Tag: Ben Lowy

  • Family Feud at the Democratic National Convention | TIME

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    Historic Moments Captured at the Democratic National Convention History was made yesterday via Time: http://time.com/4423932/dnc-ben-lowy/ Photographer Ben Lowy, who has been on assignment for TIME on both political conventions, says the space was more energized— in “both good ways and bad.”

  • Photographing Tensions at the Republican Convention | TIME

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    Photographing Tensions at the Republican Convention Photographer Ben Lowy is in Cleveland as Republicans nominate Donald Trump via Time: http://time.com/4416927/republican-convention-ben-lowy-photography/ Photographer Ben Lowy is in Cleveland as Republicans gather to nominate Donald Trump

  • The Faces of College Wrestlers – The New Yorker

    The Faces of College Wrestlers – The New Yorker

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    The Faces of College Wrestlers Young wrestlers can look simultaneously haggard and phenomenally fit, as the photographer Ben Lowy captures in his closeup portraits from the 2016 college championships. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-faces-of-college-wrestlers This constant training causes young wrestlers to look haggard but phenomenally fit, a contradiction that the photographer Ben Lowy captures in…

  • Ben Lowy: Embracing Change

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    Ben Lowy: Embracing Change Tweet via NPPA: https://nppa.org/page/ben-lowy-embracing-change Sometimes I feel like the work that I’ve done hasn’t really changed anything. This is just me…this is my own personal thing. I’m not going to speak for other journalists who have covered things all over the world. I’ve covered Libya, but I don’t really know if…

  • Mark Seliger With Baryshnikov & Ben Lowy

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    Mark Seliger With Baryshnikov & Ben Lowy – A Photo Editor via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/02/04/mark-seliger-with-baryshnikov-ben-lowy/ The grind and hustle of daily news photojournalism is no joke. Some people can be a bit sniffy about news photographers. Screw them. As much as possible I try to ignore the haters and the artificial boundaries they construct…

  • Ben Lowy’s Advice on Creating a Brand for Your Photo Business

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    Link: Ben Lowy’s Advice on Creating a Brand for Your Photo Business ‹ PhotoShelter Blog But alongside his award-winning photography is a distinct business brand that helps him reach more clients. So as part of our 2013 Photo Business Plan Workbook, we interviewed Ben to get his advice on creating a real, lasting brand for…

  • Ben Lowy Interview – Part 2

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    Ben Lowy Interview – Part 2 – A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein I caught up with Ben Lowy in August. He’s a busy man, juggling family and personal projects with a super-charged career. In the last year alone, he was in Libya, on Jon Stewart, won the photojournalist of the year award from the ICP,…

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    Ben Lowy Interview – Part 1 – A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein I caught up with Ben Lowy in August. He’s a busy man, juggling family and personal projects with a super-charged career. In the last year alone, he was in Libya, on Jon Stewart, won the photojournalist of the year award from the…

  • Ben Lowy Instagrams the Conventions: Republicans, Democrats, and Dragons

    Ben Lowy Instagrams the Conventions: Republicans, Democrats, and Dragons

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    Ben Lowy Instagrams the Conventions Over the past two weeks, Ben Lowy was in Tampa to Charlotte, using Instagram to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for The New … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/ben-lowy-instagrams-the-conventions.html#slide_ss_0=1 I’ve used Leica’s before off and on for years when I can, but the price point is a little…

  • Ben Lowy on Cellphone Camera Apps and the Ben Lowy App

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    Link: NYTimes.com If you believe that Hipstamatic and Instagram could inspire tens of millions of people to become more interested in “serious” photography, then think of Mr. Lowy as a prophet urging others to abandon outdated and elitist ways. If, on the other hand, you believe iPhone photography — and the Hipstamatic app, in particular —…

  • Ben Lowy on ‘The Daily Show’

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    Ben Lowy on ‘The Daily Show’ A photographer on a talk show? You coulda knocked me down with a feather. (Longtime readers know that one of my pet peeves is that 90% of the guests on talk shows are actors, because the same people that own… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/ben-lowy-on-the-daily-show.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29 Ben Lowy on the…

  • Turning a New Lens on Afghanistan

    Turning a New Lens on Afghanistan

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    Hipstamatic in Kabul When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures for our story “The Bad Guys vs. the Worse Guys,” he did so using both his digital camera, to make traditional 35-millimeter photos, and the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone. via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/hipstamatic-in-kabul/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures…

  • A Conversation with Benjamin Lowy

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    Ben Lowy on Conscientious: The public today is more visually sophisticated than ever before. The overwhelming dearth of information available on the internet tends to weaken the impact of content. Important stories get lost in the fray. So as photographers – as creatives and not just journalists – we have the added task of developing…

  • Ben Lowy Views Libya through iPhone (12 Photos)

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    Above: Libyan rebels celebrate their revolution in a square outside the de facto headquarters for th

  • VII Photo Expands To Represent Non-Member Photographers

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    VII Photo Expands To Represent Non-Member Photographers: “The VII Photo agency announced a new division this week called VII Network, which will represent projects by photographers who are not VII members. At its launch, VII Network is representing seven freelance photojournalists: Eric Bouvet, Jessica Dimmock, Tivadar Domaniczky, Balazs Gardi, Ben Lowy, Stephanie Sinclair and Donald…