Link: Jenn Ackerman’s Photos of Frozen Minnesota – NYTimes.com
“The 4-by-5 allowed me to stare,” said Ms. Ackerman, who hauled her camera gear behind her on a plastic sled. “The whole process is a silent one anyway. You can’t really communicate with the people you’re photographing because you’re behind a big camera, covered with a drape.”
Link: enri canaj – shadow in greece | burn magazine
Time passes fast. The city is now fading. Some people abandon it due to the crisis. Many shops and hotels have shut down, the centre is now almost deserted. People fear they will get ripped-off, they hear that this happens all the time. They no longer feel like going out and wandering about like before. They even fear seeing all the poverty and destitution, they drug-users who will rip you off for their shot, the women prostituting themselves.
Link: NY Times portfolio reviewJana Romanova | Le Journal de la Photographie
Book is an official document that all rescue officers in the Russian Federation get after their first certification. Every owner of this book has to fill it by hand, writing down all the accidents he was involved with as a rescue officer throughout his career. It becomes a sort of a lifetime experience record of seeing people suffering and dying almost every day
What takes me aback are how graphic the news photos are (#8 especially) as compared to the almost total visual censorship of American war casualties over the past twelve years.
Link: Interview with Michelle McNally | Le Journal de la Photographie
I’m hoping we get a little retro, in the sense that not everybody can take a picture that can be published. I’m still attached to the idea of working with a professional photographer. One who is smart, that I can trust, that is recording events on the field and understand how we need to have them covered
Link: By the Glow of the Jukebox | B
My backordered copy of Jason Eskenazi’s The Americans List finally arrived a few days ago, and I’ve been slowly pouring through it. It is a dense book, 83 pages exactly (!) of thick text printed at maybe 4 pt fontsize. I can do maybe 4 or 5 pages at a time before I get brainfreeze. I know what you’re thinking. Ugh! Do we really need another book about The Americans? How many is that now? And how many blog posts? Trust me, none of them are quite like this one. For starters, this one is only a few bucks and fits in a pocket.
Link: Across Syria, Prize-Winning Pictures of War – NYTimes.com
“It’s tremendous recognition for a group of five of the most talented and brave photographers working in the world today for their work covering the awful war in Syria,” Mr. Lyon said. “It’s very fitting given their dedication and commitment in the face of terrible work conditions over the course of the last year.”
Link: Tragedy at the Boston Marathon: One Photographer’s Eyewitness Account – LightBox
LightBox spoke with Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki, who photographed the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Tlumacki, who has photographed more than 20 marathons in his 30 years at the Globe, describes the sheer chaos of the scene:
