Author: Trent

  • Gruzja – The Leica camera Blog

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    https://leica-camera.blog/2023/12/18/gruzja/ The journey through Georgia (Gruzja in Polish) in 2016 was a first for the Polish photographer. With eyes wide open and his camera always on hand, he covered a lot of ground on foot or moved around in taxis and small buses (marshrutka). His route took him from Tiflis in the east, via Batumi…

  • Footage Shows Israel Border Police Beating Photographer | PetaPixel

    Footage Shows Israel Border Police Beating Photographer | PetaPixel

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    Footage Shows Israel Border Police Beating Photographer The officers have been suspended. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/12/18/footage-shows-israel-border-police-beating-photographer/ Mostafa Alkharouf who works for the Anadolu news agency was accosted by several police officers after covering a prayer protest. https://petapixel.com/2023/12/18/footage-shows-israel-border-police-beating-photographer/

  • Alan Schaller’s Haunting Photos Explore the Isolation of the Big City | PetaPixel

    Alan Schaller’s Haunting Photos Explore the Isolation of the Big City | PetaPixel

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    Alan Schaller’s Haunting Photos Explore the Isolation of the Big City You might recognize his photos from Instagram. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/12/13/alan-schallers-haunting-photos-explore-the-isolation-of-the-big-city/ “I could take pictures that fit that theme anywhere I was in the world, it didn’t really matter where the location was,” says Schaller. “The point is this homogenous thing is happening, whether you’re…

  • Photobooks of 2023 | 1000 Words

    Photobooks of 2023 | 1000 Words

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    1000 Words | Top 10 Photobooks of 2023 As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases of 2023 – selected by Assistant Editor, Alessandro Merola. via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/top-10-2023/ As the year draws to a close, an annual tribute to some of the exceptional photobook releases…

  • Collective Week: Burn My Eye Collective – LENSCRATCH

    Collective Week: Burn My Eye Collective – LENSCRATCH

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    Collective Week: Burn My Eye Collective – LENSCRATCH In the past few years, the term artist collective has become common, especially in larger cities where hubs of creativity form. At first, I did not know the purpose of a collective – they had been mentioned to me often but I had no idea what a…

  • Hard-hitting images from the winners of the Ian Parry photojournalism grant | Media | The Guardian

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    Hard-hitting images from the winners of the Ian Parry photojournalism grant The Ian Parry photojournalism grant champions the work of rising photographers. Here we showcase the three recipients of this year’s awards via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2023/dec/12/hard-hitting-images-from-the-winners-of-the-ian-parry-photojournalism-grant The Ian Parry photojournalism grant champions the work of rising photographers. Here we showcase the three recipients of this…

  • 5 local news experts on the best and worst of 2023 – Poynter

    5 local news experts on the best and worst of 2023 – Poynter

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    5 local news experts on the best and worst of 2023 – Poynter Among the best: Press Forward and the local news crisis goes mainstream. And the worst: layoffs and attacks on press freedom at the local level. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/5-local-news-experts-on-the-best-and-worst-of-2023/ The layoffs and cutbacks. The pandemic was brutal, but job cuts eased up a…

  • The Value of Trust in Photography – Kaptur

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    The Value of Trust in Photography – Kaptur How much are we willing to pay to know that the source of our imagery is trustworthy? What is the value of trust in photography? via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-value-of-trust-in-photography/ This drives us to the core issue: what is that trust’s value? Does a photograph that contains that certificate…

  • The War in Gaza Has Been Deadly for Journalists | The New Yorker

    The War in Gaza Has Been Deadly for Journalists | The New Yorker

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    The War in Gaza Has Been Deadly for Journalists The president of the Committee to Protect Journalists explains why Israel’s military campaign has led to an unprecedented number of deaths among members of the press in just two months. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-war-in-gaza-has-been-deadly-for-journalists The Israel-Gaza war has been the deadliest conflict for journalists that…

  • Photographer Corinne Dufka’s New Book Tells the Story of War – The Atlantic

    Photographer Corinne Dufka’s New Book Tells the Story of War – The Atlantic

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    The War Photographer Who Had to Do Something Else Corinne Dufka wanted to prevent atrocities, not just document them. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/12/war-photography-bosnia-rwanda-elsalvador/675929/ This Is War evolved out of my work as a photographer covering some of the bloodiest conflicts of the late 20th century. The imagery is not pretty, nor could it be. But…

  • The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art | The New Yorker

    The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art | The New Yorker

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    The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art At any given moment, millions of people are attending his expositions, knowingly or not. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/invader-artist-profile For twenty-seven years, Invader has been decorating the walls, bridges, monuments, tunnels, sidewalks, staircases, railings, gates, curbs, benches, bollards, posts, poles, pipes, columns, fountains, pools, docks, seawalls, roofs, chimneys,…

  • As We Rest in the Shadows – Photographs by Andriana Nativio | Text by Marigold Warner | LensCulture

    As We Rest in the Shadows – Photographs by Andriana Nativio | Text by Marigold Warner | LensCulture

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    As We Rest in the Shadows – Photographs by Andriana Nativio | Text by Marigold Warner | LensCulture Through an intimate portrait of sisters Jae and Jenni, Andriana Nativio recalls her own girlhood bond with nature, while commenting on the forces that seek to disrupt it via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/andriana-nativio-as-we-rest-in-the-shadows Through an intimate portrait of sisters…

  • How Elliott Erwitt Found His Signature Sense of Humor and Joy

    How Elliott Erwitt Found His Signature Sense of Humor and Joy

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    How Elliott Erwitt Found His Signature Sense of Humor and Joy Erwitt taught himself photography as a teenager. His most famous work was defined by wit, exuberance, and irrepressible curiosity. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-elliott-erwitt-found-his-signature-humor-and-joy/ The camera that he used to create his early pictures, a square-format twin-lens Rolleiflex, was adapted to his disposition at the time.…

  • Elliott Erwitt, Photographer With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 95

    Elliott Erwitt, Photographer With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 95

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    Elliott Erwitt, Photographer With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 95 The artist captured compelling pictures of celebrities and politicians, dogs just being dogs, and the happenstance whimsy of daily life. via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/860427/elliott-erwitt-photographer-with-a-sense-of-humor-dies-at-95/ “Photography is an art of observation,” the artist said best. “It has little to do with the things you see and…

  • The Year in New Yorker Photography | The New Yorker

    The Year in New Yorker Photography | The New Yorker

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    The Year in New Yorker Photography A visual tour of 2023 in news, culture, and beyond. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-year-in-new-yorker-photography Among many other powerful documentary photographs this year are David Guttenfelder’s stark silhouette of soldiers on a wooded battlefield in Ukraine; Philip Montgomery’s instantly iconic image of United Auto Workers strikers in Toledo, Ohio;…

  • photo-eye Favorite Books 2023

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    https://www.photoeye.com/best-books-2023/index.cfm It is with great pleasure we bring you our annual list of photobooks chosen by professionals who are deeply involved in the photobook world. This year we asked over 30 luminaries to choose, not one, but three of their favorite photobooks from the past year.

  • Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later

    Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later

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    Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later In a new edition of a long out-of-print volume, Webb draws from photographs across many locations. Here, he considers the act of photography as a form of dislocation in itself. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/alex-webb-on-reimagining-a-photobook-twenty-five-years-later/ This new version of Dislocations—with some eighty photographs made on five continents—incorporates nearly…

  • An-My Lê’s Uncanny Images of War | The New Yorker

    An-My Lê’s Uncanny Images of War | The New Yorker

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    An-My Lê’s Uncanny Images of War The Vietnamese-born photographer charts how conflict embeds itself in both physical and psychological terrains. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-my-les-uncanny-images-of-war For the ongoing project “Silent General,” Lê turned her lens to the mainland, travelling from the sites of Confederate monuments and border crossings along the Gulf Coast and Rio Grande…

  • The Christy Karpinski Mixtape – LENSCRATCH

    The Christy Karpinski Mixtape – LENSCRATCH

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    The Christy Karpinski Mixtape – LENSCRATCH Looooong ago, when I was early in my photography career, I discovered F-Stop Magazine (celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year!). I was always so excited to get a photograph in one of their exhibitions and feel part of a community. When I started Lenscratch, Christy Karpinski was one of…

  • Living in the Transition – Photographs by Shunta Kimura | Text by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

    Living in the Transition – Photographs by Shunta Kimura | Text by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

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    Living in the Transition – Photographs by Shunta Kimura | Text by Magali Duzant | LensCulture Traveling through Gabura Union in Bangladesh, Shunta Kimura documents impact, adaptation, and resilience in his quiet photographs of everyday life on the frontlines of rapid climate change via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/shunta-kimura-living-in-the-transition Traveling through Gabura Union in Bangladesh, Shunta Kimura documents…