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Amy Dresser speaks at Luminance. Photo by Michael Treola.

Rant: I Love Photography, PhotoShelter Luminance Conference Begins

PhotoShelter, a leader in photography websites, is holding its inaugural photo conference, Luminance, this week. We are excited to be here covering it. We'll be posting here throughout the conference, also follow us on @MediaStorm for updates, hashtag #luminance. The day started out with PhotoShelter co-founder, Allen Murabayashi telling us loosely how the conference came to be. He brought it all back to a blog post he wrote some time ago called "Rant: I love Photography" where he talked about the photos that moved him, like one of a Japanese teenager levitating, among others. He told us that we are in a golden age of photography and it's an exciting time to bring people together to discuss what's happening in the industry, and what's next. Session One: The Manipulators The first segment of the morning focused on what Murabayashi calls "the manipulators," who spoke about the effect photo manipulation is having on…

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PhotoShelter Hosts First Luminance Conference in New York

Next week PhotoShelter will be hosting Luminance 2012, a fresh new conference that will bring together leading voices from across industries to answer the question: What’s next for photography? This two-day conference will feature two dozen top speakers from a variety of organizations that help to create, consume and define photography in a myriad of ways. Each speaker will present a 20-minute TED-style talk on a topic relevant to their area of expertise. A brief Q&A will follow each session. Photographers, technologists, designers and those who care about the direction of photography are encouraged to attend. Conference Details Date: Sept. 12 - 13, with kickoff events on Sept. 11 Where: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York City Registration: www.photoshelter.com/luminance/register. Speakers PhotoShelter recently finalized there speaker roster with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, who will discuss his role capturing some of the most iconic images from the International Space Station, as well as…

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