Tag: Peter van Agtmael

  • Peter van Agtmael: “I Try to Criticize Myself and Criticize the Country at the Same Time” — Blind Magazine

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    Peter van Agtmael: “I Try to Criticize Myself and Criticize the Country at the Same Time” — Blind Magazine Opening April 14 at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York, Look At The USA gathers photographs from 17 years of photographer Peter van Agtmael’s work to draw a complex picture of post 9/11 America. via…

  • # 75 Peter van Agtmael – 10 Frames Per Second

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    http://10fps.net/75-peter-van-agtmael/ This week we talk with Magnum photographer and photobook publisher Peter van Agtmael about his new book Sorry for the War and his 2020 Yearbook. We also discuss issues facing Magnum in the future.

  • Blind – Peter van Agtmael Chronicles the Frontlines of War in the 21st Century

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    Peter van Agtmael Chronicles the Frontlines of War in the 21st Century Magnum Photos member Peter van Agtmael shares his journey as a conflict photographer, and the importance of adopting an open, questioning approach to photojournalism. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1272/Peter-Van-Agtmael-Chronicles-The-Frontlines-Of-War-In-The-21st-Century While at Yale, van Agtmael also developed a more critical approach to the mythos of America he…

  • The Twenty Years War | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    The Twenty Years War | Conscientious Photography Magazine

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    The Twenty Years War via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-twenty-years-war/ Peter van Agtmael has been documenting the Twenty Year War since its very beginning. I first spoke with him in 2007 and then again ten years later. He has published a number of books, all of them essential records of a country too embroiled in its…

  • Peter van Agtmael’s Absurd, Grotesque Chronicle of the Fallout from the Iraq War | The New Yorker

    Peter van Agtmael’s Absurd, Grotesque Chronicle of the Fallout from the Iraq War | The New Yorker

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    Peter van Agtmael’s Absurd, Grotesque Chronicle of the Fallout from the Iraq War Van Agtmael’s images in his new book, “Sorry for the War,” highlight all the little ways in which the war twists and perverts whatever it touches, over there as well as over here. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/peter-van-agtmaels-absurd-grotesque-chronicle-of-the-fallout-from-the-iraq-war For a decade and…

  • 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

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    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…

  • 13 Photographers on Turning Points in Their Work – Aperture Foundation NY

    13 Photographers on Turning Points in Their Work – Aperture Foundation NY

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    13 Photographers on Turning Points in Their Work Elliott Erwitt, Zun Lee, Alec Soth, and more on the turning points in their photographs—from global and national events to the most personal moments. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/13-photographers-on-turning-points/ Turning points in the lives and works of photographers often span the extremes—from global and national events to…

  • Nine pros talk about the present and future economics of a photography career

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    Link: The photographers interviewed include photojournalists such as Ed Kashi of the VII Agency and Peter Van Agtmael of Magnum, fashion photographer Peter Stigter, Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, and others

  • A Brief Visual History of ISIS by Magnum Photos | Time

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    These Photos Show the History of ISIS A special photography project traces the group visually, from colonialism to the group’s modern atrocities via Time: http://time.com/longform/isis-visual-history-magnum-photos/ ISIS, that much feared, reviled, celebrated, media-savvy and somewhat phantasmagoric entity, “promotes itself much less through a coherent ideology than via the equivalent of an aggregated, gigantic snuff-selfie,” writes Peter…

  • Peter van Agtmael: Buzzing at the Sill | LENSCRATCH

    Peter van Agtmael: Buzzing at the Sill | LENSCRATCH

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    Peter van Agtmael: Buzzing at the Sill With the widespread uncertainty and fear over the increasingly exposed divisions in the United States, I hope this work can give perspective on the rarely seen corners of this dense, complex, and troubled nation. Moving through the vastness of America the via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/02/peter-van-agtmael-buzzing-at-the-sill/ Peter van Agtmael’s new…

  • Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence – The New Yorker

    Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence – The New Yorker

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    Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence At a moment when the country’s divisions feel otherwise inscrutable, the photographer’s work delivers new ways of seeing American violence and fortitude. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/peter-van-agtmaels-decoding-of-american-violence On the eve of Donald Trump’s Inauguration, I rode the train from New York to Washington, D.C., with a book tucked…

  • Magnum, Photography, Obsession and the Deepest Kind of Love – Interview with Peter Van Agtmael | LensCulture

    Magnum, Photography, Obsession and the Deepest Kind of Love – Interview with Peter Van Agtmael | LensCulture

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    Magnum, Photography, Obsession and the Deepest Kind of Love – Interview with Peter Van Agtmael | By Alexander Strecker | LensCulture What pushes (Magnum) photographers to obsessively pursue their own perspective? A young, brilliant member of the legendary photo agency reveals the story behind his life-long romance with the medium via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/peter-van-agtmael-magnum-photography-obsession-and-the-deepest-kind-of-love At this…

  • Why Facts Aren’t Always Truths in Photography | TIME

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    Why Facts Aren’t Always Truths in Photography Peter van Agtmael addresses the controversy behind Steve McCurry’s manipulated photos via Time: http://time.com/4326791/fact-truth-photography-steve-mccurry/ Photographer Peter van Agtmael addresses the controversy behind Steve McCurry’s manipulated photos -> I don’t take issue with most forms of manipulation, but deception isn’t acceptable.

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    Magnum Pictures of the Year: Photographers’ Choice For a third year Peter van Agtmael has curated an image selection based on the Magnum membership’s choice of their favorite images of the year.

  • TIME Exclusive: Magnum Emergency Fund Announces 2015 Grantees | TIME

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    Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund 2015 Grants Announced The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund today announces, exclusively through TIME LightBox, the winners of its 2015 grants via Time: http://time.com/3672263/time-exclusive-magnum-emergency-fund-announces-2015-grantees/ This year’s selection of awardees are Massimo Berruti, Matt Black, Peter DiCampo, Emine Gozde Sevim, Curran Hatleberg, Guy Martin, Pete Muller, Elena Perlino, Nii Obodai Provencal, Asim Rafiqui…

  • See Inside Gaza with Photographer Peter van Agtmael – LightBox

    See Inside Gaza with Photographer Peter van Agtmael – LightBox

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/11/24/inside-gaza-peter-van-agtmael/#1 Peter van Agtmael spent the last Gaza war taking pictures on the Israeli side. But when the fighting ended he made the surreal journey across the Erez Crossing from Israel into the Strip, home to some 1.8 million Palestinians. What he…

  • Coming of Age in Combat: Peter van Agtmael’s Disco Night Sept 11 – LightBox

    Coming of Age in Combat: Peter van Agtmael’s Disco Night Sept 11 – LightBox

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/07/03/peter-van-agtmael-combat-photo-book/#1 If you’re looking for bang-bang, this might not be your book. There are photographs of soldiers who later ended up KIA, and of Marines swimming in an Afghan canal while a member of the outfit next door is shredded by an…

  • Peter van Agtmael: Disco Night Sept 11 | LENSCRATCH

    Peter van Agtmael: Disco Night Sept 11 | LENSCRATCH

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    Peter van Agtmael: Disco Night Sept 11 Disco Night Sept 11 is a book about more than the brutality of conflict. It is an intimate and personal meditation on modern warfare from the perspective of a young American photographer who came of age in the confusion of a post 9/11 world, and who saw m…

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    5 Questions for Peter van Agtmael Peter van Agtmael was born in Washington DC. He studied history at Yale, graduating with honors in 2003. Since 2006 he has primarily covered the 9/11 Wars and their consequences, working extensively… via APAD blog: http://blog.aphotoaday.org/post/89160756270/5-questions-for-peter-van-agtmael Emotion is the starting point but emotion can be cloudy and two dimensional on…

  • Peter van Agtmael: Disco Night Sept 11. examines the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (PHOTOS).

    Peter van Agtmael: Disco Night Sept 11. examines the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (PHOTOS).

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    Life Through the Eyes of a War Photographer Since he was a child, Peter van Agtmael has been interested in going to war, though he admits he wasn’t sure exactly what he would be doing once he got… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/06/17/peter_van_agtmael_disco_night_sept_11_examines_the_wars_in_afghanistan_and.html Since he was a child, Peter van Agtmael has been interested in going…