Author: Trent
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Blind – Gerry Cranham: a Life Devoted to Sports Photography
Gerry Cranham: a Life Devoted to Sports Photography Gerry Cranham has just turned 92 and there has never been a book that looks back on his extensive and prolific career as a whole. Crazy! Mark Leech, a great English sports photographer, who is also his friend, his agent and sort of his spiritual son, is…
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Police in Minnesota Round Up, Detain Photographers Covering a Protest | PetaPixel
Police in Minnesota Round Up, Detain Photographers Covering a Protest Detained, forced on their stomachs, and not released until they submitted to having faces and press credentials photographed. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/04/19/police-in-minnesota-round-up-detain-photographers-covering-a-protest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Tim Evans, a freelance photojournalist for the European Pressphoto Agency, says he was tackled to the ground, punched, and sprayed with chemical irritants. He…
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María Daniel Balcázar – Kilombo – burn magazine
María Daniel Balcázar – Kilombo KILOMBO María Daniel Balcázar Kilombo is a tribute to the resilience and vitality of the African legacy in Brazil. During the Atlantic slave trade, approximately 4.8 million pe… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2021/04/maria-daniel-balcazar-kilombo/ This work took place in the states of Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and…
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Politics of the Kitchen: Counter Histories – LENSCRATCH
Politics of the Kitchen: Counter Histories – LENSCRATCH By Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman Counter Histories: Documenting the Struggle to Desegregate Southern Restaurants is a timely resource bringing together photojournalism, history and politics with food. Connecting desegregation protests and demonstrati via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/04/politics-of-the-kitchen-counter-histories/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Counter Histories: Documenting the Struggle to Desegregate Southern Restaurants is a timely…
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Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest – The Atlantic
Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest Some of the winning entries in this year’s annual photo competition via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/04/winners-2021-world-press-photo-contest/618606/ The winning entries of the annual World Press Photo Contest have just been announced. This year, according to organizers, 74,470 images were submitted for judging, made by 4,315 photographers from 130 different…
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The Timeless Pleasures of Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits | The New Yorker
The Timeless Pleasures of Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits His pictures make me think about the times I’ve walked down the street feeling invisible, until I pass another Black person who holds my gaze long enough for us to exchange a nod. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-timeless-pleasures-of-dawoud-beys-street-portraits few years ago, while on a road-trip assignment with…
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Zoe Leonard’s Elegiac Images of Downtown New York
Zoe Leonard’s Elegiac Images of Downtown New York In her tribute to the critic Douglas Crimp, Leonard’s photographs of street scenes and subways suggest the fantasy of waiting. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/zoe-leonards-elegiac-images-of-downtown-new-york/ In her tribute to the critic Douglas Crimp, Leonard’s photographs of street scenes and subways suggest the fantasy of waiting.
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Blind – Fabio Ponzio: East of Nowhere
Fabio Ponzio: East of Nowhere An eyewitness to the fall of Communist regimes in Europe, the photographer Fabio Ponzio publishes his photographs covering twenty-two years spent in the East. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1288/Fabio-Ponzio-East-Of-Nowhere An eyewitness to the fall of Communist regimes in Europe, the photographer Fabio Ponzio publishes his photographs covering twenty-two years spent in the East.
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Blind – World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020
World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020 The results of the 64th edition of World Press Photo were announced on April 15. Six nominees were in the running for the prestigious and coveted world photo of the year. The World Press Photo of the Year was awarded to Mads Nissen for his photograph of…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Thana Faroq: I don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows
Juxtapoz Magazine – Thana Faroq: I don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows Thana Faroq’s I Don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows explores her journey leaving war-torn Yemen and experiencing asylum in the Netherlands. Th… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/thana-faroq-i-don-t-recognize-me-in-the-shadows/ Thana Faroq’s I Don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows explores her journey leaving war-torn Yemen and experiencing asylum in the Netherlands. Thana decided…
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An Emotional Embrace in Brazil Wins World Press Photo of the Year | PetaPixel
An Emotional Embrace in Brazil Wins World Press Photo of the Year The best images captured by international photojournalists. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/04/15/an-emotional-embrace-in-brazil-wins-world-press-photo-of-the-year/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The World Press Photo of the Year is designed to honor a photographer whose visual creativity and skills combined to create a picture that captures or represents an event or issue of great…
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End of the Caliphate – Photographs by Ivor Prickett | Interview by Eefje Ludwig | LensCulture
End of the Caliphate – Photographs by Ivor Prickett | Interview by Eefje Ludwig | LensCulture What is left in the wake of conflict? Drawing on his time on the ground in Iraq and Syria, Ivor Prickett’s book is an enduring record of the people and places caught up in the battle to defeat ISIS…
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The photographer capturing overlooked lives in rural Uzbekistan
The photographer capturing overlooked lives in rural Uzbekistan Photographer Hassan Kurbanbaev discusses his series documenting the Central Asian country, which aims to shed light on ordinary Uzbeks and to preserve something of the nation’s rich history. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photos-capturing-overlooked-lives-in-rural-uzbekistan/ Photographer Hassan Kurbanbaev discusses his series documenting the Central Asian country, which aims to shed…
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Blind – June Newton, Portrait Photographer Also Known as Alice Springs, Dies at 97
June Newton, Portrait Photographer also known as Alice Springs, Dies at 97 Remembering art director, curator, and portraitist June Newton, whose photography career began one day in 1970 when her husband Helmut fell ill with the flu and sent her in his stead. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1284/June-Newton-Portrait-Photographer-Also-Known-As-Alice-Springs-Dies-At-97 Remembering art director, curator, and portraitist June Newton, whose photography…
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Blind – Bruce Gilden: “It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect, It’s Organized Chaos”
Bruce Gilden: “It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect, It’s Organized Chaos” In December 2019, Bruce Gilden frequented one of Palermo’s most typical markets, Ballarò, for about a week. Attracted by the genuine rough faces of its vendors and buyers he spent hours strolling its narrow streets. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1286/Bruce-Gilden-It-Doesnt-Have-To-Be-Perfect-Its-Organized-Chaos-1 In December 2019, Bruce Gilden frequented one…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Khalik Allah: Showing Us the Light
Juxtapoz Magazine – Khalik Allah: Showing Us the Light For Khalik Allah, photography is a spiritual endeavor, a conscious marriage of street and self, a quest to elevate both. It is also inherently lyrical… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/khalik-allah-showing-us-the-light/ For Khalik Allah, photography is a spiritual endeavor, a conscious marriage of street and self, a quest to elevate…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Rahim Fortune: I Can’t Stand to See You Cry
Juxtapoz Magazine – Rahim Fortune: I Can’t Stand to See You Cry “A year and change into father’s diagnosis, his nightly calls began to become more frequent. My sister and I, his youngest children, spent countless h… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/rahim-fortune-i-can-t-stand-to-see-you-cry/ “A year and change into father’s diagnosis, his nightly calls began to become more frequent. My…
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Podcast: A Retoucher Altered the Expression of Genocide Victims To Make Them Smile – PhotoShelter Blog
Podcast: A Retoucher Altered the Expression of Genocide Victims To Make Them Smile – PhotoShelter Blog In the mid- to late-70s, the Khmer Rouge committed a heinous genocide in Cambodia that killed 25% of its population. The government infamously photographed many of these victims at Tuol Seng, a school which was converted into a torture…
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Don McCullin – Photographs by Don McCullin | Exhibition review by Mark Durden | LensCulture
Don McCullin – Photographs by Don McCullin | Exhibition review by Mark Durden | LensCulture From his pictures of wars and famines from around the world to his social documentary work in Britain, this retrospective draws together work from all aspects of this British photographer’s remarkable career via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/don-mccullin-don-mccullin From his pictures of wars…
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Hannah Yoon’s Subtle, Powerful Photos of the Atlanta Spa Shooting – PhotoShelter Blog
Hannah Yoon’s Subtle, Powerful Photos of the Atlanta Spa Shooting – PhotoShelter Blog While overall hate crime dipped in 2020, hate crime against Asians increased dramatically in a number of cities around the country. That trend has unfortunately continued into the early parts of 2021, most visibly manifesting itself with the killing of 8 via…