Category: Photography
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Thomas Wågström’s Pictures of the Living and the Lifeless | The New Yorker
Thomas Wågström’s Pictures of the Living and the Lifeless The mysterious photographs in the book “Case Closed” are more interested in the conditions under which human beings exist than in the lives they live. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/thomas-wagstroms-pictures-of-the-living-and-the-lifeless One of Thomas Wågström’s pictures has been hanging on the wall above my desk for many…
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The Photographer of the Black Is Beautiful Movement | The New Yorker
The Photographer of the Black Is Beautiful Movement Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/afterword/the-photographer-of-the-black-is-beautiful-movement Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 — Photographers from Around the World – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 — Photographers from Around the World – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture Honoring many of the women who inspire us daily — photographers, artists, writers, designers, researchers, poets, curators, art directors, editors, visionaries via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-celebrating-international-women-s-day-2023-photographers-from-around-the-world In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, we honor many of the women…
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Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur Is on Display in MoMA Photographs – The New York Times
Ming Smith’s Poetic Blur This streetlight mystic shows her painterly photography at MoMA in an archive that celebrates long exposures and perceptual improvisation. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/arts/design/ming-smith-photographer-museum-of-modern-art.html The stellar photographer Ming Smith remembers walking past the Museum of Modern Art when she was in her early 20s and telling herself, “I’m going to be in that museum…
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Advice for Portrait Photographers – Interview with Todd Hido | LensCulture
Advice for Portrait Photographers – Interview with Todd Hido | LensCulture One of America’s leading photographers offers his insights about making great photographic portraits via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/todd-hido-advice-for-portrait-photographers Todd Hido is one of the most interesting artists using photography today. We asked if he would be willing to share some insights and advice for photographers who…
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Richard Avedon’s Naked Murals | The New Yorker
Richard Avedon’s Naked Murals A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum showcases the terrific physical presence of a trio of the photographer’s large-scale works. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/richard-avedons-overwhelming-murals A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum showcases the terrific physical presence of a trio of the photographer’s large-scale works.
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Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part 2 | LensCulture
Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part 2 | LensCulture Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-2 As the deadline approaches for the LensCulture Portrait Awards (closing soon — February 15, 2023), we reached out to dozens…
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Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part I – From past LensCulture Portrait Award Winners and Finalists | LensCulture
Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part I – From past LensCulture Portrait Award Winners and Finalists | LensCulture Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-i Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well…
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14 Most Popular Photo Discoveries from 2022 | LensCulture
14 Most Popular Photo Discoveries from 2022 | LensCulture Some of LensCulture’s most popular photo highlights from 2022 — a mix of new discoveries, photobook reviews, interviews, essays, solo exhibitions and visual stories via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-14-most-popular-photo-discoveries-from-2022 Some of LensCulture’s most popular photo highlights from 2022 — a mix of new discoveries, photobook reviews, interviews, essays,…
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Can We Afford Success, Revisited – LENSCRATCH
Can We Afford Success, Revisited – LENSCRATCH “Almost all photographers have incurred large expenses in the pursuit of tiny audiences, finding that the wonder they’d hoped to share is something few want to receive.” — Robert Adams It was over a decade ago, that I first wrote about the cost of being a via LENSCRATCH:…
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What a Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed About Zaharia Cușnir – The New York Times
How a Chance Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed a Master Photographer For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame is rising. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/photographer-moldova-soviet-cusnir.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=World%20News For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame…
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What Bernd and Hilla Becher Saw in the Remnants of Industry | The New Yorker
What Bernd and Hilla Becher Saw in the Remnants of Industry The husband-and-wife photography team spent decades rigorously documenting the postwar architectural landscape—and captivated the art world along the way. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-bernd-and-hilla-becher-saw-in-the-remnants-of-industry In 1977, the critic Hilton Kramer wrote in the Times that the Bechers’ photographs “look like the sort of pictures…
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Ami Vitale: From Photographer to Conservationist | PetaPixel
Ami Vitale: From Photographer to Conservationist A look at the life and work of Ami Vitale, a photographer and well-known conservationist who champions the cause of endangered wildlife. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/ami-vitale-photographer-biography/ “Today, my motivations are very different from when I began. Photography and storytelling are much more than a tool for my own self-empowerment. In…
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The Rock Pays Touching Tribute to Legendary Wrestling Photographer | PetaPixel
The Rock Pays Touching Tribute to Legendary Wrestling Photographer Classy from The Rock. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/the-rock-pays-touching-tribute-to-legendary-wrestling-photographer/ Addressing Napolitano, Johnson said: “I want to say thank you so much for being so supportive of my family over the year. My grandfather, my grandmother, you took incredible shots that still hang in our house. They still hang…
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Meet the Jury of the LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards 2022 – Photographs by various artists | Text by Joanna L. Cresswell | LensCulture
Meet the Jury of the LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards 2022 – Photographs by various artists | Text by Joanna L. Cresswell | LensCulture In a world of color, what makes black and white photography stand out? We asked each of the experts who will be judging your entries to find out what they…
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The Women of Magnum Photos | The New Yorker
The Women of Magnum Photos An exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly intimate depiction of life during the recent revolution in Lebanon, by Myriam Boulos. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/03/the-women-of-magnum-photos An exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly…
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These Photographs Were Made in Protest
These Photographs Were Made in Protest The camera became the center of Chauncey Hare’s life, and a tool for awakening his political consciousness. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/741181/chauncey-hare-quitting-your-day-job/ Hare’s photography is little known today, partly because of his own efforts. Disillusioned with the art world, he called himself an “anti-official art artist” for a time before bitterly…
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Michelle Agins on Perseverance and Photographing Martin Luther King
Michelle Agins on Perseverance and Photographing Martin Luther King The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/761200/michelle-agins-on-perseverance-and-photographing-martin-luther-king/ The second Black woman ever hired as…
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The Full Story Behind the Collapse of the Nat Geo Fine Art Galleries | PetaPixel
The Full Story Behind the Collapse of the Nat Geo Fine Art Galleries The full story behind the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/31/the-full-story-behind-the-collapse-of-the-nat-geo-fine-art-galleries/ This saga of the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries (hereafter referred to as the Galleries for the sake of simplicity) has been ongoing for years and started when PetaPixel…
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Photographers on Photographers: Emily Wall in Conversation with Victoria Sambunaris – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Emily Wall in Conversation with Victoria Sambunaris – LENSCRATCH I first saw Victoria Sambunaris’ work at the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University during my last semester as a student. I was struck by the scale of the prints as well as how the strong geometry within the work carried her themes.…