Valley Photos

So a photographer takes only scenic shots of a place. That's fine, that's normal. But when a photographer suddenly sees a place in a different light and starts churning photographs that depict life that's anything but ordinary, then you got art--which is exactly what blogger and photographer Vanda Nagy (if that's her real name) has done which has transpired from her move to L.A.

In her own words, Vanda describes the neighborhood that has been captured by her camera:

"The neighborhood is going through changes. The over inflated real estate market and the new subway line stretching from the Valley to Downtown have started making this generally uncool area of the Valley more attractive. And thus gentrification has started creeping over the hills. It's a mixed bag. Ratty old commercial buildings get bulldozed off, but in the process the mom-and-pop shops, some of which have been there for decades, get forced out of business. Neighborhood stable, Bob the printer finally gave up the fight with cheap home printers and increasing rents, and closed shop for good. Iliad Books, the best bookstore in the Valley fortunately stayed open, but was forced to move."

Very interesting observation, and even more interesting photos over at her gallery--and they don't even need captions for explanation.

To view the rest of the photos, click here.

Incidentally, on June 10th, Vanda Nagy's blog was reco'ed by Blogger's Blogs of Note. Click here to read her very entertaining blog.

And I hope I was right when I used "her" :D

Image and parts of text were aggregated from Valley-photo.com and is copyright by Vanda Nagy. Please contact the owner for commercial use of the image.

Greek Photographer Arrested in London

Say what???

Photographers are in abundance right now because DSLRs have suddenly become cheap like mobile phones. Photographers are also running into different troubles because of this hobby, as evident in this news I came across with over the web:

The Greek photographer Pericles Antoniou from Athens Greece, was arrested in London England during the Greek Orthodox Easter for taking photographs of a girl in the London Metro.
Mr. Antoniou, who has a 25-year experience in artistic photography, was sent to jail, shoeless and was not allowed to communicate with any of his family; he is expected on a hearing soon this month.
Mr. Antoniou is also a member of Greek Caravan of Solidarity, which was featured in http://www.tvxs.gr

As he claims in his letter to the Greek Ambassador in England, he was visiting London England due to the Greek Easter seasons, and as a “tourist” he took his camera and rushed to the streets of the British capital city seeking themes to shoot. While on the subway, the mother of a child complained about the fact that he was taking photos of her underage daughter. Mr. Antoniou apologised to the mother and erased all photos which depicted her daughter. However, the father of the youngster was not satisfied with this, and on the next train station asked for the help of police officers, who arrested the Greek visitor.

Careful, careful!

To read the rest of the article, click here.

And guess what--the charges against him were dismissed! To read the rest of the article, click here.

Parts of the news aggregated from DPReview.com.