Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Guillermo Cervera Finds Tranquility in the Surf
Trading War for Waves To cope with the stress of conflict photography, Guillermo Cervera dives into the surf to photograph the perfect wave. How an old hand at the sea says a farewell to arms every now and then. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/trading-war-for-waves/ “In between conflicts, I go and photograph surfing,” he said. “I’ve always…
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Deauville 2011 Lars Tunbjörk
La Lettre de la Photographie: His pictures are interrogations more than reports that he develops with discreet humor
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New Sin and Salvation in Baptist Town, May 2011
Matt Eich, LUCEO: In May of 2011 I was able to return to Baptist Town thanks to the generous support of 103 backers as one of the first projects successfully funded via the crowdfunding platform Emphas.is
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Alison Turner
Alison Turner I first discovered Alison Turner’s work when I was selecting images for the Center for Fine Art Photography’s exhibition, Dreams. Alison had a haunting image and I was happy to include it into the exhibition. This image was also included in the recent Art via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/10/alison-turner.html Each location I encountered would bring…
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Chicks With Guns Photo Book Doesn’t Disappoint
Chicks With Guns Photo Book Doesn’t Disappoint via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/10/chicks-with-guns/ Lindsay McCrum’s new photo book Chicks With Guns is just what you think it is: Striking portraits of women with their firearms. What’s unexpected, however, is the impact of the photos as a collection.
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Mark Henley in the Hidden World of Swiss Banks
Casing Swiss Banking Secrets In photographing the Swiss banking industry, Mark Henley faced the challenge of documenting something no one can see. Yet the pictures — like something out of a noir film — have familiar qualities. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/casing-swiss-banking-secrets/ With billions of dollars shrouded in secrecy — and protected by armed guards and…
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Human Behavior: An Exploration of People Watching
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/10/25/watching-humans-watching-—-inka-lindergard-and-niclas-holmstrom-3/#1 The scope of humankind’s relationship with nature is the subject of a new exhibition by photographers Inka Lindergård and Niclas Holmström, on display from Nov. 5 to Dec. 17 at the Swedish Photography Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition is comprised of two series…
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Lars Tunbjörk
Lars Tunbjörk The Cartoon Issue, out this week, had me thinking of photography with a funny side. The Swedish photographer Lars Tunbjörk, known for his deadpan … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/10/lars-tunbjrk.html The Cartoon Issue, out this week, had me thinking of photography with a funny side. The Swedish photographer Lars Tunbjörk, known for his…
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A Photographer’s Intimate Account of Her Mother’s Cancer Ordeal
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/10/24/one-daughter-documents-her-mothers-breast-cancer-battle/#11 When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in 2009, Nancy Borowick, then a student at the International Center of Photography, decided she would document the experience this time around. “Being able to photograph her during the…
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Commitment to Stay: Ayman Oghanna’s Promise to Iraq
Commitment to Stay: Ayman Oghanna’s Promise to Iraq President Obama announced on Friday that American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. But that won’t change the story that the … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/10/commitment-to-stay-ayman-oghannas-promise-to-iraq-1.html President Obama announced on Friday that American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by…
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Nancy McGirr of Fotokids Is Honored for Her Work With Guatemalan Youths
From Out of the Dump to the Top of the Heap Nancy McGirr went from covering civil wars in Central America to teaching photography to impoverished children. Twenty years later, she’s being honored for her dedication to her students and her art. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/from-out-of-the-dump-to-the-top-of-the-heap/ Nancy McGirr has spent two decades in Guatemala finding…
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Tom Wood, the Eye and Soul of Liverpool
La Lettre de la Photographie: For thirty years, Tom Wood has trained his unblinking eye on the streets of working-class Liverpool, largely forgotten by the rest of Britain. There they call him “Photie Man.” In the home of the Beatles lies a parallel society, set adrift, with its own codes and language. Tom Wood observes…
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Return to Libya: Reflections on a Photographer’s Personal Conflict
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/10/21/return-to-libya-reflections-on-a-photographers-personal-conflict/#1 The personal conflict I felt during this time brought me to a point where my relation to breaking news played less an immediate role in my work than trying to restore my connection during a period when so much was unclear…
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David Lazar: Myanmar Redux
David Lazar: Myanmar Redux travel photographer Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2011/10/david-lazar-myanmar-redux.html I featured David Lazar’s work on The Travel Photographer blog a few months, and having learned that he had uploaded two new galleries unto his website, I was eager to take a look. I was not disappointed.
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Dominic Bracco II, Life and Death in Mexico
La Lettre de la Photographie: Dominic Bracco II specializes in documenting the effects of Mexican and North American policies on the border region where he was raised.
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Aaron Hobson
Aaron Hobson Aaron Hobson lives a quiet life in a small town in the remote Adirondack Mountains. He brings a wonderful imagination and cinematic approach to his work, but recently he’s been creating work without a camera and from the comfort of his computer chair. His via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/10/aaron-hobson.html Aaron Hobson lives a quiet life…
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All Thrifty States by Jenna Isaacson (American-Journal)
The 37th Frame: All Thrifty States is a photography project aimed at documenting thrift stores in each of the 50 states. Part journalism, part art and part sociology, the project spotlights thrift culture, regional donation patterns, environmentally friendly consumption and the current state of America’s economy.
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Turning a New Lens on Afghanistan
Hipstamatic in Kabul When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures for our story “The Bad Guys vs. the Worse Guys,” he did so using both his digital camera, to make traditional 35-millimeter photos, and the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone. via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/hipstamatic-in-kabul/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures…
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Larry Fink: The Vanities
Larry Fink: The Vanities Recently over lunch, the photographer Larry Fink reminded me that he’d been photographing parties for more than three decades. The images in his latest … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/10/larry-fink-the-vanities.html?currentPage=all Recently over lunch, the photographer Larry Fink reminded me that he’d been photographing parties for more than three decades. The images…
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Mauricio Lima’s Photos From the Streets of Surt, Libya
Lens: Days before the frenzied jubilation at the capture and death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Mauricio Lima had been patiently — and persistently — working the streets of Surt. Though overseas interest had waned in recent days, his attention did not. He was close up and alongside fighters as they pursued their elusive target, and…