Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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This City Is an Overcrowded, Illogical, Inhospitable Marvel – The New York Times
This City Is an Overcrowded, Illogical, Inhospitable Marvel Berenice Abbott captured the egomania and wanton development of New York’s streetscapes almost a century ago. The city is still at it. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/berenice-abbott-portraits-of-modernity-new-york.html A generation before Kouwenhoven, Berenice Abbott captured this heathen beauty in a portfolio of photographs she called “Changing New York,” which was exhibited…
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Blue Earth Alliance: Tim Matsui: Leaving the Life | LENSCRATCH
Blue Earth Alliance: Tim Matsui: Leaving the Life One of the remarkable aspects of Tim Matsui’s “Leaving the Life” is the work he’s done to make sure that the project is more than an affecting, well-told story. For Matsui, creating an award-winning documentary film was just the beginning. He ran a succes via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/04/blue-earth-alliance-2/…
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The Racial Bias Built Into Photography – The New York Times
The Racial Bias Built Into Photography Sarah Lewis explores the relationship between racism and the camera. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/sarah-lewis-racial-bias-photography.html This week, Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is hosting Vision & Justice, a two-day conference on the role of the arts in relation to citizenship, race and justice. Organized by Sarah Lewis, a Harvard professor,…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez
Juxtapoz Magazine – Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez Since the 1950s, George Rodriguez has quietly documented multiple social worlds—in California and beyond—that have never before been displayed togethe… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/double-vision-the-photography-of-george-rodriguez/ Since the 1950s, George Rodriguez has quietly documented multiple social worlds—in California and beyond—that have never before been displayed together, a rare mix…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez
Juxtapoz Magazine – Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez Since the 1950s, George Rodriguez has quietly documented multiple social worlds—in California and beyond—that have never before been displayed togethe… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/double-vision-the-photography-of-george-rodriguez/ Since the 1950s, George Rodriguez has quietly documented multiple social worlds—in California and beyond—that have never before been displayed together, a rare mix…
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Dave Heath: A Master of Photographing Solitude – The New York Times
Dave Heath: A Master of Photographing Solitude Standing between documentary and art, the black-and-white work of Dave Heath captures the world as quiet and contemplative. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/lens/dave-heath-dialogues-with-solitudes.html In Dave Heath’s vision, even the smushed faces of young lovers smooching is a picture of loneliness and alienation. The woman’s eyes are slightly open, not meeting the…
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Looking at San Francisco Through Hamburger Eyes – Feature Shoot
Looking at San Francisco Through Hamburger Eyes – Feature Shoot Mark Murrmann Ted Pushinsky Back in 2001, brothers Ray and David Potes were putting out photo zines the old fashioned way. Ray would edit and art direct while Dave ran… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/04/looking-at-san-francisco-through-hamburger-eyes/ Back in 2001, brothers Ray and David Potes were putting out…
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Ignacio Colo – At the Same Time « burn magazine
Ignacio Colo – At the Same Time Ignacio Colo At the Same Time [ EPF 2018 FINALIST ] Eduardo and Miguel Portnoy are two 50-year-old twins from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They live together, they have never been apart since they were… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2019/04/ignacio-colo-at-the-same-time/ Eduardo and Miguel Portnoy are two 50-year-old twins from Buenos…
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Días Eternos – The Leica camera Blog
[contentcards url=”https://www.leica-camera.blog/2019/04/22/dias-eternos/”] Días Eternos – The Leica camera Blog Venezuelan photographer Ana María Arévalo spent a long time living abroad. When she returned to her homeland in 2017, she found a country in a deep state of crisis. She began her Días Eternos series by photographing women being held in detention centres. Many of them…
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A Photographer Confronts His Family’s Tragic Past in Colombia’s War – The New York Times
A Photographer Confronts His Family’s Tragic Past in Colombia’s War Colombia’s bloody conflict left Andres Cardona an orphan. After years of covering how political violence devastated others, he now looks at how it changed his life forever. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/lens/a-photographer-confronts-his-familys-tragic-past-in-colombias-war.html Colombia’s bloody conflict left Andres Cardona an orphan. After years of covering how political violence devastated…
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The 2019 Ordinary Animals Exhibition | LENSCRATCH
The 2019 Ordinary Animals Exhibition Big thank yous to our amazing juror, R. J. Kern, for selecting the photographs for today’s exhibition. Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to first place winner, Janet Holmes, R.J. shares thoughts on juroring here: Lewis Hine said a wonderf via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/04/lenscratch-exhibition-new-life/ Lewis Hine said a wonderful…
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Will Martin Parr’s Photos Change Britain? He Doesn’t Think So – The New York Times
Will Martin Parr’s Photos Change the World? He Doesn’t Think So In documenting his homeland, the British photographer captures its contradictions and ambiguities with a sense of humor. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/lens/will-martin-parrs-photos-change-britain-he-doesnt-think-so.html In documenting his homeland, the British photographer captures its contradictions and ambiguities with a sense of humor.
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American Fraternity: An Illustrated Manual by Andrew Moisey | LENSCRATCH
[contentcards url=”http://lenscratch.com/2019/04/the-fraternity/”] American Fraternity: An Illustrated Manual by Andrew Moisey | LENSCRATCH When I first saw the book, American Fraternity, published by Daylight Books, I was intrigued by its beautiful old-fashioned, shiny leather cover. It looked like one of those books you find at your grandfather’s house, a precious object. Inside, I found black and…
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American Fraternity: An Illustrated Manual by Andrew Moisey | LENSCRATCH
[contentcards url=”http://lenscratch.com/2019/04/the-fraternity/”] American Fraternity: An Illustrated Manual by Andrew Moisey | LENSCRATCH When I first saw the book, American Fraternity, published by Daylight Books, I was intrigued by its beautiful old-fashioned, shiny leather cover. It looked like one of those books you find at your grandfather’s house, a precious object. Inside, I found black and…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Photography From The Fringe at House of Machines in LA
Juxtapoz Magazine – Photography From The Fringe at House of Machines in LA This weekend in Los Angeles, Suitcase Joe has curated a group of photographers that capture life on the fringes, from gangs and cock fights to train h… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/photography-from-the-fringe-at-house-of-machines-in-la/ This weekend in Los Angeles, Iqvinder Singh has curated a group of photographers…
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50 Years After Altamont: The End of the 1960s – The New York Times
50 Years After Altamont: The End of the 1960s A reluctant rock concert attendee, Bill Owens nevertheless photographed the disastrous 1969 music festival Altamont and the close of an era. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/lens/altamont-1969-bill-owens.html The concert was featured in the documentary film “Gimme Shelter,” and a few photojournalists captured the experience. Among them was Bill Owens, who…
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Jordan Gale: It Is What It Is | LENSCRATCH
Jordan Gale: It Is What It Is In 2017, we featured the work of Jordan Gale as one of the Honorable Mention nods for the Lenscratch Student Award. I was moved by his work and it has stayed with me over the past two years. Jordan has an innate ability to tell stories, in particular…
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Harvey Stein: Mexico Between Life and Death | LENSCRATCH
Harvey Stein: Mexico Between Life and Death I don’t believe there is a better way to get to know a place than by traveling on foot, especially in a place as rich and full of life as Mexico. How else would you expect to happen upon a swirling crowd of dancers, or a child sound…
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Magical Photos of Childhood Summers in a Small Austrian Village – Feature Shoot
Magical Photos of Childhood Summers in a Small Austrian Village – Feature Shoot Alena plays with a cat and a cow. Merkenbrechts, August 2013 Victor is enjoying his mother’s legs. Merkenbrechts, July 2018 In her project I am Waldviertel, Dutch photographer Carla Kogelman… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/04/magical-photos-of-childhood-summers-in-a-small-austrian-village/ In her project I am Waldviertel, Dutch photographer…
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A Mexican Photographer Explores the Enduring Bonds of Her Indigenous Culture – The New York Times
A Mexican Photographer Explores the Enduring Bonds of Her Indigenous Culture The photographer Citlali Fabián documented the culture that persists and sustains in her hometown Yalálag, Mexico, and beyond, through its residents and its diaspora. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/lens/mexican-photographer-indigenous-yalalag-oaxaca.html Among the indigenous people from Yalálag in Mexico’s Oaxaca state, these ties bind them to one another, no…