Category: Interviews

  • Jake Chessum Interview

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    Jake Chessum Interview – A Photo Editor Jake Chessum is a photographer you will find near the top of all photo editor lists and that’s why I’m so excited he will be joining me Fri, Oct 26, 2012 from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM for a panel discussion on “Making a Career in Editorial Photography”…

  • Dennis Darling

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    Link: I Love Texas Photo » Dennis Darling I handle the negatives terribly. I’m, like, eating a ham sandwich while I’m doing it. I shouldn’t say this, but I don’t even measure my chemistry. I think about film the same way I think about cooking. If it says a cup, it’s sort of a cup,…

  • Craig Semetko: America: E Pluribus Unum

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    Link: Craig Semetko: America: E Pluribus Unum « The Leica Camera A classic street shooter in the great tradition, Craig Semetko uses Leica cameras  to capture images that transcend the moment

  • David Stewart Discusses Film, Teens, and the Current Climate in Ad Photography

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    Link: David Stewart Discusses Film, Teens, and the Current Climate in Ad Photography | Feature Shoot David Stewart is a London-based advertising and fine art photographer and director. We asked him a few questions about his new fine art series Teenage Pre-occupation, photographing punk bands, and creating projects that are both humorous and timeless.

  • Instagram Photographer Steph Goralnick Gives Advice and Discusses the Perks of Popularity

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    Link: Instagram Photographer Steph Goralnick Gives Advice and Discusses the Perks of Popularity | Feature Shoot Building an audience takes time, and a lot of work. Though photographers have been embracing social media for a long time now, so I’m sure that comes as obvious to most people. I think one thing we have to…

  • Ending The Stigma Of Incarceration: A Conversation With Ed Kashi

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    Ending The Stigma Of Incarceration (Part Three): A Conversation With Ed Kashi Ronald Day en route to work, NYC. © Ed Kashi / VII Photo – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – &#82… via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.org/2012/10/07/ending-the-stigma-of-incarceration-part-three-a-conversation-with-ed-kashi/ The way I look at this advocacy journalism,…

  • The Grisly Dead People Pictures of Fernando Brito

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    The Grisly Dead People Pictures of Fernando Brito These days, there’s no shortage of grisly images coming out of Mexico thanks to the brutal and ever-present War on Drugs. But Brito’s work stands out because he seems to treat the cadavers as one with the landscape. There is a certain sense of… via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/fernando-brito-1…

  • Chris Buck Talks About His New Book: Presence

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    Chris Buck Talks About His New Book: Presence – A Photo Editor This is the first in a series of interviews I’m conducting to promote my seminar at the 2012 Photo Plus Expo titled “Making a Career in Editorial Photography”. I’ve got 3 editorial photographers at the top of their game who I’m going to…

  • Conversation with Donna Ferrato

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    Donna Ferrato – Conversation   I tasted Donna Ferrato’s blood. Pretty damned salty, just like Donna of course. Donna had just cut herself opening a bottle of Chardonnay during the upcoming interview. Her wrist and t… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2012/10/conversation-with-donna-ferrato/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29 So later on, at the bar among the flank of photographers I saw PF Bentley and…

  • Chip Simone

    Chip Simone

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    Chip Simone MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what have been some of the most important milestones in your career up until now?… Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2012/09/chip-simone.html It may take decades for a picture to make sense to you. An image can move back and forth in time before it finds its place. You…

  • Sean Vegezzi Photographs Secret New York

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    Sean Vegezzi Photographs Secret New York Sean Vegezzi is a young photographer from New York who enjoys hanging out in elevator shafts and getting cops to chase him through graveyards. His first photo-book, ‘I Don’t Warna Grow Up,’ is about not warnting to grow up. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/photographing-new-yorks-secret-hideouts-sean-vegezzi We would just wander around Tribeca and…

  • Howard Greenberg’s Personal Photo Collection on View

    Howard Greenberg’s Personal Photo Collection on View

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    An Autobiography Told With Others’ Photos For the first time, the famed gallerist Howard Greenberg will show photographs from his personal collection, in two exhibits in Europe. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/an-autobiography-told-with-others-photos/ Howard Greenberg is known for the erudite exhibits at his gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery, and his role in shaping both the market for photography…

  • Nick Ut: The Amazing Saga And The Image That Helped End The Vietnam War

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    Link: Nick Ut: The Amazing Saga And The Image That Helped End The Vietnam War « The Leica Camera Q: So what did your boss Horst say when he first saw the photo of Kim? A: When he first saw the picture he had just come back from London. He asked who took the picture.…

  • Meet Stipple – An Attribution Tool For Images

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    Meet Stipple – An Attribution Tool For Images – A Photo Editor I’ve followed Paul Melcher’s Thoughts of a Bohemian blog for many years, because he had an insiders perspective of the stock photography industry and was a harsh critic of the old guard not keeping up with the digital age (similar to my own…

  • In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton

    In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton

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    In Focus – Q&A with Photo Editor Jim Colton – The Photo Brigade In his new column “In Focus”, Alex Federowicz interviews successful photo editors and industry leaders. In this Q&A, Alex speaks with legendary photo editor Jim Colton and discusses his career and what makes a great image. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/09/in-focus-qa-with-photo-editor-jim-colton/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29 As…

  • Dave Jordano Photographs a Gritty but Hopeful Detroit

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    Link: Dave Jordano Photographs a Gritty but Hopeful Detroit | Feature Shoot I’m of the philosophy that you don’t pick your projects, they pick you. If you’re concerned enough about something it will ultimately surface and you will have to act upon it.

  • Noor’s 5th Anniversary at Perpignan

    Noor’s 5th Anniversary at Perpignan

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    A Collective Eye on Social Justice Members of Noor, the photo collective that will observe its fifth anniversary at the Visa pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, discuss their approach and practice. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/a-collective-eye-on-social-justice/ The photographer-owned photo agency, Noor, was started on Sept. 6, 2007, at the Visa Pour l’image photojournalism festival…

  • Arthur Meyerson: Light, Color And The Moment

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    Link: Arthur Meyerson: Light, Color And The Moment « The Leica Camera Acclaimed as one of America’s finest photographers, Arthur Meyerson is a native of Texas who has traveled the world creating award-winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs as well as an impressive body of personal fine art street images

  • Jonathan Slack: Capturing China With The Leica M Monochrom

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    Link: Jonathan Slack: Capturing China With The Leica M Monochrom « The Leica Camera I just love taking images; they are the punctuation marks in my existence. If I can make a simple thing seem fascinating, or catch an expression which amplifies a character or find a feature of the landscape mirrored in a cloud…

  • Gregory Heisler Interview

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    Link: Gregory Heisler Interview Grayson: On the opposite side of the spectrum from being subject-proof, do you have photo shoots that fail from time to time? Gregory: I think they all suck. The picture I was hoping for is never the picture I get, but yeah, I think they fail all the time. Fortunately my…