Refreshingly unique photos.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/23/photojournalist-consistently-captures-unique-angles-of-nycs-skyline/Photojournalist Gary Hershorn has a distinctive flair for enchanting luminosity and utilizing unconventional vantage points. This is a persistent challenge when shooting one of New York City’s most popular subjects: its skyline.
The photographer talks about his first MOMA retrospective and how his prescient art flows from the act of paying attention.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/wolfgang-tillmanss-beautiful-awarenessIt’s fascinating that, when I started using photography as my main medium and art, obviously, I had no idea that this medium would become so central to all life, all human life today. It’s crazy, like, people engage and do it every day in a way that was totally unheard of twenty-five years ago. Even though everybody is a photographer now, somehow my pictures still stay recognizable and still stay what they are, which, you know, can’t be taken for granted.
He toured the Deep South extensively in the 1980s.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/23/large-format-photos-document-black-communities-in-the-1980s-deep-south/Baldwin Lee toured the Deep South throughout the 1980s where he captured Black Americans on a 4×5 large format camera.
In 1983, the photographer Baldwin Lee left his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and set off on a road trip through the American South. He did not know wh…
In 1983, the photographer Baldwin Lee left his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and set off on a road trip through the American South. He did not know what his subject would be, but during the trip, he found himself drawn to photographing Black Americans at home, at work and at play, in the street and amid nature. Over the next seven years, he made numerous road trips to the South to continue his work. He returned with images so poignant and piercing, the Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired his photographs.
An exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly intimate depiction of life during the recent revolution in Lebanon, by Myriam Boulos.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/03/the-women-of-magnum-photosAn exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly intimate depiction of life during the recent revolution in Lebanon, by Myriam Boulos.
From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, Olivia Laing considers the tensions between record and metaphor in the 1950s and ’60s.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-midcentury-photographers-who-balanced-reportage-with-artistry/From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, photography in the 1950s and ’60s was alive with the tensions between record and metaphor.
In 1977, when the photographer traveled to Nigeria for FESTAC, she discovered a thrilling reunion of the African Diaspora.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/marilyn-nances-euphoric-chronicle-of-a-legendary-african-arts-festival/In 1977, when the photographer Marilyn Nance traveled to Nigeria for FESTAC, she discovered a euphoric reunion of the African Diaspora.
A federal judge has halted a controversial law in Arizona that made it illegal for bystanders to film police from within 8 feet.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/10/federal-judge-halts-arizona-ban-on-filming-police-within-8-feet/A federal judge has halted the controversial new state law in Arizona that bans people from photographing and filming police officers within 8 feet. The new law, which opponents have slammed as a violation of free speech, was to go into effect on September 24th.
Photographer Hailey Sadler writes about her encounters with Ukrainian women during the war that transfigured their country.
via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/the-personal-wars-of-ukraines-women/Photographer Hailey Sadler writes about her encounters with Ukrainian women during the war that transfigured their country.
The camera became the center of Chauncey Hare’s life, and a tool for awakening his political consciousness.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/741181/chauncey-hare-quitting-your-day-job/Hare’s photography is little known today, partly because of his own efforts. Disillusioned with the art world, he called himself an “anti-official art artist” for a time before bitterly denouncing his artistic work altogether in 1985.
The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/761200/michelle-agins-on-perseverance-and-photographing-martin-luther-king/The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
“Bangkok May Be Gone” By Warun “Bearly” Siriprachai “It’s such a stressful situation as flood levels in Bangkok are at a dangerous level. Thailand had experienced a huge flo…
via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2022/09/bangkok-may-be-gone-by-warun-bearly-siriprachai/“It’s such a stressful situation as flood levels in Bangkok are at a dangerous level. Thailand had experienced a huge flood in 2011, almost all regions were submerged. Experts warning that Bangkok will be sinking in 25 years,In 2022 signs are becoming clearer.
For thirty-four years, the international festival of photojournalism “Visa pour l’Image,” in Perpignan, has reflected the world’s upheavals. Ukraine is necessarily at the forefront of this 2022 reiteration, which is also attentive to other crises and which even manages from time to time to come up for air.
via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/visa-pour-limage-in-the-shadow-of-ukraine/For thirty-four years, the international festival of photojournalism “Visa pour l’Image,” in Perpignan, has reflected the world’s upheavals. Ukraine is necessarily at the forefront of this 2022 reiteration, which is also attentive to other crises and which even manages from time to time to come up for air.
“Beware the Ides of March” Julius Caesar Photographs and text y Jérôme Sessini In 2014 until 2017, I worked in the Russian-speaking regions of Donbass, in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol… Russia was cle…
via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2022/09/beware-the-ides-of-march-julius-caesar-by-jerome-sessini/In 2014 until 2017, I worked in the Russian-speaking regions of Donbass, in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol… Russia was clearly supporting the pro-Russian separatists, and the Russian media was showering Russian-speaking civilians with propaganda against the Ukrainian government and against the Western media, but still, the russian-speaking civilians were paying with their lives. I photographed civilians victims of Ukrainian army artillery. I was guided by this feeling of revolt and injustice that I know too well, each time common people are killed, injured, torn apart, by wars that are beyond them…
The full story behind the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/31/the-full-story-behind-the-collapse-of-the-nat-geo-fine-art-galleries/This saga of the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries (hereafter referred to as the Galleries for the sake of simplicity) has been ongoing for years and started when PetaPixel contributor Ken Bower published an opinion where he expressed concern over the Galleries’ commission rate in July of 2018.
It raises questions of bias or impropriety.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/01/lenscultures-street-photography-awards-spark-questions-of-bias/Last week, LensCulture revealed the winners of its 2022 Street Photography Awards, including the top three series and top three single image winners. The competition is widely seen as the most prestigious street photography competition in the world. But less than a week later, the results of the awards have continued to instigate chatter, though not for the quality of the photos.
Most well-known for his 1956 book “Life is Good & Good for You in New York.”
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/09/12/influential-and-groundbreaking-photographer-william-klein-dead-at-96/American-born French photographer William Klein has passed away at the age of 96 in his home in Paris. Klein is considered one of the most influential and “groundbreaking” photographers thanks to his 1956 photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.
Three of my grandparents had already passed away when I was born and my grandfather died when I was seven, so I never really got a chance to understand or truly know these significant family icons in a profound way. It’s an unfortunate thing that we begin to explore family histories as the clock is
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/09/hannah-latham-give-me-a-dream/I had the great pleasure of meeting Hannah Latham and her work at a recent portfolio review and was struck by the profound sensitivity she brings to her recent series, Bring Me A Dream, which focuses on the tragic decline of her paternal grandparents. Latham created Bring Me A Dream as her thesis project at Rhode Island School of Design,
I first saw Victoria Sambunaris’ work at the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University during my last semester as a student. I was struck by the scale of the prints as well as how the strong geometry within the work carried her themes. I was further impressed when she spoke to one of my classes;
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/08/photographers-on-photographers-emily-wall-in-conversation-with-victoria-sambunaris/Initially, I taught during the year and was only able to get on the road to work in the summers. This inhibited the work and eventually realized I needed more flexibility to remain on the road. I began to pick up editorial work to help fund the trips, credit cards, loans, whatever it would take. Later came grants and sales. I live a minimal existence and I have chosen not to live a more conventional life with a family and such. My responsibility is to myself and the work. While traveling, I’m camping, living modestly and in the moment. This type of existence in contrast to my energetic life in New York creates balance and keeps life diverse.
