Gallery: This Week in Photography: Women and Photojournalism, the Most Gorgeous Leica Ever, and Food Porn
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Our newest edition of This Week in Photography is kind of like a time machine. We look at food photography on Instagram, feature a high-res panorama of the space shuttle and mention a new exhibit of work by women who are challenging the male-dominated world of photojournalism. But we also go back and visit the historical work of photographers from *The Baltimore Sun* and talk about a Diane Arbus retrospective. Lots to take in. Enjoy. New Exhibition: *National Geographic'*s *Women of Vision* --------------------------------------------------------- There is an ever-growing number of female photojournalists in what has traditionally been a male-dominated field and *National Geographic*, known for creating a gold standard in photography, is honoring the work of its own roster of female photogs with [*Women of Vision*](http://wovexhibition.org/about-the-project), an impressive exhibition in Washington D.C. at the National Geographic Museum. Curated by the Big Yellow Box's senior photo editor Elizabeth Krist, it features more than 100 photos and multimedia from 11 female *National Geographic* photographers active from the year 2000 onward. These globe-trotting photographers have documented everything from war zones to wildlife and along the way have been kidnapped and trekked to some of the most remote spots on earth. *Women of Vision* is open at the National Geographic Museum through March 9 of next year, but if you can't make it to the Capitol in time, don't worry; a book of photos from the exhibition has also been published. *Photo: Women -- mostly widows -- train for police force jobs at a firing range near Kabul. By Lynsey Addario.*
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The Most Gorgeous Leica Ever ---------------------------- As [WIRED](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/design/2013/10/this-jony-ive-designed-camera-is-gonna-cost-you-a-lot-of-money/#slideid-264811) reported earlier this week, there is a new and exclusive Leica Digital Rangefinder designed by Jony Ive and fellow UK design savant Marc Newson that will be sold at the (RED) Auction on Nov. 23. The money the camera will raise goes to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The highest bidder not only gets a fine camera, but the culmination of a laborious, nine-month design process. It took 561 tries to arrive at the beauty you see above. In addition to impeccable, well-balanced design, this special edition Leica M boasts a full-format sensor, high-performance processor, and a new high-end Leica lens.
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Food Porn Is Good for Us. Food Porn Is Bad for Us. Bad Food Porn Is the Best. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last week's TWIP considered the #Selfie. This week, we turn our attentions to Food Porn -- another of the [popular yet confounding genres of photography](http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-food-photos-are-a-phenomenon-2013-1) emergent in the age of social media. [Chris Maggio's](http://cargocollective.com/chrismaggio) brilliant *[MALE CHEF](http://malechef.tumblr.com/)* Tumblr pokes fun at food photography in a way that calls out our need to share things that are mundane in the extreme and criticizes the egotism of parading one's eating-out habits, all while riffing on the idea that we are all curators of content. MALE CHEF, the fictional character whose food photos we see, is a lovable, clueless duffus. Maggio [told *VICE* this week](http://www.vice.com/read/the-male-chef-is-food-porns-worst-nightmare), "The MALE CHEF is acting as this person who wants to brand themselves as someone who has something to say, but doesn’t know how to say it. It’s a more realistic presentation of food because it’s not all dolled up. There’s no garnish. It’s just taken with technology that we already have, and this character doesn’t realize that food-porn-focused people at restaurants thoughtfully arrange their plates to fit the photo frame with the help of a tripod. It also might be somebody who’s trapped in their house. I’m not sure." Interestingly, a study emerged recently that said [looking at photos of food curbs peoples' appetites](http://petapixel.com/2013/10/08/instagram-diet-looking-pictures-food-curbs-appetite-study-finds/). This might be a shock for those people who had earlier read a study that said [Instagram food porn increases one's appetite](http://petapixel.com/2013/08/01/snapping-instagram-photos-of-food-may-actually-help-things-taste-better/). *Photo: Chris Maggio*
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New Exhibition: DIANE ARBUS: 1971–1956 -------------------------------------- Most of the time, photographic retrospectives move chronologically. They start with the oldest and end with the most recent work. Not the Fraenkel Gallery's upcoming show, *[DIANE ARBUS: 1971–1956.](http://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/1971-1956)* Instead, that show moves backward, and "examines the artist’s evolution ... from the perspective of a rear-view mirror." The idea, the gallery says, is to try and trace the arc of Arbus's ground-breaking but relatively short career from an unconventional perspective, with the ultimate goal of shedding "light on the enigmatic process by which one work informs another." *Photo: Diane Arbus, Two ladies at the automat, N.Y.C. 1966 © The Estate of Diane Arbus.*
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Photojournalist Justifies His Drive-By Shooting ----------------------------------------------- *Chicago Tribune* photojournalist Alex Garcia got himself in an awkward situation this week by publishing [photographs](http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/2013/10/street-photography-in-the-austin-neighborhood.html) of Chicago's Austin neighbourhood made with a [Bogen Magic Arm](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/553825-REG/Manfrotto_244_244_Variable_Friction_Magic.html) through the tinted windows of his car. Garcia is an [excellent photographer and writer](http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/assignment-chicago/) with a keen grip on ethics in photojournalism. While he points out that [development in the Austin neighbourhood has been neglected](http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/553825-REG/Manfrotto_244_244_Variable_Friction_Magic.html) and personal safety can be an issue, the voyeuristic nature of the drive-by photos left many viewers empty and confused. Garcia explains that this is the first of his coverages in the Austin neighbourhood and that others may be of a different nature. In reference to the photos, Stan Banos [smartly commented that](http://reciprocity-failure.blogspot.com/2013/10/drive-by-street-photography.html), "One of the main responsibilities and rewards of in-depth photojournalism is to provide analysis and understanding that goes beyond perfunctory, everyday images, and to give voice to those not heard. \[...\] I suppose, we must wait to see the remainder of this work (as well as its social aftermath) to see how it redeems itself and fulfills its stated mission."
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New Interview: World-Wide Wheatpaster JR Doesn't Travel With Insurance or Assurances ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photographer David Alan Harvey routinely snags insightful interviews for his online magazine *Burn*. [His latest conversation is with "pop-star" street artist, JR](http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/10/jr-conversation/). If you've been on the internet lately, you've probably seen JR's formidable work. He and his team make portraits and encourage subject-collaborators to make portraits, and then blown up versions of those portraits are wheat pasted all over the communities in which the photos were taken. Favelas in Rio, the Israel/Palestine Wall, slum rooftops in Kenya, Rikers Island prison, and Times Square have all had the JR treatment. The familiar tone and the personal detail that JR gives over makes the read well worth while. We learn, for example, that JR is so prolific and has been able to work in some seemingly impossible locations because true to his street art origins, he plans where he can and relies on good fortune and honest conversations where bureaucracy might present stumbling blocks. "Even Times Square -- that looks like the most legal thing ever. \[But\] we didn’t have a paper from the city. They couldn’t give us official authorization saying that they agreed on that since there were insurance problems if people fell. No one would take that responsibility. So basically, Times Square Arts said we could go ahead but that everything was on our head because no one in the city would give us a paper covering our ass for what we were going to do," JR tells Harvey.
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New Multimedia: *A Short History of the Highrise* ------------------------------------------------- The 2,500-year history of the highrise building is fraught with issues of race inequality and class division and these structures are becoming ever more relevant to peoples' lives as communities around the world continue to urbanize. Telling the whole story of the highrise is a tall order (pun-intended), but documentarian Katerina Cizek has created an innovative solution with *[A Short History of the Highrise](http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/high-rise/?ref=opinion)*. In partnership with *The New York Times*, this four-part digital documentary is designed to take advantage of modern web browsers. In verse, music, micro-games, and beautifully animated interactive imagery drawn from the *Times's* formidable photo archives (the fourth film in the series gathers its visual content from images submitted by the public), the project tells the story of how humanity's ubiquitous pillars of urbanization came to dominate the landscape, and what they say about a civilization's respect for its citizens. A part of the National Film Board of Canada’s ambitious multimedia project *HIGHRISE*, the documentary explores our upward growth by inviting viewers to dive down into vast reserves of additional content woven throughout the short docs, and accessible via simple keyboard commands and mouse grabs.
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New Book: *Darkroom: Iconic Photography From Seven Baltimore Sun Photographers* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We bet nobody can name any of the photojournalists from *The Baltimore Sun*, but that doesn't mean the newspaper hasn't had its fair share of highly talented shooters. In the new book, *[Darkroom: Iconic Photography From Seven Baltimore Sun Photographers](http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/10/iconic-photography-from-7-sun-photographers/#3)*, we get a decades-long look at some of the best photographs to ever appear in the paper. And for those of us who don't live in Baltimore, we get a revealing glimpse of one of the most underrated cities on the East Coast. Reading the photographer bios is also fascinating because they show just how much things have changed in the world of photojournalism. Many of the photographers whose work is featured were at the paper for decades -- one was there for 46 years -- which seems like an impossibility nowadays as papers continue to lay off staff photographers and rely more heavily on freelancers. *Photo: Wearing his characteristic paper-mache headpiece, William Andrews, aka “Willie the Rooter,” cheers on the Baltimore Colts during a Nov. 1957 game. By Richard Stacks/Baltimore Sun.*
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Hi-Res Panorama of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Flight Deck ------------------------------------------------------------ We put this entry at the end because we knew it was going to suck up the rest of your day. On Thursday, the *Los Angeles Times* published [a high-res panorama](http://www.latimes.com/local/la-panorama-inside-space-shuttle-endeavour-pano-dto,0,6686257.htmlstory) that provides a 360-degree view of the space shuttle Endeavour's flight deck where the commander and pilot used to sit. Viewers can zoom in on the more than 2,000 switches, dials and buttons that cover the deck and it's easy to get lost trying to figure out what all that stuff was used for. We recommend viewing the panorama in fullscreen for the best user experience. *Photo: Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times*
