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David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world

2008-09-06T14:21:29Z

www.ted.com The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.

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Beep - Romantics

2008-09-06T14:32:31Z

Love in a time of apocalypse.

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One in a Billion -Obsessing over China's Bird's Nest

2008-08-17T04:42:54Z

The radical design of China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, has captured the imagination of many in Beijing.

One of them is a 70-year-old Chinese photographer who spent hours painstakingly documenting the construction of the unique structure from day one.

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Authors@Google: Kyle Cassidy

2008-09-06T12:44:29Z

The Authors@Google program was pleased to welcome Kyle Cassidy to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes".

Kyle Cassidy has been a freelance writer and photographer since 1999. His photographs have been published in the New York Times, Baaron's Financial, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He writes frequently about technology and has been an outspoken voice in the area of practical modern photographic theory. Largely known for his fashion and portrait photography, he became interested in photographing gun owners during the 2004 Presidential Election.

The question of gun ownership in America is a fractious one. Even the number of guns in the country is in significant debate. The National Rifle Association (NRA), the country's largest pro-gun lobbying group, quotes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE)'s estimate that in 1999 there were about 215,000,000 guns in America and one gun in about half of the households in the country. The Brady Campaign (the nation's leading anti-gun coalition) estimates there are 192,000,000 guns in America, owned by 39% of the population.

This isn't a book about guns. It's a book about people.

Whether it's 39% or 50% of Americans, it's still an awful lot of people. I started wondering just who they were, what they looked like, and how they lived. Such was the genesis of Armed America: Portraits of American Gun Owners in Their Homes. The idea was to photograph a hundred gun owners, in their homes, and do a gallery show. I figured this would take about two years. But very soon after I started, it became evident that my ambitions were too low. My mailbox flooded with letters from people I didn't know wanting to participate -- I realized that I could probably photograph a hundred people in two months, but it wasn't a number of people that was important, it was their stories -- a cowboy in Texas, a survivalist in Montana, a deer hunter in Pennsylvania, a sheriff in Georgia, a soldier in Idaho.... What I really needed, I realized, was to get moving, to drive across the country and find America somewhere between here and there.

This event took place on July 22, 2008.

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CGI Commitment to Provide Mental Health Services

2008-09-06T14:29:11Z

The International Medical Corps has made a CGI commitment to provide clinical mental health services to address emotional suffering in Uganda. The IMC uses drawings and photography to help people talk through trauma.

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Zoriah embodies courage in journalism

2008-07-01T22:20:31Z

Hayden and Klein expressed concerns that journalists could become too afraid to cover crises situations. Right now (until they remove him in a few hours) there is an embedded photojournalist in Iraq who is not afraid to go out with troops and document what's going on. Because of his honesty and his blog, he is being expelled by the military...

Chris Jordan: Picturing excess

2008-09-06T14:21:33Z

www.ted.com Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

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Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual

2008-09-06T14:21:33Z

www.ted.com Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance.

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Nathan Myhrvold: A life of fascinations

2008-09-06T14:21:33Z

www.ted.com Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations -- animal photography, archeology, BBQ and generally being an eccentric genius multimillionaire. Listen for wild stories from the (somewhat raunchy) edge of the animal world.

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Authors@Google: Robert Zuckerman

2008-06-27T14:43:53Z

The Authors@Google program was thrilled to welcome acclaimed photograper and author Robert Zuckerman to the Google NY office to discuss his book "Kindsight"

Known for his work doing photography for motion pictures, Zuckerman's imagery has appeared in advertising and publicity for such films as The Crow, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Any Given Sunday, Training Day, Terminator 3, Bad Boys 2 and National Treasure and for such television shows as "The Shield" and "Nip/Tuck." He has also photographed campaigns for United Way and City of Hope. Through the years he has photographed numerous family portraits, weddings, pregnancy pictures and other human celebrations for people of all walks of life, from top celebrities to inner city residents to AIDS patients and others among the less fortunate. A graduate of UC Berkeley and The American Film Institute, Zuckerman co-produced the groundbreaking, award winning Video from Russia: The People Speak (1984, directed by Dimitri Devyatkin) which ran on ABC and then on A&E for three years, and he directed and produced the New York City portion of the official "Hands Across America" video in 1986.

"For me, photography as much as possible has become an integration of life and craft. Through it I am able to give value to people's lives and derive value in my own life, beyond making a living," says Zuckerman. In his book the unusual and frank photos celebrate the beauty of random human encounters and turn everyday life experiences into profound visual testaments.

Kindsight is a collection of photographs and accompanying texts by Zuckerman illuminating the richness of everyday life encounters and experiences. From taxi and bus drivers to waitresses, plumbers and kids at a playground, Kindsight shows the extraordinary within the ordinary. As one reader-viewer states, these pieces "see something in everything." The book includes texts by Will Smith, Debra Winger and Michael Lally, among others. Kindsight has Been Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2005 International Photography Awards (IPA Lucie) in the Book - Professional/People category
This event took place on May 12, 2008.

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Authors@Google: Joe McNally

2008-06-20T14:42:57Z

Photographer Joe McNally visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Moment It Clicks." McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer, whose career has spanned 30 years and included assignments in over 50 countries. Although the majority of his career has been spent shooting for magazines such as Time, Sports Illustrated, and National Geographic, in the mid-1990s Joe served as Life magazine's staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. He also has shot commercial assignments for Target, Nikon, and Sony, to name a few.

Joe is a recipient of the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award and has been honored by Pictures of the Year International, World Press Photo, The Art Directors Club, American Photo, Communication Arts, and Graphis. He conducts numerous workshops around the world as part of his teaching activities. One of Joe's most notable projects, Faces of Ground Zero — Giant Polaroid Collection, has become known as one of the most significant artistic responses to the tragedy at the World Trade Center.

This event took place on May 15, 2008 as part of the Authors@Google series.

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Alison Jackson: A surprising look at celebrity

2008-06-15T09:35:37Z

www.ted.com British artist Alison Jackson talks about her provocative explorations of celebrity culture. By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, she's questioning our shared desire to get personal with celebrity culture. Funny and sometimes shocking, Jackson's work contains some graphic images.

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Paul Koontz: Tourist snapshots from North Korea

2008-07-08T14:29:20Z

www.ted.com While in Asia in 2007, TEDster Paul Koontz got the priceless chance to spend a few days in North Korea. He brought his two kids -- and his camera, capturing both quotidian detail (like the military bearing of a lonely traffic warden) and the grand spectacle leading up to the Mass Games. It's a rare perspective on a culture we know far too little about.

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Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness

2008-07-14T08:33:10Z

www.ted.com What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community.

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Edward Burtynsky: TED Prize wish: Share the story of Earth's

2008-07-14T10:33:23Z

www.ted.com Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability. Burtynsky presents a riveting slideshow of his photographs, which show vividly how industrial development is altering the Earth's natural landscape. From mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange waste from a nickel mine, his images are simultaneously beautiful and horrifying.

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Preview of Interview with Dr. Brian Dailey

2008-06-30T18:21:17Z

Voted America's top physician three times in a row, Dr. Brian Dailey is the doctor's doctor and knows a great deal about using both allopathic and metaphysical modalities to heal patients. For the full interview FREE go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com

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Preview of Interview with Harry Oldfield

2008-06-30T18:21:17Z

Harry Oldfield gives a charming interview with Regina Meredith in his enthusiastic British style! For the full interview FREE, go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com

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Polar Bears and Global Warming

2008-06-12T03:29:32Z

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Military Aerial Photography

2008-06-09T15:30:44Z

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High Altitude Adrenaline !

2008-06-09T15:30:43Z

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Exotic Time Lapse Photography

2008-06-09T09:30:36Z

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Authors@Google: Andy Summers

2008-06-14T21:30:12Z

Photographer, writer and legendary guitarist from the band The Police visted Google to discuss his work from his critically acclaimed new book, "I'll be Watching You: Inside the Police 1980-83" . Andy was in New York to perform two sold out shows with the Police at Madison Square Garden and was also exhibiting his photography (from Oct 24 to Nov 2) just one block away form Google at www.milkstudios.com, so we had to ask him to come by.

This event took place on October 30, 2007 at the Google NYC office.

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Riz Khan - Street Talk - 01 Nov 07

2008-06-15T03:30:27Z

In a special edition of Street Talk, Riz Khan takes to the streets of London and looks at, "Open Shutters," a photographic exhibition representing the work of Iraqi women and their experience in the war-torn country. Riz also shares some of your online feedback to our Question of the Week and takes a look at Mexico's first ever High Heel race.

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Authors@Google: David Friend

2008-06-16T21:31:20Z

The attack on the World Trade Center was the most watched event in human history. And the footage seen of that day came not only from TV cameras, but also from workers, tourists, and passersby, each of whose lives would change dramatically when confronted with the sight of the attacks.

David Friend has uncovered the stories behind those images--from the street-level shots of the north tower crumbling to firefighters raising the American flag over the rubble. In Watching the World Change, he traces the images back to their sources and charts their impact over the next seven days. That week was the beginning of a digital age, a moment when all the advances in television, photography, and the Web converged on a single event.

David Friend is Vanity Fair's Editor of Creative Development.

This event happened on September 5, 2007 at the Google NYC office

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Photographing 'nowhere people' - 12 Aug 07

2008-06-17T21:30:48Z

It's estimated that more than 11 million people in over 70 countries, can be classed as "stateless".

Greg Constantine is a professional photographer who has devoted his life to documenting their struggle.

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