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That’s some good photo, dude

Check out the World Press Photo of the Year gallery – some amazing stuff in there – not just single shots  but portfolios, too – so like a music album, you get context and development of themes that you don’t get with singles. Helps get the message across, adds interest and meaning.

The winning photo:

Capture

War, death and suffering seem to feature fairly prominently. Is it because it elicits stronger emotion from the viewer (or the judges of this contest) than photos of other stuff would? Is suffering and war particularly photogenic? Or is it just attracting the best photographers out there?

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Revolution over at EvokeONE
Fascinating virtual art exhibition loosely based around the theme of revolution (there are many others including Fable, Calligraphy, Muse, etc) featuring digital design art, music and photography – really, really high quality stuff. Love the music too, unexpectedly! I’ll be returning frequently to Evokeone.com if they can keep this up. del.icio.us Tags: design,art,photography,music...
Can contests improve education?
Quickie: the Freakonomics blog relates a story about a collaboration between the Association of Private Enterprise Education and the Market-Based Management Institute to create a $17,500 ($10k, 5k and 2.5k for 1st, 2nd and 3rd) prize fund for great teaching / communication of concepts in economics del.icio.us Tags: prizes,economics,contests,education...

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