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NYC's Best Indie Booksellers
New York’s independent booksellers offer shelter from the storm of holiday shopping and ple...
International Motion Art Awards: Eric Daigh
Eric Daigh is a Michigan-based technology artist—or, as he is also known, a pushpin artist&...
Tech News: Sony Bolsters Its Small-Censor Line with the HXR-NX3
The popularity of large-sensor cameras has boomed since the release of the Canon 5D Mark II nearl...
Resources: A Primer on Music Licensing
Licensing music for a scene can cost a fortune. Working with diegetic sound—sound whose sou...
Friday Focus: End Your Week With This Brilliant Mock Commercial
Let’s end the week on a high note, with some low comedy. Adweek features what it calls a &l...
Dept of Ideas: Dogs + Cars = A Delightful 2014
Los Angeles-based photographer Lara Jo Regan knows how dogs please humans, and she knows how huma...
Call for Entries: POYi Launches 2013 Photojournalism Competition
Pictures of the Year International has opened the online registration and entry process for the 7...
Last-Minute Shopping: The Most Luxurious Cameras of the Year
Two historic Leica Luxus cameras from the 1930s were recently sold at a Bonhams auction in Hong K...
Insight: Photojournalist Ben Lowy On Embracing Change
Is conventional photography dead? “No…but what’s conventional photography?&rdq...
Allen Frame: Dialogue with Bolano
Allen Frame, known for gritty black and white photography inspired by film-noir and Italian Neore...
Screening Room: Watch Sundance 2014 Short Films
The Sundance Film Festival recently announced its 2014 lineup of short films—66 entries tha...
DIY Film: 10 Tips For Using a Slider Creatively
Take your filmmaking to a more creative level by watching videographer Jordy Vandeput’s tut...
Animation Showcase: Jessica Ashman's "The Cycle"
Jessica Ashman’s stop-motion short The Cycle, made for an animation course at the Royal Col...
Insight: Top 10 Tips for Filmmakers New to Twitter
You probably already know that the craft of filmmaking today means building an audience for your ...
Insight, 2: "Crash Reel" Director on Why Docs Are Hard to Make
Depicting professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s rise to the top of his sport and then his...
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Today's #Illustration Source #Image of the Day is by Christopher Zacharow on the secrets behind the universe: http://t.co/qe8D2yKSnd

RT @pablodelcan: Our #modernlove animation is live at http://t.co/3H1CDJOROa #nytimes great fun collaborating with@freebrianrea and @zena_b

Copyright Office Reverses Position on Resale Royalty Rights (droit de suite) reversing its 20-year-old opposition. http://t.co/QKosGadqDX

MAP: Watch Jessica Ashman's "The Cycle." Inspired by the anatomical illustrations of Fritz Kahn. https://t.co/fj4Dk1TOuV

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Today's #Illustration Source #Image of the Day is by Janusz Kapusta on getting together: http://t.co/MsEhR51kb1

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