Author: Trent
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A Drying Heartland: The Arid Photographs of Nicolás Marticorena – LENSCRATCH
A Drying Heartland: The Arid Photographs of Nicolás Marticorena – LENSCRATCH This week is dedicated to Chilean photographers working across a variety of genres. Today our focus is on Nicolás Marticorena, a journalist, sociologist and photographer whose global practice explores issues of climate change, drought and its effects on the human condition. My body leaves…
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The Gay Space Agency – Photographs and text by Mackenzie Calle | LensCulture
The Gay Space Agency – Photographs and text by Mackenzie Calle | LensCulture The Gay Space Agency imagines an alternative history for NASA, which would allow LGBTQ+ astronauts to fly in space via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/mackenzie-calle-the-gay-space-agency The Gay Space Agency imagines an alternative history for NASA, which would allow LGBTQ+ astronauts to fly in space. https://www.lensculture.com/articles/mackenzie-calle-the-gay-space-agency
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Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling – The New York Times
Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling Since Google overhauled its search engine, publishers have tried to assess the danger to their brittle business models while calling for government intervention. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/technology/google-ai-search-publishers.html “It potentially chokes off the original creators of the content,” Mr. Pine said. The feature, AI Overviews, felt like another step toward generative A.I.…
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The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections – The New York Times
The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections The vote in 1994 was a time of hope — but in the weeks before, the country came close to the abyss. A photographer remembers what he witnessed. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/world/africa/violence-south-africa-1994-elections.html To my left lay Ken Oosterbroek, mortally wounded, while to my right, Greg Marinovich clutched at…
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Elegia Fantastica – The Leica camera Blog
Elegia Fantastica I definitely think I dream in black and white, even though dreams are difficult to remember. Black and white makes the soul of things speak, while colours tell the reality. I like to think I can dream with my soul.
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Images of Climate Change That Cannot Be Missed | The New Yorker
Images of Climate Change That Cannot Be Missed Just as we risk becoming inured to the crisis, an exhibition, “Coal + Ice,” serves as a stunning call to action. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/images-of-climate-change-that-cannot-be-missed I think the single best collection of images of the climate crisis I’ve ever seen is the exhibit that will be…
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CENTER BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: MARK LEONG – LENSCRATCH
CENTER BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: MARK LEONG – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Mark Leong for being selected for Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship Award recognizing his project, Coming of Age: China’s Post-90s Generation . CENTER is pleased to add the Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship to their services for photographers and filmmakers. CENTER sponsors documentary projects that educate the…
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THE CENTER AWARDS: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD: JOHN TROTTER – LENSCRATCH
THE CENTER AWARDS: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD: JOHN TROTTER – LENSCRATCH The CENTER Awards recognize outstanding images, singular or part of a series, in three categories: Personal, Social, and Environmental. All submissions will become part of the CENTER archive serving as an ongoing mission-driven fine art and documentary imagery resource. Congratulations to John Trotter for being selected…
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THE CENTER AWARDS: EXCELLENCE IN MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING AWARD: ROBERT PLUMA – LENSCRATCH
THE CENTER AWARDS: EXCELLENCE IN MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING AWARD: ROBERT PLUMA – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Robert Pluma for being selected for CENTER’s Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizing his project, Hidden Histories of San Antonio. The Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizes outstanding storytellers using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects. The award is open, but…
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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 The pioneering master of color street photography talks about his passions…
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Lisa McCord: Rotan Switch – LENSCRATCH
Lisa McCord: Rotan Switch – LENSCRATCH The book is a personal collection of a life lived, a scrapbook that contains the dichotomy of two worlds: the innocence of circumstance and the visual acknowledgment of colliding cultures, that include race and privilege. The artist simply documented her world and the people in it. – Aline Smithson…
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What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee | The New Yorker
What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-asian-america-meant-to-corky-lee A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-asian-america-meant-to-corky-lee
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Episode 107: Peter van Agtmael (Conflict Photography)
Episode 107: Peter van Agtmael (Conflict Photography) Peter van Agtmael is a documentary photographer based in NY. Since 2006 he has concentrated on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a member of Magnum Photos via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/05/21/episode-107-peter-van-agtmael-conflict-photography/ Since 2006, his work…
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THE CENTER AWARDS: PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT: AUSTIN BRYANT – LENSCRATCH
THE CENTER AWARDS: PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT: AUSTIN BRYANT – LENSCRATCH Congratulations to Austin Bryant for being selected for CENTER’s Project Launch Grant recognizing his project, Where They Still Remain. The Project Launch Grant supports a complete or nearly completed documentary or fine art series. The grant provides financial support and platforms for professional development opportunities…
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Visual Diary of a Nomad – The Leica camera Blog
Visual Diary of a Nomad While travelling, Jonathan Jasberg discovers beauty in unique moments, and eternalises them in his pictures.
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Photo Mechanic Integrates Content Credentials to Fight Fake Imagery | PetaPixel
Photo Mechanic Integrates Content Credentials to Fight Fake Imagery Photo editors will be able to add a digital watermark to each image. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/photo-mechanic-integrates-content-credentials-to-fight-fake-imagery/ The image provenance system will soon be available as an option to “those who require a photo editing workflow that is compliant with the C2PA standard.” https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/photo-mechanic-integrates-content-credentials-to-fight-fake-imagery/
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Fujifilm to Bring C2PA Content Authenticity to X and GFX Cameras | PetaPixel
Fujifilm to Bring C2PA Content Authenticity to X and GFX Cameras Fujifilm is joining the Content Authenticity Initiative. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/fujifilm-to-bring-c2pa-content-authenticity-to-x-and-gfx-cameras/ Tucked at the bottom of its GFX 100S II announcement, Fujifilm says that it is joining the Content Authenticity Initiative to bring verification to its interchangeable lens series cameras. https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/fujifilm-to-bring-c2pa-content-authenticity-to-x-and-gfx-cameras/
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The View from Palestinian America | The New Yorker
The View from Palestinian America In Kholood Eid’s photographs of Missouri, taken six months into the war in Gaza, the quiet act of documenting life is a kind of protest against erasure. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-view-from-palestinian-america Intimaa’s portrait is followed by a photo of her passport, issued by the Palestinian Authority. Together, these images…
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The Beautiful – Photographs by Kamal X | Text by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture
The Beautiful – Photographs by Kamal X | Text by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture Documenting his journey from Oakland to attend the historic March on Washington, Kamal X’s monochrome images capture the love, power and strength of 2020’s charged summer of Black Lives Matter protests via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/kamal-x-the-beautiful Documenting his journey from Oakland to attend…
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Mountains and Rivers – Photographs by Yan Sun | Essay by Magali Duzant | LensCulture
Mountains and Rivers – Photographs by Yan Sun | Essay by Magali Duzant | LensCulture In the liminal space between mountains and rivers, Yan Sun creates images suffused with Chinese history, renewing the subjects of traditional painting with his contemporary photographic observation via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/yan-sun-mountains-and-rivers In the liminal space between mountains and rivers, Yan Sun…