Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson | The New Yorker

    The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson | The New Yorker

    The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson “Why New Jersey? Because people make such a funny face when you mention New Jersey.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/the-lost-new-jersey-photographs-of-henri-cartier-bresson In 1975, the renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson received an invitation to travel from Paris to America for what would become one of his final photographic projects. Choose…

  • Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH

    Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH

    Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH As the publishing and awards director/senior editor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, I first met Will Warasila when he was a graduate student in Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA) program (he graduated in Ma via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/02/will-warasila-quicker-than-coal-ash/ Quicker than Coal…

  • Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH

    Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH

    Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH I met Argus Paul Estabrook through a mutual friend in my last year of undergrad at Virginia Intermont College back in 1997 or 1998. We didn’t reconnect until the invention of social media when I became much more aware of his work. Back in 2021, I…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH The idea of cruising is/was a national past time in small towns and big cities. I well remember the cool night air as a carload of girlfriends and I drove down Sunset Strip night after night in someone’s family station wagon, air thick with…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH …it comes natural to me, as I try to get to know this country walking through the deserted alleys of Santa Monica, to notice these little clues, and to take pictures of them. I recently met Francesca Forquet while reviewing portfolios at the Palm Spring Photo…

  • “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace – burn magazine

    “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace When I landed at West Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport just over 43 years ago, it marked the beginning of a 12-year exploration of life behind… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2023/01/communisms-a-cold-war-album-by-arthur-grace/ When I landed at West Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport just over 43 years…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH Los Angeles or La Puebla de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles (The City of our Lady the Queen of the Angels) was founded by the Spaniards in 1781 and passed into American possession in 1846. It was however of no great importance until…

  • “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier – burn magazine

    “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier Of the bloody civil war (1989-2003) that decimated Liberia, its population does not speak. No proper memorial has been built, no day is dedicated … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2023/01/reaching-for-dawn-by-elliott-verdier/ Of the bloody civil war (1989-2003) that decimated Liberia, its population does not speak.…

  • Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics

    Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics

    Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics “Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers at Magnum” unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/789063/charting-photography-gender-dynamics-icp/ Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers at Magnum unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera.

  • The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH

    The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH

    The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH Happy 2023! Thank you to everyone who contributed photographs to this massive 14-part post. We received hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of images from every corner of the world. The work shared are favorite photos, not best photos, each ho via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/01/the-favorite-photograph-you-took-in-2022-exhibition/…

  • Jesse Rieser: Souvenirs from Paradise – LENSCRATCH

    Jesse Rieser: Souvenirs from Paradise – LENSCRATCH

    Jesse Rieser: Souvenirs from Paradise – LENSCRATCH For his exhibition titled Souvenirs From Paradise, Jesse intertwines divergent narratives from his works A Vanishing America Folklore and The Changing Landscape of American Retail in his search to find meaning in the meaningless. I have always been a big via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/12/jesse-rieser-souvenirs-from-paradise/ I have always been a…

  • 100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures – The New York Times

    100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures – The New York Times

    100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures It is the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says he wants to remedy by waging war against Ukraine; it is the legacy of Moscow’s dominance that Ukrainians hope to free themselves of by defeating Moscow. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/world/europe/soviet-union-100-years-in-pictures.html With…

  • The 100 best photos by Chicago Tribune photographers in 2022 – Chicago Tribune

    The 100 best photos by Chicago Tribune photographers in 2022 – Chicago Tribune

    The 100 best photos by Chicago Tribune photographers in 2022 As the photography staff of the Chicago Tribune looks back on the stories of 2022, we hope the following pages of outstanding photography confirm our commitment to bring you fair and relevant images in a timely manner. Throughout the year, our photographe via Chicago Tribune:…

  • See 100 years of history, captured by Globe and Mail photographers – The Globe and Mail

    See 100 years of history, captured by Globe and Mail photographers – The Globe and Mail

    See 100 years of history, captured by Globe and Mail photographers 100 years ago, The Globe and Mail hired its first staff photographer, and nearly four dozen have followed since. Explore our curated collection of their work, more than 1,650 images, year-by-year from 1922 to 2022 via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-100-years-photography/ 100 years ago,…

  • Top Photos of 2022 – Jonesblog

    Link: Photographically, this year was a little better than last year, partially because I was able to get out of the house and lab a bit more this year, and even did some travel where I got to reconnect with friends and colleagues at a couple of meetings.

  • Michael Knapstein: Midwest Memoir – LENSCRATCH

    Michael Knapstein: Midwest Memoir – LENSCRATCH

    Michael Knapstein: Midwest Memoir – LENSCRATCH This past September, I had the good fortune to be asked to juror Photo Midwest and attend the Photo Midwest Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. I met so many wonderful people, spent time with old friends, and saw a mother-lode of fantastic work. Included in t via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/12/michael-knapstein-midwest-memoir/ This…

  • The Best New Yorker Photos of 2022 | The New Yorker

    The Best New Yorker Photos of 2022 | The New Yorker

    The Best New Yorker Photos of 2022 Many of the magazine’s most memorable images this year made work of subverting the familiar. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2022-in-review/the-best-new-yorker-photos-of-2022 James Nachtwey’s photograph from Bucha, Ukraine, is a wartime tableau cluttered with the stuff of life. Bottles and boxes sit atop of a worn floral tablecloth. A metal…

  • The Year in Pictures 2022 – The New York Times

    The Year in Pictures 2022 – The New York Times

    The Year in Pictures 2022 Photographers captured historic moments of war, grief and wonder that defined the year. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/year-in-pictures.html Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. Recently, every…

  • Max Pinckers’s Spectacular World Cup | The New Yorker

    Max Pinckers’s Spectacular World Cup | The New Yorker

    Max Pinckers’s Spectacular World Cup Finding documentary photography’s blind spots at the world’s biggest sporting event. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/max-pinckerss-spectacular-world-cup Finding documentary photography’s blind spots at the world’s biggest sporting event.

  • Best Arts Photos of 2022 – The New York Times

    Best Arts Photos of 2022 – The New York Times

    How We Saw the Arts This Year These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/arts/best-arts-photos-2022.html Together, these photographs capture a narrative about a year in the arts, building a collection of evolving scenes and inner worlds. We asked some of the photographers to…