Writing
iPhone photo apps that go beyond the lo-fi
by Lauren Crabbe, Macworld.com Jul 28, 2011 6:30 am
Yes, it is possible to take good photos on your iPhone without shoving it through a lo-fi app. And as cool as it may seem to make your party photos look like they were taken in 1976, one can’t help wonder what we will think of them in retrospect.
“iGranny,” your offspring will ask in 2050, “why is that photo of you from 2011 so tattered and old?”
“Well, listen close, Hansolo,” you say as you take him on your cyborg knee. “In 2011, we had our hands on some incredibly advanced mobile phone and camera technology. And instead of using it to properly record our moment in history, we took photos in applications that destroyed all of the detail to apply an antique effect because we didn’t feel like our generation had enough cultural credibility.”
Now you made little Hansolo cry, are you happy?
Lo-fi apps have their place, but for photographers who want to use their iPhone for higher-quality image capture and editing, here are some useful and fun apps.
Jimmy Kragh receives clean needles from the methadone clinic. Having struggled with heroin addiction since 1978, Kragh hopes that the new prescription heroin program can be more effective than the methadone-only treatments he has tried in the past.
Improving lives with heroin
The Århus city council is set to approve a new program that aims to get severe addict’s lives back on track – through prescription heroin.
By Lauren Crabbe & Nadia Vasjunina
February 11, 2010
ÅRHUS— “They inject it and smoke it,” said Ole Madsen, Århus Police Inspector. “And there is a group of addicts that are criminals.”
“If you’re addicted to heroin you need DKK 1000-2000 every single day to get drugs. And that kind of money is made with prostitution, theft, burglary, forging documents and things like that.”
Jimmy Kragh is an addict, and honest about his situation. He visits the methadone clinic in Århus daily. But he admits, that he takes heroin too. Jimmy Kragh confirms the fact that he will typically steal, when he needs money for heroin.
“Maybe I will go in to a shop and take three jackets under my arm and get out quickly. Then I can sell them, and get DKK 3000 out of it.”
He believes that prescription heroin is a good idea, and could help the addicts who commit crime in frustration.
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In West Belfast, prisoners released after the 1998 peace treaty were met with acceptance locally, but face problems with employment, addiction and relationships.
By Lauren Crabbe
June 10, 2010
BELFAST— When Peter Lynch got out of prison under the Good Friday Agreement in 1999, he was 28 and had spent most of his adult life in prison. After eight years in the infamous H-Blocks, he was released into a society that was very different from the one he had left behind.
There was no longer a military battle going on in his neighborhood between the IRA, UDA and British government and there was no pressure for him to join in. He spent his first years simply enjoying his new freedom and found that the community of West Belfast was extremely accepting.
“When I was put in jail, I didn’t have a trade. I didn’t have a profession. That is what hinders you when you come out,” he said. “But there’s nobody in our community that would hold that against you.”
Lauren Crabbe is a photojournalist, writer, and barista in San Francisco, California. She has traveled throughout Europe for her photography and uses journalism as an outlet for her passion for storytelling. Lauren currently lives in the sleepy Sunset District of San Francisco with her husband and works freelance for technology magazines. She is available for freelance work.
