set up on my fire escape across the streeet, directing the scene, with bullhorn in hand. Of course I was concerned for the Models’ safety, as some were daring enough to pose out on the crumbling sills. The photography came off as planned. What had seemed to some as too dangerous or difficult to accomplish, became my fantasy fulfilled, and my most memorable self - assigned photograph. It has been an international award winner ever since. Most professional photographers dream of having one signature picture they are known for. Girls in The Windows is mine." Girls in The Windows. Ormond Gigli, 1960.

Today, we received direction from the Regional Office that the Emergency Forest Closures would be extended for the seven of the nine forests that are currently closed. This includes the Inyo National Forest. The regional order is expected to be extended through October 8. Emergency Fire Restrictions will also be extended. As always, the regional order can be rescinded or extended, based on conditions. The Regional Office decision is based on the continued hot and dry conditions that remain in the forecast for the upcoming week, continued active fires throughout the state, and continued firefighting resources limitations.

Experience and share the vision of Dorothea Lange, Photographer... Famously known as "Migrant Mother", this photograph by Dorothea Lange was one of thousands sh...e took chronicling the plight of Americans and immigrants - of all colors, ages and genders - during the Great Depression. These photographs preserve our bridge to the past, encapsulate the human spirit, and give us hope for the species called Homo Sapiens. Title: Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California Other Title: Migrant mother. Creator(s): Lange, Dorothea, photographer Date Created/Published: 1936 March. Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. Summary: Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother." For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516 (digital file from original neg.) LC-DIG-ppmsca-12883 (digital file from print, pre-conservation) LC-DIG-ppmsca-23845 (digital file from print, post-conservation) LC-USF34-T01-009058-C (b&w film dup. neg.) LC-USZ62-95653 (b&w film copy neg. of an unretouched file, showing thumb) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photograph

by H.C. Bresson

This morning, we received direction from the Regional Office that the Forest closure would be extended another week for the 9 Forests that are currently close...d. This includes the Inyo National Forest. We anticipate that the new extended closure orders will be signed tomorrow as the current order expires. The Regional Office decision is based on the continued hot and dry conditions that remain in the forecast for the upcoming week and continued firefighting resources limitations.

UPDATE - ALL NF in CA at 5 pm shut down.

Does anyone know these people? They are Fremont Birders that lost their camera. I found their camera today (9/5/2020) and want to get it back to them.

This is a positive step... https://hyperallergic.com//google-images-photo-licensing/

Clyde is featured on the cover of this month's issue of Medium Format Magazine! During their interview, MediumFormat.com asked Clyde, "You vividly remember your... "first walk to the swamp" led by your friend Oscar Thompson. Did this event lead you to concentrate on black and white exclusively? Clyde: "Oscar did not inspire me to turn to black and white. What Oscar did was to educate me about the mysteries and beauty of the swamp. Ted's [Clyde's son] death is what made me decide to go black and white." To subscribe and read more of this interview with Clyde, click here: https://bit.ly/319aaFn Thank you Medium Format Magazine for the feature!

Diversion from the past...The Oakland Museum's spectacular collection of Photography by Dorothea Lange from the last Great Depression is now on line.We have used several of her images for our exhibitions at the US District Courthouse in Oakland and San Francisco.