Author: Trent
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Long Time No See – The Leica camera Blog
Link: Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein’s extensive art project explores the history of the Vietnam War, and pushes the boundaries of photography to a new level.
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Photographer Captures the Brutality of the MS-13 Gang in El Salvador | PetaPixel
Link: Tariq Zaidi is a British photographer who has spent three years between 2018 and 2020 studying and documenting the savagely violent gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and others operating in El Salvador.
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How Claudia Gordillo Documented the Realities of Life in Nicaragua
How Claudia Gordillo Documented the Realities of Life in Nicaragua Whether photographing armed conflict or religious rituals, Gordillo observed Nicaraguan society from a close yet critical distance. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-claudia-gordillo-documented-the-realities-of-life-in-nicaragua/ Whether photographing armed conflict or religious rituals, Gordillo observed Nicaraguan society from a close yet critical distance.
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The Humans of Daniel Arnold’s New York | The New Yorker
The Humans of Daniel Arnold’s New York The photographer chronicles the interstitial weirdness of the city and the people in it, who are often too caught up in the busy steam of existence to pause and reflect on their lives. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-humans-of-daniel-arnolds-new-york The photographer Daniel Arnold is eerily adept at capturing perfect…
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Joe McNally Dishes “The Real Deal” – PhotoShelter Blog
Joe McNally Dishes “The Real Deal” – PhotoShelter Blog Nearly twenty years ago, I came across Joe McNally’s photo of a Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus that he took for a National Geographic story entitled “The Future of Flying Faster Farther Smarter.” The piece was notable for being the magazine’s first to fea via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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Steve Schapiro, Photojournalist Who Bore Witness, Dies at 87 – The New York Times
Steve Schapiro, Photojournalist Who Bore Witness, Dies at 87 He documented the civil rights movement and subjects as diverse as narcotics users, migrant workers and movie stars, seeking to capture their emotional heart. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/arts/steve-schapiro-dead.html Steve Schapiro, a photojournalist and social documentarian who bore witness to some of the nation’s most significant political and cultural…
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The First Standard to Assure a Photo’s Authenticity Has Been Created | PetaPixel
The First Standard to Assure a Photo’s Authenticity Has Been Created The first-ever specification to certify the authenticity of photos has been released. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/01/26/the-first-standard-to-assure-a-photos-authenticity-has-been-created/ In an effort to combat online misinformation, the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) has released the first-ever technical specification designed to certify the source and history of…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Storming of the Capitol @ Bronx Documentary Center
Juxtapoz Magazine – Storming of the Capitol @ Bronx Documentary Center On January 6, 2021, for the first time in American history, an angry mob stormed the halls of Congress. Protestors destroyed federal property and assa… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/storming-of-the-capitol-bronx-documentary-center/ On January 6, 2021, for the first time in American history, an angry mob stormed the halls…
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Matt Black Documents the Geography of Poverty in America | Blind
Matt Black Documents the Geography of Poverty in America — Blind Magazine For six years, and over 100,000 Miles through 46 States, Matt Black crisscrossed the United States by car and bus looking at America while recording the lives of rural and working-class Americans living in poverty in the richest country in the world. via…
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Photojournalist shot to death outside his home in Tijuana – The San Diego Union-Tribune
Photojournalist shot to death outside his home in Tijuana Margarito Martínez Esquivel, a Tijuana photojournalist who covered police and security issues, was killed Monday via San Diego Union-Tribune: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/story/2022-01-17/photojournalist-death-tijuana Martínez, 49, was beloved by colleagues and known as fearless. Last year, he documented a shootout between two groups, putting his own safety at risk. Journalist…
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Steve Schapiro, Chronicler of 20th Century America, Dies At 87 | Blind
Steve Schapiro, Chronicler of 20th Century America, Dies At 87 Steve Schapiro, whose prize-winning photographs defined 20th century American life, died peacefully in his Chicago home on Saturday, January 15, from pancreatic cancer. He was 87. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/steve-schapiro-chronicler-of-20th-century-america-dies-at-87-en Steve Schapiro, whose prize-winning photographs defined 20th century American life, died peacefully in his Chicago home on…
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Alex Harris: Our Strange New Land – LENSCRATCH
Alex Harris: Our Strange New Land – LENSCRATCH Alex Harris’ new book, Our Strange New Land (co-edited with Margaret Sartor), looks to reframe the question “How do you tell the story of the American South?” Based in Durham, North Carolina, Harris knows it’s a region with a complicated history; a legacy via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/01/alex-harris-our-strange-new-land/ Alex…
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The Radiant Intimacy of Jarod Lew’s Family Portraits
The Radiant Intimacy of Jarod Lew’s Family Portraits The photographer wanted to tell a story about Chinese American family life. But, how do you photograph your mother without photographing your mother? via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-radiant-intimacy-of-jarod-lew-family-portraits/ At home in suburban Detroit, the Chinese American photographer invokes the unstable fantasias of personal memory.
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50 Questions with Photographer Alec Soth | AnOther
50 Questions with Photographer Alec Soth via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13816/50-questions-with-photographer-alec-soth A Pound of Pictures is a window into both our world and Soth’s process itself. In every photograph, there is what we see and what lies beneath. Much the same way, Soth answers our 50 questions with consideration, sincerity and just the right amount of playfulness.
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Photos From Vietnam, Bronx, Iraq That Shaped A Journalist
10 Images That Shaped The Career Of A Photojournalist Who Founded The Bronx Documentary Center “If you’re committed, you went all the way.” via BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/piapeterson/10-photos-mike-kamber-career-influence Mike Kamber has had many, many lives. The founder and executive director of the Bronx Documentary Center worked as a documentary photographer for over two decades, and his…
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Ralph Gibson and the Leica M11 – The Leica camera Blog
Link: Ralph Gibson’s most recent photos were taken with the Leica M11. We are presenting a selection here, including the Leica Picture of the Year, 2021.
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Leica Unveils the M11: A 60MP Rangefinder with ‘Triple Resolution’ Tech | PetaPixel
Link: Leica has announced the M11, its latest rangefinder that offers what it claims as a new benchmark in digital photography as the most flexible M-system camera in the company’s history.
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Tracy L Chandler: A Poor Sort of Memory – LENSCRATCH
Tracy L Chandler: A Poor Sort of Memory – LENSCRATCH Chantal Anderson sat down with fellow photographer, friend, and collaborator Tracy L Chandler, to discuss Chandler’s latest work, A Poor Sort Of Memory. Tracy L Chandler is an American artist living in California who uses photography to explore themes of via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/01/tracy-l-chandler-a-poor-sort-of-memory/ Chantal Anderson sat…
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Chris Johns Lifetime Achievement Award – The Photo Society
Link: The Photo Society is proud to announce Chris Johns, former staff photographer and Executive Editor of National Geographic magazine is this years Lifetime Achievement winner.
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Alec Soth Asks What a Pound of Pictures Weighs
Juxtapoz Magazine – Alec Soth Asks What a Pound of Pictures Weighs A new exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery brings together images photographer Alec Soth completed between 2018 and 2021. As is often his custom, Soth beg… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/alec-soth-asks-what-a-pound-of-pictures-weighs/ A new exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery brings together images photographer Alec Soth completed between 2018…