Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Showcase: A Thirsting Planet – Lens
Carrying a Leica with a 35-millimeter lens, James Whitlow Delano photographs fast and unobtrusively. He says that photography is part of his D.N.A. “I am moved by light,” he said. “I like to tell stories. There is this need to travel and learn that I have been lucky enough to indulge.” Link: Showcase: A Thirsting…
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lenscratch: Rafal Milach
I finally found some time to look at the 2009 Photography Book Now winning publication, Black Sea of Concrete, by Polish photographer, Rafal Milach. Rafal won $25,000 for his grand prize winning submission about the Black Sea. He works as an editorial photographer and is the co-founder of SPUTNIK, the collective of photographers from Central-Eastern…
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Showcase: Channeling Caponigro – Lens
Paul Caponigro, the 77-year-old master photographer, settled into his chair and lit a cigarette, assuring his interviewer, Michael Torosian, that smoking helped him think. After each question was posed, Mr. Caponigro took a drag, exhaled a spiraling cloud of smoke and only then began to speak. This rhythm continued as he and Mr. Torosian spoke…
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The decade in news photographs – The Big Picture
The decade in news photographs Call it what you will, “the noughties”, “the two-thousands” or something else, the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) is now over. Looking back on the past ten years through news photographs, it becomes clear that it was a dramatic, often brutal via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/the_decade_in_news_photographs.html Call it what you…
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Mexico: Odds and Ends | Luceo Images
As I edited through and reflected upon images made in Latin America over the past year, I looked for exactly what it is that draws my heart to this region of the world. Link: Mexico: Odds and Ends | Luceo Images
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Observations, Textures, and Trash: Beach Access
Beach Access Link: http://mattmallams.blogspot.com/2009/12/beach-access.html by Matt Mallams
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2009 The Year in Pictures by Tomas van Houtryve
Link: 2009 The Year in Pictures by Tomas van Houtryve
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“Better than Sex” Receives CPOY Award | Pangea Photo Blog
The focus of the assignment was ritual. But ritualism on the water for these stoic men is not easily seen. It’s subtle. I found tidbits here and there.—a pirate tattoo that one man would add to on trips back to land, a man who would smoke a joint every time he docked and one fisherman…
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2009 in photos (part 3 of 3) – The Big Picture
2009 in photos (part 3 of 3) The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it’s time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the via…
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lenscratch: Gabriela Herman
I’m a sucker for self portraits…not my own, but other people’s and Gariela Herman’s are quite engaging. All of her work is imbued with a feeling of joy, a feeling of why-not, and a sense that she is happily exploring the world around her. Link: lenscratch: Gabriela Herman
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5B4: Portfolio: 40 Photos 1941/1946 by Robert Frank
Portfolio: 40 Photos 1941/1946 by Robert Frank Before arriving to New York, Robert Frank prepared a portfolio of 40 photographs in order to introduce his work to magazine editors. Upon … Link: http://5b4.blogspot.com/2009/12/portfolio-40-photos-19411946-by-robert.html Before arriving to New York, Robert Frank prepared a portfolio of 40 photographs in order to introduce his work to magazine editors
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lila schaffler – my collections | burn magazine
lila schaffler – my collections [slidepress gallery=’lilaschaffler_mycollections’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Lila Schaffler My Collections play this e… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/12/lila-schaffler-my-collections/ It seems have been taking my camera on walks since the age of twelve. I have collected more images than I could even…
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Showcase: West Into East – Lens
Showcase: West Into East Frederic Lezmi is seeking to find the subtle bridge between Central Europe and the Middle East, Daniel J. Wakin reports; moments where the two blend. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/showcase-92/ He said he was seeking a third way of depicting the Middle East; neither in romanticized, Orientalist, picturesque photographs nor in “crisis…
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Scenes From the Beijing Rock Underground | Raw File
Scenes From the Beijing Rock Underground via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2009/12/gallery-beijing-rock-underground/ Matthew Niederhauser became immersed in Chinese culture as he traveled through the country and researched its urban development and the impact of cultural tourism in Tibet. In 2007 he stumbled upon a small but passionate group of rockers in Beijing who stood apart from cultural norms.…
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2009 in photos (part 2 of 3) – The Big Picture
2009 in photos (part 2 of 3) The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it’s time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the via…
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Q&A: Sebastian Denz, Hamburg
Sebastian Denz studied Architecture at the University of Hanover, Photography and Fine Arts at the University of Applied Sciences, Arts in Hanover, and Photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld. Denz was a visiting artist at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2008 and his works are in numerous collections. These images are…
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2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) – The Big Picture
2009 in photos (part 1 of 3) The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it’s time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the via…
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lenscratch: Matt Logue
If Matt Logue could make his photographs a reality, he would make many an Angeleno very happy. His series, Empty LA, has just been published Link: lenscratch: Matt Logue