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Love and Loss Through the Photographer’s Lens – The New York Times
Love and Loss Through the Photographer’s Lens “Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy” at ICP reveals the camera’s limitations as well as strengths when it comes to depicting romance. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/arts/design/icp-photograpy-and-intimacy-exhibition.html “Love Songs: Photography and Intimacy” at ICP reveals the camera’s limitations as well as strengths when it comes to depicting romance.
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Photographers on Photographers: Barry Schwartz in Conversation with Jana Ašenbrennerová – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Barry Schwartz in Conversation with Jana Ašenbrennerová – LENSCRATCH Jana Ašenbrennerová is a Czech photojournalist currently based in San Francisco. Her specialties include social documentary and environmental portraiture. She dedicates her time to international reporting, pursuing independent projects primarily in Africa via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/photographers-on-photographers-barry-schwartz-in-conversation-with-jana-asenbrennerova/ Connecting with all kinds of people is the…
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Taylor Galloway : I Can Feel You Dreaming – LENSCRATCH
Taylor Galloway : I Can Feel You Dreaming – LENSCRATCH Taylor Galloway’s newest publication, I Can Feel You Dreaming from Deadbeat Club invites the viewer along for what seems like an American road trip with the cozy familiars of train crossings and prairie bison. But linger a bit longer and you may feel the via…
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South of the River – Photographs by Nico Froehlich | Text by Joanna L. Cresswell | LensCulture
South of the River – Photographs by Nico Froehlich | Text by Joanna L. Cresswell | LensCulture Doused in bright sunlight, friends and strangers are immortalized in front of Nico Froehlich’s lens, coming together to form “South of the River” — a fond portrait of the area of London where he grew up via LensCulture:…
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Jonas Kulikauskas Reimagines the Ghetto
Jonas Kulikauskas Reimagines the Ghetto The photographer illuminates a chapter of Jewish history that, until recently, has been obscured by scholars. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/830962/jonas-kulikauskas-reimagines-the-ghetto/ In Jonas Kulikauskas’s black and white photographs, the peaceful streets of Vilnius, Lithuania, hide a dark secret. The cobblestones trace the footprint of the Vilna Ghetto, where nearly 40,000 Jews lived…
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Ukraine: A War Crime — Blind Magazine
Ukraine: A War Crime — Blind Magazine Ukraine: A War Crime, brings together the work of 93 photographers who covered the first year of the War in Ukraine. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/stories/ukraine-a-war-crime/ The book Ukraine: A War Crime brings together the work of 93 photographers who covered the first year of the war in Ukraine,…
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‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol | Ukraine | The Guardian
‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov traces the Russian siege of the port in harrowing detail. Here, he discusses his documentary with a fellow war reporter via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/11/ukrainian-film-20-days-in-mariupol-mstyslav-chernov-documentary It is a brave, visceral, merciless masterpiece. I’ll stake a…
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Phoenix area photographer and former photojournalist Jill McNamara approaches family portraits like a documentary | Fronteras
This Valley photographer approaches family portraits like a documentary Family pictures have changed a lot over the years. We used to go to the mall with our families, all dressed up, to pose for a formal portrait. But now, family pictures look more like a magazine shoot. You’re in a field somewhere, laughing, walking, playin…
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LA Times Cuts 74 Newsroom Positions Including ‘Several’ Photographers | PetaPixel
LA Times Cuts 74 Newsroom Positions Including ‘Several’ Photographers ‘I’ve given my heart and soul to the company.’ via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/06/09/la-times-cuts-74-newsroom-positions-including-several-photographers/ “Found this out via this article, before getting notice from HR while I’m on my honeymoon,” he writes. “Of the photo dept members who received notice today, all are people of color, and if…
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Ready for Surprise: Joel Meyerowtiz Interview 2020 – Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz | Interview by Jim Casper | LensCulture
Ready for Surprise: Joel Meyerowtiz Interview 2020 – Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz | Interview by Jim Casper | LensCulture The pioneering master of color street photography talks about his passions and the energy of the street in this wide-ranging audio interview via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/joel-meyerowitz-ready-for-surprise-joel-meyerowtiz-interview-2020 Yeah, I don’t have a strategy when I go out. I’ve…
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Generative AI is a Minefield for Copyright Law | PetaPixel
Generative AI is a Minefield for Copyright Law In 2022, an AI-generated work of art won the Colorado State Fair’s art competition. The artist, Jason Allen, had used Midjourney – a generative AI system via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/06/18/generative-ai-is-a-minefield-for-copyright-law/ Should the artists whose art was scraped to train the models be compensated? Who owns the images that…
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Lisl Steiner, Colorful Creator of Black-and-White Photographs, Dies at 95 – The New York Times
Lisl Steiner, Colorful Creator of Black-and-White Photographs, Dies at 95 A flamboyant photojournalist with the moxie to stand up to autocrats, she captured the intimate moments of leading figures of the 20th century. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/arts/lisl-steiner-dead.html A flamboyant photojournalist with the moxie to stand up to autocrats, she captured the intimate moments of leading figures of…
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Revisiting Portland’s “Summer of Rage” | The New Yorker
Revisiting Portland’s “Summer of Rage” Rian Dundon’s new book, “Protest City,” captures the unrest in the Oregon capital in 2020, through curated portraits and scenes of unusual intimacy. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/revisiting-portlands-summer-of-rage Rian Dundon’s new book, “Protest City,” captures the unrest in the Oregon capital in 2020, through curated portraits and scenes of unusual…
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Finding Common Ground In Street Photography – Photographs by Joep Hijwegen, Julie Hrudová, Bart Koetsier and Rolf van Rooij | Essay by Erik Vroons | LensCulture
Finding Common Ground In Street Photography – Photographs by Joep Hijwegen, Julie Hrudová, Bart Koetsier and Rolf van Rooij | Essay by Erik Vroons | LensCulture What makes a great ‘street’ photograph? Erik Vroons explores the infinite possibilities of the genre while reflecting on the diverse work of five Dutch photographers via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/erik-vroons-finding-common-ground-in-street-photography What…
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CENTER Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship: Matilde Simas – Woman Rising, Surviving Human Trafficking – LENSCRATCH
CENTER Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship: Matilde Simas – Woman Rising, Surviving Human Trafficking – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Matilde Simas for being selected for Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship Award recognizing her project, Woman Rising: Surviving Human Trafficking. CENTER is pleased to add the Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship to their services for photographers via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/center-blue-earth-fiscal-sponsorship-matilde-simas-woman-rising-surviving-human-trafficking/ At the core of…
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The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku | The New Yorker
The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by its spiritual reckonings as it is by the elemental stuff. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-afro-esotericism-of-awol-erizku The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism,…
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CENTER Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award – Harvey Castro – Los Olvidados – LENSCRATCH
CENTER Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award – Harvey Castro – Los Olvidados – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Harvey Castro for being selected for CENTER’s Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizing his project, Los Olvidados. The Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizes outstanding storytellers using lens-based media via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/center-excellence-in-multimedia-storytelling-award-harvey-castro-los-olvidados/ These stories are a powerful reminder of…
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Life Along Israel’s Separation Wall | The New Yorker
Life Along Israel’s Separation Wall The photographer Ofir Berman captures two entangled realities. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/life-along-israels-separation-wall Israelis are forbidden from crossing the wall to Palestinian city centers, yet the Israeli photographer Ofir Berman has managed to find a way to her subjects, through Palestinian friends she met while working in a refugee camp…
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CENTER Me&Eve Grant: Mykle Parker – Rage 4 Rights – LENSCRATCH
CENTER Me&Eve Grant: Mykle Parker – Rage 4 Rights – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Mykle Parker for being selected for CENTER’s Me&Eve Grant recognizing their project, Rage 4 Rights. The Me&Eve Grant provides financial support to a woman, female-identified, non-binary, transgender, gender non-conforming, or two-spirit via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/05/center-meeve-grant-mykle-parker-rage-4-rights/ Rage 4 Rights is an ongoing series documenting…
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The New Leica Q3: 60MP Photos, 8K Video, and Much-Improved Autofocus | PetaPixel
The New Leica Q3: 60MP Photos, 8K Video, and Much-Improved Autofocus Significant upgrades for the Q series. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/25/the-new-leica-q3-60mp-photos-8k-video-and-much-improved-autofocus/ Leica has announced the Q3, the third-generation of the Q series cameras that pairs a fixed-lens Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH with a 60-megapixel backside illuminated (BSI) sensor equipped with phase detect autofocus.