Link: New York – Tokyo-Ga : Ensemble c’est tout | La Lettre de la Photographie
In solidarity with the recent events that have shaken Japan, the curator Naoko Ohta has conceived a large-scale photography project. One hundred photographers roamed the streets of Tokyo to take the pulse of this bustling metropolis turned gathering place.
Last year, the Baltimore Police Department published a General Order to officers explaining that members of the public have a right to record their activity in public, but the Justice Department said in its 11-page letter this week that the order didn’t go far enough, and pointed out several areas where it should clarify and assert more strongly the rights that individuals possess.
“This is where John White preached,” he said. “This is where Alfred Eisenstaedt and Joe Rosenthal stood. This is where Gordon Parks would walk down the halls of the Days Inn with a girl on either side when he was in his 80s. This is where photographers like Bill Frakes would get kids up at 3 in the morning to go out and make pictures so theirs would be better than everyone else’s. This is the place where passion pulses through everyone’s veins 24 hours a day — where sleep is not important.”
Link: La Lettre de la Photographie
The Leica gallery presents a must-see retrospective of the black-and-white and color work of the Swiss photographer, whose insolence is reflected in his attitude as much as in his images.
In that sense, no photographic treatment of any place will ever be truthful. Too much will be excluded, and our brains would never be able to even process the infinity of images and information a truthful portrayal would provide.
Using tiny props, the Carmichael Collective has built a series of small remembrances for dead bugs they found around their office and on the street. The “Bug Memorials” project documents these shrines in photos and a short YouTube video.
