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Go Shop with Jennifer (she likes knee-highs).

I have a minor new gig reporting on celebrity news before daybreak, so I’m afraid you guys are going to get the brunt of that for a while. It’s just too hard for me to start thinking about William Eggleston after I’ve learned that Heidi Montag has hired her psychic as her manager.

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A Moment in Motion: Nuit Blanche.

I'm trying to learn things about motion. I consulted Motionographer today to that end, and found Nuit Blanche. I love it; it's violent and sparkly and slowwwww.

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• See a great documentary about Weegee here!

• “At 69, Eggleston has been married to his wife Rosa for 44 years and raised three children. He has been known to shoot indoors–guns, not just pictures. There have been various run-ins with the law. And over the years, he’s been the best of friends with Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. He’s also been one of the most original artists of your lifetime.”—Time Magazine, October 31, 2008

• “Lots of younger photographers that I talk to think that after PDN 30 you’re going to get rich and get a rep and never have to work hard at success. How wrong you are my young photographer friend!“

• Ask an Atelierista! Check out this amazing rethinking of Raymond Meier.

• PDN 3o, you are still so exciting to me. I love the reveal. Woohoo to all, esp. Elizabeth Weinberg and Thomas Prior!

• this Host Our Coast looks like it could be a pretty sweet short-term gig.

• This is relevant because The French Chef was sponsored by The Polaroid Foundation.

• I predict a flurry of ipad portfolios will start to make the rounds…

• See a slideshow of the 2010 World Press Photo winners.

• Everyone is talking about this kickass new photo blog aggregation site, The Photography Post. I’d check it out if I were you.