Gallery: This Week in Photography: New JFK Photos, Hi-Def Ski Cams and a Strap That Doesn't Suck
01JFK Pictures
The photo department here at WIRED is nothing if not schizofrenic. And when we all try to talk at the same time our ramblings fold back on themselves into sevant-like clarity. We offer this week's collection of photo stories as evidence. Open your heart and let in the light. __Above:__ 50 Years Later, New Photos Surface From J.F.K.'s Last Day --------------------------------------------------------- This week, [*Time Magazine* released](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/14/never-before-seen-photos-of-jfks-final-minutes-in-dallas/?iid=lb-late1#1) a collection of previously unpublished photos from the moments just before and after John F. Kennedy's assassination, exactly 50 years after the fateful day. (*Time* also [played an interesting](http://life.time.com/history/kennedy-assassination-how-life-brought-the-zapruder-film-to-light/#1. ) role in the release of the infamous Zapruder film, which remains the heart of debate over the course of events that day.) Sonia King found the pictures in a collection of slides left to her by her father, who passed away in 2005. H. Warner King, an amateur photographer from New Zealand and admirer of J.F.K., managed to be in Dallas on the day of the President's visit. He was able to get a few shots of the Kennedys as their motorcade headed toward Dealey Plaza, but while H. Warner was repositioning himself, the fateful shots were fired, leaving only the evacuating motorcade to be photographed. There don't seem to be any revelations to be found in these new photos. However, the fact that after 50 years, any new information about the events of that day is still so compelling, goes to show just how deeply traumatic an event it was. *Photo: H. Wilmer King via*Time
LOUIE PALU02drug-war
Mexico's Violent Drug War in Black and White -------------------------------------------- *The Atlantic*’s In Focus recently posted an article featuring several of [Louie Palu’s images from Mexico](http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/11/one-photojournalists-view-of-mexicos-violent-drug-war/100624/), and they’re intense. Palu, having covered Afghanistan for more than five years prior, has traveled the U.S. -- Mexico boarder on both sides, documenting the extreme violence in the wake of Mexico’s drug cartel operations. His black and white images are vaguely reminiscent of war photography, suggesting a different kind of battle taking place here. The Atlantic quotes Palu: “I feel that organized crime groups pose a greater risk to each one of us on a daily basis than terrorists or the Taliban. Their daily goal is to corrupt all government and law enforcement in order to carry out their business on both sides of the border." *Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Officers search vehicles at the Laredo port of entry coming into Texas from Mexico. By Louie Palu/ZUMA Press.*
03collette
Composite Family Portraits Reveal Genetics at Work -------------------------------------------------- Seeing is believing, as the old adage goes, and on Thursday, the Huffington Post posted an article that [shows how genetics leave a lasting impression](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13/ulric-collette_n_4261630.html?utm_hp_ref=photography%23slide=1518538). [Ulric Collette](http://www.ulriccollette.com/) has made a gallery of composite family portraits showcasing the physical similarities within gene pools. He accomplishes this by first photographing each family member separately, then he seamlessly combines the images in Photoshop, creating the appearance of a single individual. The result is a collection of images that accentuates genetic likenesses in a startlingly efficient way. More often that not, these portraits don’t immediately look like the product of two people being stitched together, but rather like the same person photographed at different ages. *Photo: Ulric Collette*
04OscarMonzon
Two Prestigious Book Awards at Paris Photo ------------------------------------------ Today is penultimate day of Paris Photo, the must-go-to mega-fair of photography for galleries, artists and collectors. Yesterday, Paris Photo and Aperture jointly bestowed the Book of the Year and the First Photobook Awards. Raw File's [recent interview about photobooks](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/rawfile/2013/11/lesley-martin-aperture/all/) with Lesley Martin, publisher of the Aperture book program, was conducted next to a pile of the 30 shortlisted entries in the Aperture offices. Well, the selection process is over … and [so is the wait](http://www.aperture.org/blog/announcing-winners-paris-photo-aperture-foundation-photobook-awards-2013/). [Rosângela Rennó](http://www.rosangelarenno.com.br/) took home the [PhotoBook of the Year Award](http://www.parisphoto.com/fr/paris/actualites/the-photobook-of-the-year-award-winner-rosangela-renno) and $10,000 for her self-published book *[A01 \[COD.19.1.1.43\] — A27 \[S | COD.23\]](http://www.parisphoto.com/paris/program/2013/the-paris-photo-aperture-foundation-photobooks-awards/a01a27)* which *documents* the theft of images form the General Archive of the City of in Rio de Janeiro. Rennó, here, meditates on the fragility of images and the threat such fragility holds for memory and history. Spanish photographer [Óscar Monzón](http://www.oscarmonzon.com/#) won the [First PhotoBook of the Year](http://www.parisphoto.com/paris/news/the-first-photobook-award-winner-oscar-monzon-karma-published-by-rvb-books) for [KARMA](http://www.rvb-books.com/book.php?id_book=54) published by [RVB Books](http://www.rvb-books.com/) and Dalpine Books, Madrid. Having [featured Monzón's work on Raw File recently](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/rawfile/2012/10/oscar-monzon-sweet-car/), this is a win we can get behind. The book is a visual assault of flash, glints, ricochets and at the chrome and glass of passengers inside cars. It seems shooting out of or into cars is en vogue currently — just take a peek at Alejandro Cartagne, LA dude, Michael Butler, Alex Garcia — but Monzón does voyeuristic auto-centric photography best. He pursues the dirtiness of it all unapologetically, attacking his subjects (some of them arguing or snorting coke) and dragging them from the semi-privacy of their cars into full public view. When photography makes you anxious you know it’s doing its job. *Photo: Óscar Monzón*
05AIR-STRAP
New Camera Strap Promises Added Comfort, Ease of Use ---------------------------------------------------- Camera straps are the most boring part of any camera setup. They’re utilitarian pieces of gear most of us never think about. That is, until we have to. Anyone who’s carried several cameras for hours on end knows that some camera straps suck. They dig into your shoulders and are awful at distributing the weight. [Custom SLR](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/magazine/2011/03/ff_kickstarter/) is a camera accessories company that’s well known for paying attention to the details and their newest offering targets those of us who are constantly on the lookout for a better camera strap. It’s called the Air Strap and [they just launched their Kickstarter campaign this week](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customslr/air-strap-a-camera-strap-that-does-more-with-less). The idea is simple. It’s just a wider camera strap with neoprene padding, air vents, and a quick adjust slider. The wider strap helps distribute the weight so you’re not getting one hot spot on your shoulder. The padding makes it comfy when it’s bouncing up and down for 10 hours at a wedding. And the air vents make sure you don’t get a sweaty spot. The adjustable slider is a nice add-on because it means you can synch the camera down when you’re on the move but quickly loosen it up when you want to make a picture. In the end it’s still just a camera strap, but worth a try, especially at just $25 a pop over at the Kickstarter site.
© Richard Ross06Ross-10
Prison Photo Exhibit Gives At-Risk Kids a Fresh Start ----------------------------------------------------- Too often art and photography is just an ego stroke. In Philadelphia, a [photography exhibition](http://inliquid.org/happenings/inliquid-projects/partner-projects/juvenile-in-justice-crane-arts/) that opened last weekend is bucking the trend with a message of social justice and essential legal services for the city’s youth. While prints of Richard Ross’ work *[Juvenile-In-Justice](http://www.juvenile-in-justice.com/)* hang on the walls, [Crane Arts](http://www.cranearts.com/) and inLiquid Art + Design will be hosting a free juvenile record expungement clinic inside Crane Art’s [Ice Box project space](http://www.cranearts.com/icebox). The expungement clinic on December 3, which will help over 150 local youth, will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania. “If not expunged, a juvenile record is often a significant roadblock to employment and other opportunities for these young people,” says Ross. “Even when someone takes action to expunge their record, hiring a private lawyer can cost thousands of dollars,” says Ross, whose work that we [featured](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/rawfile/2012/04/photog-hopes-to-effect-policy-with-survey-of-juvenile-lock-ups/) in 2012 was one of Raw File's most widely read articles of the year. Beyond the significance of helping these youth succeed, the programming demonstrates a model for future marriage of art and social practice. “So often art that speaks to social justice issues is simply looked at, provoking brief contemplation among the audience. While awareness is certainly great, this exhibition turns the gallery into a laboratory for social change: photographic evidence of a problem hangs on the walls, while the people among the art work to alleviate it," adds Ross. If you want to flex your social activism muscles, contribute to inLiquid’s [expungement clinic fundraising](http://www.inliquid.org/JuvenileInJustice/sponsor-a-youth-by-joining-our-indiegogo-campaign-today/). *Photo: Richard Ross. A 12-year-old in his cell at the Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. The window has been boarded up from the outside. The facility is operated by Mississippi Security Police, a private company. In 1982, a fire killed 27 prisoners and an ensuing lawsuit against the authorities forced them to reduce their population to maintain an 8:1 inmate to staff ratio.*
07LaraShipley
International Online Directory Launched to Support Work of Female Photogs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the launch of *[Women In Photo](http://womeninphoto.com/)*, art and photography directors have no excuses for Rolodexes lacking the names of female photographers. Several months ago, Daniel Shea went out on a limb and published a [long statement](http://danielshea.tumblr.com/post/60281468632/gillian-wearing-self-portrait-as-my-uncle-2003) about sexism in the commercial and editorial photography industries. Shea wasn’t entirely comfortable being the one bringing the issue to the table — as a white, straight male he noted the tension between the inequalities he observed and the privileged position he inhabits on the other side of the gender divide. Still, Shea hoped, he could spark a lively, open debate and hopefully team with others to redress gender inequality. Photographers responded [far](http://womeninphoto.com/tumblr/) and [wide](http://womeninphoto.com/replies-from-elsewhere/) with tales of their own experience. From that energetic conversation has grown a practical application. Women In Photo, designed by [Kimmy Eliot Fung](http://das-atelier.tumblr.com/), launched this week with lists of American and international female editorial photographers. You can submit photographers' names with an email to: [email protected]. *Photo: [Lara Shipley](http://larashipley.com/), Terri, Twin of Klayla.*
Copyright © Donna DeCesare,199608DonnaDecesareUnsettled
Epic Photobook Covers Effects of Drugs Wars on Children ------------------------------------------------------- Donna DeCesare has brought together three decades of photographs in her new book *[Unsettled / Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs](http://www.donnadecesare.com/portfolio/unsettleddesasosiego/)*. The [book](https://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/decuns), which has texts in both English and Spanish, is a “journey into the lives of children deeply affected by civil war and gang violence \[that\] traces the evolution and expansion of the notorious 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha gangs from the barrios of Los Angeles to the shanties of Central America.” It’s a visual mirror to the arc of recent history that has seen the War On Drugs define much of the United States' foreign policy and relationships with Latin America. Check out DeCesare's images on [The New Yorker Photobooth](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/11/donna-decesare-unsettled.html#slide_ss_0=1). DeCesare won the [2013 Maria Moors Cabot Prize](http://www.cabotprize.com/current-winners/) for outstanding reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean. *[Unsettled](http://www.donnadecesare.com/portfolio/unsettleddesasosiego/)* is exhibited at [Gallery 300](http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/news/879/) at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism until December 13, 2013. *Photo: Donna DeCesare. San Bartolo, El Salvador, 1996. "When La Loquita, Cashy, and Shy Boy began associating with gangs in Los Angeles, their families thought sending them back to El Salvador was the best way to keep them safe and out of gangs. But rival gangs were spreading from the United States to El Salvadorand the one bond the trusted was the gang they identified with."*
09AlbertoGarciaAlex
Deutsche Börse Prize Shortlist Perplexes ... Doesn't It Always? --------------------------------------------------------------- Sean O’Hagan of the Guardian [describes](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-2014-shortlist-photography-prize-richard-mosse) the shortlist for this years Deutsche Börse Prize as “surprising bordering on bemusing.” We’d agree. Of the four artists, we had only heard of Richard Mosse who’s [pink Aerochrome photographs of Congo](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/rawfile/2013/07/mosse-infrared/) are pretty hard to forget. It’s an esoteric group, for sure, and it’ll likely require return visits to the table to digest it all. [The Deutsche Börse Prize](http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg/dispatch/en/kir/dbg_nav/corporate_responsibility/33_Art_Collection/25_photography_prize) is awarded based on a single exhibition or publication in the past calendar year — Mosse for his exhibition *[The Enclave](http://www.richardmosse.com/works/the-enclave/)*, which represented Ireland at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Lorna Simpson for her recent [multimedia retrospective at the Jeu de Paume](http://www.jeudepaume.org/index.php?page=article&idArt=1999&lieu=6) in Paris, Jochen Lempert for *[Jochen Lempert](http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/index.php/lempert/articles/lempert.html)* at Hamburger Kuntshalle and Alberto García-Alix for his publication *[Autorretrato/Self-Portrait](http://tienda.lafabrica.com/en/3180-autorretrato.html?id_lang=1)*. Our first impressions is that Alberto Garcia Alix’s ranging survey of his life should win. His portraits of friends and artists at the fringe of art and gender-identity alongside stolen moments of travel redefine the self-portrait; *Autorretrato/Self-Portrait* is multi-decade #Selfie. [See more](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-photography-prize-2014-pictures) of the shortlisted artists' work. *Photo: Alberto Garcia Alix.*
10ASPEN2
New High-Def, Panoramic Ski Cams Installed in Aspen --------------------------------------------------- Ski cams are important resources for those of us who don’t live next to a ski area. They give us a quick look at what’s going on at our favorite hill and help us decide if we’re going to pile into the car and head up. Problem is, most ski cams are low-res pieces of junk, so there’s still plenty of guessing. Aspen, one of the Meccas of skiing, decided that it wanted better cams and has now installed [four 66-megapixel, panoramic, weatherproof cameras](http://aspen.roundshot.ch/) that take a 360-degree photograph every 10 minutes. Users can toggle between cameras and all the photos are archived and easily accessible. As you might expect, the cameras aren’t cheap. Aspen had to spend almost $20,000 to buy and install each one. That means that it’s probably going to be a while before the mom and pops, or even the mid-range ski areas can afford them.
11SKI
New Ski Clip Tries to Top Last Year’s Viral Hit ----------------------------------------------- It’s pretty hard to come up with a new way to film skiing these days. Everyone seems to have the same shots of youngsters launching off cliffs, sliding rails or throwing themselves off enormous manmade jumps. That’s why [last year’s clip of JP Auclair skiing through the streets of Trail, British Columbia](http://vimeo.com/32863936) went viral almost immediately. The five minute segment (which was part of the movie All.I.Can by Sherpas Cinema) caught people’s eye because it’s a beautifully edited display of some of the most acrobatic street skiing people had seen. Auclair hucks over parked cars in people’s driveways, jumps through swing sets and rides over clear, paved streets with sparks flying everywhere. To try and top that, Sherpas Cinema did something similar this year, but at night. Auclair is joined by another ski superstar, Tom Wallisch, and pair are in the streets of Toronto lit up by what look like high-powered flashlights. You can be your own judge, but we still like the first clip better. The new clip is fun to watch, but feels forced, kind of like a band trying to recreate a freshman masterpiece.
