Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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25 Photographers Capture Turkey for Newspaper Project
A Whirling Document of Turkish Culture A Turkish newspaper assigned 25 international photographers to create a huge photographic document of Turkey. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/a-whirling-document-of-turkish-culture/ In honor of its 25th year, the newspaper assigned 25 well-known photographers to a huge photographic project, “Time in Turkey.” The undertaking — partly inspired by the name Zaman, which…
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Robb Hill’s Photos of His Rural Hometown
In Indiana, a Hometown Soon to Change As Robb Hill’s Indiana hometown began to change — if not vanish — he went back to document the area as he has always known it. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/in-indiana-a-hometown-soon-to-change/?pagewanted=all Robb Hill grew up among farms and forests several miles outside Utica, Ind., a small town along the…
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Rumble in the Jungle II: Congolese Wrestling
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/11/22/rumble-in-the-jungle-ii-congolese-wrestling/#1 Colin Delfosse was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) documenting conditions in copper mines when, returning to Kinshasa one evening, he saw a masked man perched atop a car, leading a procession of drummers and several dozen men and…
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Ashley Gilbertson: Finding Occupy Wall Street on Film
Ashley Gilbertson: Finding Occupy Wall Street on Film The Occupy Wall Street movement started out as a kind of headless dragon, with no apparent leadership or distinct goals; and the Australian photographer … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/ashley-gilbertson-occupy-wall-street.html?currentPage=all “Photographing Occupy Wall Street was one of the most difficult stories, visually speaking, that I’ve had to…
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Critical Mass: Jackson Patterson
Critical Mass: Jackson Patterson Looking at portfolios from Critical Mass 2011…A number of photographers are looking at old family photographs and finding new ways to revisit history. Jackson Patterson has a particularly intriguing approach to the retelling of his familial legacy of we via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-jackson-patterson.html In the latest series, Recollected Memories, I was inspired…
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Toilet Paper
Maurizio Cattelan’s Toilet Paper On opening night of the Maurizio Cattelan retrospective at the Guggenheim (read Peter Schjeldahl’s review of the show), a Hummer stretch limo with the … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/maurizio-cattelan-toilet-paper.html?currentPage=all On opening night of the Maurizio Cattelan retrospective at the Guggenheim (read Peter Schjeldahl’s review of the show), a Hummer stretch…
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Winter Photos from the Skies Above Poland
In Poland, an Architect’s-Eye View For the Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski, who is also an architect and a paraglider, a hard winter storm is a blessing in disguise. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/up-in-the-air-in-poland-its-cold/ It’s probably safe to say that Kacper Kowalski is one of few people in Poland — or anywhere — hoping for a bitterly…
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Amateur, and Professional, Photography for Change
Shooting for Global Change Antonio Amendola has harnessed the fervor of socially concerned amateur photographers to create Shoot 4 Change, a nonprofit that digs into social issues through photography. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/shoot-local-think-global/ Some serious photographers might cringe at being called amateurs. Not Antonio Amendola — he wears the badge proudly. A lawyer by trade…
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Photographs of American Faith by Christopher Churchill
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/11/16/christopher-churchill-on-american-faith/#1 In 2004, Christopher Churchill began a personal journey with his vintage Deardorff 8×10 camera, driving thousands of miles across the country to photograph what he describes as “an America that felt divided” and “caught in the middle of a cultural tension.”
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Critical Mass: Sebastian Liste
Critical Mass: Sebastian Liste Looking at portfolios from Critical Mass 2011…Sebastian Liste was born in Spain, raised in Barcelona and is now based in Brazil. He received a Bachelors degree in Sociology at the UNED, and a Masters in the Arts in Photojournalism at the Autonomous Univ via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-sebastian-liste.html Sebastian won the Ian Parry…
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Photos of the Bronxites by Chantal Heijnen
Lens She has carefully rendered her adopted borough in a series of softly lighted portraits with warm, rich tones. The paint-encrusted walls and plastic-covered furniture are familiar to anyone who has spent time in the area where she began her portrait series, which is known as University Heights, just south of Fordham Road. So, too,…
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Of Kentucky – Photo Essay
Of Kentucky Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/20111113_Opinion_Exposures.html#1
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baptiste giroudon – working with democracy
Baptiste Giroudon – Working with Democracy Baptiste Giroundon Working with Democracy This project is a photographic research of the concept of Democracy. As a photo reporter I try to work on contemporary issues implying a wider angle rather… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/11/baptiste-giroudon-working-with-democracy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29 This project is a photographic research of the concept of Democracy. As a…
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ea: Streets of New York
Streets of New York Scenes from the streets of New York City in the autumn last year. Link: http://elysebutler.blogspot.com/2011/11/streets-of-new-york.html
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Hiroshi Clark photographs intimate, often overlooked moments in life
Feature Shoot His snapshot photographic style is reminiscent of photographs traditionally found in family albums, but instead of concentrating on formulaic celebrations such as weddings, family vacations, or birthdays, his photographs present an faithful depiction of the intimate, private, and often, overlooked moments in life.
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Critical Mass: Michelle Frankfurter
Critical Mass: Michelle Frankfurter Looking at portfolios from Critical Mass 2011…Documentary photographer, Michelle Frankfurter, was born in Israel, lived in Nicaragua, worked in Haiti, and now calls Takoma Park, Maryland, home. She was worked for a number of editorial publications, has via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-michelle-frankfurter.html Destino, meaning both “destination” and “destiny” in Spanish, portrays the perilous…
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Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer
Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer The photographer Benjamin Lowy was recently awarded the Duke Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his book “Iraq … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/benjamin-lowy-iraq-perspectives.html The photographer Benjamin Lowy was recently awarded the Duke Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his book “Iraq |…
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Exactitudes®
This is an old site that I linked to way back, but it’s still one of the greatest photo projects I’ve seen. Just had to put it up again. So amazing… Exactitudes Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes…
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Domestic Abuse in the Photos of Donna Ferrato
Helping the People Beyond the Pain Donna Ferrato started chronicling sexual adventurers on the edge of eroticism. But she was jolted into action when she confronted domestic violence. Thirty years later, she is still photographing — and advocating for — victims of abuse. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/helping-the-people-beyond-the-pain/ “I want to start a revolution with my…