Author: Trent
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Blind – Haunting Photos of Midnight Crossings at the US/Mexico Border During the 1980s
Haunting Photos of Midnight Crossings at the US/Mexico Border During the 1980s — Blind Magazine American photographer Ken Light looks back at his time at the US/Mexico border in the 1980s when The Border Patrol began hunting migrants in the dead of night. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1237/Haunting-Photos-Of-Midnight-Crossings-At-The-Us-Mexico-Border-During-The-1980s “At the time, a lot of newspapers in…
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Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? – PhotoShelter Blog
Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? – PhotoShelter Blog In 1976 while rummaging through an attic of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in search of old museum publications, editorial assistant Lorna Condon opened a drawer in a wooden cabinet. Inside, she found a number of flat leather cases via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/02/who-should-own-photos-of-slaves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 In…
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The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows
The LA punks throwing ‘Covid-safe’ backyard shows Last summer saw a string of raucous outdoor gigs in Los Angeles. Many attendees wore masks and at some of the shows, there were temperature checks before entry – critics say they’re being reckless, but they claim they’re just keeping their scene alive. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/the-la-punks-throwing-covid-safe-backyard-shows/ “It…
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ER Doctor Documents COVID-19 Battle in a LA Hospital with His Camera
ER Doctor Documents COVID-19 Battle in a LA Hospital with His Camera There have been some dramatic images coming out of the coronavirus battle around the world and stateside as well. However, when a doctor attending on the via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/02/20/er-doctor-documents-covid-19-battle-in-a-la-hospital-with-his-camera/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Dr. Kobner is an amateur photographer, and when the pandemic struck, he started using…
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Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards – Feature Shoot
Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards – Feature Shoot After reviewing hundreds of outstanding submissions, we’re delighted to announce the thirteen winners of the 6th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards. This year’s jury selected ten photographers to exhibit… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2021/02/announcing-the-winners-of-the-feature-shoot-emerging-photography-awards-2/ The ten photographers chosen to show in East…
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Susan Meiselas’s new book Eyes Open features 23 photography projects for curious kids
Susan Meiselas’s new book Eyes Open features 23 photography projects for curious kids The Magnum president’s latest book reinterprets her cult classic Learn to See for young people. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/susan-meiselas-eyes-opens-photography-190221?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 Eyes Open is loosely inspired by Meiselas’ previous cult classic, Learn to See, a sourcebook of ideas from and for teachers and students published by…
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Blind – How the 1970s Revolutionized the Art of Photography
How the 1970s Revolutionized the Art of Photography A new exhibition at PDNB Gallery explores how photographers working in the 1970s transformed not only the language of photography, but invented new ways of seeing the world. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1235/How-The-1970s-Revolutionized-The-Art-Of-Photography Despite its long-standing marginalization, photography underwent a radical shift in the 1970s, catapulting it into the realm…
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Debunking the Myth That It’s Hard to Find Black Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog
Debunking the Myth That It’s Hard to Find Black Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog Last year, multimedia journalist, digital editor and self-taught photographer Polly Irungu took the photo industry by storm. As a Digital Content Editor at New York Public Radio (WYNC), she knows the power of promotion. So, when she masterfully used socia via PhotoShelter…
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Covid Projects: Billy Hickey: How We Were – LENSCRATCH
Covid Projects: Billy Hickey: How We Were – LENSCRATCH I had the great pleasure of meeting Billy Hickey at the ICP Virtual Portfolio Reviews in 2020. During the reviews, he shared a personal project, How We Were, born of events created by the pandemic when he returned home to Massachusetts for an appointment via LENSCRATCH:…
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No. 72 Benjamin Chesterton – 10 Frames Per Second
http://10fps.net/no-72-benjamin-chesterton/ We’re back after a long COVID hiatus. We’re kicking off a new season with Benjamin Chesterton, @duckrabbitblog on Twitter, and his open letter to Magnum concerning years of photographing child abuse and other controversies surrounding the iconic photo agency. Trigger Warning: sexual assault, child abuse. This is a harrowing episode. Read his letter to…
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Blind – Elliott Erwitt’s Rediscovered Photographs
Elliott Erwitt’s Rediscovered Photographs — Blind Magazine The Magnum photographer’s latest book, Found Not Lost, takes a deep dive into his photographic archive, revealing a new body of work for the first time. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1229/Elliott-Erwitts-Rediscovered-Photographs The Magnum photographer’s latest book, “Found Not Lost,” takes a deep dive into his photographic archive, revealing a…
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“I had the chance to open the doors a little”: Stephan Gladieu photographs the people of North Korea
“I had the chance to open the doors a little”: Stephan Gladieu photographs the people of North Korea The photographer talks us through his work in North Korea, detailing what it was like to gain access to a country largely hidden from the world. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/stephan-gladieu-north-koreans-photography-160221?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 The photographer talks us through his work in North…
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Rebecca Norris Webb Night Calls – AMERICAN SUBURB X
Rebecca Norris Webb Night Calls In memory of a child that I never knew. This reflection is dedicated to Carol Jenkins-Davis I find myself combatively trying to embed myself in the images, memories and families of others. My initial hesitancy in this pursuit comes from ack via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2021/02/rebecca-norris-webb-night-calls.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rebecca-norris-webb-night-calls The sycamores I understand,…
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Covid Projects: Covid Pictures – LENSCRATCH
Covid Projects: Covid Pictures – LENSCRATCH During the 2020 pandemic, when life was out of our control, restricted and confined, when we had to cope with shifted realities, many photographic artists found whole new ways to create work. We mined our personal lives, walked empty streets and photographed our cities and towns when they were…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Carolyn Drake’s “Knit Club”
Juxtapoz Magazine – Carolyn Drake’s “Knit Club” A foreboding meditation in the vein of Southern Gothic literature, Carolyn Drake’s most recent body of work emerged through her collaboration with an… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/carolyn-drake-s-knit-club/ A foreboding meditation in the vein of Southern Gothic literature, Carolyn Drake’s most recent body of work emerged through her collaboration with an…
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The Green Helicopter | Conscientious Photography Magazine
The Green Helicopter via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/green-helicopter/ In fact, I had expressed my surprise about the Trump team being so inept at visuals many times on Twitter. Having thought about this for a few days, though, I now think I had had it all wrong. Or rather, what I had commented on was not…
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Brian Ulrich: The States Project: Rhode Island – LENSCRATCH
Brian Ulrich: The States Project: Rhode Island – LENSCRATCH This week The States Project focuses on Rhode Island, a small but mighty bastion of photography, home to a host of significant photographers and well regarded institutions. Our penultimate States Project is curated by photographer Brian Ulrich, a major fo via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/02/brian-ulrich-the-states-project-rhode-island/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 This week The…
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The Beautiful – Photographs by Kamal X | Text by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture
The Beautiful – Photographs by Kamal X | Text by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture Documenting his journey from Oakland to attend last year’s historic March on Washington, Kamal X’s monochrome images capture the love, power and strength of 2020’s charged summer of Black Lives Matter protests via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/kamal-x-the-beautiful Documenting his journey from Oakland to…
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Photos capturing the banal eccentricity of British life
Photos capturing the banal eccentricity of British life Barry Lewis discusses his new book, which brings together some of the photographer’s more quietly powerful images from 1975 to 2005 to celebrate the richness of a shared culture. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photos-capturing-the-banal-eccentricity-of-english-life/ Barry Lewis discusses his new book, which brings together some of the photographer’s more…
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We’re Just Sayin: Fifty Years On…
Fifty Years On… I stumble a bit, me, the former Math major, when I try and do the ‘math.’ Last fall was fifty years: I arrived in Vietnam in October 1… Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2021/02/fifty-years-on.html When I told John I was heading to Vietnam, he said to me… “do a story for me – …