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FotoEvidence — The First Decade – Witness
FotoEvidence — The First Decade Alison Stieven-Taylor via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/fotoevidence-the-first-decade-8605b88f2b7f Ten years ago, Bulgarian photojournalist Svetlana Bachevanova invested her savings to launch FotoEvidence, then a web platform and photobook award competition dedicated to promoting photographic stories of social inequality. Twenty-seven printed books and seven digital monographs later, FotoEvidence has evolved as the only publishing imprint solely for…
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Portraits that capture three decades of black culture
Portraits that capture three decades of black culture Growing up in Germany, Russian Ghanaian artist Liz Johnson Artur spent her summers in the former Soviet Union. But in 1986, she received an invitation to stay with a family friend in Brooklyn. Deep in Williamsburg, long before it was gentrified, Artur fou via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/art-2/portraits-that-capture-three-decades-of-black-culture/…
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The Coronavirus Crisis Reveals New York at Its Best and Worst | The New Yorker
The Coronavirus Crisis Reveals New York at Its Best and Worst In a time of containment, the city searches for a way forward. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/the-coronavirus-crisis-reveals-new-york-at-its-best-and-worst The final weekend of semi-ordinary life in New York arrived on Friday the 13th. In the week that followed, New York became a ghost town in a ghost…
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3 Freelance Photographers on Covering COVID-19 – PhotoShelter Blog
3 Freelance Photographers on Covering COVID-19 – PhotoShelter Blog As uncertainty and anxiety over coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to proliferate, media organizations have tasked a handful of freelance photographers to document the outbreak. The situation is even more perilous because unlike the sub-genres of war or nat via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/03/3-freelance-photographers-on-covering-covid-19/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 As we go through this…
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Between 1974-1981, Czesław Siegieda documented a polish community in the East Midlands
Between 1974-1981, Czesław Siegieda documented a polish community in the East Midlands Now published for the first time at RRB PhotoBooks, the photographer’s work depicts a small yet important part of history – the life of a Polish community residing in post-war England. Link: Now published for the first time at RRB PhotoBooks, the photographer’s…
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The Supreme Court Just Decided that States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement
The Supreme Court Just Decided that States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States dealt a major blow to photographer’s copyright protections when it declared that states cannot be via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/03/23/the-supreme-court-just-decided-that-states-cannot-be-sued-for-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The opinion came down as part of a writ of certiorari regarding the case of…
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Bertien van Manen, the Great Documentary Photographer You Need to Know | AnOther
Bertien van Manen, the Great Documentary Photographer You Need to Know via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12369/bertien-van-manen-documentary-photographer-stedelijk-amsterdam AnOther meets Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen – the pioneering documentary photographer who has been given a major retrospective at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam
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One Photographer’s Decade-Long Study of New Orleans | AnOther
One Photographer’s Decade-Long Study of New Orleans via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12371/death-magick-abundance-new-orleans-akasha-rabut-caramel-curves-second-line Akasha Rabut’s new book Death Magick Abundance documents the people that brought New Orleans back to life after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and is a pertinent celebration of the power of community
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Eric Bouvet : Paris in quarantine, at the time of the coronavirus
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/eric-bouvet-paris-and-the-coronavirus-pp/ In these solitary outings, the human part is missing. The taste of the city is bitter without the life it breathes, yes, those who are just as capable of messing up and destroying.
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Argentina Week: Alejandro Kirchuk: The Invisible River | LENSCRATCH
Argentina Week: Alejandro Kirchuk: The Invisible River I discovered Alejandro Kirchuk’s work a few years ago when I was reading an article on the New York Times and I thought to myself “what a wonderful use of light”. I became a fan. I recently ran into his Instagram feed, and I started following him, so when…
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Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance – Columbia Journalism Review
Pandemic, photography, and psychological distance Decisions made by photojournalists and their editors define traumatic events in the cultural consciousness. Throughout coverage of COVID-19, many news outlets have published photographs that reiterate racist tropes, suggest a false gap between “East” a via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/opinion/covid-19-photos-distance-bias.php DECISIONS MADE BY PHOTOJOURNALISTS and their editors define traumatic events…
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Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has made a career of exploring places that are ‘off limits’ | THE CONNECTICUT STORY | connecticutmag.com
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has made a career of exploring places that are ‘off limits’ Whether in a war zone or refugee camp, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario has spent her career on the front line armed with little more than a lens. via Connecticut Magazine: https://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/photojournalist-lynsey-addario-has-made-a-career-of-exploring-places/article_78357496-64a1-11ea-8db2-2b6ec9772e80.html Whether in a war zone or refugee camp, Pulitzer…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Sheltering in Place: The View Outside Hayahisa Tomiyasu’s Window
Juxtapoz Magazine – Sheltering in Place: The View Outside Hayahisa Tomiyasu’s Window Navel gazing can get a little old, so, in the coming weeks (months?), as we find ourselves counting the hours till lunchtime on the sofa, we look for… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/sheltering-in-place-the-view-outside-hayahisa-tomiyasu-s-window/ Today we look to the view outside Hayahisa Tomiyasu’s window. For five years…
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Remembering Judy Gelles | LENSCRATCH
Remembering Judy Gelles I was dismayed to hear that the remarkable Judy Gelles passed away recently. She had a profound sense of humanity, combined with wonderful humor, and unique way of looking at the world, especially her own life and family. In fact, she was a truth teller. via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/judy-gelles-2/ I was dismayed to…
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Matt Kapp: A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan | LENSCRATCH
Matt Kapp: A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan Sometimes the research for one project inspires new ideas of disseminating the information on other platforms. Film producer Matt Kapp, in his research for his documentary film, 16 Acres, about the rebuilding the World Trade Center, collected a significan via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/matt-kapp-a-century-downtown-a-visual-history-of-lower-manhattan/ Sometimes the…
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Boris Yaro, Whose Photo of an Assassination Endures, Dies at 81 – The New York Times
Boris Yaro, Whose Photo of an Assassination Endures, Dies at 81 In June 1968, Mr. Yaro took one of the seminal images of the killing of Robert F. Kennedy. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/business/media/boris-yaro-dead.html In June 1968, Mr. Yaro took one of the seminal images of the killing of Robert F. Kennedy.
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Steve McQueen Year 3 – Photographs by Steve McQueen | Review by Mark Durden | LensCulture
Steve McQueen Year 3 – Photographs by Steve McQueen | Review by Mark Durden | LensCulture In one of the most ambitious public photographic projects ever undertaken, artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen sought to take a school class portrait of every Year 3 child in London via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tate-britain-steve-mcqueen-year-3 In one of the most ambitious…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power
Juxtapoz Magazine – Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power While shining an unflinching light on major Bangladeshi tragedies and struggles, Shahidul Alam’s images reveal a country and cultures often misunderst… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/shahidul-alam-truth-to-power/ While shining an unflinching light on major Bangladeshi tragedies and struggles, Shahidul Alam’s images reveal a country and cultures often misunderstood and misrepresented. In…
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Pulitzer Prize photographer Cathal McNaughton shares why he hasn’t lifted a camera since returning to his native Glens of Antrim – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Pulitzer Prize photographer Cathal McNaughton shares why he hasn’t lifted a camera since returning to his native Glens of Antrim Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Cathal McNaughton is back living in a cottage in the Glens of Antrim after pressing pause on his globetrotting career and says he hasn’t owned a camera since leaving Reuters –…
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A photographer’s view of the world from multiple perspectives – British Journal of Photography
A photographer’s view of the world from multiple perspectives “I see my work as a kind of tapestry, which is woven by thousands of threads in order to create one image” via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/03/a-photographers-view-of-the-world-from-multiple-perspectives/ “I see my work as a kind of tapestry, which is woven by thousands of threads in order…