Kentucky Derby Tragedy: Could the death of Eight Belles been prevented?

By: ClizBiz Topics: Life Sports & Fitness

Saturday’s Kentucky Derby race – for many folks, the only horse race they notice all year – has, once again, brought unwelcome attention to the spendy sport.

Protesting Through Photography

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."

--Dorothea Lange, American photographer, (1895-1965)

A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, but some photographs can be worth just one heavy handful of potent words - words pregnant with meaning, set in bold with exclamation points and a severe emotional font, like Toxica.

The Earth as Cover Girl

By: ClizBiz Topics: Art & Design

"I chose nature photography as a way of capturing and sharing the beauty, power, and fragility of wild places and the life that inhabits them, so that those who have become mired in the man-made chaos may open their eyes to the real world."

--Guy Tal, American naturalist and landscape photographer

Flickr: Now With Video!

By: ClizBiz Topics: Art & Design

Just in time for the Olympic protests, Yahoo’s Flickr is
strapping on a new video lens. A site that has become a standard share space
for personal photos will now include subscriber videos too.

"We want to
be the eyes of the world - that's what's tattooed on our hearts. There's no
reason why that shouldn't include video."

-- Kakul Srivastava, general manager of Flickr

Street Photography: A Lost Art or the New Crime?

By: ClizBiz Topics: Art & Design

 

“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”

--Robert Doisneau, French photographer,
(1912-1994)