Category: Interviews

Gary Wang: Rangefinder Singapore

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Gary Wang is a street photographer based in Singapore and is well regarded for his work shot on his Leica camera and super-wide 21mm lens. He is the founding member & head of Rangefinder Singapore, a community dedicated to further knowledge of photography and rangefinder cameras. He has also been recently nominated to the 2011 Platform Ten project. Eric Kim had the chance to sit down with Gary recently and ask him a few questions.

Jake Stangel – A New Chapter


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I’ve been following Jake Stangel’s career for several years and noticed recently that he signed with Julian Richards and this month shot a feature in Esquire Magazine. He’s been very active online helping fellow emerging photographers, previously with his forum Too Much Chocolate and now a series of posts on his blog “the four most important things you can do to become a professional photographer“. I thought we should check in with Jake and see what’s going on.

Success Stories: Cole Thompson

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for the last several years I have practiced what I call “Photographic Celibacy.” My photo magazines are donated, my books gather dust on the shelf and I do not seek out new work on the internet. Not studying other photographers work has been very helpful and I give this technique much of the credit in helping me unearth my vision and to become more creative.

Conversation: Chris Johns, Editor, National Geographic Magazine

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If you get afraid of making mistakes, you are toast. You’re done. You’ve got to have courage. You’ve got to believe in yourself and the people who you surround yourself with, that you can go ahead, and your going to weigh the options, your going to be decisive, but a lot of its going to be visceral. This is really important because when it comes too intellectual, it becomes too cool. But when it becomes more visceral, and I’m not talking about flying off the handle, but there’s a gut thing.

Christopher Anderson- Return of the Staff Photographer

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On Tuesday, New York Magazine announced that it had signed longtime contributor and well-known photojournalist Christopher Anderson as the weekly magazine’s first-ever “photographer-in-residence.” In a statement released to the British Journal of Photography, New York said the 41-year-old Brooklyn-based shooter would tackle a “broad array of subjects in a full range of styles, from photojournalism to portraiture to conceptual work.” Anderson will now work exclusively for New York, at least where print magazines are concerned. The odd thing, here, is that the era of the staff photographer was supposed to have ended when National Geographic gradually moved away from the practice. We called Anderson to try and make sense of the sudden turn of events.

Jim Wilson’s Republican Presidential Campaign Photos

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Covering politics over the decades, he has seen tremendous changes – both in the style of the campaigns and the technology he has used to photograph them. In recent weeks, he’s been covering the Republican presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, focusing almost entirely on Mitt Romney

Michael Levin on Continuum

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Sitting in the gallery surrounded by Michael Levin’s photographs, I feel a sense of calm. Though the images are still frames I perceive a sense of movement. There is something about Levin’s images that inspire a sense of “being” in the moment – and it is a peaceful and pleasant moment

The State of the Industry: Gregg Lhotsky, B&A

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The State of the Industry, is a new column where Suzanne Sease speaks with advertising industry professionals and influencers to discuss what’s happening and where we’re headed.

Gregg Lhotsky is a well-respected photography representative with the acclaimed Bernstein & Andruilli. Gregg and I have had the pleasure of working together when I was at The Martin Agency and have been friends ever since. I admire Gregg’s eye for talent, his professionalism and the fact that we both grew up in Baltimore, Maryland (same age but never knew each other).