I spent the entire day right in the middle of the chaos and barely managed to survive. That night I made my way to the TIME office, dropped off the film and after the initial edit for a special issue of the magazine, I never looked at it again. My heart had been broken. I had lived through numerous situations that had been equally, if not more dangerous. I had witnessed many tragic events, which had also broken my heart. But what happened in my own city, so suddenly, was a catastrophe of such aggressive force, monumental scale and devastating consequence it was difficult to comprehend what I had just seen with my own eyes, and I understood the world I had known was changed forever.
Category: Interviews
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Ljubljana : James Nachtwey at Slovenia Press Photo – The Eye of Photography
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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 commissioning at an international news magazine. Lustig shares some best-practices that all freelancers should consider when working on editorial assignments.
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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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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 in Berlin.
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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: https://www.featureshoot.com/2015/10/elusive-graffiti-artist-swampy-captures-the-clandestine-world-of-freight-train-hopping/
The elusive graffiti artist Swampy, who was born and raised on the Californian coast, is no stranger to breaking the rules. The title of his newly released photobook NBD (shorthand for ‘Northbound’) relates to a journey he made five years ago across the United States. In the 132 pages, he shares with us the photographs he took during this year-long journey from Mexico to Alaska illegally riding the tops of freight trains.
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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” was reissued this year by Aperture.
Mr. McCullin, who is represented by Contact Press Images, spoke this week with Michael Kamber, who has photographed conflict in Africa and the Middle East for The New York Times and is the founder of the Bronx Documentary Center. Their conversation has been edited.
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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 Will Steacy.
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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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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 of a stretch. Maybe I should show a little more caution and tact? And, of course, I should respect boundaries but at the same time, f*ck that, I came of age in the sixties and grew up with a healthy disrespect for pretty much everything. That’s what my work is about.
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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 Major League Baseball Photos, and he has photographed 19 World Series and a number of Super Bowls and NBA Finals so far. We had a chat with Mangin about his life, career, and love for sports photography.
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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 the anniversary I wanted to revisit Ron Haviv’s Blood and Honey and ask him a couple of questions about the role of photojournalism then versus its role now, and when aesthetics disrupt documentation
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Interview: Laura Wilson on the Wild West | American Photo
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 in the last 35 years,” says Wilson, a Dallas, TX-based photographer who has published four previous books, including the 2003 volume Avedon at Work—which documents time that Wilson spent assisting the master photographer on his In the American West project.
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Eyewitness To History — Vantage — Medium
Eyewitness To History
In conversation with Benjamin Lowy
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 out, I don’t want any attention. I don’t need anyone to know that I’m a photographer. I make better images if I just blend into the background. So using smaller equipment helps me blend in better
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Water – Mustafah Abdulaziz’s Fifteen Year Long Look at the World’s Finest Resource | Fotografia Magazine
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
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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‘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…
Toni Greaves has spent her life around visual arts, and storytelling in one form or another has been a fascinated thread throughout her work. With a passion for documentary photography, Toni has traveled to tell stories from around the world. Recently, Blink’s Social Media News Editor Sahiba Chawdhary spoke to her about her seven-year photo book project, Radical Love, documenting the transformative journey of a young nun.