I’ve just received the following from a friend who works at Canon in Australia. Renowned (Pulitzer Prize-winning) photographer Vincent Laforet got his hands on a pre-production 5D Mk II, and here’s the result: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086 The behind the scenes video is here: http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/23/behind-the-scenes-video/ This changes everything in video and stills photography. You’ll see why.

Does he have enough mantlepiece space to hold all the awards for photojournalism that he has won over the years, one wonders? Australian Bangkok-based photographer Philip Blenkinsop – subject of the documentary film now in production titled My Asian Heart – has won the 2008 Visa d’Or News Award for his work in China where he [...]