Above: The Creative Commons logo is, for many, a symbol of a new way of dealing with copyright more applicable to the information era. It certainly holds out promise for museums, archives and other public repositories that hold collections in trust for the public good.
Copyright and Creative Commons
I am delighted that distinguished copyright lawyers Tobias [...]
Posts Tagged ‘David Larsen’
Creative Commons Lawyers to Input Heritage Digital Campus
Posted in 2009 July, tagged Africa Media Online, African Commons Project, Andrew Rens, copyright and heritage, Creative Commons, Creative Commons South Africa, David Larsen, Dwayne Bailey, Freedom to Innovate South Africa, Graeme Cookson, Heritage Digital Campus, IP Rights, Sarah Saunders, Tobias Schonwetter, Training in Intellectual Property Rights on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
€2.2 Million 2010 World Cup Project with World Press Photo and FreeVoice
Posted in 2009 May, tagged 2010 Fifa World Cup, Africa Media Online, African journalism training, African Journalists, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photography, APEP, David Larsen, Dominique Le Roux, Dutch Postcode Lottery, FreeVoice, Ian Blackburn, lokaalmondiaal, Ruth De Vries, Tropen Museum, World Press Photo on May 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Above: Two woman await a tram in a shelter advertising an exhibition of Richard Avedon pictures which was on at the Foam_Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam while we were there.
In February I was in Holland, together with our Product Manager, Ian Blackburn, and Media Manager, Dominique Le Roux, to work on a joint project with four [...]
Report from Buenos Aires exhibition
Posted in 2009 April, tagged Africa Media Online, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photographers, African photography, African photography exhibition, African’s telling Africa’s story, Centro Cultural Borges, Chris Kirchhoff, Christine Nesbitt, Clare Louise Thomas, Craig Urquhart, David Larsen, digital trade route, Dominique Le Roux, IZWE de Africa, Jeremy Jowell, Karin Duthie, Kim Thunder, Marinda Louw, Nikki Rixon, Proyecto 34 degrees South, Proyecto 34°S, Sean Wilson, Simone Scholtz, Tammy Gardner, Toni Jade Efune on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Above: A fragment of “Cassarinas at Dawn, Maputo, Mozambique” by David Larsen, is one of the images that forms part of the IZWE de Africa exhibition that has travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of a cultural exchange programme.
Clare Louise Thomas writes to participating photographers from Buenos Aires:
So, we opened the exhibition on Thursday [...]
Emerging South African Photographers Feature in South American Exhibition and Launch of Africa Media Online’s Art Print Range
Posted in 2009 April, tagged Africa Media Online, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photographers, African photography, African photography exhibition, African's telling Africa's story, Centro Cultural Borges, Chris Kirchhoff, Christine Nesbitt, Clare Louise Thomas, Craig Urquhart, David Larsen, digital trade route, Dominique Le Roux, IZWE de Africa, Jeremy Jowell, Karin Duthie, Kim Thunder, Marinda Louw, Nikki Rixon, Proyecto 34 degrees South, Proyecto 34°S, Sean Wilson, Simone Scholtz, Tammy Gardner, Toni Jade Efune on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night saw the opening of the IZWE de Africa exhibition featuring the works of South African photographers in a prestigious venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A collaboration between Africa Media Online and Proyecto 34°S, this six-week exhibition provides a mix of emerging and established photographers with the chance to share their views on Contemporary [...]
What You Said About Africa Media Online’s 2008 Digital Campus
Posted in 2008 September, tagged Adobe, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0, Africa Media Online, African model released pictures, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photo entrepreneurs, African photographers, African photography, African royalty free pictures, APEP, Ascot Conference Centre, Cape Town School of Photography, Caroline Suzman, David Larsen, Digital Campus, Graeme Cookson, Greg Marinovich, Hofmeyr House, Leonie Marinovich, Lightroom, Market Photo Workshop, Museum Africa, Paul Weinberg, Peter Krogh, TJ Lemon on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Picture Above: Africa Media Online staff and participants in the African Photo Entrepreneur Programme in the pub at the Ascot Conference Centre during the Pietermaritzburg Digital Campus. From left to right: Maryann Shaw (APEP participant – South Africa), Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (APEP participant – Zimbabwe) Lungile Kunene (Sales Assistant, AMO), Julius Mwelu (APEP participant – Kenya), [...]
Building an Archive that will Last: File Size
Posted in 2007 October, Blogroll, tagged Africa Media Online, African music archives, African photographic archives, African photography, BEE, broad based black economic empowerment, David Goldblatt, David Larsen, digital collections, Digital Imaging Essentials, digital masterclasses, dots per inch, dpi, Graeme Cookson, honorary fellowship, ILAM, International Library of African Music, Kabusha Technology Investments, Practical Digital Workflow, Rouen Bruni, Royal Photographic Society, Sandile Swana, The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photog on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Above: The Eastern Cape from the air. Africa Media Online’s Mobile Digitisation Unit has relocated to the Eastern Cape to digitise the International Library of African Music
Welcome to the second edition of the Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value to the management of your picture and media collections as well as to [...]
Welcome to The Digital Picture Library Manager blog
Posted in 2007 September, Blogroll, tagged Africa Media Online, African photography, CEPIC, David Larsen, digital imaging, Digital Picture Library Manager, IFRA, Image Works, International Press and Telecommunications Council, IPTC, Majority World imagery, Mark Antman, Maropeng, Michael Steidl, SAMA, Shahidul Alam, South African Museums Association on September 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to the new Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value to the management of your picture and media collections as well as to keep you up to date with developments at Africa Media Online and the world of digital imaging that could be of benefit you.
In this edition:
1. New image standards [...]
Early Bird Discount for Masterclasses Ends Today
Posted in 2008 June, tagged Africa Media Online, African Image Pipeline, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photographic archives, African photography, Alexander Joe, commentary, David Larsen, Digital Campus, Dominique Le Roux, Graeme Cookson, Julia Heinemann, Karine Aigner, Louise Gubb, Lumas, National Geographic Kids Magazine, Peter Krogh, photojournalist, SAMA, South Africa, South African Museums Association, Xenophobia on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Above: Dusk over Cape Town with the mountain on the left and Lion’s Head on the right. The 72nd South African Museums Association national conference was held in the last week of June at a venue close to this view.
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value [...]
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