Author: Trent
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‘I’ve Had Several Breakdowns’: Photographers on Covering India’s COVID Horror
‘I’ve Had Several Breakdowns’: Photographers on Covering India’s COVID Horror These photographers are humanising India’s unfolding catastrophe for the world. But at what cost? Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqny8/photographers-journalists-covid-coronavirus-india-photos There are many ethical debates linked to portraying tragedy but it’s these shocking photos coming out of India that are pushing the world to sit up and take notice. And…
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Unraveling the Protest Paradigm – Columbia Journalism Review
Unraveling the Protest Paradigm In 2018, Sacramento police shot and killed Stephon Clark, a twenty-two-year-old father of two, in his grandmother’s backyard. Early coverage favored a police statement that claimed Clark “turned and advanced toward the officers,” who “believed the susp via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/criticism/protest-journalism-black-lives-matter-floyd.php Unraveling the protest paradigm requires radically repairing journalism’s foundations—work…
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Primal Sight – Photographs by various artists | Book review by Magali Duzant | LensCulture
Primal Sight – Photographs by various artists | Book review by Magali Duzant | LensCulture Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, this book surveys the rich and elastic world of black-and-white photography via the works of over 140 artists and essays from Zelony-Mindell, David Campany, and Gregory Eddi-Jones via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/efrem-zelony-mindell-primal-sight Weaving its way from landscape to…
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The Post-Documentary Photographers Who Care about the World
The Post-Documentary Photographers Who Care about the World For a prophetic group exhibition about American life, Paul Graham considers images of tenderness and melancholy. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-post-documentary-photographers-who-care-about-the-world/ For a prophetic group exhibition about American life, Paul Graham considers images of tenderness and melancholy.
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The photographer risking it all to capture Kashmir’s conflict
The photographer risking it all to capture Kashmir’s conflict For the past 10 years, Syed Shahriyar has photographed gun battles across the Indian subcontinent and the funerals of militants and policemen. Despite the danger, he’s determined to document life there for future generations. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/the-photographer-risking-it-all-to-capture-kashmirs-conflict/ For the past 10 years, Syed Shahriyar has…
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A Photographer’s View from Inside a Brooklyn Junior High | The New Yorker
A Photographer’s View from Inside a Brooklyn Junior High Puppy love, cafeteria jousting, and other scenes from a public school in Bushwick in the eighties and early nineties. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-view-from-inside-a-brooklyn-junior-high Between 1981 and 1994, the photographer Meryl Meisler worked as an art teacher in Bushwick, Brooklyn, at Roland Hayes Intermediate School 291.…
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Blind – Magnum Photos Presents “Storytelling For Impact,” an Online Seminar
Magnum Photos Presents “Storytelling For Impact,” an Online Seminar In a new four-part webinar, Magnum Photos brings together Colby Deal, Jim Goldberg, and Rafal Milach along with advocates, leaders, and grant-makers to help photographers in the fight for social change. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1307/Magnum-Photos-Presents-Storytelling-For-Impact-An-Online-Seminar In a new four-part webinar, Magnum Photos brings together Colby Deal, Jim Goldberg,…
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Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography | 1854 Photography
Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography | 1854 Photography Reading Time: 5 minutes From cutting through the oversaturated image market to combating fake news, the renowned conflict photographer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker discusses how the role – and risks – of photojournalism continue to shift in the digital ag via 1854…
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Julia Rendleman: Sisterhood of Recovery – LENSCRATCH
Julia Rendleman: Sisterhood of Recovery – LENSCRATCH In her remarkable photographic essay, Sisterhood of Recovery, Julia Rendleman introduces us to two sisters in a jail in central Virginia—both participants in a peer heroin addiction recovery program—and their mother on the outside, raising one of the sist via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/04/julia-rendleman/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 In her remarkable photographic essay, Sisterhood…
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The licensable web – Kaptur
The licensable web – Kaptur Some creators and artists of all kinds will continue to offer their content for free, as they have done for millenniums. But unlike the last 50 years, it will be a choice rather than an obligation. via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-licensable-web/ The next web is where content, where ever it might originate,…
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‘You Are Not A Soldier’: Watch Clip Of Hot Docs Film About André Liohn – Deadline
‘You Are Not A Soldier’: Watch Clip Of Hot Docs Film About War Photographer André Liohn EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian production and distribution outfit Elo Company has unveiled a first look at their new documentary feature You Are Not A Soldier, which will have its world premiere at Hot Docs … via Deadline: https://deadline.com/video/you-are-not-a-soldier-watch-clip-of-hot-docs-film-about-war-photographer-andre-liohn/ Brazilian production and…
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Biden Administration Hopes to Learn Fate of U.S. Hostage in Syria – The New York Times
Biden Administration Hopes to Learn Fate of U.S. Hostage in Syria While hopes for the return of Austin Tice have faded, the top American hostage negotiator says he believes the former journalist is still alive. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/politics/austin-tice.html While hopes for the return of Austin Tice have faded, the top American hostage negotiator says he believes…
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Terrorist Group Steps Into Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows – The New York Times
Terrorist Group Steps Into Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows With Venezuela in shambles, criminals and insurgents run large stretches of the nation’s territory. We traveled through one of the regions under their control. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/world/americas/venezuela-terrorist-colombia-ELN.html Venezuela’s economic collapse has so thoroughly gutted the country that insurgents have embedded themselves across large stretches of its territory, seizing…
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# 75 Peter van Agtmael – 10 Frames Per Second
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.
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Webinar: Every Day is Earth Day for Ami Vitale – PhotoShelter Blog
Webinar: Every Day is Earth Day for Ami Vitale – PhotoShelter Blog On Friday, April 30th at 12pm ET, we’re teaming up with National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, writer and explorer Ami Vitale. Ami will take us on an odyssey, sharing powerful stories about pushing boundaries and how she’s used her photography to ma via PhotoShelter…
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Photographers Share Their Stories for Earth Day 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog
Photographers Share Their Stories for Earth Day 2021 – PhotoShelter Blog Every year, Earth Day offers a time for photographers around the world to highlight the importance and beauty of nature and wildlife. Images have the power to show the impact we leave on our planet in an instant. To celebrate this year’s unique Earth…
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Blind – Roaming the Wild Streets of New York in the 1980s
Roaming the Wild Streets of 1980’s NYC | Blind Magazine Geoffrey Hiller takes us back to New York in the 1980’s and walks us through his life and his photographs of 1980’s NYC! via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/roaming-the-wild-streets-of-new-york-in-the-1980s/ I don’t take my two eyes for granted. Photography has helped me make sense of the world. It’s…
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Conversations with Nature: Deborah Kaplan – LENSCRATCH
Conversations with Nature: Deborah Kaplan – LENSCRATCH “(Today) we are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking to the rivers, we are not listening to the wind and stars. We have broken the great conversation. By breaking that conversation we have shattered the universe. All the disasters that are happen via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/04/conversations-with-nature-deborah-kaplan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 When…
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Donald Graham’s searing portraits capture the humanity of his subjects
Donald Graham’s searing portraits capture the humanity of his subjects The photographer reflects on his three-decade-long career spent collaborating with his subjects – from ordinary people to the likes of Snoop Dogg and Lenny Kravitz – to capture their inner worlds. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/the-searing-portraiture-of-donald-graham/ The photographer reflects on his three-decade-long career spent collaborating with…
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Photos showing a different side to skinhead culture today
Photos showing a different side to skinhead culture today Photographer Owen Harvey discusses his project spotlighting young anti-fascist skinheads, who are countering the dominant narrative around a widely misunderstood subculture. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photos-showing-a-different-side-to-skinhead-culture-today/ Photographer Owen Harvey discusses his project spotlighting young anti-fascist skinheads, who are countering the dominant narrative around a widely misunderstood subculture.