Smithsonian Magazine – Moving Pictures: Insight from a Photo Editor | LensCulture

Moving Pictures: Insight from a Photo Editor – Interview with Smithsonian Magazine editor Molly Roberts | LensCulture

With decades of experience in the industry under her belt, Chief Photography Editor Molly Roberts speaks about the importance of strong visual foundations and photography’s ability to stop you in your tracks

via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/smithsonian-magazine-moving-pictures-insight-from-a-photo-editor

In talking with young photographers, even ones whose work I really like, I want to encourage them to know more: about the history of photography, the people who have walked the paths they are walking. There are so many different references that we should all have as part of our visual vocabulary. But some people have no idea, it feels like young photojournalists don’t learn those things any more.