Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • Jim Hill: Small Places – LENSCRATCH

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    Jim Hill: Small Places – LENSCRATCH There is something about night photography that makes unremarkable spaces a bit more remarkable.  The inky skies have greater depth and the sense of emptiness create an emotional tableaux. The dreary streets that have seen better days, the grayness that s via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/04/jim-hill/ Small Places was purposely shot…

  • How Nick Waplington Made Indelible Photographs of Club Kids and Family Life

    How Nick Waplington Made Indelible Photographs of Club Kids and Family Life

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    How Nick Waplington Made Indelible Photographs of Club Kids and Family Life From Nottingham living rooms to New York dance floors, the British photographer has created records of subcultures that brim with life. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-nick-waplington-made-indelible-photographs-of-club-kids-and-family-life/ From Nottingham living rooms to New York dance floors and Los Angeles’s surf scene, the British photographer has created…

  • Miguel Calderón Journeys into the Soul of Mexico

    Miguel Calderón Journeys into the Soul of Mexico

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    Miguel Calderón Journeys into the Soul of Mexico The photographer and multimedia artist speaks about his earliest images, adopting a hawk, and taking a wild road trip to the Mexico-US border. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/miguel-calderon-journeys-into-the-soul-of-mexico/ The photographer and multimedia artist speaks about his earliest images, adopting a hawk, and taking a wild road trip to the…

  • Rotterdam Photo: Isaiah Winters – LENSCRATCH

    Rotterdam Photo: Isaiah Winters – LENSCRATCH

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    Rotterdam Photo: Isaiah Winters – LENSCRATCH The theme of this year’s Rotterdam Photo, an annual photography festival, was “Freedom Redefined,” and I was lucky enough to exhibit 34 prints from my work on women with life sentences, both inside prison and after they’ve regained their freedom. This wee via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/03/rotterdam-photo-isaiah-winters/ Isaiah Winter’s series, “This…

  • The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism | The New Yorker

    The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism | The New Yorker

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    The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism Fifty years ago, Augusto Pinochet staged a violent coup in Chile. Evandro Teixeira went to the capital and captured startling images of soldiers, protesters, and the funeral procession of Pablo Neruda. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photographer-who-saw-the-brutality-and-the-fragility-of-authoritarianism Teixeira’s photos in Chile are the main subject…

  • Siblings – Photographs by Wendy Stone | Essay by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

    Siblings – Photographs by Wendy Stone | Essay by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

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    Siblings – Photographs by Wendy Stone | Essay by Magali Duzant | LensCulture Documenting the lively adventures of her son and the family’s two beloved dogs, Wendy Stone reframes the bond between siblings through an animal lens via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/wendy-stone-siblings Documenting the lively adventures of her son and the family’s two beloved dogs, Wendy Stone…

  • “Borderlands, an American Journey” by Francesco Anselmi – burn magazine

    “Borderlands, an American Journey” by Francesco Anselmi – burn magazine

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    “Borderlands, an American Journey” by Francesco Anselmi “Borderlands, an American Journey” by Francesco Anselmi Along a border at the center of the political and journalistic debate, “Borderlands” aims to develop a narration capable of going… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2023/03/borderlands-an-american-journey-by-francesco-anselmi/ Along a border at the center of the political and journalistic debate, “Borderlands” aims to develop…

  • Memphis, Through the Lens of Tyre Nichols – The New York Times

    Memphis, Through the Lens of Tyre Nichols – The New York Times

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    Memphis, Through the Lens of Tyre Nichols His photos, which he wrote were meant to “bring my viewers deep into what I am seeing,” reveal parts of the city some residents say they had forgotten. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/us/tyre-memphis-photos.html “It brings a lot of peace and solace just to sit with the crew and talk about him…

  • Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War

    Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War

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    Photographs That Show the Whimsy and Eros of Ukraine before the War In images made before the Russian invasion in 2022, three photographers preserve social memory—and witness a nation striving to define its sovereignty. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-photographers-who-showed-the-whimsy-and-eros-of-ukraine-before-the-war/ Working in black and white with one camera, Chekmenev took the official passport-format headshots of weary visages against…

  • Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds: Countdown – LENSCRATCH

    Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds: Countdown – LENSCRATCH

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    Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds: Countdown – LENSCRATCH For those of you who may remember the days when your elementary school teacher instructed you in the “Duck and Cover” air raid drill triggered by a lonely siren where you dove under your desk, covered your head with your arms and were instructed not to lo…

  • The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson | The New Yorker

    The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson | The New Yorker

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    The Lost New Jersey Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson “Why New Jersey? Because people make such a funny face when you mention New Jersey.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/the-lost-new-jersey-photographs-of-henri-cartier-bresson In 1975, the renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson received an invitation to travel from Paris to America for what would become one of his final photographic projects. Choose…

  • Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH

    Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH

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    Will Warasila: Quicker Than Coal Ash – LENSCRATCH As the publishing and awards director/senior editor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, I first met Will Warasila when he was a graduate student in Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA) program (he graduated in Ma via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/02/will-warasila-quicker-than-coal-ash/ Quicker than Coal…

  • Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH

    Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH

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    Argus Paul Estabrook: Half Eye, Half I – LENSCRATCH I met Argus Paul Estabrook through a mutual friend in my last year of undergrad at Virginia Intermont College back in 1997 or 1998. We didn’t reconnect until the invention of social media when I became much more aware of his work. Back in 2021, I…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH

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    I LOVE L.A.: Rick McCloskey: Van Nuys Blvd. 1972 – LENSCRATCH The idea of cruising is/was a national past time in small towns and big cities. I well remember the cool night air as a carload of girlfriends and I drove down Sunset Strip night after night in someone’s family station wagon, air thick with…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH

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    I LOVE L.A.: Francesca Forquet: Santa Monica – LENSCRATCH …it comes natural to me, as I try to get to know this country walking through the deserted alleys of Santa Monica, to notice these little clues, and to take pictures of them. I recently met Francesca Forquet while reviewing portfolios at the Palm Spring Photo…

  • “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace – burn magazine

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    “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace “Communism(s): A Cold War Album” by Arthur Grace When I landed at West Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport just over 43 years ago, it marked the beginning of a 12-year exploration of life behind… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2023/01/communisms-a-cold-war-album-by-arthur-grace/ When I landed at West Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport just over 43 years…

  • I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH

    I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH

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    I LOVE L.A.: Aline Smithson: LOST Los Angeles – LENSCRATCH Los Angeles or La Puebla de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles (The City of our Lady the Queen of the Angels) was founded by the Spaniards in 1781 and passed into American possession in 1846. It was however of no great importance until…

  • “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier – burn magazine

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    “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier “Reaching for Dawn” by Elliott Verdier Of the bloody civil war (1989-2003) that decimated Liberia, its population does not speak. No proper memorial has been built, no day is dedicated … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2023/01/reaching-for-dawn-by-elliott-verdier/ Of the bloody civil war (1989-2003) that decimated Liberia, its population does not speak.…

  • Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics

    Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics

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    Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics “Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers at Magnum” unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/789063/charting-photography-gender-dynamics-icp/ Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers at Magnum unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera.

  • The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH

    The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH

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    The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2022 Exhibition – LENSCRATCH Happy 2023! Thank you to everyone who contributed photographs to this massive 14-part post. We received hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of images from every corner of the world. The work shared are favorite photos, not best photos, each ho via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/01/the-favorite-photograph-you-took-in-2022-exhibition/…