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Atget arrived on the scene at a crucial moment not just for Paris, but also for photography. Cameras were becoming less cumbersome, glass plates were giving way to film, and new chemicals and techniques were broadening the photographer's palette. Atget mostly shunned these advances, using a bulky, large-format view camera on a tripod - and never any artificial light, even for interiors. He figured exposure times in his head - a relatively glacial 1/11th of a second was typical - and learned how to narrow the aperture to ensure that both background and foreground remained in focus. His genius...
...indie shows, and some, like Prambors FM, even broadcast live sessions. Acong, also known as Sir Dandy, recently performed on the program with his band Teenage Death Star. "We couldn't believe they asked us," confesses the musician who doubles as a painter and stage designer. "This is a format that didn't exist a few years ago because few were willing to take the chance on music like ours...
...program will be set up in the coming academic year so that professors will be able to opt into the new format of reviews of their classes. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...keeping with the seminar format, the generosity has run in both directions. Before he faced the cameras to publicize “How Doctors Think,” Groopman’s students made sure to give him some press tips...
...hits, no runs, no errors. The much-anticipated first "debate" of the 2008 Democratic candidates Thursday night at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., was a polite event - and not a particularly enlightening one. Part of the problem was the format, in which candidates were limited to 60-second answers and not allowed to engage each other. Part of it was the sheer number of people onstage: eight candidates in all. But after 90 minutes, it was hard to pick out a single memorable answer. The only thing made clearer is why the candidates, who are facing scores...