Author: Trent
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Picturing Britain’s Working Class after the “End of History”
Picturing Britain’s Working Class after the “End of History” An exhibition in England asks how a generation of blue-collar British photographers have responded to the rising tide of neoliberalism. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/picturing-britains-working-class-after-the-end-of-history/ An exhibition in England asks how a generation of blue-collar British photographers have responded to the rising tide of neoliberalism. https://aperture.org/editorial/picturing-britains-working-class-after-the-end-of-history/
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In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road | The New Yorker
In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road Some of the portraits in “This Train” have an Edenic quality to them, as if Kurland is asking: What if my kid and I were the only two people in the world? via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/in-justine-kurlands-photographs-a-mother-and-son-hit-the-road Some of the portraits in “This Train”…
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Rahim Fortune | Hardtack
Rahim Fortune: Hardtack In his new book, Hardtack, Rahim Fortune compiles nearly a decade of work, blending documentary with personal history within the context of post-emancipation America. Through coming-of-age portraits that traverse survivalism and land migration, Fortune illustrates African American and Chickasaw Nation communities. As Taous Dahmani observes, the iconography of the American South is…
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Austin Cullen: A Natural History (Built to be Seen) – LENSCRATCH
Austin Cullen: A Natural History (Built to be Seen) – LENSCRATCH This week we are looking at the work of artists who submitted projects during our last call-for-entries–way back in late-2022 (a new call will be going out sometime in the near future, so stay tuned for details…). Today we are viewing and hearing more about…
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Seth Adam Cook: As Big As The Sky – LENSCRATCH
Seth Adam Cook: As Big As The Sky – LENSCRATCH This week we are looking at the work of artists who submitted projects during our last call-for-entries–way back in late-2022 (a new call will be going out sometime in the near future, so stay tuned for details…). Today we are viewing and hearing more about As…
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Café Royal Books
Café Royal Books Currently exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, Craig Atkinson’s Café Royal Books presents an eclectic collection of social relics where regional pasts intermingle, and previously unseen or half-remembered social histories are vividly recalled. With a sense of relative authenticity, the exhibition invites viewers to delve through a collection of three hundred…
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Sarah Malakoff: Personal History – LENSCRATCH
Sarah Malakoff: Personal History – LENSCRATCH This week we are looking at the work of artists who submitted projects during our last call-for-entries–way back in late-2022 (a new call will be going out sometime in the near future, so stay tuned for details…). Today we are viewing and hearing more about Personal History by Sarah Malakoff.…
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Preview: The Photography Show by AIPAD 2024 – LensCulture’s favorite picks from this year’s international photography fair | LensCulture
Preview: The Photography Show by AIPAD 2024 – LensCulture’s favorite picks from this year’s international photography fair | LensCulture Here’s a sneak peak at some of the great images that will be shown at The Photography Show in New York, April 25-28 via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/aipad-photography-show-preview-the-photography-show-by-aipad-2024 Here’s a sneak peak at some of the great images…
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Water tells a Tale as it Goes – The Leica camera Blog
Water tells a Tale as it Goes In his photo book ‘Water’, the soon-to-turn-90, British photojournalist Ian Berry presents the impressive outcome of a long-term project.
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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. – The New York Times
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/technology/tech-giants-harvest-data-artificial-intelligence.html At Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, managers, lawyers and engineers last year discussed buying…
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Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere | The New Yorker
Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere His latest show is titled “Industry,” a word that defines not just the subject matter but the artist. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/josef-koudelka-could-locate-beauty-anywhere “I’m quite different from other people,” the legendary eighty-six-year-old Czech photographer Josef Koudelka was saying the other day at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea, where his…
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Episode 100: Eugene Richards (Documentary Photography)
Episode 100: Eugene Richards (Documentary Photography) In celebration, our 100th episode is a conversation with the great Eugene Richards, truly a master of his craft, discussing controversy, truth and photography. via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/04/02/episode-100-eugene-richards-documentary-photography/ In September 2023, Richards released his 17th book, In This…
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Pictures of the Year Sparks Controversy, Awards ‘Disgusting’ War Photo Top Prize | PetaPixel
Pictures of the Year Sparks Controversy, Awards ‘Disgusting’ War Photo Top Prize Should gruesome war photos win awards? via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/03/30/pictures-of-the-year-sparks-controversy-awards-disgusting-war-photo-top-prize/ One person who is not bothered by the winning photo is Shani Louk’s father, Nissim. He told Ynet News that it’s good that the image of his deceased daughter won the prize because it…
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An Artist’s Investigation into the Surveillance of Puerto Ricans
What Christopher Gregory-Rivera Discovered in Puerto Rico’s State Secrets For decades, US officials sought to suppress independence movements in Puerto Rico, spying on activists. What do their secret files reveal? via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/what-christopher-gregory-rivera-discovered-in-puerto-ricos-state-secrets/ For decades, US officials sought to suppress independence movements in Puerto Rico, spying on activists and their families. What do their formerly…
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Werner Bischof: Photographer, Artist, Witness – The Leica camera Blog
Werner Bischof: Photographer, Artist, Witness Creative image-maker, engaged photojournalist and poetic storyteller: the current exhibition at the Ernst Leitz Museum is presenting the full scope of Magnum photographer Werner Bischof’s (1916–1954) oeuvre. Despite his early death in a car accident in the Andes, when he was just 38, the precision of his compositions and the…
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Javier Bertín: La Nueva Esperanza Mennonite Colony – LENSCRATCH
Javier Bertín: La Nueva Esperanza Mennonite Colony – LENSCRATCH Two decades. That’s what Pampino photographer Javier Bertín has spent at the heart of a unique project documenting the daily life of the La Nueva Esperanza Mennonite Colony near Guatraché —deep in the Argentine south. The Mennonites, a Christian denomination that emerged during the 16th century…
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Picture of the Year Competition Hacked Amid Avalanche of Bizarre AI Images on Facebook | PetaPixel
Picture of the Year Competition Hacked Amid Avalanche of Bizarre AI Images on Facebook What is happening on Facebook right now? via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/03/19/picture-of-the-year-competition-hacked-amid-avalanche-of-bizarre-ai-images-on-facebook/ Since March 13, strange AI images have been shared from the Pictures of the Year Facebook page which has now been renamed “Native American Culture.” https://petapixel.com/2024/03/19/picture-of-the-year-competition-hacked-amid-avalanche-of-bizarre-ai-images-on-facebook/
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‘Photographer’ Isn’t About Photography at All | WIRED
‘Photographer’ Isn’t About Photography at All National Geographic’s new show, “Photographer,” doesn’t bother itself with analyzing images. It’s all about the drive it takes to find the ideal shot. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/national-geographic-photographer-docuseries/ Don’t be fooled, National Geographic’s new series Photographer isn’t about analyzing images. Talk of lighting, depth of field, and good angles is minimal.…
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The Winner of This Year’s W. Eugene Smith $30,000 Photography Grant | PetaPixel
The Winner of This Year’s W. Eugene Smith $30,000 Photography Grant The grant will allow the completion of a photo project started in 2006. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/03/15/the-winner-of-this-years-w-eugene-smith-30000-photography-grant/ The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced that photographer Irina Werning from Argentina is this year’s recipient of its $30,000 grant for Humanistic Photography for her project Las…
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Chuck Liddy, retired News & Observer photographer, died Sunday | Raleigh News & Observer
https://www.newsobserver.com/article286541920.html?fbclid=IwAR2M9FrZ2Rhj367-ELFAylckC0gW5kMh_2IKoRbOAhtJVKSDwHftUKdOhgs On assignments, News & Observer photographer Chuck Liddy would refer to a writer colleague as “my reporter,” causing the scribbler’s eye to twitch.