Category: Interviews

  • Jay Dickman: The Eyes of a Story

    When asked how he first became interested in photography—and photojournalism in particular—Jay Dickman replies, “I think a lot of it was the product of growing up in the 1950s and ’60s when we had LIFE and National Geographic as our ‘windows’ to the world; they were our TVs.” This brought coverage of the Vietnam War,…

  • Spirit With a Sleight of Hand–An Interview with Bill Armstrong

    Bill Armstrong: I don’t think of my imagery as soft focus, in fact, I call it extreme blur to distinguish it from soft focus. My concern is not to make “soft” or impressionistic images of the real world, like the early pictorialist photographers, but to make de-materialized or ephemeral images that represent a completely different…

  • Tim Clayton, Sydney Morning Herald | Raw Take

    What has actually happened is many photographers have evolved beyond the wants and needs of the newspaper. We are shooting stories that don’t get published and shooting personal projects to keep our brains stimulated. The ‘cat sat on the mat’ images pay the bills. In many ways it is a sad reflection of photojournalism today,…

  • talk to allard..

    any minute now, William Albert Allard will walk through my door….i have not asked him, but i will put him on the spot with any of you who happen to be “on” right now….he will probably be here for a couple of hours  or so…since his name comes up quite a bit here, most recently…

  • Speartalks: Grant Hamilton – Josh Spear

    You have heard by now that Polaroid film is dying. Rightfully, no, but inevitably, yes, and we have few words to appropriately state our reaction (of the few we have, the following do share company: appalled, mystified, f*cking pissed). Of course, while we are all justified in experiencing some emotion over this unnecessary loss, there…

  • Chip Simons- A Photo Editor

    Then, the business starts to struggle and stock sales start to crumble and suddenly divorce. And, wham, the money is all gone and the business is really drying up and suddenly you’re a 49 year old former wunderkind thinking “what in the hell am I going to do?” If you’re Chip Simons you hit the…

  • A Conversation with Bert Teunissen (Conscientious)

    Bert Teunissen’s Domestic Landscapes is one of my favourite photography books, and I had wanted to talk to Bert about his work for a while. A little while ago, I finally sent him an email to ask, and he agreed to an interview. Check it out here.

  • Behind the Lens with John Moore – – PopPhotoMarch 2008

    This month we focus on John Moore, a senior staff photographer with Getty Images based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Before joining Getty, Moore was a staff photographer with the Associated Press, and was on a team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography for their coverage of the war in Iraq. Having lived…

  • SpearTalks: Alyson Fox

    Alyson Fox likes doing things. In her case, ‘things’ mean drawing, taking pictures, designing clothes, making shop windows pretty – and probably one or two more ‘things’ since we last talked. Check it out here.

  • PDN 30 Alumni: On Lessons Learned

    In honor of this tenth anniversary, we went back to a few PDN’s 30 photographers and asked them to once again share some advice with the next generation of photographers. We asked each of them: What is one of the most important lessons you’ve learned? How have your career goals changed? And, of course: What…

  • Vincent J. Musi | Raw Take

    I love the craft of creating. That something can affect so many people is a great feeling of accomplishment. It happens so quickly that we tend to take it for granted and it’s really very special. 40 million people will see these pictures in the Geographic, that’s terrifying. Check it out here.

  • Shoot! Interview: Ofer Wolberger – Shoot The Blog

    I met Ofer Wolberger in the Artist in the Marketplace Fellowship program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2003. It was all too apparent at the time that he was headed for great things, while I was headed for Crown Heights and a cabinet full of ramen. Ofer was shooting lustrous and large…

  • Interview: Photographer David Hibbard – Words: Ramblings about photography

    I met landscape photographer David Hibbard in 2003 during one of Brigitte Carnochan’s portfolio workshops. David consistently presented beautiful prints of his quiet, contemplative coastal landscapes. I was impressed with both the images, and his meticulous craftsmanship. Eventually the conversation turned to workflow — David was shooting slide film with a Pentax 6×7 camera, scanning…

  • A Photo Editor – Interview with a *Big Shot* Art Buyer

    Since I’ve never worked on the advertising side of this industry I called up a friend and offered her anonymity if she would speak honestly with me about that side of the business. You’ll have to trust me that this is a good source and I’ll go so far as to say, if you can…

  • Grim Truth at Gitmo by Sarah Coleman

    Magnum shooter Paolo Pellegrin describes how he dealt with the challenges of photojournalism at Guantanamo. Check it out here.

  • A Conversation with Jerry Spagnoli (Conscientious)

    The other day, I had the chance to visit Jerry Spagnoli’s studio and to talk to him about his work, and afterwards I asked him whether he would be available for a conversation, to be published on this blog. I’m very glad he agreed to it. Check it out here.

  • CANDID CAMERA :: American Way Magazine :: March 1, 2008

    It’s at this point that actor Aaron Eckhart usually comes clean. He lowers his Leica M6 camera, introduces himself, and explains what he’s up to. No, he’s not researching the role of paparazzo. He’s just engaging in his favorite pastime — street photography, something he’s done all over the world for the past seven years.…

  • Eugene Richards On "War is Personal" – PDN

    Documentary photojournalist Eugene Richards has a long career of producing powerful projects on social issues such as drug abuse, mental illness and aging. He is now working on a project on the impact of the Iraq war titled “War is Personal.” Helped by a grant from National Geographic Magazine, he is traveling around the U.S.…

  • Behind the Lens with Martin Schoeller – – PopPhotoFebruary 2008

    This month we focus on Martin Schoeller, a world-renowned portrait photographer based in New York City. Schoeller is best known for his “Close-Up” portrait series, for which he has photographed a slew of politicians, celebrities and everyday people over the last 10 years. As an editorial portrait photographer, Schoeller’s clients include the New Yorker, GQ,…

  • Kingston plays 20 questions with Gerd Ludwig | Crave : The gadget blog

    Kingston has updated the Icons of Photography section of its Website with a new interview with National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig. Ludwig is the fourth of the flash memory card maker’s Icons of Photography to be interviewed for the Kingston site Check it out here.