Author: Trent
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Full Bleed: Labyrinth | VICE | United States
Full Bleed: Labyrinth Jason Jaworski’s Labyrinth was created while traveling for 13 days through slums in the Philippines, accompanied by a group of little people. Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wd733w/full-bleed-labyrinth-v22n12 These photos are from Jason Jaworski’s Labyrinth, a collection he created while traveling for 13 days through slums in the Philippines. He was accompanied by a gang of…
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A Photographer and a Publisher Talk about Drive-By Shooting — Vantage — Medium
A Photographer and a Publisher Talk about Drive-By Shooting What a photo might mean and what it might do via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/a-photographer-and-a-publisher-talk-about-drive-by-shooting-d5e6ae8d0f62 I guess I could justify what I do by saying I’m photographing people who don’t necessarily want to be photographed to show the world how dysfunctional and needy America is, but that’s kind…
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Keeping the flame of photojournalism alive, the Ian Parry Scholarship exhibits winning images | British Journal of Photography
Keeping the flame of photojournalism alive, the Ian Parry Scholarship exhibits winning images – 1854 Photography Launched in 1991, the Ian Parry Scholarship is an annual photographic competition for young photographers under the age of 24 or attending a full-time photographic course. Announced in July, this year’s winner Yuyang Liu, hailing from China, submitted a…
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Chicago Pays $100,000 to Photojournalist Arrested and Abused by Police | PINAC
PINAC News via PINAC News: https://pinacnews.com/ A photojournalist who photographed Chicago police abusing a protesters during the 2012 NATO Summit, only to be beaten up himself by police, received a $100,000 settlement last month.
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The Modern Spirits of Ebony and Jet – The New York Times
The Modern Spirits of Ebony and Jet Images of the empty interiors at the modernist headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company uncannily embody the spirit of the groundbreaking African-American company that occupied the building for 40 years. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/the-modern-spirits-of-ebony-and-jet/ Since February 2013, Barbara Karant has holed up for six hours at a time…
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Status Update: Silicon Valley in the MirrorReading The Pictures
Status Update: Silicon Valley in the Mirror Considering Silicon Valley and the tech boom in the face of the character, diversity and the perseverance of the Bay Area. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2015/12/silicon-valley-in-the-mirror/ Surveying the show, it’s too rich and multitudinous to reduce the cultures and the social currents into rich or poor, digital or analog, slick…
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We’re Just Sayin: Adieu Faere Holga…. Adieu…
Adieu Faere Holga…. Adieu… Well this must be a little bit like what the hard-core felt in the early 60s when the Speed Graphic line was halted, or maybe the 1940s (?)… Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2015/12/adieu-faere-holga-adieu.html it brought photographers back to the simplicity of understanding that a real picture is made in your eye, in your head,…
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Fund Your Work: Manuel Ortiz Foundation Seeking Projects for $5,000 Documentary Grant
Link: The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film is accepting proposals for their $5,000 grants for a documentary photo project and a short documentary film. The deadline to enter is March 31, 2016.
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Photographers, Reps Push Back on Time Inc Contract’s Rights Grab (Update)
Link: The new contract, as written, eliminates space rates, grants Time Inc. broad rights to reuse assignment photos in affiliate brands and books, and reduces fees for reuse in related publications, books and foreign editions.
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The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action – The Washington Post
The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action Dickey Chapelle, one of the first female war photographers, risked her life to capture history on world stages from Iwo Jima to the Vietnam War. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/03/the-brilliant-photos-of-the-first-american-female-war-photographer-killed-in-action/ The woman was Dickey Chapelle, a female photojournalist on assignment for Life magazine.…
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Magnum Photos Blog
Link: This is John Vink’s fourth of a 12 part project about the wide-ranging subject of rice in Cambodia. His comprehensive exploration will address such issues as seasonal growing cycle, religion, research, tradition, commerce, social and economic impact, climate change issues and more.
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Ken Light’s What’s Going On? Is a look back at American during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s (PHOTOS).
Powerful Photos From America’s 1960s and ’70s Fourth of July celebrations can honor our nation’s founding while also reflecting on darker periods of history. In 2015, David Rosenberg wrote about… via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2016/07/ken-lights-whats-going-on-is-a-look-back-at-american-during-the-turbulent-1960s-and-70s-photos.html Ken Light knew he would become a photojournalist on April 28, 1970. While studying at Ohio University, Light traveled to Ohio…
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Soul Boys, Ravers, and Pillheads: Sweaty Photos of Classic British Club Culture | VICE | United States
Soul Boys, Ravers, and Pillheads: Sweaty Photos of Classic British Club Culture We got a special selection of images from Lost in Music, an upcoming photography exhibition that charts the history of dance music and club culture in the UK. Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4wbkqn/40-years-of-uk-club-culture-288 Tomorrow, London’s theprintspace are launching Lost in Music, an exhibition that charts the…
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In a world of words, pictures still matter | Stuart Franklin | Comment is free | The Guardian
In a world of words, pictures still matter | Stuart Franklin Photojournalism has been declared dead. But as the response to the refugee crisis shows, images still have impact via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/05/world-words-photos-matter-photojournalism-reportage Photojournalism has been declared dead. But as the response to the refugee crisis shows, images still have impact
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TIME Picks the Top 100 Photos of 2015 | TIME
See the Top 100 Photos of 2015 TIME presents an unranked selection of the top 100 images of the year via Time: https://time.com/4124895/top-100-photos-of-2015/ TIME presents an unranked selection of the top 100 images of the year
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Put A Filter On It: Instagram As Photojournalism — Vantage — Medium
Put A Filter On It: Instagram As Photojournalism Valencia, Hefe, X-Pro II — such obscure names are familiar to the hundreds of millions monthly active Instagram users around the world, including a growing population of photojournalists who are… via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/put-a-filter-on-it-instagram-as-photojournalism-1319e21481e8 And as social media and photojournalism continue to evolve and intertwine, Instagram is still…
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Our Favorite Documentary Photographs of 2015 – The New Yorker
Our Favorite Documentary Photographs of 2015 Each of these photographers found the pieces that helped us see the whole more clearly. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/our-favorite-documentary-photographs-of-2015 These photographers’ styles are as varied as their subject matter, but each has the talent vital to any documentarian: to find the pieces that help us see the whole…
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Homeless Veterans Surviving Rape and Indifference – The New York Times
Homeless Veterans Surviving Rape and Indifference Mary Calvert has made it her mission to document the traumas encountered by female veterans, a group that is the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/homeless-veterans-surviving-rape-and-indifference/ Mary Calvert has deep ties to the military: Her grandfather was John F. Kennedy’s commander during his famed service…
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Most Prominent Photo Objects of 2015: The Life JacketReading The Pictures
Most Prominent Photo Objects of 2015: The Life Jacket Who knows how many powerful images were published this year of life jackets either worn or discarded by migrants via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2015/12/2015-the-life-jacket/ Because of all the year-end “best of” lists, I was half-joking the other day when I tweeted, why not “photo objects of the…
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Gianni Berengo Gardin photographs Venice’s massive cruise ships.
Are These Giant Cruise Ships Destroying Venice? Tourism is the economic lifeblood that keeps Venice running. But is it destroying what’s charming about the city in the process? via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2015/12/gianni-berengo-gardin-photographs-venices-massive-cruise-ships.html In Gianni Berengo Gardin’s photos of massive boats lumbering through the lagoon and the city’s fragile canals on their way to the international…