Author: Trent

  • Bill Westheimer: New Vistas: Photographers working with the Landscape | LENSCRATCH

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    Bill Westheimer: New Vistas: Photographers working with the Landscape In 2015, the Getty Museum featured the seminal exhibition, Light, Paper, Process, a show that celebrated the spirit of invention and discovery at its point of departure, focusing on “investigations on the light sensitivity and chemical processing of photo via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/01/bill-westheimer-new-vistas-photographers-working-with-the-landscape-3/ Artist Bill Westheimer has…

  • Kenneth Josephson

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    https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/kenneth-josephson-kk/ Gitterman Gallery presents an exhibition of photographic work by Kenneth Josephson from 1960 to 1980 that invites overlapping dialogues on a variety of concepts. He explores the complex relationship of image and object, photographic truth and illusion, time, spatial perspective, even the history of photography itself. Josephson challenges our perceptions and invites us to…

  • What’s the Point of Conflict Photography? – Witness

    What’s the Point of Conflict Photography? – Witness

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    What’s the Point of Conflict Photography? “I don’t see why I should care about that person.” via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/whats-the-point-of-conflict-photography-ee565909f778 At the time, I was teaching a course that concentrated on conflict photography and ethics. At one point during the semester, we were studying the coverage of a famine in Sudan in the early 1990s. My…

  • Santu Mofokeng, the photojournalist who made ordinary things extraordinary | The Star

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    Santu Mofokeng, the photojournalist who made ordinary things extraordinary | The Star Condolences continue to pour in for legendary photographer who died at the weekend surrounded by his family in Soweto. Link: https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/santu-mofokeng-the-photojournalist-who-made-ordinary-things-extraordinary-41638655 Art critic Sandile Ngidi tweeted: “South African documentary photography has lost one of its brightest stars. Santu Mofokeng belonged to a committed…

  • A photographer looks back at his work in New York City in the 1980s – The Washington Post

    A photographer looks back at his work in New York City in the 1980s – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | A photographer looks back at his work in New York City in the 1980s Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden uncovers 75 images of New York shot between 1978 and 1984. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/01/29/photographer-looks-back-his-work-new-york-city-1980s/ Bruce Gilden calls the photo “The Strangler.” The long-time Magnum photographer was just walking down a street of New York…

  • The End of an Era: Photo District News (PDN) is Shutting Down

    The End of an Era: Photo District News (PDN) is Shutting Down

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    The End of an Era: Photo District News (PDN) is Shutting Down Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old photo publication and staple of the industry, is shutting down. The magazine’s owner Emerald Expositions has via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/28/the-end-of-an-era-photo-district-news-pdn-is-shutting-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old photo publication and staple of the industry, is shutting down. The magazine’s…

  • Anniina Joensalo – Tender « burn magazine

    Anniina Joensalo – Tender « burn magazine

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    Anniina Joensalo – Tender Anniina Joensalo Tender [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 FINALIST ]  “Tender” is an exploration into the contradictions inherent in queer lives and loves. I want to explore all aspects of intimac… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2020/01/anniina-joensalo-tender/ “Tender” is an exploration into the contradictions inherent in queer lives and loves. I want to…

  • Bill Ray, Photographer of Indelible Moments, Dies at 83 – The New York Times

    Bill Ray, Photographer of Indelible Moments, Dies at 83 – The New York Times

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    Bill Ray, Photographer of Indelible Moments, Dies at 83 He captured Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” Elvis Presley as an Army private, scenes of war and urban unrest, and much more. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/arts/bill-ray-dead.html He captured Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” Elvis Presley as an Army private, scenes of war and urban…

  • What Happens When the News Is Gone? | The New Yorker

    What Happens When the News Is Gone? | The New Yorker

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    What Happens When the News Is Gone? In Jones County, North Carolina, and many other places around the country, local journalism has just about dried up. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/what-happens-when-the-news-is-gone In Jones County, North Carolina, and many other places around the country, local journalism has just about dried up.

  • Worried Reporters Make a Plea: Please Buy Our Paper – The New York Times

    Worried Reporters Make a Plea: Please Buy Our Paper – The New York Times

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    Worried Reporters Make a Plea: Please Buy Our Paper As hedge funds take a greater role in newspaper chains, journalists at the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere are sending out an S.O.S. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/business/media/newspaper-reporters-hedge-funds.html As hedge funds take a greater role in newspaper chains, journalists at the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere are sending out an S.O.S.

  • The real Ozarks: a portrait of rural life in modern America

    The real Ozarks: a portrait of rural life in modern America

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    The real Ozarks: a portrait of rural life in modern America Terra Fondriest shoots Ozark life with unmatched intimacy – a challenge in a place awash with stereotypes. But she’s simply capturing what she knows. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/playlist-archive/terra-fondriest-ozark-life-project-arkansas/ Terra Fondriest documents life in her region with an unmatched intimacy – a challenge in a…

  • Last Despatches

    Last Despatches

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    Last Despatches | Documenting Journalists Killed in the Balkans Around 140 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Balkans during and after the 1990s conflicts. We are documenting their lives and the pursuit of justice for their deaths. Link: http://last-despatches.balkaninsight.com/ journalists and media workers were killed during and after the violent breakup of…

  • NFL Photographer Reviews the Canon 1D X Mark III, Calls it a Game-Changer

    NFL Photographer Reviews the Canon 1D X Mark III, Calls it a Game-Changer

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    NFL Photographer Reviews the Canon 1D X Mark III, Calls it a Game-Changer Fancy Live View and Video features aside, the Canon 1D X Mark III is primarily a camera for sports photographers. So who better to review it than Peter via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/23/in-depth-canon-1dx-mark-iii-review-from-an-nfl-photographer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Fancy Live View and Video features aside, the Canon 1D X…

  • Life Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Feature Shoot

    Life Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Feature Shoot

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    Life Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Feature Shoot It’s early September, 2014, and the sun is shining over a verdant landscape dotted with grazing horses. The people who live there, mostly the elderly women known affectionately as “babushkas,”… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/01/life-inside-the-chernobyl-exclusion-zone/ It’s early September, 2014, and the sun is shining over a verdant…

  • Urban Street Portraits – Photographs by Jens Krauer | Essay by Gina Williams | LensCulture

    Urban Street Portraits – Photographs by Jens Krauer | Essay by Gina Williams | LensCulture

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    Urban Street Portraits – Photographs by Jens Krauer | Essay by Gina Williams | LensCulture Swiss photographer Jens Krauer takes to the streets to share some insider insights and talk about what drives his impulse to document our urban lives via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jens-krauer-urban-street-portraits Swiss photographer Jens Krauer takes to the streets to share some insider…

  • Freedom or Death: Revisiting an archive of conflict, tragedy, and struggle – British Journal of Photography

    Freedom or Death: Revisiting an archive of conflict, tragedy, and struggle – British Journal of Photography

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    Freedom or Death: Revisiting an archive of conflict, tragedy, and struggle In 1990, Gideon Mendel left a box of negatives in his friend’s garage in South Africa. Now, 30 years later, the damaged negatives are reincarnated in a photobook via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/01/gideon-mendel-freedom-or-death/ In 1990, Gideon Mendel left a box of negatives in…

  • Anna Grevenitis: Regard | LENSCRATCH

    Anna Grevenitis: Regard | LENSCRATCH

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    Anna Grevenitis: Regard As a juror I have had the opportunity to be exposed to a wide range of work. Many times the images I juror are unthethered from their statements, so the photograph needs to have a stand alone power all it’s own. Every time I have come across images by Ann via LENSCRATCH:…

  • Bruce Davidson’s portrait of post-war Britain

    Bruce Davidson’s portrait of post-war Britain

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    Bruce Davidson’s portrait of post-war Britain In the autumn of 1960, American photographer Bruce Davidson landed a commission that would take him to the UK for the first time. Starting in London, he bought a Hillman Minx convertible and travelled to the South Coast before heading north to Scotland. H via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/bruce-davidsons-portrait-of-post-war-britain/ Travelling…

  • Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House

    Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House

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    Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House In the spring of 2016, film student Victor Galusca was exploring a sleepy village in his native Moldova when the 23-year-old noticed some photographic via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/21/the-village-genius-astonishing-photos-of-soviet-life-found-in-an-abandoned-house/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The discarded pictures were the life’s work of Zaharia Cusnir, an unknown amateur photographer who died in 1993.

  • Chad Ress: America Recovered | LENSCRATCH

    Chad Ress: America Recovered | LENSCRATCH

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    Chad Ress: America Recovered Chad Ress has recently released a new monograph, America Recovered, published by Actar Publishers, Barcelona & New York. The book and project examine the point where  “abstract political processes manifest themselves in the physical world, thus providing via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/01/chad-ress-america-recovered-2/ Chad Ress has recently released a new monograph, America Recovered, published by…