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31 July 2009

Duncan Davidson: "It takes a team to photograph a TED"

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One of the two photographers who worked this year’s TEDGlobal, Duncan Davidson, shares his notes on TED photography. If you’re curious about some of the “people not seen” at TEDGlobal, the backroom elves who make things appear on the web by magic, read on:

Let me tell you, I’ve seen my fair share of workflows and this one is right up there at the top as far as all the requirements pulling at it. Public web distribution via Flickr, team blog support, and news distribution. I wish I could say that some single tool just made this easy, but when it’s at this level, it’s not about tools anymore.

Read “It Takes a Team to Photograph a TED” >>

Above: Stefan Sagmeister and Gordon Brown at TEDGlobal 2009. Oxford, UK, July 21-24, 2009. Credit: TED / Robert Leslie

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  • Bander Al Mutlaq

    Aug 3 2009

    Reached Riyadh , & still absorbing the TED Effect , WoW it was really an amazing experience :) , now reading the Solutions Focus book for Mark McKergow . . then , Drivers of Change again to know how the world might look like in 2050

    Here is part of TEDx Arabia team participation on taking TED global photos ; Enjoy it :

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/TEDx-Arabia/84691579975?pub=2309869772

    Best regards,

  • Marlena Burns

    Aug 4 2009

    Thanks Bander for the link to the photos. Enjoy your journey! Hmm, 2050? I might not live that long, lol


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