Category: Interviews
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What Photo Editors Want — Vantage — Medium
What Photo Editors Want One Assigning Editor’s Perspective on Hiring Freelance Photographers via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/what-photo-editors-want-15481ea3e564 Josh Lustig is the Deputy Editor of Photography for the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. He was formerly at Panos Pictures in London. Blink’s Kyla Woods wanted to know about Lustig’s transition from the role of artist rep to that of…
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Documenting Child Marriage for Over a Decade—and Still Going | PROOF
Link: Photographer Stephanie Sinclair has been photographing the issue of child marriage for 13 years
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Robert Crumb Hates You | | Observer
Robert Crumb Hates You The world’s greatest cartoonist in a sprawling interview. via Observer: https://observer.com/2015/10/robert-crumb-hates-you/ The world’s greatest cartoonist in a sprawling, exclusive, lurid interview about misogyny, America, art and tushes that look like ‘two giant basketballs’
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Elusive Graffiti Artist Swampy Captures the Clandestine World of Freight Train Hopping – Feature Shoot
Elusive Graffiti Artist Swampy Captures the Clandestine World of Freight Train Hopping “Riding freight trains is the perfect crime; you get to break several laws without ruining anyone’s day. Meanwhile you’re experiencing something historically American, an activity people have been taking part in almost as long as freight trains have been rolling. via Feature Shoot:…
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Don McCullin at War – The New York Times
Don McCullin at War The legendary photographer counsels those seeking conflict: look close to home at the social wars being waged every day. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/don-mccullin-at-war/ The documentary film “McCullin” by Jacqui Morris had its American debut at the Museum of Modern Art this week, and an updated version of the book “Don McCullin”…
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The Secret Behind Anton Corbijn’s Signature Look | TIME
The Secret Behind Anton Corbijn’s Signature Photography Look A respected photographer and filmmaker, Anton Corbijn’s work goes on show in Berlin via Time: https://time.com/4103961/the-secret-behind-anton-corbijns-signature-look/ “I feel the imperfection is much closer to how life is than perfection,” Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn tells TIME in recent interview as a massive retrospective went on show…
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A Photographer and a Publisher Talk about Drive-By Shooting — Vantage — Medium
A Photographer and a Publisher Talk about Drive-By Shooting What a photo might mean and what it might do via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/a-photographer-and-a-publisher-talk-about-drive-by-shooting-d5e6ae8d0f62 I guess I could justify what I do by saying I’m photographing people who don’t necessarily want to be photographed to show the world how dysfunctional and needy America is, but that’s kind…
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What Editors Want: Inside The Atlantic’s Photo Department — Vantage — Medium
What Editors Want: Inside The Atlantic’s Photo Department Invention and experimentation are top priority in these changing times via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/what-editors-want-inside-the-atlantic-s-photo-department-401ea271dda6 The 2015 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards winners were announced in Paris, with Daniel Mayrit receiving the $10,000 top prize for First PhotoBook. Other winners included Diane Dufour and Xavier Barral, Thomas Mailaender and…
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The Nightcrawling New York Street Shooter with Unlimited Energy … and Respect — Vantage — Medium
The Nightcrawling New York Street Shooter with Unlimited Energy … and Respect Khalik Allah, the unofficial photographer of Lexington & 125th, uses only available light to make his portraits in Harlem via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/khalik-allah-a-halo-in-the-darkness-of-night-30ba70457e7 Khalik Allah, the unofficial photographer of Lexington & 125th, uses only available-Nlight to make his portraits in Harlem
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An Interview with Sports Photographer Brad Mangin
An Interview with Sports Photographer Brad Mangin Brad Mangin is a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He regularly shoots for Sports Illustrated and Major League Baseball via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2015/12/08/an-interview-with-sports-photographer-brad-mangin/ Brad Mangin is a freelance sports photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He regularly shoots for Sports Illustrated and…
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A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War | VICE | United States
A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War We talked to legendary photojournalist Ron Haviv about his experience documenting the trauma and atrocities of the Bosnian War. Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn953m/photos-of-the-bosnia-war December 14 marked two decades since the official end of the Bosnian War and all the bloodshed that it encompassed. In light of…
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Interview: Laura Wilson on the Wild West | American Photo
Link: The title of Laura Wilson’s new book and exhibition, That Day, signals that the project is a series of moments in time. Subtitled “Pictures of the American West,” this work could also be called That Place. “I photograph all over, but this particular body of work has all been done in the American West…
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Eyewitness To History — Vantage — Medium
Eyewitness To History In conversation with Benjamin Lowy via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/ai-ap-pro-photo-daily-ppd-master-series-benjamin-lowy-eyewitness-to-history-5b013edef43 When I first started photography, I carried a ton of cameras and I wanted everyone to know that I was a photographer. Now I just want the smallest camera and I want everyone to think I’m just another tourist. I don’t want to stand…
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The Death Of The Holga — Vantage — Medium
Link: In conversation with photographer Liz Potter about the iconic toy camera … and its exit from the market
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Water – Mustafah Abdulaziz’s Fifteen Year Long Look at the World’s Finest Resource | Fotografia Magazine
Link: IN THIS INTERVIEW > 30 year-old American photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz discusses Water, a stunning, long-term documentary project with a global scope about how we use water, and the threats posed by its scarcity. Mustafah started working on this project in 2011, and intends to continue at least until 2026.
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FotoFirst – Morgan Levy Investigates the Psychological Effects of the Fracking Industry | Fotografia Magazine
Link: 30 year-old American photographer Morgan Rachel Levy presents As Soft As The Earth Is, a series of photographs that looks at the changes brought about by the fracking industry in North Dakota, focusing in particular on how these transformations impact on the psychology of the people who live in the affected regions
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Discordia – Magnum Photojournalist Moises Saman Presents His First, Terrific Photobook | Fotografia Magazine
Link: Spanish American photographer Moises Saman – a member of Magnum Photos and one of the top photojournalists out there – discusses Discordia, his first self-published photobook made in collaboration with artist Daria Birang
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LOOK3 2016 : Interview with MV Swanson – The Eye of Photography
Link: I recently sat down with Mary Virginia Swanson, the new Director of LOOK3, Festival of the Photograph, to discuss this year’s festival taking place June 13-19th in the lovely town of Charlottesville, Virginia
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‘Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You’ – Advice From a Seasoned Photojournalist – Vantage – Medium
‘Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You’ – Advice From a Seasoned Photojournalist Toni Greaves has spent her life around visual arts, and storytelling in one form or another has been a fascinated thread throughout her… via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/be-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-advice-from-a-seasoned-photojournalist-5fe438f6ead9 Toni Greaves has spent her life around visual arts, and storytelling in one form or another…
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Dotan Saguy’s Advice for Shooting Street Photography | PDNPulse
Link: A former tech entrepreneur now pursuing photography as a second career, Dotan Saguy has gained notice for his project about the vitality, energy and spectacle of Venice Beach.