MIT researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion exposures per second.
Camera Arts
For many years Rose Lowder has been developing an exceptional technique of weaving together images gathered frame- by-frame to form meticulous patterns of light. By oscillating the focal plane of photographs shot in the same place over time, her layered tapestries produce a new relationship between filmed reality and filmic image. From the movement of a waterwheel’s rotations, mirroring the camera mechanism, to a bouquet of flowers becoming a bouquet of images, her work demonstrates a unique means of expression unparalleled in the world of cinema. 
Canyon Cinema, a bastion of experimental-movie distribution, is struggling to survive in a digital age. Date of performance: December 15, 2011 School: Cambridge School of Weston Course: Techniques in Experimental Film Students: Eleven high school students, grades 9-12 Abby Austin, Noah Bartel, Ellie Jackson, Naya Herman, Natasha Dewitz, Matt... How do robots see the world? How do they gather meaning from our streets, cities, media and from us? This is an experiment in found machine-vision footage, exploring the aesthetics of the robot eye. 
The Arab Image Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in Beirut in 1997 to preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora. Late each night, more than 100 MBTA workers prowl the tracks of the transit system to find damage and make repairs, ending their workday before most commuters begin theirs. “Boston Under: After Hours” follows the night crew through its shift, as workers deal with the challenges and dangers of the job, but the 44-minute film, available on YouTube, also surveys the history of the country’s first subway system and the safety issues that can arise at any time of day. A film by Peter Olejnik and Edward Peters. 
On January 18, 2012, the silent film Wings, directed by William Wellman, was screened in the Academy’s Goldwyn Theater in a new restoration, with color tinting duplicating the original Handschiegl process, and featuring live organ accompaniment by Clark Wilson. But this was in no way a recreation of the original release. In 1927, Wings was heralded for its lustrous 35mm. imagery and for thrilling aerial stunts done in a pre-rear screen era, every frame captured as real events on nitrate negative film. This Academy screening, however, was made from a DCP, a digital file, and shown on the Academy’s 2 K Barco digital projector. Like many of the treasures of the silent and early sound eras, the original negative is long lost; the restoration was made from the Cinemateque Française fifth generation print using state of the art digital technology to restore (as far as possible) the shimmering glow of the black and white nitrate film original. 
The representation of history is the driving force behind artist, Marget Long’s practice. She works in a wide range of mediums including, photographs, video and text. Most of her projects explore the history of photography, such as “Bad Light,” which considers how we experience the use of flash in photography over the years through its technological advances. “$pooky Photographs for Sale$,” is a running series of photographs, many vintage from the early 1900s, found for sale online under the tagline of “spooky photographs.” In her most recent project, “A Daguerreotype Sideways: Re-visiting Mathew Brady’s Studio @ 359 Broadway,” Long also investigates the meanings behind the history of photographic space. Her innovative approach and explorations into the practice of photography, from its history to its present day interpretations, set Long apart from her contemporaries. 
Argentinian soldiers buy postcards at a souvenir shop in Stanley, 13 April 1982 
French-born Lise Sarfati has lived and worked in the United States since 2003. She has produced six important series of photographs in America, each followed by major exhibitions. Scientific and special-purpose cinematography helps reveal what would otherwise be invisible. 
There's no sound, and the clip only runs 20 seconds. But this is the only known footage of Anne Frank, and it's now online. |
In 1956 LIFE magazine dispatched reporters and photographers to the American South to explore how the emotionally and politically charged issue of segregation manifested itself at a time when the Civil Rights movement was barely in its infancy. 
A view of the 1960s and ’70s through the eyes of Chicago’s Mary Poppins, if Mary Poppins carried an old Rolleiflex. 8Fest R8 workshop: exercise#3 UltraPan8 format. Plus-X. 5.9mm ultrawide Angenieux lens. Uncropped. 
In 1994 TIME photographer James Nachtwey witnessed the devastating effects of the Rwandan genocide. On the 17-year anniversary, the photographer looks back on the tragedy. 
A suffragette procession in Trafalgar Square led by Sylvia Pankhurst results in a riot in Whitehall. Policemen are seen escorting Miss Pankhurst away. 
In his new book, photographer Donald Weber explores the dark relationship between policemen, prostitutes, thugs and hustlers within the confines of a Russian interrogation room. 
Sicarios: Latin American Assassins takes the viewer into the underworld of the assassin in Guatemala, where society has been savaged by a culture of murder for hire. Vendors who don't like competition can have them killed for less than $50. 
Two events will take place this February in New York with the latest short film productions and Documentary films from Latin America new yorkers will welcome: MoMA's Documentary Fortnight and NewLa... 
Although he passed away last September at the age of 69, George Kuchar will forever remain an immortal of cinema. Whether shooting 8mm films with his twin brother Mike in the 1950s and early 60s, crafting his own precociously irreverent 16mm productions, staging over-the-top productions with students at the San Francisco Art Institute, or churning out poignant video diaries, George was forever busy making yet another movie. He lived to film, loved to laugh, and looms large over generations of artists, filmmakers, and admirers, all of whom have been delivered by his works to great heights of delightful delirium. Beyond prolific, George made literally hundreds of hysterically heartfelt, outrageously ingenious, incredibly inventive, and impossible-to-pigeonhole works that continue to astound new audiences and create instant fans 
A Philadelphia woman found an family photo album filled with pictures of African American soldiers fighting during World War II and hopes to reunite it with the proper owner. 
I’ve been photographing the streets and subways of New York for the past 30 years. When young people today look at my shots from the 1980’s, they are aghast. To them, New York of the 1980’s is almost unrecognizable. And they are right. |
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