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Flickr Launches Search Map of World Photos

New service groups pix by location

(Newser) - Beginning today, a new mapping feature will make it easier to view photos stored on Flickr by location. "Places," a new geographical sorting service on the massive photo-share website, pinpoints photo contributions to one of 100,000 locations on a global map, Reuters reports. The map also shows...

Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death
Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death
Nov 4, 2007 7:31 AM CST

Photographer Haunted by Iraq Death

Did a soldier die so he could get a picture, he wonders in talk about book

(Newser) - Photographer Ashley Gilbertson tried to be as emotionally removed as possible while working in Iraq, but once he let soldiers protect him as he ran to get a close-up. There was a shot, Gilbertson felt blood; one of the men protecting him was killed. It's something he has deeply regretted...

Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

Album reveals death camp guards relaxing after 'a hard day's work'

(Newser) - A photo album of co-workers decorating Christmas trees, playing with dogs, eating blueberries—fond memories, but for the swastikas on the merrymakers' uniforms. The US Holocaust Museum has posted online 116 photos showing how Auschwitz guards "unwound after 'a hard day's work,' " archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells the...

Ring, Bended Knee, and Candid Camera

Cottage industry in proposal photos is booming

(Newser) - Husband hopefuls are lining up not only romantic locales and plentiful karats, but also hidden cameramen to document their marriage proposals. Some knee-benders are even timing their big events for optimal lighting conditions and bride-to-be beauty (make sure she gets to change her clothes after work). Newly affianced couples can...

8 Best Innovations in Travel
8 Best Innovations in Travel
Aug 14, 2007 11:56 AM CDT

8 Best Innovations in Travel

Outside lists its 8 favorite travel innovations

(Newser) - Sometimes vacations can be more work then, well... work.  Outside finds some gadgets, places and websites that makes the trail run a little smoother.
  1. Singapore's Changi Airport
  2. The MLC bag from Patagonia
  3. GreenGlobe.org

Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

Garden State beauty queen keeps her crown despite Facebook leak

(Newser) - Miss New Jersey can keep her tiara, say pageant officials who ruled unanimously that risqué photos of the beauty queen leaked from her Facebook page aren't that bad. The images, which Amy Polumbo revealed on the Today Show yesterday, contained no nudity or underage drinking, but did show Polumbo in...

Photos That Changed the World?
Photos That Changed the World?
Jun 19, 2007 8:31 PM CDT

Photos That Changed the World?

(Newser) - Slate and Magnum Photos team up to present 31 photos that over the past 70 years have "informed the world" and "capture(d) the political and cultural zeitgeist of our time."  The iconic photos in this slide show range from a soldier falling in the Spanish Civil...

Kodak Sets Sights on Flashless Future

New low-light sensor could snap flagging company out of slump

(Newser) - Kodak showed off a new technology today that enables digital cameras to capture clearer pictures in low light—without a flash. Kodak revealed the innovation just as the enduring photography company finishes up its long and costly transformation to digital and begins to tap into its valuable portfolio of patents.

German Students Do Full Monty
German Students Do Full Monty  
May 9, 2007 5:44 PM CDT

German Students Do Full Monty

Nude calendars raise cash for charities, protests

(Newser) - German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend...

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity
Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity
May 7, 2007 10:00 AM CDT

Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity

Thousands go au naturel for photo shoot

(Newser) - A mob of some 20,000 Mexicans stormed the capital yesterday morning not to protest, but to show off their birthday suits. The stark-naked crowd pranced around Mexico City's historic plaza as part of a giant photo shoot orchestrated by New York–based photographer Spencer Tunick, a well-known buff of...

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