| When Your Camera Knows Where You Are A new technology lets your digital camera detect thousands of silent wireless networking beacons, decide exactly where you are and then transmit a batch of photos wirelessly to your computer. nytimes.com |
U.S. beats Brazil in beach volleyball semifinal &$ &$Kerri Walsh (front, L) and Misty May-Treanor of the U.S. celebrate a point during the women's semifinal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games beach volleyball event against Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha of Brazil in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor of the U.S. won the match 2-0 and advanced to final.(Xinhua/Sadat)&$&$ &$ english.people.com.cn |
Gianni Giansanti, Unofficial Photographer of Pope John Paul II, Is Dead at 52 Mr. Giansanti’s photographs appeared regularly in newspapers and magazines around the world, with many of the images distributed by the Sygma photo agency. nytimes.com |
Hubert Van Es, War Photographer, Dies at 67 Mr. Van Es was a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and took one of the best-known images of the American evacuation of Saigon in 1975. nytimes.com |
A Closer Reading of Roman Vishniac He was the foremost photographer of prewar Eastern European Jewish life. But how real was the image he created? nytimes.com |