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Finding Community in the Shadows – Lens

For three years, Andrea Star Reese, a former filmmaker, has been photographing homeless people living in West Harlem. Her first project, “The Urban Cave,” will be exhibited at Visa pour l’Image, the international festival of photojournalism held in Perpignan, France, … Continue reading

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Presenting the Winners of The New York Photo Awards 2010

New York Photo Awards 2010 from Sam Barzilay on Vimeo. Link: The New York Photo Festival | The Future of Contemporary Photography

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A Photo Student › Quick Thoughts on NY Photo Festival

I happen to think there was a wide-range of photography represented and far more surprises than one would find in most publications. There are photo festivals that focus on much more traditional documentary work but that’s not what the New … Continue reading

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New York Photo Festival in 3D

The 3D “coverage” is being executed by DUMBO resident Martin Lenclos. Lenclos creates 3D online experiences of actual events, through the interplay of photos and video interviews, all set in an evocative 3D representation of the event’s environment. Soon after … Continue reading

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Photography and New Media at New York Photo Fest – The Photoletariat

A panel discussion kicked off the New York Photo Festival on Thursday that featured Elizabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor at The New Yorker and four photographers from the relatively new photo agency, INSTITUTE.  The topic was “New Directions in Storytelling” and … Continue reading

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Leica Will Lend You an M9 This Weekend (In NYC) | Gadget Lab

Leica has teamed up with the New York Photo Festival to offer the Leica Photo Scavenger Hunt this coming weekend. Link: Leica Will Lend You an M9 This Weekend (In NYC) | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

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The New York Photo Festival | The Future of Contemporary Photography

While some have described, in hyperbolic fashion, the death of photography… I see rather a birth and a new definition forming, an expansion on previous ideas… a birth occurring that brings with it a new world in a sense, a … Continue reading

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James Estrin & Josh Haner (NY Times Lens Blog): In Conversation

We see hundreds of projects a month.   There are scores of stories on Gaza, African immigrants in Europe, and drug/gang violence in Latin America, Which doesn’t mean that these are not important subjects.  It just means that to get … Continue reading

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David Alan Harvey (Burn Magazine): In Conversation

The key for photographers today is that they must be idea people. Concept people. It is no longer any advantage to have technical skills. Today one needs idea skills, to really have something to say, either journalistically or artistically. I … Continue reading

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Idurre Alonso (Curator, MoLAA): In Conversation – The New York Photo Festival

IA: Since photography in Latin America encompasses all types of aesthetics including documentary, conceptual and experimental formats, among others, heterogeneity is probably its only unifying element. What is clear to me is that Latin American photography moves in multiple ways; … Continue reading

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Mark Murrmann (Mother Jones): In Conversation – The New York Photo Festival

Mark Murrmann came to Mother Jones with a background as a freelance editorial and documentary photographer, having covered Congress, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath in New Orleans, and the repercussions of the Balkan wars in the former … Continue reading

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Jim Marshall, Photographer of Rock Stars, Dies – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com

Jim Marshall, a photographer who took some of the most famous images of rock and pop musicians, including Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar aflame at the Monterey International Pop Festival and Johnny Cash at San Quentin prison, died on Tuesday … Continue reading

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The Black Snapper

The Black Snapper: The magazine has gone live on August 1st 2009 and is working with guest curators such as Abbas of Magnum Photos, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, International Photo Festival Bangladesh, Centro de la Imagen in … Continue reading

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