Category: Interviews
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Photolux Festival – Streets and Stories: Educating the Eye Through Photography | LensCulture
Streets and Stories: Educating the Eye Through Photography – Interview with Street Photography Awards juror Enrico Stefanelli | LensCulture From photographer to artistic director, the Photolux Festival founder Enrico Stefanelli gives us insight into educating our eyes and learning to make the most of the world around us via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/photolux-festival-streets-and-stories-educating-the-eye-through-photography#slide-7 Enrico Stefanelli is the…
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Shooting With Intention: Brandon Getty — Vantage — Medium
Shooting With Intention: Brandon Getty Experiments with skate photos as a kid + zines + crazy-good Tumblr browsing as an adult = a street shooter’s best education via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/shooting-with-intention-brandon-getty-70a77a5cc519 Experiments with skate photos as a kid + zines + crazy-good Tumblr browsing as an adult = a street shooter’s best education
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Exclusive Interview with Jean-François Leroy, Director of Visa Pour l’Image — Vantage — Medium
Exclusive Interview with Jean-François Leroy, Director of Visa Pour l’Image Once again, it’s that time of year for photographers, agency reps, editors and groupies to descend on the French city of Perpignan to celebrate the world’s oldest international photojournalism… via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/exclusive-interview-with-jean-francois-leroy-director-of-visa-pour-l-image-e47f3d4e040a As the heavyweight photography festival enters its 27th year, what should we expect…
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Tokyo International Photography Festival – East and West: Talking Through Photography | LensCulture
East and West: Talking Through Photography – Interview with Street Photography Awards juror Ihiro Hayami | LensCulture Drawing from his experiences across the Tokyo (and international) photography scene, Ihiro Hayami offers his thoughts on the power of the medium to describe the world around us via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tokyo-international-photography-festival-east-and-west-talking-through-photography Ihiro Hayami, the organizer of the Tokyo…
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A Master Photographer Reflects on Work, Love, and Finding a Voice | PROOF
A Master Photographer Reflects on Work, Love, and Finding a Voice Chris Johns worked as a field photographer for over 20 years before a ten-year turn as editor in chief of National Geographic magazine. Before that he worked in a number of roles as a photographer and picture editor for various newspapers. I grabbed a…
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An Interview with Instagram and Snapchat Storyteller Branden Harvey
An Interview with Instagram and Snapchat Storyteller Branden Harvey Branden Harvey became a professional photographer at the age of 16. He has since become an extremely popular photographer on social media, boasting over via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/17/an-interview-with-instagram-and-snapchat-storyteller-branden-harvey/ Branden Harvey became a professional photographer at the age of 16. He has since become an extremely popular photographer…
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Mary F. Calvert: The War Within — zPhotoJournal
Mary F. Calvert: The War Within We used to call this type of work “women’s Issues.” I prefer to think of them as our issues. You cannot marginalize half the world’s population without it being a problem for all of us. The only difference between “us” and “them” is that they were born there and…
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Ken Weingart interviews Jill Greenberg | LENSCRATCH
Ken Weingart interviews Jill Greenberg Today, I am sharing an interview that photographer and blogger, Ken Weingart conducted with photographer Jill Greenberg. Ken has been producing interviews for his Art and Photography blog, and he has kindly offered to share a few with the Lenscratch audi via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2015/08/ken-weingart-interviews-jill-greenberg/ Ken had a chance to ask Jill…
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Afghan Gigs — Vantage — Medium
Afghan Gigs Photojournalist Andrew Quilty on risk, common sense and insurance options for freelancers on the front lines via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/andrew-quilty-s-journey-from-australia-to-afghanistan-b7a71fab0477 A freelancer’s life in Afghanistan is fraught with danger, but for photojournalist Andrew Quilty the steady flow of assignments to important global stories makes it career worth the risk
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Bearing Witness — Vantage — Medium
Bearing Witness Heidi Levine, winner of the inaugural Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, talks about what it takes to document conflict via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/bearing-witness-77d19c837b23 Heidi Levine, winner of the inaugural Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, talks about what it takes to document conflict
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The Art of the Personal Project: Todd Selby | A Photo Editor
The Art of the Personal Project: Todd Selby – A Photo Editor As a former Art Producer, I have always been drawn to personal projects. A personal project is the sole vision of the photographer and not an extension of an art director/photo editor or graphic designer. This column features the personal projects of phot…
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Phillip Toledano:Confronting the Dark Side — zPhotoJournal
Phillip Toledano:Confronting the Dark Side Toledano considers himself to be a conceptual artist. His work varies in medium, from photography to sculpture to painting. His themes are primarily socio-political, although lately, he states on his website, “I’ve strayed into the deeply personal.”
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The Heralded Veteran Who Still Reaches for Film | PhotoShelter Blog
The Heralded Veteran Who Still Reaches for Film – PhotoShelter Blog For nearly 50 years, David Burnett has been traveling and documenting the world – much of it on film. While most of the photojournalism world has shifted to using digital photography exclusively, Burnett stubbornly continues to carry around a Speed Graphi via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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B: Q & A with Steven B. Smith
Q & A with Steven B. Smith Steven B. Smith by Mary Ellen Hawkins Steven B. Smith is a photographer based in Providence and Utah. His current Utah work can be see… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2015/07/q-with-steven-b-smith.html I go back a lot to see how I was shaped by that place and to try get over the anger…
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Why We Make Photographs — Vantage — Medium
Why We Make Photographs Maggie Steber on fighting for ideas, photographing oneself, the quiet heroism photo editors, and that “University of Missouri look” via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/why-we-make-photographs-bd28e20a3f2e Maggie Steber on fighting ones corner, turning the camera on yourself, the quiet heroism of photo editors, and that “University of Missouri look”
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B: Q & A with Mike Slack
Q & A with Mike Slack Mike Slack by Ron Jude, 2008 Mike Slack is a photographer based in Los Angeles. He also performs occasionally on drums, backup vocals,… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2015/06/q-with-mike-slack.html To some extent, though it depends on whose feed (or whose Polaroids) you’re talking about. Instagram has that personal/informal aspect, but there’s much more…
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Portrait of Josef Koudelka by Christian Caujolle – The Eye of Photography
Portrait of Josef Koudelka by Christian Caujolle I’ve never been interested in photojournalism that attempts to tell a story through several pictures. I’ve always sought out pictures that tell a story in themselves, letting each viewer see a story that suits them. For me, a good photograph is one that tells a different story to…
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Vince Musi at Look3 – NYTimes.com
Vince Musi at Look3 Everybody is always clamoring about how great they are, and the truth is that I can barely keep it together most of the time. And I’m proud of those mistakes. You can’t learn from mistakes if you don’t make any. And I should really be smart by now, because I’ve made…
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How to Work with Photo Editors – An Interview with Leslie Baldwin of Texas Monthly | PhotoShelter Blog
How to Work with Photo Editors – An Interview with Leslie Baldwin of Texas Monthly – PhotoShelter Blog This interview is just one of many from our free, downloadable Guide: Breaking Into Editorial Photography. For more tips, download your copy today, here. Leslie Baldwin has been the photography editor for Texas Monthly, a 13-time National…
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In conversation with Glenn Ruga about ZEKE Magazine and Social Documentary Network | dvafoto
In conversation with Glenn Ruga about ZEKE Magazine and Social Documentary Network I met Glenn Ruga when I first moved to Boston in 2010. He helmed Boston’s Photographic Resource Center for 4 years, bringing great exhibitions, workshops, and speaker series to the city. He’s also the founder of Social Documentary Network and recently launched ZEKE,…