I first found this photo over at Washington’s Blog. The post where it appears makes a (short) argument about the ban of media coverage apparently imposed by BP and US officials and the alleged suspension of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution it represents. At the very end of the post, the author seems to put forward a legal argument supporting the publication of such pictures as the one shown above:

In addition, use of such images is also protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, reproduction is protected under the “Mai Lai/Zapruder line of cases”, since:

(1) The images are of historical significance;

(2) They show facts which cannot be conveyed effectively in any other manner, and

(3) Therefore the Constitution trumps copyright law. (more)

Now, what exactly are those “Mai Lai/Zapruder line of cases” ? It’s not a law, but a “line of cases” and it could plausibly be used to challenge the ban of some media access to the site of the catastrophe (see The New York Times: “BP and Officials Block Some Coverage of Golf Oil Spill”). More thoughts about this over at Aphelis.

“A look back at this year’s biggest news stories, from the serious (financial collapse) to the bizarre (balloon boy), paints an interesting picture of what events held our attention in this last year of the decade. The website Journalism.org monitors the news from 55 outlets every week, calculating what percent of the week’s print, television, radio, and internet reporting is devoted to each story. Our latest Transparency is a look at the totals for all the news this year, divided into categories of politics, culture, business, and plain old bad news”

A collaboration between GOOD and Naz Şahin and Şerifcan Özcan.

Mike Dacey is a designer-printer, owner of Repeat Press. Check his official website (running on Cargo) and his blog (running on Posterous). Visit the Repeat Press’ blog.

Nick says: “This was cut by hand (not with a pantograph) sometime before 1826. Pretty amazing.”

Nick Sherman: previously on Skandalon.

About Depression Press photostream: Depression Press is one of Ken Henderson’s Flickr account. Kent Henderson is an “art director and designer with 10+ years of experience in advertising, interactive and print design” (via his Linkedin profile). See his portofolio over at his other Flickr account.

Depression Press has a lot of interesting sets from typecase, printshop and vintage illustrations to old logos.

Great pool of photos related to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum.

Nick Sherman : “Born 1983; designer, skateboarder, musician. I work as a designer for MyFonts. I also teach typography at MassArt in Boston.” Via his Flickr profile. Visit his website.

Kennedy Press is the website “for Amos Paul Kennedy’s poster work. There are many many posters viewable on the site, some are still available for sale.” Amos Paul Kennedy is a one-of-a-kind letterpress printer. See his profile and learn about the documentary that was made about his life and work, Proceed And Be Bold!. Mickey Burton made a postercard to promote the film.

Mickey Burton is the co-founder of Little Jacket (a creative communications and brand development company) and collaborate on a regular basis with the Cranky Pressman (an online letterpress service). He’s now working with 160over90 (a branding agency) You can find a nice and short video of Mickey Burton working on a press HERE or browse his photostream on Flickr.