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Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 16, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Photographer Frank W. Ockenfels III on shooting Breaking Bad’s moody desert character portraits. [Pop Photo] This year, Stanley Kubrick would have turned 85. The BFI has published a great list of Kubrick’s favorite films and influences. [nofilmschool] A look at the science behind conscious and unconscious awareness, and how the brain allows photographers to know things with intuition. [PetaPixel] On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream for America, TIME talks to the people who helped make the march a success. [TIME] West of Memphis Trailer - if you've seen Paradise Lost, or even if you haven't, you owe it to yourself to see this amazing documentary. [YouTube] From One Second To The Next Documentary - It Can Wait. Werner Herzog. Enough said. [YouTube] The last gadget you’ll ever…

“The Distance Between Us” on KickStarter

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 16, 2013

Photographer Chris Capozziello began to make photographs of his twin brother, Nick, in their early twenties. Nick has cerebral palsy. Though Chris didn’t set out to tell a story, the photographs he took helped him examine he and his brother’s story more deeply and move past the guilt he carried for being the healthy twin. He has compiled his photographs – along with raw, honest diary entries – into a book that you can help publish through Kickstarter.
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Job Opportunity: Open Society Foundations Hiring Exhibition Coordinator

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 14, 2013

Open Society Foundations are in need of an Exhibition Coordinator for their Documentary Photography Project, specifically the Moving Walls photography exhibition. This position is based in New York City with an immediate start date.
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Worth Watching #127: Midtown

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 13, 2013

"Stunning New York City time-lapse." - Brian Storm MIDTOWN from Drew Geraci (District 7 Media) on Vimeo. See what else we think is Worth Watching.

Worth Clicking: MediaStorm Links Roundup

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 9, 2013

All links are hand-picked by the MediaStorm staff for your enjoyment this weekend. Cheers! Own your audience and stop relying on YouTube. [Social Times] Trying to understand the invisible array of algorithms that power your Netflix suggestions has long been a favorite sport, but what’s actually going on in that galaxy of big data, those billions and billions of ratings stars? [Wired] See "A Darkness Visible:Afghanistan" take shape, from radio cuts to final output in less than 3 minutes. [MediaStorm Blog] In New York, widely regarded as a gay-friendly city, reports of attacks on same-sex couples are on the rise, one young couple tells their story. [The New York Times] In this multimedia presentation Nichols and Williamson re-create the feast and famine of the plains; the purring, bleating, and roaring of these cats; the fragile balance of lion survival. [National Geographic] “We have no problems with others telling the story. Our own…