Links posted on June 06, 2008
Pulitzer Photos (and more) - the photo Pulitzers came out recently, with two extraordinary photos taking first and second. That spurred a fascinating rundown over at the washpost chat house of recent past winners and what the pulitzer committee looks for. [so you don't have to wade through, photos embedded after jump.]
Jason Kottke links to this extraordinary slideshow of photos taken from RFK's Funeral train, narrated by the photographer.
Meanwhile, Bruce Scheier runs down the War on Photography -- this Guide to Photographer's Rights is well worth browsing through. Forbidding photography in a public place is almost *never* legitimate, and seizing film in the absence of an arrest or a court order is never permitted. [more inside]
Awful License Plates - if you enjoyed hearing from the complainants against this scourge on our streets, or the couple of sightings by alkalineearthlings, you'll get a kick out of these first and second hand pix of awful license plates put together by SA. [link is fully safe for work, stay within the well-marked path]. Time to go browse through the TXDOT collection for your own "EATTHE" masterpiece?