Category: Interviews
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Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH We are re-running this post from last year, enjoy! Roger Ballen generously took the time to speak with me via Zoom from South Africa. It was truly an honor to interview him as I have been a fan of his for a…
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Photographers on Photographers: Drew Leventhal in Conversation with Carolyn Drake – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Drew Leventhal in Conversation with Carolyn Drake – LENSCRATCH We are re-running this conversation from 2023. Enjoy! My time talking with Carolyn Drake was a fever dream in the best possible way. Talking with artists who inspire you and make you want to work harder can be very intimidating. I know I was…
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Photographers on Photographers: Chloe Dichter in conversation with Meggan Gould – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Chloe Dichter in conversation with Meggan Gould – LENSCRATCH Photographers on Photographers is our annual August effort where we ask photographers (including the Top 25 Winners of the 2023 Student Prize Awards) to interview an artist or mentor that has impacted or inspired their practice. When I started my MFA studies at…
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B: Q & A with Jesse Lenz
Q & A with Jesse Lenz Jesse Lenz is a photographer based in rural Ohio, and the founding director of Chico Review , Charcoal Press , and Charcoal Book Club . • B… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2024/06/jesse-lenz-is-photographer-based-in-and.html The Chico Review is the opposite of that. Only people making the work get in. It’s not about writing an essay, checking the…
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A Conversation with Thana Faroq | Conscientious Photography Magazine
A Conversation with Thana Faroq via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/conv-thana-faroq/ That’s also why I struggle to exhibit the work. It needs to be seen as a book because a collection of photographs on the wall doesn’t do it. You need to see it as this package with the poor images, the imperfect, the perfect. With…
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photo-eye | BLOG: photo-eye Conversations with David Emitt Adams and Jamey Stillings
photo-eye Conversations with David Emitt Adams and Jamey Stillings photo-eye Gallery photo-eye Conversations with David Emitt Adams and Jamey Stillings photo-eye Gallery In honor of the cl… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2024/02/photo-eye-conversations-with-david.html In honor of the closing of Reshaping the Earth: Energy and the Environment, an exhibition featuring photographs by Jamey Stillings and David Emitt Adams, we are pleased to share a…
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As Wars Rage in the Middle East, Anti-war Photographer Don McCullin Discusses “How Futile Violence Is” | Vanity Fair
As Wars Rage in the Middle East, Anti-war Photographer Don McCullin Discusses “How Futile Violence Is” The dean of conflict photography assesses the power of images—and his fellow image makers. via Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/don-mccullin-on-war Recently, photojournalist Mark Edward Harris sat down with McCullin to discuss his oeuvre, their fellow photographers, and conflicts past and present.…
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The Inside Story of Josef Koudelka’s Groundbreaking Career
The Inside Story of Josef Koudelka’s Groundbreaking Career Melissa Harris speaks about working with the renowned photographer on his visual biography, “Josef Koudelka: Next.” via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-inside-story-of-josef-koudelkas-groundbreaking-career/ Josef loves a challenge, a visual challenge. He had not really worked in this way before, where there had to be a clear relationship between text and image.…
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B: Q & A with Kathryn McCool
Q & A with Kathryn McCool Kathryn McCool is a photographer based in Castlemaine, Australia, and the author of the recent photobook P.North . • BA: Congrats on P.Nort… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2023/09/q-with-kathryn-mccool.html Kathryn McCool is a photographer based in Castlemaine, Australia, and the author of the recent photobook P.North.
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Photographers on Photographers: Zachary Kaufman in Conversation with Matt Eich – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Zachary Kaufman in Conversation with Matt Eich – LENSCRATCH Matt Eich is a tenacious storyteller, whose work is largely defined by long-term projects that offer intimate depictions of the American condition. I first saw Matt’s photographs as a featured alumni on the Eddie Adams Workshop site in 2006. At that time, via…
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Reagan Louie on Surviving the American Dream
Reagan Louie on Surviving the American Dream The photographer once believed that he had to turn his back on his Chinese culture. Today, his images embrace authenticity. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/reagan-louie-on-surviving-the-american-dream/ As I’ve talked about, I didn’t know why I had gone back to China. And there were awkward silences with the curator when the conversation…
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Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH Roger Ballen generously took the time to speak with me via Zoom from South Africa. It was truly an honor to interview him as I have been a fan of his for a long time. His work reaches into the psyche, it…
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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 Yeah, I don’t have a strategy when I go out. I’ve…
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Arko Datto | Kings of a Bereft Land
Arko Datto: Kings of a Bereft Land Arko Datto speaks with curator Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands. via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/arko-datto/ Arko Datto speaks with Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The…
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Photographers on Photographers: Marisa Lucchese in coversation with Isadora Kosofsky – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Marisa Lucchese in coversation with Isadora Kosofsky – LENSCRATCH Early in my undergraduate studies in photography, I discovered Isadora Kosofsky’s work, and I immediately wrote her name down as a source of inspiration. Her use of light, the intimacy she captured, the clear care for her subjects that radiated from the i…
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A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot – The New York Times
A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who shoots surfers at Mavericks while swimming. “You don’t want to get the same shots as everyone else on the boat,” she said. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/sports/big-wave-surfing-sachi-cunningham.html Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who…
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How America’s Most Cherished Photographer Learned to See | The New Yorker
How America’s Most Cherished Photographer Learned to See For five decades, Stephen Shore has remade our vision of the country, largely by remaking his own. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-americas-most-cherished-photographer-learned-to-see I think it’s important that you distill this into three aspects. The first aspect is physical. It’s what the eyes do. The second aspect is…
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Lynsey Addario: Master Series Award Winner – LENSCRATCH
Lynsey Addario: Master Series Award Winner – LENSCRATCH The School of Visual Arts (SVA) honors Lynsey Addario, acclaimed photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant and Pulitzer Prize recipient, with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition, originally planned for Fall 2020. Curated by Maya Benton and Perr via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/10/lynsey-addario-master-series-award-winner/ Addario has brought a strong focus…
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Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness | The New Yorker
Wolfgang Tillmans’s Beautiful Awareness The photographer talks about his first MOMA retrospective and how his prescient art flows from the act of paying attention. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/wolfgang-tillmanss-beautiful-awareness It’s fascinating that, when I started using photography as my main medium and art, obviously, I had no idea that this medium would become so central…
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ABQ – Photographs by Lewis Khan | Interview by Wesley Verhoeve | LensCulture
ABQ – Photographs by Lewis Khan | Interview by Wesley Verhoeve | LensCulture Lewis Khan’s latest project transports him to a desert city, thousands of miles away from his London home and locally-based projects via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lewis-khan-abq Lewis Khan: I was drawn initially to New Mexico by a fascination with the desert. I was interested…