Category: Interviews
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The F Blog: meeting photographers: Alex Majoli
From The F Blog: meeting photographers: Alex Majoli: Mr Majoli, how would you describe your work? You are photographer, photojournalist, war-photographer, or documentary photographer…? Check it out here. via dvafoto.
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She views the world through a camera lens | Journal and Courier
From the Journal and Courier: Andrea Bruce has seen much of the world through a camera lens. Bruce is a photojournalist for The Washington Post and has been in some of the world’s hottest spots. Check it out here. via APAD.
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Augenblick – Blog on Photography by Daniele Mattioli: Conversation : Bevis Fusha
From Augenblick – Blog on Photography by Daniele Mattioli: Conversation : Bevis Fusha: I am posting another conversation which I had with Bevis Fusha recently. Bevis Fusha is one of the most interesting photographer of so called ” New Europe”, coming from Albania Bevis has witnessed and reported the slow and complicate change of his…
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FT.com / Reportage – A photographer aims his lens at a Rio prison
From FT.com / Weekend / Reportage – A photographer aims his lens at a Rio prison: When photographer Gary Knight turned his lens on Brazil’s penal system, he found brutality, overcrowding and a controversial evangelist pastor with a strange power over inmates. Check it out here. via Travel Photographer.
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Eric Gregory Powell, Beijing, China – Feature Shoot
From Eric Gregory Powell, Beijing, China: Raised in Pittsburgh, Eric Gregory Powell completed a BFA in Photojournalism from The Corcoran College of Art, Washington DC, attending the Eddie Adams Workshop during his senior year. Whilst in Washington, he worked in the famous Adamson Editions print studio on projects for Adam Fuss, Chuck Close, Inez van…
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Q&A: Scott Pommier, Vancouver – Feature Shoot
From Q&A: Scott Pommier, Vancouver: Scott Pommier’s interest in photography began when he started using his mother’s semi-automatic SLR to take pictures of his friends skateboarding. Since then, he has shot covers for every major skateboarding publication and now divides his time between his position as a senior photographer for SBC Skateboard magazine, a variety…
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Q&A: Thomas Sanders, Los Angeles – Feature Shoot
Thomas Sanders was born and raised in Sonoma, California. He took a high school course that provoked his interest in photography, which quickly grew as he took pictures of his siblings and peers. He was excepted into Cal Poly University in a noteworthy photography program where he continued his education as a student. Sanders lives…
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BUDDYHEAD: Glen E. Friedman Interview
Glen’s friends included Minor Threat (and later Fugazi), Black Flag, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Bad Brains, Run-D.M.C., KRS-One, Public Enemy as well as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta Check it out here.
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Newspapers last bastion against political corruption says David Simon, award-winning creator of The Wire | Media | guardian.co.uk
In exclusive interview with the Guardian, writer David Simon expresses fears for newspapers’ future and accuses media owners of contempt Check it out here.
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RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog » Tips from 2008 Emerging Photog Grant Winner – Deadline April 1
we decided to talk with last year’s grant recipient, Beijing-based documentary photographer Sean Gallagher, about his winning project, tips on submissions, and how the grant has impacted his work. Check it out here.
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lens culture: Malick Sidibé
Lens Culture is thrilled to share a transcription of a very warm and personal interview made with Malick Sidibé in 2008 Check it out here.
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A conversation with Steve Pyke (Conscientious)
Steve Pyke’s work is the first that made me really think about portraiture – what it does, how it works. Last year, I was invited to join a panel on portraiture, and I was extremely excited about meeting him (he was one of the other panelists) and hearing him talk about his work. I used…
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Magnum Blog / Transcript of Larry Towell Interview on Twitter
Larry Towell twittering in the Magnum NY office. Photograph taken by Meagan Young Check it out here.
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Q&A: Paul Graham
Thus far, 2009 has been the year of Paul Graham. The British-born photographer’s study of American life, a shimmer of possibility, is on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art through May 18 Check it out here.
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Lauri Lyons – The Digital Journalist
Getty Images recently signed Lauri Lyons as its first black female photographer. Though there are black photojournalists and women photojournalists who work for major photo agencies, Lauri Lyons is the first black female under contract to a major agency. This is an important move and hopefully a harbinger of things to come. Check it out…
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A Photo Editor – Christopher Griffith Interview
I greatly admire the work of Christopher Griffith, but I never had the opportunity to work with him when I was photo editing. Each time I tried he was booked solid. Check it out here.
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Two Way Lens: Jessica Todd Harper
I think being an artist is not so much something you choose as something that you are born being. You are an artist and then you work around or with that. There are a lot of people in medicine in my family and I have often envied them for the logical progression of their careers:…
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Carolyn Cole: Running In – Digital Photo Pro
While most of us have an instinctive reaction to run from danger, Los Angeles Times staff photographer Carolyn Cole more often than not runs toward it, camera in hand. Check it out here.
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Q&A: Justin Newhall, Minneapolis
Justin Newhall is a Minnesota-based photographer and educator. He attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (BFA, 1994) and the University of Minnesota (MFA, 1998). Check it out here.