Magnum Festival

Magnum Photos is hosting the month-long Magnum Festival in NYC to celebrate their 60th Anniversary. Throughout June, they have partnered with several museums and theatres to show over 30 photo exhibits and over 40 documentary film screenings. There will also be panel discussions, book signings, portfolio reviews, and gatherings. Coming up this weekend: several members of Magnum will be discussing the Future of Photojournalism, at the Walter Reade Theatre, Sunday June 3, 2pm. If you're in or around New York City, try to check out some of the shows!

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American Diversity Project

12 photographers recently spent a week documenting Clarksdale, MS, as a part of the American Diversity Project. The Project aims to support documentary photography, by exploring the culture of small-town life throughout the country through still photography, also incorporating video and audio. One of the photographers (this year, it's David Degner), will spend an additional 4 weeks continuing to document the area.

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Soul of Athens

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With the outstanding Soul of Athens project, the students of the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, led by Zach Wise of digitalartwork.net and Brian Storm of MediaStorm.org, have created an impressive multimedia document of the Athens, Ohio community. With a diverse group of more than 25 stories, produced in multiple mediums and wrapped up in a beautifully designed and architeted site interface, this remarkable project is an excellent example of the power of multimedia storytelling. Truly inspiring work!

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Transom.org: Audio Shortlists and Other Radio Art

Public radio community site Transom.org is featuring "Shortlists" recorded by site visitors ranging from professional radio producers to general public call-ins. From the site: "A Short List is made from your experience or research or daily life. You read it out loud for about 60 seconds and then tell us at the end what the list WAS. It's a story, with the title at the end. It might be funny, poetic, political...you decide. The grace of these bits is in the mystery." Transom.org's project was originally a collaboration with NPR's Day to Day and WCAI radio. Transom.org is now also featuring coverage of Deep Wireless, a month-long celebration of radio art held in Toronto this May.

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