12/22/15

Stop Apple Photos from Auto Launching in OS X with One Command



If you’re a Mac user and are annoyed that OS X automatically launches Apple Photos every time you connect a device or insert a memory card, there’s good news for you: you can disable the program from launching for all devices with a single command. Melbourne-based photographer Ben Fon tells PetaPixel that all you need to do is Open up Terminal, and enter the following line:

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ImageCapture disableHotPlug -bool YES Then press Enter.

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12/20/15

The Tri-X factor | Intelligent Life magazine



When Kodak started collapsing — finally filing for bankruptcy in January 2012 — some of the greatest photographers in the world panicked. Don McCullin immediately ordered 150 rolls of Kodak’s Tri-X black-and-white film. “I rang up my stockist and asked for them right away. I thought it was the end of my life. I don’t even know if they are still making it.”
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The Americans: Robert Frank's legendary photographs head to auction



“A degradation of a nation,” is how Minor White described Robert Frank’s seminal masterpiece, The Americans. The renowned photographer and Aperture magazine editor wasn’t alone in his disdain, joining the editors of Popular Photography, who called it, “a wart-covered picture of America by a joyless man”. According to Frank, not even MoMA would sell the book, despite the fact their photography department was headed by one of his mentors, Edward Steichen. As a result, the book quickly went out of print after selling only 1,100 copies.

The Americans: Robert Frank's legendary photographs head to auction | Art and design | The Guardian: