Author: Trent
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Thoughts on THAT Photo | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Thoughts on THAT Photo via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/thoughts-on-that-photo/ A few days ago, I wrote an article for a German newspaper about THAT Trump picture. Given the typical length of such opinion pieces, there were a few strands that I was only able to allude to. They would benefit from a longer discussion. That’s what…
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Identity – Landscape Europe – The Leica camera Blog
Identity – Landscape Europe Till Brönner is not only a multi-talented musician and photographer, his work also covers a surprising diversity of photographic genres. The Melting Pott exhibition project, launched five years ago in Duisburg, was composed of photographs taken in Germany’s Ruhr district
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Alex Webb on How Color Photography Changes His Way of Seeing
Alex Webb on How Color Photography Changes His Way of Seeing Since the 1970s, Alex Webb has distilled gesture, light, and color into layered compositions, creating a “chronicle of the street.” via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-alex-webb-sees-in-color/ Three years after my first trip to Haiti, I realized there was another emotional note that had to be reckoned with:…
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Episode 113: Anthony Suau (Photographer & Filmmaker) –
Episode 113: Anthony Suau (Photographer & Filmmaker) – Anthony Suau’s new documentary film Organic Rising. The film explores the organic food industry, and the people involved in improving the US food supply. via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/07/24/episode-113-anthony-suau-photographer-filmmaker/ For thirty-five years he has documented the effects…
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Kathy Willens, Photojournalist Seemingly Everywhere, Is Dead at 74 – The New York Times
Kathy Willens, Photojournalist Seemingly Everywhere, Is Dead at 74 Guided by a keen sense of timing, she covered wars, sports, riots, politics and more for The A.P. in the ’70s, when few women worked as news photographers. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/kathy-willens-dead.html Guided by a keen sense of timing, she covered wars, sports, riots, politics and more for…
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War-Wounded Photographer Carries the Olympic Torch in Paris | PetaPixel
War-Wounded Photographer Carries the Olympic Torch in Paris Cristina Assi lost her leg covering conflict in the Middle East. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/24/wounded-photographer-carries-the-olympic-torch-in-paris-cristina-assi/ Injured photojournalist Cristina Assi carried the Olympic Flame as it makes its way to Paris ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. https://petapixel.com/2024/07/24/wounded-photographer-carries-the-olympic-torch-in-paris-cristina-assi/
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The 2024 Lenscratch 2nd Place Student Prize Winner: Ariana Gomez – LENSCRATCH
The 2024 Lenscratch 2nd Place Student Prize Winner: Ariana Gomez – LENSCRATCH It is with pleasure that the jurors announce the 2024 Lenscratch Student Prize 2nd Place Winner, Ariana Gomez was selected for her project, My Mother Speaks of Land as Memory, and recently completed the MFA in Studio Art at the University of Texas at…
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The 2024 Lenscratch 1st Place Student Prize Winner: Mosfiqur Rahman Johan – LENSCRATCH
The 2024 Lenscratch 1st Place Student Prize Winner: Mosfiqur Rahman Johan – LENSCRATCH It is with pleasure that the jurors announce the 2024 Lenscratch Student Prize 1st Place Winner, Mosfiqur Rahman Johan. Johan was selected for his project, Memories of Underdevelopment, and is currently attending the Counter Foto Center of Visual Arts in Dhaka, Bangladesh,…
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Photojournalists Are Heroes – So Why Are They Paid So Little? | PetaPixel
Photojournalists Are Heroes – So Why Are They Paid So Little? Are photojournalists remunerated fairly? via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/photojournalists-are-heroes-so-why-are-they-paid-so-little/ “We’re working our asses off before the shoot, during the shoot, and then to edit after and we put so much effort into it because we care about the image,” says the anonymous photographer. https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/photojournalists-are-heroes-so-why-are-they-paid-so-little/
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photo-eye | BLOG: Haiti: Reviewed by Blake Andrews
Haiti: Reviewed by Blake Andrews Book Review Haiti Photographs by Bruce Gilden Reviewed by Blake Andrews “At first blush, Bruce Gilden photographing Haiti does not se… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2024/07/haiti-reviewed-by-blake-andrews.html That might be the expectation. But the actual results are more nuanced. It turns out that Haitians can hold their own with Gilden’s camera. In photo after…
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Nowhere Near — Liminal Spaces of Migration – Photographs by Alisa Martynova | Text by Sophie Wright | LensCulture
Nowhere Near — Liminal Spaces of Migration – Photographs by Alisa Martynova | Text by Sophie Wright | LensCulture In this constellation of portraits, Alisa Martynova shines a light on the individual stories of migrants who have come from Africa to Italy and France, set against enigmatic nocturnal landscapes via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/alisa-martynova-nowhere-near-liminal-spaces-of-migration In this constellation…
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This Technology Makes Cameramen Disappear During Live Sports Games | PetaPixel
This Technology Makes Cameramen Disappear During Live Sports Games You’re trying to watch the game and a photographer keeps getting in the shot. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/11/this-technology-makes-cameramen-disappear-during-live-sports-games/ The scientists say that when a camera operator appears on screen, it “detracts from critical game moments” and could lead to “revenue losses for broadcasters because of viewer dissatisfaction.”…
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Photographer Captures Bullet Whizzing Past Trump’s Head | PetaPixel
Photographer Captures Bullet Whizzing Past Trump’s Head It’s a one-in-a-million shot. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/14/photographer-captures-bullet-whizzing-past-trumps-head/ A member of the Washington press corps, Doug Mills, captured one of the bullets that flew past Trump’s head during the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last night. https://petapixel.com/2024/07/14/photographer-captures-bullet-whizzing-past-trumps-head/
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The story behind the powerful photo of Trump that could change the country – Poynter
The story behind the powerful photo of Trump that could change the country – Poynter The Associated Press photographer who made the now-famous photo said he never thought about the danger of the moment. He was too caught up in his job. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2024/trump-photo-blood-raised-fist-fight/ Few, if any, journalists’ names have appeared in this newsletter…
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Agnieszka Sosnowska | För
Agnieszka Sosnowska: För Published by Trespasser, Agnieszka Sosnowska’s debut monograph, För, is a coming-of-age story about relocating a remote corner of Iceland, which introduces us to her students, showcases her farm, and captures the passage of time as she and her husband age over two decades. As SFMOMA’s Assistant Curator of Photography Shana Lopes writes,…
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The Paula Riff Award: Minwoo Lee – LENSCRATCH
The Paula Riff Award: Minwoo Lee – LENSCRATCH The Center for Photographic Art and Lenscratch are thrilled to present the 2024 Paula Riff Award to Minwoo Lee! This award was created in honor of a beloved artist, Paula Riff, who elevated the photographic medium by her investigations into color and alternative processes. Paula was an…
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LES RENCONTRES d’ARLES 2024: A VISUAL FEAST – LENSCRATCH
LES RENCONTRES d’ARLES 2024: A VISUAL FEAST – LENSCRATCH Having just spent the first week of July at the opening round of this year’s Rencontres d’Arles (the 55th edition running from July 1st through September 29th), I can readily attest to a photographic feast that tends to overwhelm the senses with diverse photo exhibitions, installations,…
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Thomas Hoepker, Who Shot 9/11’s Most Controversial Photo, Dies Age 88 | PetaPixel
Thomas Hoepker, Who Shot 9/11’s Most Controversial Photo, Dies Age 88 Hoepker leaves behind an incredible body of work. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/12/thomas-hoepker-who-shot-9-11s-most-controversial-photo-dies-age-88/ Hoepker documented the Berlin Wall in the 1960s and 70s, capturing awesome photos of children playing on the physical border between East and West. He also captured emotional families reuniting with each other…
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Body of Evidence — A Preview of Cortona’s International Photo Festival 2024 | LensCulture
Body of Evidence — A Preview of Cortona’s International Photo Festival 2024 | LensCulture 22 Preview Picks from the 14th edition of the Italian International Photo Festival, Cortona On The Move via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/cortona-on-the-move-body-of-evidence-a-preview-of-cortona-s-international-photo-festival-2024 22 Preview Picks from the 14th edition of the Italian International Photo Festival, Cortona On The Move. https://www.lensculture.com/articles/cortona-on-the-move-body-of-evidence-a-preview-of-cortona-s-international-photo-festival-2024
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Photojournalism favorite sister – Jocelyn Manfredi – Thoughts of a Bohemian
Photojournalism favorite sister – Jocelyn Manfredi – Thoughts of a Bohemian It’s with words heavy in pain that we write these lines. Jocelyn Manfredi, the unwavering pillar of Sipa Press and photojournalism, has left us. via Thoughts of a Bohemian: https://blog.melchersystem.com/photojournalism-favorite-sister-jocelyn-manfredi/ It’s with words heavy in pain that we write these lines. Jocelyn Manfredi, the…