This book synthesizes 50 years of experience as a globe-trotting shooter into my most basic shooting essentials. It can’t teach you how to see, but I’m pretty sure it will show you where to look
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Its value as an out-of-print collectable has risen over the past few decades resulting in keeping this masterpiece out of the hands of many younger photographers. Finally, after 62 years, it is again seeing the light of day this December with a gorgeous facsimile from the German publishing house Steidl
“Minutes to Midnight is an apocalyptic book, but they are real documents, they’re real events, real moments in time that have happened,&rd…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/trent-parke-s-minutes-to-midnight-published-by-steidl
With one particular image, Parke stood on the same street corner three or four times a week at a certain time of day for a month and shot over 100 rolls of film until he caught that one special image
Since 2011, photographer Moises Saman has been documenting the upheaval in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/discordia-arab-spring
Since 2011, the photographer Moises Saman has been documenting the upheaval in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia. Though the photographs collectively capture the events of the past four years, his project “Discordia: The Arab Spring” is less literal, less linear. “From the start, I didn’t see ‘Discordia’ as a straightforward journalistic project but rather an exploration through imagery of my personal experience of the Arab Spring,”
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Every era gets the catch phrase it deserves. Just think about “Where’s the beef?” Remember that cranky old lady on the Wendy’s commercials? Of course you do. That it happened during the 80’s, when actors like Stallone and Schwarzenegger were beef-caking u
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2014/09/17/21st-century-book-deal-hustle/
But then, ten minutes or so into the chat, the guys both started talking about how they got their most recent book deals. And neither of them had to put up any money for the production. They were giving me serious details. Inside information.
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-make-photobook_10.html
Days of heavy monsoon rain in northern Pakistan and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir have brought some of the worst flooding the region has seen in 60 years. More than 450 deaths have been reported and the scale of the disaster is straining rescue efforts. Hundreds of thousands remain trapped as the armed forces of both Pakistan and India ramp up relief and evacuation operations. [34 photos]
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LightBox presents a special preview of the season’s best photography books, featuring new titles from legendary photographers Stephen Shore and Bruce Davidson, as well as inspired work by contemporary photographers Michael Light, Julie Blackmon and LaToya Ruby Frazier.
36 years ago Jim Goldberg took his first photograph for Rich and Poor on Mission Street in San Francisco. Looking out from his current studio windows…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/a-look-inside-jim-goldberg-s-rich-and-poor
In his republished book Rich and Poor (originally published in 1985), Goldberg reflects on how little has changed other than the faces and that the living conditions are even more tenuous and hopeless than before. Shot during 1977 to 1985 in San Francisco, Goldberg documented the wealthy and impoverished, believing “that once people saw what was happening, than we, as a society, would fix it,” says the photographer
A Book and a Big Life LeapMy photo e-book has been published! It’s based on photo columns that have appeared on this blog over the past four years and I’m absolutely delighted. The title is “Depth of Field: Tips on Photojournalism and Creativity”. Essentially, anyone with a visual storytelling passion would enjoy this book. It has tangible tips, advice, backstories and some of my favorite pictures I’ve made at the Tribune over the past 15 years.
British photographer Rebecca Litchfield is brave. Not that many people would take the risk to capture the tattered ruins of a strange and dangerous pa…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/new-book-soviet-ghosts-by-rebecca-litchfield
British photographer Rebecca Litchfield is brave. Not that many people would take the risk to capture the tattered ruins of a strange and dangerous part of the world. Struck by the extent of abandonment in the former Soviet Union and its satellite states in the former Eastern Bloc, photographer Rebecca Litchfield sensitively and beautifully records many abandoned locations, which were once part of the Soviet Union
Daniel W. Coburn is a bright light in the fine art photography world–he’s a wonderfully talented photographer and writer, and has been hard at work on his newest project, a retrospective monograph titled, The Hereditary Estate printed and distributed by
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2014/07/daniel-coburn-hereditary-estate/
The Hereditary Estate is not only a ten year retrospective, but also a conceptual work of art. Dan’s work and research “investigates the family photo album employed as the visual infrastructure for the flawed ideology of the American Dream
Disco Night Sept 11 is a book about more than the brutality of conflict. It is an intimate and personal meditation on modern warfare from the perspective of a young American photographer who came of age in the confusion of a post 9/11 world, and who saw m
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2014/06/peter-van-agtmael-disco-night-sept-11/
Disco Night Sept 11 is a book about more than the brutality of conflict. It is an intimate and personal meditation on modern warfare from the perspective of a young American photographer who came of age in the confusion of a post 9/11 world, and who saw many others of his generation sign up to fight towards abstract ends and unpredictable fates.
Capturing the quintessential perfect moment in uncontrolled, public settings depends on a magical confluence of elements that suddenly, momentarily, match up so exquisitely they seem choreographed. For the masterful photographer Joel Meyerowitz, these mom
For the masterful photographer Joel Meyerowitz, these moments decorate the massive pantheon of his work like confetti—so ridiculously plentiful that it starts to seem like an easy thing to capture
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: http://cphmag.com/photography-today/
The task thus is to present photography in such a way that any reader will be able to move forward after having engaged with the book. S/he might disagree with some of the choices, but s/he will know why, and – crucially – s/he will have a much easier time engaging with the medium on her or his own. Photography Today succeeds brilliantly doing just that.
Vienna-based photographer Eugenia Maximova set out to tell a story about the Balkans. And she realized that the one thing all people have in common in this region marked by conflicts and ethnic tensions is food. Kitchen Stories from the Balkans is a photo
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Vienna-based photographer Eugenia Maximova set out to tell a story about the Balkans. And she realized that the one thing all people have in common in this region marked by conflicts and ethnic tensions is food. Kitchen Stories from the Balkans is a photographic journey into the Balkan culture, by portraying the distinct feel and the particular details of Balkan kitchens
The power of a place to captivate is inherent to the impulse to photograph. Warsaw-based photographer Rafal Milach uses this impulse to his advantage in 7 Rooms, published by Kehrer Verlag. Over the course of six years, Milach followed seven people in the
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Warsaw, Poland-based photographer Rafal Milach uses this impulse to his advantage in 7 Rooms, published by Kehrer Verlag. Over the course of six years, Milach followed seven people in their 30s, inhabitants of the Russian cities of Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, and Yekaterinburg
He may look harmless in his open-toe sandals and comfortable sweater, but Martin Parr has been poking a stick at the establishment for nigh on 40 years, agitating for a more prominent status for photography through his own work and all that he admires. Fo
via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/06/the-photobook-according-to-parr/
With The Photobook: A History, Volume III, co-authored by Parr and Gerry Badger, and published by Phaidon, upon us, I was invited to the Bristol-based photographer’s home, to delve into his unrivalled collection of up to 12,000 books, which he’s used to piece together a previously unwritten account of an undervalued aspect of our image culture.
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: http://cphmag.com/review-stump/
It’s almost as if there is a gentleman’s agreement (remember, politics still is dominated by men): journalists report the spectacle faithfully, not attempting to subvert the game, but the slips are fair game.
Before Polish photographer Rafal Milach visited Belarus in 2011, he’d intended to do a personal project exploring the history of his family, which has …
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/05/29/rafal_milach_photographs_winners_of_strange_contests_in_belarus_in_his_book.html
The Winners is part of Milach’s larger, ongoing work that explores the influence of propaganda in post-Soviet territories. “I grew up in communist Poland so I was soaked with this propaganda as a kid and didn’t understand it that much,” he said. “This work relates to my personal experience of being manipulated.”