The Demotix Blog
The Demotix Blog
It was a picture that spread round the world within minutes of the astonishing events that saw US Airlines flight 1549 ditch into New York's Hudson river. A ferry passenger captured the scene on his mobile phone's camera and immediately shared the somewhat shaky image with the global internet community.
History only remembers the victorious. But it also depends on who is doing the writing.
SA2010 has finally ended, leaving us to wonder what is it that we were doing before the footie extravaganza kicked off!
Jerusalem, Israel — Worldwide Photo WalkTM, an annual global social gathering of photographers, will take place on July 25, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. The walk will be held from 14:30-17:00, starting in front of Jaffa Gate and concluding at Sideways Bar (located: on Heleni Hamalka, Jerusalem).
Prizes
The walk is open to professional and amateur photographers who are interested in walking around the Old City and meet new people. Everyone involved in the global event has the opportunity to win the following prizes:
It’s the second last day of the Fifa World Cup 2010 and tonight’s game, between Germany and Spain, could easily go either way.
But I am getting ahead of myself.
A picture paints a thousand words
A picture might paint a thousand words as they say but in the digital world of picture agencies, it’s sometimes words that make the pictures. Well they may not necessarily make the picture but it certainly goes a long way to enabling picture researchers to find exactly what they’re looking for in a timely manner.
The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 competition is open until 5pm on 31st July 2010.
Salutations fellow Demotix enthusiasts! Ten glorious days of football mayhem have lapsed so we thought that we should treat you to our top 3 photos so far.
Number 1:
‘Celebración en Guadalajara’ from the beautiful set 'Mexican soccer fans celebrates victory against France in Guadalajara’ by Ben Olivares.
Slideluck Potshow, are hosting their second London event tomorrow night at the very trendy Shoreditch House.
A fantastic evening of food (everyone brings a dish, so please don’t forget yours!), followed by a presentation of slideshows and dancing!
Demotix photographers are among those presenting work, including Paul Treacy, whose work has featured on BBC online. You can see his submission here; http://vimeo.com/8055201
Last night, for the first time ever, the British public were allowed to look behind the curtain of the government’s controversial control orders. Hussain Alsamamara has been held without trial or charge for four years. He and his young family are locked up for twenty hours a day, their house is bugged by the home office and they are subject to police raids at any time of the day or night. Neither he nor his lawyer have ever seen the evidence against him.
In allowing cameras back into his house, Hussain is risking re-imprisonment in high security prison to tell his story.
