Category: Photography
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Free Portfolio Review Opportunity with a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner – PhotoShelter Blog
Free Portfolio Review Opportunity with a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner – PhotoShelter Blog Few things in photography are as impactful as a portfolio review. They provide assurance, offer tips for improvement and can put your work into perspective. We’re hosting a free portfolio review webinar with photojournalist Essdras M. Suarez on July 16th via PhotoShelter…
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Focus on Vernacular: The Anonymous Project. – LENSCRATCH
Focus on Vernacular: The Anonymous Project – LENSCRATCH We recently talked with Lee Shulman, Film director, Founder and Curator of The Anonymous Project. He was kind enough to give Lenscratch an interview on the process of collecting photographs, building stories and entering so many people’s lives several dec via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/06/focus-on-vernacular-the-anonymous-project/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 We recently talked with…
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Talking Business with the “F*ck Gatekeeping” Crew – PhotoShelter Blog
Talking Business with the “F*ck Gatekeeping” Crew – PhotoShelter Blog In April 2021, photographers Carmen Chan, Emiliano Granado, and Jared Soares launched Fuck Gatekeeping, a “professional photographic knowledge base” composed of a website and Instagram account to share their business experience with other photographers. A via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/06/talking-business-with-the-fuck-gtekeeping-crew/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 In April 2021, photographers Carmen Chan,…
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WATCH: Business Advice from Melissa Lyttle – PhotoShelter Blog
WATCH: Business Advice from Melissa Lyttle – PhotoShelter Blog If you’re a freelance photographer, running a successful small business is crucial. Just ask Melissa Lyttle, photojournalist and freelance photographer. As the former president of NPPA and a full-time freelancer since 2014, Melissa has made it her missio via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/05/business-advice-from-melissa-lyttle-on-demand/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Hear about Melissa’s multiple…
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How to Look Natural In Photos – Photographs curated by Beata Bartecka & Łukasz Rusznica | Book review by Joanna L. Cresswell | | LensCulture
How to Look Natural In Photos – Photographs curated by Beata Bartecka & Łukasz Rusznica | Book review by Joanna L. Cresswell | | LensCulture There’s more than meets the eye in these photos of daily life in Poland, taken between 1944 and 1989 via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lukasz-rusznica-how-to-look-natural-in-photos There’s more than meets the eye in these…
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Photo Editors Weigh In: 7 Tips on How to Stand Out – PhotoShelter Blog
Photo Editors Weigh In: 7 Tips on How to Stand Out – PhotoShelter Blog We all know that as photographers, creating your best work is paramount. But learning how to curate and showcase it effectively is what will help you book exciting jobs, secure contracts and take your career to the next level. Recently we…
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The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy – The New York Times
The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy Deana Lawson’s regal, loving, unburdened photographs imagine a world in which Black people are free from the distortions of history. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/magazine/deana-lawson.html A few months ago, the photographer Deana Lawson and her family were driving to an art opening in the Inglewood neighborhood of Los Angeles when Lawson…
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Free Webinar: The Do’s and Don’ts of a Successful Photography Business – PhotoShelter Blog
Free Webinar: The Do’s and Don’ts of a Successful Photography Business – PhotoShelter Blog This Friday, May 7th at 12pm ET, freelance photographer and photojournalist Melissa Lyttle is joining us for a free webinar all about how to run a successful photo business. With decades of freelance experience, Melissa is adamant about one thing: she’s…
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The licensable web – Kaptur
The licensable web – Kaptur Some creators and artists of all kinds will continue to offer their content for free, as they have done for millenniums. But unlike the last 50 years, it will be a choice rather than an obligation. via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-licensable-web/ The next web is where content, where ever it might originate,…
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Webinar: Every Day is Earth Day for Ami Vitale – PhotoShelter Blog
Webinar: Every Day is Earth Day for Ami Vitale – PhotoShelter Blog On Friday, April 30th at 12pm ET, we’re teaming up with National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, writer and explorer Ami Vitale. Ami will take us on an odyssey, sharing powerful stories about pushing boundaries and how she’s used her photography to ma via PhotoShelter…
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Photographers Share Their Stories for Earth Day 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog
Photographers Share Their Stories for Earth Day 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog Every year, Earth Day offers a time for photographers around the world to highlight the importance and beauty of nature and wildlife. Images have the power to show the impact we leave on our planet in an instant. To celebrate this year’s unique Earth…
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New Guide! 45 Places to Find Photography Jobs in 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog
New Guide! 45 Places to Find Photography Jobs in 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog Photographers accounted for some of the hardest-hit professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic. During an incredibly challenging year both professionally and personally, many took the time to learn new skills and focus on personal projects. Now, in 2021 via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/04/45-places-to-find-photography-jobs-in-2021/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Today,…
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Celebrating Women Photographers – Women’s History Month 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog
Celebrating Women Photographers – Women’s History Month 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog For centuries, across specialties, women photographers have shown great mastery and passion for the art and study of photography. The global community of women imagemakers is also often an inspiring force for good. From sharing supportive messages on Twit via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/03/womens-history-month-2021/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 In…
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11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work
11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/11-photographers-on-seeking-the-unexpected-in-their-work/ Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images.
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What is an NFT and Why Should Photographers Care?
What is an NFT and Why Should Photographers Care? The photographer’s guide to the rapidly-evolving NFT space. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/12/what-is-an-nft-and-why-should-photographers-care/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Seemingly overnight, NFTs became the hottest acronym on social media and in headlines. On Thursday, a single JPG file created by Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, sold in an online auction for $69.3 million.…
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100 Contemporary Women Street Photographers Redefining the Genre – Feature Shoot
100 Contemporary Women Street Photographers Redefining the Genre – Feature Shoot Growing up in Ufa, the capital of the republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, Gulnara Samoilova fell in love with photography at the age of 15, and quickly discovered it was a… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2021/03/100-contemporary-women-street-photographers-redefining-the-genre/ Featuring the work of 100 contemporary artists from 31 countries pushing the…
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WATCH: The Social Effects of Photography with Black Women Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog
WATCH: The Social Effects of Photography with Black Women Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog Photography has long been a medium used to drive social and cultural change. The impact of documentary photography is immeasurable as both new and historic images play a role in how we see and interact with the world around us. As society…
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Blind – How the 1970s Revolutionized the Art of Photography
How the 1970s Revolutionized the Art of Photography A new exhibition at PDNB Gallery explores how photographers working in the 1970s transformed not only the language of photography, but invented new ways of seeing the world. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1235/How-The-1970s-Revolutionized-The-Art-Of-Photography Despite its long-standing marginalization, photography underwent a radical shift in the 1970s, catapulting it into the realm…
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Debunking the Myth That It’s Hard to Find Black Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog
Debunking the Myth That It’s Hard to Find Black Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog Last year, multimedia journalist, digital editor and self-taught photographer Polly Irungu took the photo industry by storm. As a Digital Content Editor at New York Public Radio (WYNC), she knows the power of promotion. So, when she masterfully used socia via PhotoShelter…
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“I had the chance to open the doors a little”: Stephan Gladieu photographs the people of North Korea
“I had the chance to open the doors a little”: Stephan Gladieu photographs the people of North Korea The photographer talks us through his work in North Korea, detailing what it was like to gain access to a country largely hidden from the world. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/stephan-gladieu-north-koreans-photography-160221?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 The photographer talks us through his work in North…