Left, Bin Laden in 1998; middle, the FBI image; right, Gaspar Llamazares
This week, the FBI released a “digitally-altered” image showing what Osama Bin Laden possibly looks like now that he’s older.
While the FBI claims to have used “cutting-edge” technology to create the image, a Spanish politician has noticed that the poster is a modified version of his campaign photo — he now finds his face in America’s most wanted list.
While on the surface it’s an amusing misstep by intelligence agencies, Gaspar Llamazares, the former leader of Spain’s United Left coalition, calls the move “shameless.” His safety is at risk, hetold the BBC, and he no longer feels able to travel to America now that his likeness is on a wanted poster: “Bin Laden’s safety is not threatened by this but mine certainly is,” Llamazares said.
For the full article and the FBI’s press release click here
Michael David Murphy looks at Haiti coverage and asks whether photojournalists would be telling different and deeper stories if organizations would pool their resources.
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users.
The videos can be played simultaneously — the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.
A few of my students asked how the NYT came across his screen shot. The answer is simple from his Blog. ”How did they know about his blog?” It’s simple he’s a blogging ninja. The more you blog the more likely you are to have someone stumble across your blog. So to my students keep blogging about your work and all the other interesting aspects of art and photography. Who knows you too might get published in the New York Times
Haiti’s known as one of the poorest nations in the world and on Tuesday things got a whole lot worse for everyone who works or lives on the island nation. Communication has been severely hampered by the 7.0 earthquake however some images are starting to trickle out. These images show how massive the destruction is to Haitis infrastructure and way of life. Below are links to some of the big news agencies slideshows. WARNING the images are graphic and a severe downer.
A good friend of mine often gets random phone calls from me asking how to do rather basic cooking. In an attempt to “get my learn on” in the kitchen he’s started a YouTube channel called “Cooking for Dave”. The first video is on making pizza dough and for a guy that knows absolutely nothing about video editing I think he did a great job. Check out the video here
MSNBC has put together a great slideshow of top notch images from the last decade, some graphic, some cute and some simply hilarious. Click the link to see them in all there glory.
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Ouch! This MacBook Pro has seen better days! For details on how this tragedy took place or more importantly a lesson on backing up your data read here.
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