Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • Visions of the Decade: Koudelka’s Invasion 68: Prague | PDN Photo of the Day

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    In a recent survey leading up to the release of the 30th anniversary issue of PDN, readers voted Josef Koudelka’s Invasion 68: Prague (Aperture, 2008) one of the most influential books of the decade. Link: Visions of the Decade: Koudelka’s Invasion 68: Prague | PDN Photo of the Day

  • Showcase: Long Soviet Shadows – Lens

    Showcase: Long Soviet Shadows – Lens

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    Showcase: Long Soviet Shadows The Tulip Revolution of 2005 infused Kyrgyzstan with hope. William Daniels has found the optimism badly tarnished and dulled, Celina Fang reports. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/showcase-114/ Jenish’s home in Kyrgyzstan is underground, near pipes that deliver hot water to the city overhead. The photographer William Daniels portrayed him tossing back a…

  • Essay: A Culture in Jeopardy, Too – Lens

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    By Maggie Steber: PORT-AU-PRINCE — Ten days after the earthquake. Where to begin and what to say? Port-au-Prince has collapsed, as if some clumsy, big-footed giant had walked through it. No video clips or photographs can really capture the extent of the devastation. Link: Essay: A Culture in Jeopardy, Too – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

  • Visions of the Decade: Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute” (7 Photos) | PDN

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    Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute” was named by PDNOnline readers one of the most influential photo essays of the past ten years Link: Visions of the Decade: Todd Heisler’s “Final Salute” (7 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

  • Showcase: Suddenly Long Ago – Lens

    Showcase: Suddenly Long Ago – Lens

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    Showcase: Suddenly Long Ago Asked to capture “hope” and “change” on Jan. 20, 2009, 132 photographers answered. Mariana Vasconcellos reports that few portrayed President Obama. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/showcase-113/ Asked to capture “hope” and “change,” 132 photographers in 79 countries answered in many ways. One chose to depict a man minutes after he was released…

  • Essay: Prison Break – Lens

    Essay: Prison Break – Lens

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    Essay: Prison Break With the inmates all gone, Damon Winter was able to portray the Civil Prison of Port-au-Prince; a view that few people have ever had. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/essay-10/ The main prison in Port-au-Prince emptied after the earthquake last week. Those inmates who weren’t killed were free to walk through the rubble, into…

  • james nachtwey – struggle to live | burn magazine

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    james nachtwey – struggle to live [slidepress gallery=’jamesnachtwey_struggletolive’] Hover over the image for full screen and navigation controls – Large download (107 MB) ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT James Na… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/james-nachtwey-struggle-to-live/ James Nachtwey has documented the resurgence of tuberculosis and its varying strains MDR and XDR in seven countries around the world. These…

  • On Assignment: Katrina Many Times Over – Lens

    On Assignment: Katrina Many Times Over – Lens

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    On Assignment: Katrina Many Times Over Michael Appleton covered the 2004 coup in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina. He sees something of both in the present disaster, though on a far greater scale. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/behind-29/ Michael Appleton’s photograph of 76-year-old Marie Carme Morency, receiving communion while lying injured in a wheel barrow near the…

  • Haiti six days later – The Big Picture – Boston.com

    Haiti six days later – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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    Haiti six days later Haiti remains a place of profound need, anguish, desperation and danger, with a few glimmers of hope and slowly growing capabilities to receive and distribute the international aid now flowing in. Sporadic looting, sometimes violent, was met with force by via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_six_days_later.html Haiti remains a place of profound need, anguish,…

  • On Assignment: Where Is the Help? – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

    On Assignment: Where Is the Help? – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

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    On Assignment: Where Is the Help? Damon Winter asks the same question that is constantly asked of him. Viewers are cautioned that this slide show includes very disturbing images. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/assignment-20/ Damon Winter has been in Port-au-Prince since Wednesday. James Estrin spoke with him at 12:30 p.m. Sunday by satellite phone.

  • From the Archive: Haiti, Alive – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

    From the Archive: Haiti, Alive – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

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    From the Archive: Haiti, Alive There was a saying in Haiti: “Beyond the mountains, more mountains.” And that was before last week’s earthquake, in a period recorded by these archival images. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/archive-9/ These glimpses of life in Haiti during the 20th century were drawn from the archives of The Times and of…

  • lenscratch: Susan Burnstine

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    I aksed my friend, Susan Burnstine, what she was featuring at Photo LA this weekend and it turns out that Susan will be represented by two galleries, Kevin Longino Fine Photographs from CT and TX and the Susan Spiritus Gallery from Newport Beach, CA. Link: lenscratch: Susan Burnstine

  • Haiti 48 hours later – The Big Picture

    Haiti 48 hours later – The Big Picture

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    Haiti 48 hours later Two days after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck beneath Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some of the massive damage is becoming more apparent. Rescue teams are arriving, aid groups are trying their best to battle huge logistical challenges, bodies are being iden via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_48_hours_later.html Two days after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck beneath…

  • Essay: No End of Trouble. Ever. – Lens

    Essay: No End of Trouble. Ever. – Lens

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    Essay: No End of Trouble. Ever. As she prepared to depart for Haiti on assignment for The Times, Maggie Steber wrote this reflection on the country’s recent history. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/showcase-109/ As she prepared to depart for Haiti on assignment for The Times, Maggie Steber wrote this reflection on the country’s recent history. Her…

  • Behind the Scenes: There for the Quake – Lens

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    Over a spotty and faltering Internet connection, Tequila Minsky transmitted some of the first photographs of the earthquake in Haiti, pictures that instantly conveyed the awful human toll. Link: Behind the Scenes: There for the Quake – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

  • Earthquake in Haiti – The Big Picture

    Earthquake in Haiti – The Big Picture

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    Earthquake in Haiti Tuesday afternoon, January 12th, the worst earthquake in 200 years – 7.0 in magnitude – struck less than ten miles from the Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Str via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html Tuesday afternoon, January 12th, the worst earthquake in…

  • david degner – uighur identity in xinjiang | burn magazine

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    david degner – uighur identity in xinjiang [slidepress gallery=’daviddegner_uighuridentityinxinjiang’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls david degner Uighur Identity in Xinjiang play this essay   … via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/01/david-degner-uighur-identity-in-xinjiang/ The Uighurs of Xinjiang are one of 55 minorities in China, but they are ethnically and historically closer to the Muslim…

  • Showcase: Drained by Rising Waters – Lens

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    In all the coverage of the enormous Three Gorges hydroelectric project on the Yangtze River, and the creation of a vast reservoir that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people around his birthplace in Chongqing, the photographer Muge Huang Rong felt the lack of something very important. And personal. Link: Showcase: Drained by Rising Waters…

  • Madre de Dios | Luceo Images

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    Madre de Dios is considered Peru’s final frontier. Located in the southeast corner of the country in the jungles of the Amazon, it is the poorest region in terms of economics, but perhaps the richest in natural resources. Gold has been rediscovered and with it, goldmining. Artisinal mining – single person or family base skimming…

  • In pictures, On the other side: Kibera Slum, Kenya – guardian.co.uk

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    In pictures, On the other side: Kibera Slum, Kenya Entries for the Document Photographic Award competition, launched by War on Want via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/jan/11/kenya-photography 11 January 2010: A collection of entries for Document, a photographic award launched by War on Want, which encourages young photographers to capture images connected with poverty and human rights.…