Heart of Darkness
"Diary" is a highly personal and experimental film that expresses the subjective experience of late war photographer Tim Hetherington's work. He made the film as an attempt to locate himself after ten years of reporting. It is a kaleidoscope of images that link our western reality to the seemingly distant worlds we see in the media.Bay Lop
The photo shows General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, arm outstretched, shooting a prisoner who looked like a civilian, though he was actually a Viet Cong guerrilla. The man who was shot was Bay Lop, who had beheaded people, gunned down policemen, and killed the family of one of General Loan’s friends. That does not necessarily justify what Loan did, but when stripped of context, it looked like someone from the South Vietnamese national police gunning down some helpless guy, and that was not the case. Bay Lop was the leader of a sophisticated assassination team that was attempting to knock off all the top leaders [of South Vietnam], and General Loan was on their list.
http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/saigon_execution/
Video frames suitable for large prints
The Canon Wonder Camera concept device has a focal length from macro to 500mm with a single, integrated lens. It boasts massive (unspecified) storage, ultra-high (also unspecified) resolution, multiple facial recognition capabilities, and the ability to keep everything viewable in focus at the same time. Wonder Camera is, however, actually a camcorder. Rather than take individual stills, Wonder Camera users would pick video frames. It is an inevitable evolution: as storage and sensors evolve to ever-escalating video resolution, we will eventually be able to use video frames as photos suitable for large prints.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/switched-on-photography-is-dead-long-live-photos/
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