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Lens or Lense may refer to:

Optics[link]

• Lens (optics), an optical element which converges or diverges light
  • Lens (anatomy), a part of the eye
  • Corrective lens for correction of human vision
    • Contact lens, placed on the cornea of the eye
  • Camera lens, a lens designed for use on a camera

Focusing of other radiation and forces[link]

• Gravitational lens, a massive astronomical object which causes visual distortions
• Electrostatic lens, a device used to focus or collimate electron beams
• Explosive lens, a shaped explosive charge with focused blast
• Microwave lens, used to focus microwave radiation in slotted waveguide antennas

Lentil-shaped things[link]

• Lens (genus), the genus of the lentil plant
• Lens (geometry), a geometric shape formed from two arcs
• Lens (geology), a body of ore or rock that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges
• Lens (hydrology), a layer of fresh water derived from rainfall, overlying saline groundwater
• Kamera lens (biology), a unicellular, flagellate organism and the only species of the genus Kamera.

Places[link]

• Arrondissement of Lens, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Lens, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in that arrondissement
    • RC Lens, its football (soccer) club
• Lens, Belgium
• Lens, Valais, Switzerland

People[link]

• Louis Lens, Flemish rose breeder
• Nicholas Lens, Belgian composer
• Josef Lense, physicist
• Jeremain Lens, Dutch-Surinam footballer

Other uses[link]

• Laser engineered net shaping, a rapid prototyping technology capable of building fully dense metal parts
• Perspective (cognitive)
• Lens (computer science)
• Lens, a fictional alien device in E. E. Smith's Lensman series

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Vincent Laforet (born 1975, Switzerland) is a French American director and photographer. Laforet shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography with two other photographers as a member of The New York Times staff's coverage of the post 9/11 events overseas that captured "the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan."^[1] In 2006, Laforet became the Times' s first national contract photographer.^[2] He has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life. He is represented by the Stockland Martel agency.

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In 2002, PDN named Vincent Laforêt as one of the “30 photographers under 30 to watch″. In 2005, American Photo Magazine recognized Laforêt as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Photography.” He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. His work has been recognized in the Communication Arts Annual, PDN Annual, The SPD Magazine Cover of the Year (Society of Publication Designers), The World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies such as Apple, Adobe, Carl Zeiss, Leica, Canon, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite. He and his work have been profiled on CNN and Good Morning America.

In 2008 Laforet directed "Reverie", the first widely available short film shot with the Canon 5d mark II camera. The video has been cited by proposers of the use of DSLR cameras in digital cinematography^[3] and has been heralded as one of the films that launched the HDSLR movement.

In 2010 he launched a nationwide film competition "Beyond The Still" and he directed the final chapter the film which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. He is a DGA Director (Director's Guild of America) and of the ICG (International Cinematographers' Guild - Local 600.) He has directed a number of short films and numerous commercials.

In 2011, he was chosen by Canon. to be one of the first 4 filmmakers to shoot with their first cinema camera, the Canon C300, and he directed the film "Mobius" which premiered at Paramount Studios. The opening was attended by Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Robert Rodriguez, and JJ Abrams.

In 2011 his first book VISUALS STORIES (see below for link) was released by Peachpit and describes his thought process and approach to a variety of assignments throughout his photography career.

Laforet has been awarded 3 of the prestigious Cannes Lions (Platinum, Gold, Silver) for his commercial directing work.

Laforet attended the Dalton School and received his B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1997. He is fluent in French and speaks Russian and Spanish. He lives in Manhattan Beach, California^[2]

Laforet was an adjunct professor at the Columbia Journalism's Graduate School of Journalism, The International Center of Photography and the Poynter Institute. He was inducted in Northwestern's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.

Laforet is one of the speakers at the Vimeo Festival+Awards 2012.^[4]

External links[link]

• His site: Laforet Visuals
• One of the more popular HDSRL/Photography blogs - blog.vincentlaforet.com
• His Vimeo Page
• His book "VISUAL STORIES
• Stockland Martel photo agency

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