Tag: Mikhael Subotzky
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Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture
Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture From iconic images of major world events, to intimate moments of pleasure and delight — here is an outstanding selection of remarkable images from Magnum Photos — each with a personal story via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/magnum-photos-turning-points-life-changing-moments-by-magnum-photographers From iconic images…
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Deep Hanging | VICE | United States
Photos of Poverty and Addiction in South Africa Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Mikhael Subotzky take photos of a world few have access to. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/deep-hanging-0000693-v22n7 In 2006, when Magnum photographer Mikhael Subotzky started his yearlong project documenting life in and around a prison on a traffic island in the rural South African town of Beaufort…
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Artist Duo Wins 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize | TIME
Artist Duo Wins 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse won for their series Ponte City via Time: http://time.com/3891297/artist-duo-wins-2015-deutsche-borse-photography-prize/ Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse won for their series Ponte City
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Mikhael Subotzky – Ponte City: A Portrait of Johannesburg
Ponte City: A Portrait of Johannesburg – Photographs by Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse | LensCulture Like a failed science-fiction utopia, this Apartheid-era residential tower has become the city’s “focal point [of] dreams and nightmares, seen as refuge or monstrosity, dreamland or dystopia, a lightning rod for a society’s hopes and fears…” via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/mikhael-subotzky-ponte-city-a-portrait-of-johannesburg#slide-18…
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Moscow 2012 Mikhael Subotzky
Link: La Lettre de la Photographie Mikhael Subotzky’s road leads us to a prison, one located right in the middle of an intersection, right in the middle of a city, it radiates out from the prison. You would have to be South African to imagine such a concept. Subotzky, 31, is fascinated by prisons. He…
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Postcards From America
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am about the new Magnum project, Postcards From America. Th
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Worth a Look: Mikhael Subotzky’s Ponte City Project | dvafoto
I just came across his latest project “Ponte City” on his new website. He has thrown me around again, and I believe (and hope) it will for many others too. He has photographed every Door, Window and Television in an iconic and infamous 54-story apartment building in Johannesburg. Link: Worth a Look: Mikhael Subotzky’s Ponte…
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Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winner Photography
Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winner Photography | Hypebeast: Leica recently announced the winner of their 30th Annual Oskar Barnack Award, in South African Mikhael Subotzky. Aside from earning respect throughout the photography community, Mikhael received a generous monetary prize from the historic German camera makers. With the winner now being announced, Leica offers a complete…
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A Conversation with Mikhael Subotzky (Conscientious)
Mikhael Subotzky is one of Magnum’s youngest and newest members, and his first book Beaufort West was one of my favourite photography books last year. I got interested in talking to Mikhael after seeing the book and reading a comment he had left on Magnum’s blog, under a post about photojournalism. Check it out here.
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State of the Art: Subotzky Wins Eugene Smith Grant
South African photographer Mikhael Subotzky has been awarded the 2008 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. Subotzky received the grant, worth $30,000, for his project “Crime, Punishment and Security in Post-Apartheid South Africa.”
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Mikhael Subotzky- Magnum
Quote: “For me, photography has become a way of attempting to make sense of the very strange world that I see around me. I don’t ever expect to achieve that understanding, but the fact that I am trying comforts me” Check it out here.