Weekly roundup of the best articles from around the web for photographers, filmmakers and visual artists.

Posted by Greg Scoblete
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
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The Indiana Jones of Action Sports Photography – Adventure Sports
Nihilistic Photojournalism – Disphotic
The Forgotten Women Who Colorized the First Films – Artsy
What Does Successful Distribution Look Like? – Film Independent
How The Many Works With Photographers – PDN
The Photographer Giving New Life to Plastic – Aperture
Saturday Night Live Photographer on Her Best Portraits – Vulture
We Found a Fly in a Weather-Sealed Lens, So We Tested It – LR
Queer & Now & Then: 1966 – Film Comment
World Press Photo Story of the Year Nominee – Witness
Gil Riggoulet on Street Photography – Street Photography
Shooting a Complex, Brutal and Poetic Film – IndieWire
An Introduction to Documentary Budgeting – Documentary
How I Survived Cancer & Finished a 15-Year Documentary – Talkhouse
Getting the Aretha Franklin Documentary to the Finish Line – MovieMaker
Photographer You Should Know: Cole Wilson – Rangefinder
Reconstructing the First Color Photograph – The Instructables
How to Make Tech Behave Without Ripping Up 1st Amendment – Stratechery
My Favorite Camera Finds – Japan Camera Hunter
‘Drunk History’ Has Had a Major Impact on Documentaries – NonFic
POTD: Russia’s Overlooked Citizens, Portrayed on Instagram
TECH: A Photo for the Ages | New Features for Sony Full Frame
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Source: PDN Great Weekend Reads in Photography & Filmmaking