Category: Interviews
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B: Q & A with Kathryn McCool
Q & A with Kathryn McCool Kathryn McCool is a photographer based in Castlemaine, Australia, and the author of the recent photobook P.North . • BA: Congrats on P.Nort… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2023/09/q-with-kathryn-mccool.html Kathryn McCool is a photographer based in Castlemaine, Australia, and the author of the recent photobook P.North.
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Photographers on Photographers: Zachary Kaufman in Conversation with Matt Eich – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Zachary Kaufman in Conversation with Matt Eich – LENSCRATCH Matt Eich is a tenacious storyteller, whose work is largely defined by long-term projects that offer intimate depictions of the American condition. I first saw Matt’s photographs as a featured alumni on the Eddie Adams Workshop site in 2006. At that time, via…
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Reagan Louie on Surviving the American Dream
Reagan Louie on Surviving the American Dream The photographer once believed that he had to turn his back on his Chinese culture. Today, his images embrace authenticity. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/reagan-louie-on-surviving-the-american-dream/ As I’ve talked about, I didn’t know why I had gone back to China. And there were awkward silences with the curator when the conversation…
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Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH Roger Ballen generously took the time to speak with me via Zoom from South Africa. It was truly an honor to interview him as I have been a fan of his for a long time. His work reaches into the psyche, it…
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Ready for Surprise: Joel Meyerowtiz Interview 2020 – Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz | Interview by Jim Casper | LensCulture
Ready for Surprise: Joel Meyerowtiz Interview 2020 – Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz | Interview by Jim Casper | LensCulture The pioneering master of color street photography talks about his passions and the energy of the street in this wide-ranging audio interview via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/joel-meyerowitz-ready-for-surprise-joel-meyerowtiz-interview-2020 Yeah, I don’t have a strategy when I go out. I’ve…
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Arko Datto | Kings of a Bereft Land
Arko Datto: Kings of a Bereft Land Arko Datto speaks with curator Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands. via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/arko-datto/ Arko Datto speaks with Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The…
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Photographers on Photographers: Marisa Lucchese in coversation with Isadora Kosofsky – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Marisa Lucchese in coversation with Isadora Kosofsky – LENSCRATCH Early in my undergraduate studies in photography, I discovered Isadora Kosofsky’s work, and I immediately wrote her name down as a source of inspiration. Her use of light, the intimacy she captured, the clear care for her subjects that radiated from the i…
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A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot – The New York Times
A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who shoots surfers at Mavericks while swimming. “You don’t want to get the same shots as everyone else on the boat,” she said. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/sports/big-wave-surfing-sachi-cunningham.html Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who…
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How America’s Most Cherished Photographer Learned to See | The New Yorker
How America’s Most Cherished Photographer Learned to See For five decades, Stephen Shore has remade our vision of the country, largely by remaking his own. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-americas-most-cherished-photographer-learned-to-see I think it’s important that you distill this into three aspects. The first aspect is physical. It’s what the eyes do. The second aspect is…
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Lynsey Addario: Master Series Award Winner – LENSCRATCH
Lynsey Addario: Master Series Award Winner – LENSCRATCH The School of Visual Arts (SVA) honors Lynsey Addario, acclaimed photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant and Pulitzer Prize recipient, with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition, originally planned for Fall 2020. Curated by Maya Benton and Perr via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/10/lynsey-addario-master-series-award-winner/ Addario has brought a strong focus…
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Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness | The New Yorker
Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness 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-awareness It’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…
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ABQ – Photographs by Lewis Khan | Interview by Wesley Verhoeve | LensCulture
ABQ – Photographs by Lewis Khan | Interview by Wesley Verhoeve | LensCulture Lewis Khan’s latest project transports him to a desert city, thousands of miles away from his London home and locally-based projects via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lewis-khan-abq Lewis Khan: I was drawn initially to New Mexico by a fascination with the desert. I was interested…
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Photographers on Photographers: Sydney Walsh in Conversation with Sofia Valiente – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Sydney Walsh in Conversation with Sofia Valiente – LENSCRATCH This month we feature our annual Photographers on Photographers interview series. For this effort, we asked the 2021 Top 25 to Watch to share an interview with a hero, mentor, or an artist who has inspired them. Thank you to all who participated.…
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Amazônia: Sebastião Salgado’s Photo Essay Nine Years in the Making | PetaPixel
Amazônia: Sebastião Salgado’s Photo Essay Nine Years in the Making A conversation with Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado about his epic photo essay on the Amazônia nine years in the making. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/06/12/amazonia-sebastiao-salgados-photo-essay-nine-years-in-the-making/ Photography is another thing. Photography is the memory of the society that we’re part of. And the bigger problem with the smartphone…
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Interview: Ed Kashi – “Abandoned Moments” — Analog Forever Magazine
Link: You must believe in yourself, believe in this work and be ready and willing to work harder than you’ve ever worked. You must be able to withstand a seemingly inhumane amount of disappointment and rejection, learn to navigate the unseemly politics and favoritism that is rife in most creative fields, and basically be incredibly…
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A Conversation with Rob Hornstra | Conscientious Photography Magazine
A Conversation with Rob Hornstra via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/conv-rob-hornstra/ Ordinarily, I would have simply introduced my conversation with Rob Hornstra with his history as a photographer, most notably his work with writer Arnold van Bruggen in the Caucasus: The Sochi Project. That work entailed a large number of highly successful self-published photobooks, all of…
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Joe McNally Dishes “The Real Deal” – PhotoShelter Blog
Joe McNally Dishes “The Real Deal” – PhotoShelter Blog Nearly twenty years ago, I came across Joe McNally’s photo of a Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus that he took for a National Geographic story entitled “The Future of Flying Faster Farther Smarter.” The piece was notable for being the magazine’s first to fea via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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50 Questions with Photographer Alec Soth | AnOther
50 Questions with Photographer Alec Soth via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13816/50-questions-with-photographer-alec-soth A Pound of Pictures is a window into both our world and Soth’s process itself. In every photograph, there is what we see and what lies beneath. Much the same way, Soth answers our 50 questions with consideration, sincerity and just the right amount of playfulness.
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Tracy L Chandler: A Poor Sort of Memory – LENSCRATCH
Tracy L Chandler: A Poor Sort of Memory – LENSCRATCH Chantal Anderson sat down with fellow photographer, friend, and collaborator Tracy L Chandler, to discuss Chandler’s latest work, A Poor Sort Of Memory. Tracy L Chandler is an American artist living in California who uses photography to explore themes of via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/01/tracy-l-chandler-a-poor-sort-of-memory/ Chantal Anderson sat…
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Ralph Gibson: “I Am an Insider, Not an Observer” | Blind
Ralph Gibson: “I am an insider, not an observer” On November 4, 2021, as part of Leica‘s celebration of photography, American photographer Ralph Gibson received the Leica Hall of Fame Award 2021 for Lifetime Achievement. He is also being honored with a retrospective exhibition, on view through the end o Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/ralph-gibson-i-am-an-insider-not-an-observer-en Here, Ralph Gibson shares his vision on photography…