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See the First Trailer for the Robert Frank Documentary, Don’t Blink | American Photo
Link: The Laura Israel-directed Don’t Blink made its world premier last fall during the New York Film Festival and according to our reviewer Judy Gelman Myers, the documentary offers a multifaceted view of the photographer so well known for The Americans. “This is Robert Frank the funny guy, the experimental filmmaker, the fan of the…
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How a French Photographer Made Intimate Photos of Female Refugees – The New York Times
How a French Photographer Made Intimate Photos of Female Refugees Marie Dorigny’s intimate photos of women who arrived in Europe as migrants are on display at the Visa Pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan, France. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/how-a-french-photographer-made-intimate-photos-of-female-refugees/ In December, the French photographer Marie Dorigny arrived in Lesbos, Greece, to document the refugee crisis…
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Under the Brooklyn Bridge, the New Photoville – The New York Times
Under the Brooklyn Bridge, the New Photoville This year is the fifth anniversary of Photoville, one of the country’s premier photo festivals, where an impressive range of images is exhibited inside shipping containers-turned-gallery spaces. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/under-the-brooklyn-bridge-the-new-photoville/ Photoville, the unorthodox New York photography festival where images are presented in shipping containers, began in 2011…
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Land, Loss and Rebirth in Standing Rock – The New York Times
Land, Loss and Rebirth in Standing Rock Photos taken by Larry Towell at Standing Rock over a period of six months are being exhibited at the Visa Pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan, France, this month. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/land-loss-and-rebirth-in-standing-rock/ PERPIGNAN, France — Larry Towell watched as the remains of the main protest campsite at…
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They Worked for America. Now These Afghans Face Violence and Poverty Here. – The New York Times
They Worked for America. Now These Afghans Face Violence and Poverty Here. Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. military were granted safe haven in California. Danger awaited them there as well. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/they-worked-for-america-now-these-afghans-face-violence-and-poverty-here/ Their ordeal was covered by The Sacramento Bee in a touching story about the funeral that was…
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Overlooked Stories From Latin American Photographers – The New York Times
Overlooked Stories From Latin American Photographers (Published 2018) For its Latin American Foto Festival, the Bronx Documentary Center is again sharing photography with the community it calls home. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/lens/overlooked-stories-from-latin-american-photographers.html For its Latin American Foto Festival, the Bronx Documentary Center is again sharing photography with the community it calls home.
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World Press Photo disinvites photographer to industry awards – Columbia Journalism Review
World Press Photo disinvites photographer to industry awards The World Press Photo Foundation disinvited an award-winning photographer from its annual awards ceremony Thursday following allegations of “inappropriate behavior,” according to the foundation. This is the first time in the organization’s six-decade-l via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/watchdog/world-press-photo-andrew-quilty.php Andrew Quilty’s photographs of the aftermath of a bombing…
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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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Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards! – Feature Shoot
Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards! – Feature Shoot After reviewing hundreds of phenomenal submissions from photographers working across the globe, we’re thrilled to announce the ten winners of the 4th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards. One up-and-coming… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/11/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2018-feature-shoot-emerging-photography-awards/ After reviewing hundreds of phenomenal submissions from…
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Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn – The New York Times
Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn Photoville, the free photo festival that takes place under the Brooklyn Bridge, is now in its seventh year. In some 90 exhibits and outdoor installations featuring 600 artists, the festival is focusing on themes of gender, social and ethnic diversity, res Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/lens/highlighting-freedom-resilience-and-diversity-at-photoville-in-brooklyn.html Every September, thousands…
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Funerals, Skirmishes and Protests: Photographing Ireland in the Time of Bobby Sands – The New York Times
Funerals, Skirmishes and Protests: Photographing Ireland in the Time of Bobby Sands The French photojournalist Yan Morvan covered Northern Ireland in 1981 when Bobby Sands, a member of the I.R.A., died of a hunger strike. Mr. Morvan’s images are on exhibit at the Visa Pour l’Image festival in Perpignan, France, this week. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/lens/funerals-skirmishes-and-protests-photographing-ireland-in-the-time-of-bobby-sands.html The…
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Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate – The New York Times
Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate John Moore, a staff photographer for Getty Images, has perhaps the most comprehensive body of work of any news photographer covering immigration. His images are being highlighted at a festival in France. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/lens/photographs-that-humanize-the-immigration-debate.html Ten years ago, John Moore returned to the United States after almost two decades covering…
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World Press Photo of the Year: A Tale Told Twice – The New York Times
World Press Photo of the Year: A Tale Told Twice The award winners were announced today at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/lens/world-press-photo-of-the-year-a-tale-told-twice.html The award winners were announced today at the World Press Photo Festival in Amsterdam. The other finalists for the photo of the year award included Ivor Prickett and Adam…
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A Photographer Captures His Community in a Changing Chicago Barrio – The New York Times
A Photographer Captures His Community in a Changing Chicago Barrio Sebastian Hidalgo documents Pilsen, the old Chicago neighborhood where he grew up, hoping to capture the community before it is altered by rapid gentrification. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/a-photographer-captures-his-community-in-a-changing-chicago-barrio/ Sebastian Hidalgo grew up in Pilsen, an old Chicago neighborhood, when it was still Chicano through and…
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Previewing My Conversation with Pete Souza at Photoville – Reading The Pictures
Anticipating a Conversation with Pete Souza at Photoville – Reading The Pictures I am looking forward to Saturday at Photoville. I’ll be having a conversation with former White House photographer, Pete Souza. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2017/09/pete-souza-photoville/ I am looking forward to Saturday’s special edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon at the fabulous Photoville…
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Brooks Institute Closes After 70 Years of Photo Education
Brooks Institute Closes After 70 Years of Photo Education There’s big news that’s making waves in the world of photography education: the well-known photo school Brooks Institute has announced that it will be via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/13/brooks-institute-closes-70-years-photo-education/ Forty-seven years after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, it’s arguable whether there has since been anything like it.…
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The Growth of Contemporary African Photography at LagosPhoto – The New York Times
The Growth of Contemporary African Photography at LagosPhoto A new book, “Africa Under the Prism,” captures the kaleidoscope of random energy, disorder and color on the continent, from work shown during the arts festival’s first five years. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/the-growth-of-contemporary-african-photography-at-lagosphoto/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 Lagos is long overdue for a book that captures this kaleidoscope of random energy,…
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A Mash Note to New York at Photoville – The New York Times
A Mash Note to New York at Photoville For Times photographers, New York serves as our canvas, and its people our palette. So we at the Lens blog decided to gather some of our favorite “slice of life” photos taken by current staff photographers and present them as part of a night of projections at…
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In Syria’s Struggle, Memories of the Soviet Union – The New York Times
In Syria’s Struggle, Memories of the Soviet Union Sergey Ponomarev’s trips to Syria remind him of his native Soviet Union: from the government security forces that kept track of his movements to destroyed areas that looked like something from the Battle of Stalingrad. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/in-syrias-struggle-memories-of-the-soviet-union/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog He returned twice to Syria in 2014 on…