An-My Lê’s Uncanny Images of War
The Vietnamese-born photographer charts how conflict embeds itself in both physical and psychological terrains.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-my-les-uncanny-images-of-war
The Vietnamese-born photographer charts how conflict embeds itself in both physical and psychological terrains.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-my-les-uncanny-images-of-war
Looooong ago, when I was early in my photography career, I discovered F-Stop Magazine (celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year!). I was always so excited to get a photograph in one of their exhibitions and feel part of a community. When I started Lenscratch, Christy Karpinski was one of the few women in a landscape
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/12/the-christy-karpinski-mixtape/
Traveling through Gabura Union in Bangladesh, Shunta Kimura documents impact, adaptation, and resilience in his quiet photographs of everyday life on the frontlines of rapid climate change
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/shunta-kimura-living-in-the-transition
An-My Lê speaks with Hilton Als about about how she uses photography to examine her personal history and the legacies of US military power.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/an-my-le-on-vietnam-the-chaos-of-war-and-the-tangibility-of-memory/
Fink, who died in 2023, moved easily between society galas and Pennsylvania farms—and his work was always full of the push and pull of life.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/remembering-the-energy-emotion-and-sensuality-of-larry-finks-photography/
Incredible action sports photos showcase the world’s most adventurous athletes.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/jaw-dropping-climber-portrait-wins-red-bull-illume-image-quest-2023/
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
He was 95.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/widely-acclaimed-photographer-elliot-erwitt-has-passed-away-at-age-95/
It’s time for Americans to rethink their squeamishness about releasing the photos of the youngest victims of mass violence.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dead-children-we-must-see
Huibo Hou is a landscape photographer based in San Diego, California. She fell in love with photography about 25 years ago as a hobbyist while working in the wireless communication industry. Then life got in the way and she had to set aside her pursuit of photography for some time. In early 2015, her love
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/xuan-hui-ng-in-conversation-with-huibo-hou/
The photographer is remembered as a free spirit, honest artist, and great man.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/influential-and-compassionate-photographer-larry-fink-has-died/
Adobe says it has listened to concerned community members.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/adobe-stock-changes-policy-on-ai-images-depciting-real-events/
These are the photographs that capture the year
via POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/11/17/the-drama-around-a-photogs-firing-00127843
An open letter was signed by over 100 photojournalists and photo editors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
via The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-press-photo-contest-reverses-decision-to-allow-ai-generated-images-after-backlash
Sony prepares its shield against AI-generated fake photos.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/21/sonys-in-camera-authentication-technology-passes-aps-tests/
Check out some of National Geographic’s best pictures of 2023.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/16/nat-geo-photo-directors-thoughts-on-the-2023-pictures-of-the-year/
Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/business/media/israel-hamas-media-photography.html
In the 1980s and 1990s, I chronicled conflicts from El Salvador to Africa to the former Yugoslavia. Those images should remind us to work harder for peace and honour those who did not live to see it
via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-im-a-former-war-photographer-the-world-looks-more-familiar-than-it/
In the quiet, lonely hours of dawn, Dave Coyle faces his personal struggle while plotting a path towards the future in atmospheric meditations on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/dave-coyle-yesterday-you-said-tomorrow