This photo of Che Guevara taken in 1960 was described as “the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century” by the Maryland Institute College of Art. Taken by Alberto Korda at a funeral service for the victims of the La Coubre explosion, the image has become one of the most reproduced and merchandised in the world, and a universal symbol of revolution and rebellion. Korda himself never made any money from the photo. Its story is here.

The original photo, copyright the Korda Estate

www.derelictlondon.com - an extraordinary collection of images by photographer Paul Talling showing the “hidden underbelly” of London.

A photographer’s blog with no images, only words describing the photographs he did not take. Missed opportunities with no camera, or occasions where he was not brave enough to click the shutter. Vivid and often poignant, www.unphotographable.com.

Just a plug for the image hosting service I use for my main gallery at DigitalNature. It’s not free, but SmugMug offer an amazing amount of customisation and fine tuning. My old gallery was all hand coded and consequently adding new photos or galleries wasn’t a quick exercise. Using the CSS and HTML customisation of the Pro account (also available with Power User accounts) I was able to make my SmugMug hosted site look almost identical to my original site. With the Pro account you can also use your own domain name and sell your images, setting your own prices. If you’re not confident with CSS/HTML, there’s an online forum with some very helpful and knowledgeable people. Alternatively a choice of themes are available. There’s a free 14 day trial, and if you click the logo above you can save $5 on your subscription.

Thought provoking and sometimes disturbing, photojournalist images from Reuters here.

Amazingly clear and sharp photos provided courtesy of NASA - click the image below to go to the gallery.

Note: NASA images are not generally copyrighted and may be used freely on the Internet. More details here.

Download their software and create your own photo book. Add captions, preface, choose the layout, front & back cover etc. Then upload the completed book and order a softback or hardback version. Prices are ridiculously cheap starting at $12.95 for a softback with up to 40 pages, for a single copy! Shipping (to the UK) cost me $7.90. Finish and binding was excellent quality on the 8×10 inch softback I ordered. I don’t know how they do it for the money! You can even sell the books via their site (but their “set your price” feature is only available in the US). www.blurb.com

Some Photographs

By Mark Graves

Book Preview

I was impressed with animoto.com, a site that enables you to very easily create a dynamic video from your photos set to music. You can choose images from your computer or online from sites such as Flickr. Music can be chosen from a selection provided or uploaded. Once created the video can be saved to your computer or uploaded to video sharing sites such as YouTube (you can leave it hosted with Animoto but they place a watermark in the corner throughout the video).

It’s free to create a 30 second video, $3 for “full length” (determined by number of images) or $30 unlimited use for a year. Here’s a sample I created in minutes based on my shots from Thailand.

.