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Jake Stangel's Too much chocolate is new effort to create a "‘hub’ where emerging photographers can reach out to one another, have a running dialogue, ask questions, just talk, and feel some sense of collectiveness in one place. The end goal is to start a supportive photo community, where photographers can participate in living conversations with one another, that don’t die within the week like blogs comments can. Additionally, there is a rotating gallery and an interview section on the site - you can learn more on the 'about' page."

Tomorrow, I'll be on my way to New Orleans for the PhotoNOLA portfolio reviews (on Saturday and Sunday). If you're around, please come by and say hi!

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I was going to write something about this post at PDNPulse and the underlying topic, but then I thought maybe Rob would do that, and, indeed, he just did, confirming what I thought: "it’s the magazine that determines the ethics of the photography they use. It’s the magazine’s job to fact check not only the stories but also the photography. There are almost always many images to choose from a shoot and the final selection of images to run will ultimately determine the tone of how the subject is portrayed. The editors are making those final decisions."

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"I wondered: how does the broken windows theory apply to online spaces? Perhaps like so:

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"Society’s new fantasies about the artistic mind-set are part of the joke of [Jake and Dinos Chapman's] Fucking Hell. Artists live on the edge. They dare to go 'out there,' to zones the rest of us don’t dare think about, but we’re intrigued when artists bring back their psychic souvenirs. These are primitive Romantic thoughts, separated from anything believable that Romanticism has to say about the connection between the inner life and Nature. But also totally untrue in terms of what the global art scene is really like now, with its population of pampered artist-pets; worthy critics and curators with obedient, suburban imaginations; and Theory high priests, with their droning theology." - Matthew Collings

"More and more I read how art is, mostly for policy makers, about creating experiences and events. Art is something that should be consumed. Art is part of an ever-expanding leisure industry, geared towards entertainment and divertissement of the public, the masses, us." - Mrs. Deane

"Next week, the most important art fair in the world -- "Art Basel Miami Beach" -- will begin amid gloom and financial chaos. What used to be a symbol of the art market's golden age could now help launch a global art market depression." - source

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