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When it comes to photography agencies, Getty Images reigns supreme. Founded in 1995 by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, the Seattle-based behemoth in many ways took stock and editorial photography into the digital age, causing the slow decline of “former-rulers” like the AP. Between Getty’s editorial supremacy and the rise of an era where photojournalists find themselves replaced sometimes by average Joe’s with smartphones, the last few years have consisted mostly of the AP trying to staunch the bleeding. But now it seems they’re ready to fight back. While Getty has been considering a possible IPO/sale, the AP have been planning the imminent launch of a spin-off agency called Invision Agency, one that could cause quite a stir in the world of editorial photography. This ... Continue reading →
Thursday, May 24, 2012 Thursday, May 24, 2012, by Paula Forbes [Photos: FiPS] What's the point of having a total clusterfuck of a food festival — that is now reimbursing some attendees at a huge cost to organizers — if you can't have a sense of humor about it? The above menu for (presumably) fake restaurant FUDS was handed out to people exiting Brooklyn's Great GoogaMooga festival last weekend. Seriously, where else can you find Yankee Poison, Secret Item With Surprise Bag, ant-touched dirt, Sweet Pork Smear (for dessert), and Two-Bean Dickbread Wrap all at the same place? The kids' menu is appropriately titled "Tiny Turds." Here they are, full size for reading pleasure: Continue reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the end, it came down to an educated guess as to which Bavarian city located on the Danube River was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806. Answer: The German city of Regensburg. And with that, 14-year-old Rahul Nagvekar took the top prize Thursday at the National Geographic Bee. It was a close victory. He and runner-up Vansh Jain had finished the championship round tied after five questions. Next, they were asked a series of tiebreakers in a sudden death round. For the first three, both wrote down the correct answer. On the fourth, only Nagvekar was correct. "It was a guess, a 50-50 chance," said the eighth-grader from Sugar Land, Texas. "It just happened to ... Continue reading →
Actress Kylie Minogue, left, and actor Denis Lavant wave as they arrive for the screening of Holy Motors at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) Continue reading →
Lawmakers from pro-presidential and oppositional factions in the parliament session hall in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, May 24, 2012. A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. (AP Photo/Maks Levin) Continue reading →
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. The fight broke out between members of the pro-Western opposition who want to take Ukraine out of Russia's shadow and lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovych's party, which bases its support in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east. At least one legislator, opposition lawmaker Mykola Petruk, suffered an apparent blow to the head and was taken to the hospital with blood streaming down his face. Lawmakers have frequently scuffled in the Ukrainian parliament. A fierce fight in December 2010, which sent at least six lawmakers to the hospital, started when members ... Continue reading →
