Category: Photography
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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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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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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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Preview Picks: Rencontres d’Arles Photo Festival 2024 – Selection by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture
Preview Picks: Rencontres d’Arles Photo Festival 2024 – Selection by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture The 55th edition of the world-renowned French festival invites visitors to submerge themselves in compelling images and narratives around this year’s theme, Beneath the Surface via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/rencontres-d-arles-preview-picks-rencontres-d-arles-photo-festival-2024 The 55th edition of the world-renowned French festival invites visitors to submerge themselves…
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Confronting the Legacy of Photography’s Anti-Blackness
Confronting the Legacy of Photography’s Anti-Blackness In her book “Mortevivum,” Kimberly Juanita Brown reveals how the photographic enterprise is haunted by racial violence. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/confronting-the-legacy-of-photographys-anti-blackness/ Kimberly Juanita Brown reveals how the photographic enterprise is haunted by racial violence, finding new ways of looking at the dead and the living. https://aperture.org/editorial/confronting-the-legacy-of-photographys-anti-blackness/
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Danny Lyon on the Photographs That Became “The Bikeriders”
Danny Lyon on the Photographs That Became “The Bikeriders” Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is the inspiration for a new film starring Austin Butler and Jodie Comer. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/danny-lyon-on-the-making-of-the-bikeriders/ Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is one of the definitive accounts of American counterculture—and the inspiration for a new…
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How Groundbreaking Is Vivian Maier’s Photography? – The New York Times
How Groundbreaking Is Vivian Maier’s Photography? She was a supremely gifted chameleon. But even in her striking new exhibition at Fotografiska, Maier remains in the shadows. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/arts/design/vivien-maier-photography-fotografiska.html She was a supremely gifted chameleon. But even in her striking new exhibition at Fotografiska, Maier remains in the shadows. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/arts/design/vivien-maier-photography-fotografiska.html
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The Memories of Others | Conscientious Photography Magazine
The Memories of Others via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-memories-of-others/ The above is clearly the case for the photographs made by Akihiko Okamura in Northern Ireland around the low-level civil war that typically is being described euphemistically as “the troubles”. When I grew up, that war was a frequent part of the news on TV in…
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What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee | The New Yorker
What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-asian-america-meant-to-corky-lee A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-asian-america-meant-to-corky-lee
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LaToya Ruby Frazier is Paying it Forward at MoMA – The New York Times
LaToya Ruby Frazier Is Paying It Forward She may be America’s foremost social documentary photographer, now with a survey at the Museum of Modern Art. “All I’m doing is showing up as a vessel.” Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/arts/design/latoya-ruby-frazier-moma.html She may be America’s foremost social documentary photographer, now with a survey at the Museum of Modern Art. “All…
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The project is not your friend | Conscientious Photography Magazine
The project is not your friend via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-project-is-not-your-friend/ But a project, and I think this aspect is widely acknowledged, creates a problem: when do you end it? If you’re shoehorned into a time schedule by your teacher, that will give you a parameter. Of course, everybody knows that your project might not…
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Caught in the headlight – Thoughts of a Bohemian
Caught in the headlight – Thoughts of a Bohemian As giants freely plunder their work, the stock photo industry stands by, silently complicit in its own demise. via Thoughts of a Bohemian: https://blog.melchersystem.com/caught-in-the-headlight/ When all is said and done, and the stock photo industry landscape is a complete devastation, some will gather once more and…
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Seeing Photography as an African Art Form
Seeing Photography as an African Art Form Giulia Paoletti surveys the development of Senegalese photography along with more than a century of shattering historic events. via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/871315/seeing-photography-as-an-african-art-form/ Giulia Paoletti surveys the development of Senegalese photography along with more than a century of shattering historic events. https://hyperallergic.com/871315/seeing-photography-as-an-african-art-form/
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Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part 2 | LensCulture
Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part 2 | LensCulture Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-2 Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker…
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Gottfried’s Street Photography Captured N.Y.C. in the ’80s. Now It Seeks a Home. – The New York Times
Unboxing Thousands of Photos of New York City in the ’70s and ’80s Arlene Gottfried, a sister of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried, memorialized a grittier era of the city. Now her family wants to share her collection with the world. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/nyregion/gottfried-nyc-photos-preserve.html Arlene Gottfried, a sister of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried, memorialized a…
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Expert Advice and Top Tips from Pro Photographers for 2024 – PhotoShelter Blog
Expert Advice and Top Tips from Pro Photographers for 2024 – PhotoShelter Blog What’s one piece of advice you would give to aspiring or up-and-coming photographers? We asked nine experienced photographers and PhotoShelter members to share their top tips for those looking to get ahead in their photography careers. From finding your own visual voice…
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Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part I – From past LensCulture Portrait Award Winners and Finalists | LensCulture
Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part I – From past LensCulture Portrait Award Winners and Finalists | LensCulture Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-i Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well…
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Opinion | A Palestinian Photographer’s Lens on His People – The New York Times
Opinion | The Subversive Act of Photographing Palestinian Life Photographer Adam Rouhana documents Palestinians in the face of imagery that often dehumanizes them. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/palestinians-photography-war-israel.html As I got older and developed my practice, I noticed a dissonance between the West’s conception of Palestinian society and the images I was making — the life I was…
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Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead? – The New York Times
Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead? A.I. generators can produce photorealistic images, which is either an extinction-level event for photographers or a fantastic opportunity. Or both. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/opinion/ai-future-photography.html Photography consists of pointing, as a reaction to something that exists in the world. With advent of A.I. image…
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The Christy Karpinski Mixtape – LENSCRATCH
The Christy Karpinski Mixtape – LENSCRATCH 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…