The New York Times has an article about Mary Ellen Mark's seminal photo documentary essay, Falkland Road. Nearly 25 years after it was completed, the images are being shown again in a couple of New York galleries.

“When Ms. Mark was working, AIDS had not yet surfaced. Anyone coming to these photographs for the first time will surely be struck by their almost overwhelming vitality. Anyone who also saw them in 1981 will feel a remembered wonder and a sense of foreboding that is new.”

The book, Falkland Road, was out of print until Mary Ellen Mark had it reissued and published again.

Photocritic.org: Home of budget DIY photography projects [DIY stands for Do It Yourself]

SnapJot: Group publishing for busy people

Heart and Soul, a terrific photo column by Chicago-based photog Scott Strazzante

You can take the airlines out of India, but you can't take the Indian out of the airlines

Genetically modified E.Coli bacteria apparently can now take pictures [I think I can retire now]

“ShutterSeek is a free, community-driven photography news service that allows photographers and artists to post and rate news, events and products from the photography world. Put simply, you decide what is important and what isn't.”

I do hope this site takes off. It's a great idea and I will be sure to post relevant and hopefully useful information on the site. I welcome you to check it out, create an account for yourselff and play along.

India Uncut [a terrific blog] pointed me to Suyog Gaidhani's woes with an advertising agency called Workaholiks [don't bother clicking this link as it goes nowhere now]. Workaholiks, essentially, stole an image right off of Gaidhani's website and used it in one of their campaigns.

Tsk, tsk, tsk … Copyright infringement is huge in the US. Pilfering images off the net or otherwise would have you standing in front of a judge or cutting a huge fat check in multiples of what you would have originally paid for by simply licensing it legally. In India, thanks to Gaidhani's persistence things may just change [fingers crossed] for the better.

In any event, I applaud Suyog's resolve. The Rs. 2000 he finally received from the duplicitous agency, Suyog donated to his favorite charity. Bravo!

I am happy to tell you that I have now been published on ESPN.com as well. Sure, the story is tucked away on ESPN.com's Golf index page, but it is a great start. Looking forward to many more such opportunities. [Thanks Sean]