links for 2009-07-06

"Two French students were awarded the annual Grand Prix du Photoreportage Etudiant last week to honor a photographic story that presented images documenting the precarious lives of students today and the things they must do in order to survive and succeed.
The only catch is that the entire story was a fake."
A brilliant fake – the photos were incredible, and the photojournalism clichés they exposed were precise.