Category: Interviews

  • Goran Tomasevic’s Photos in Syria

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    Link: Goran Tomasevic’s Photos in Syria – NYTimes.com Honestly, I didn’t have any expectations. I didn’t know how the urban environment would look, but I wasn’t surprised by the things I saw. I knew there was going to be some destruction because of the scale of bombardment. I also knew there would be guys running…

  • Julie Glassberg on Photographing the Notorious and Unpredictable Black Label Bike Club

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    Link: Julie Glassberg on Photographing the Notorious and Unpredictable Black Label Bike Club | Feature Shoot Julie Glassberg is a French born, award winning photographer currently living and working in New York. Her work is mainly based on the diversity of world cultures; subcultures; portraits; documentary projects. These images are from her series, Bike Kill,…

  • John Langmore: Photographing the Mystery of Oaxaca

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    Link: John Langmore: Photographing the Mystery of Oaxaca « The Leica Camera John Langmore is an Austin, Texas based photographer most noted for his long-term work on East Austin and Oaxaca, Mexico. He grew up in a family of great photographers  – most notably his father, Bank Langmore, who established himself as one of the preeminent…

  • Jeff Lipsky Interview

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    Jeff Lipsky Interview – A Photo Editor By Chris Orwig, Faculty at Brooks Institute APE Ed Note: I’ve worked with Jeff quite a bit in the past, so when I heard about the inspiring lecture he gave at Chris Orwig’s class I asked if he would conduct an interview for us. He’s an amazing person…

  • Chang W. Lee Photographs the London Olympics

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    Link: Chang W. Lee Photographs the London Olympics – NYTimes.com Making a different picture is one thing, but making a great picture is another. You can use techniques like slow shutter speeds that will make photos look different, but the best pictures are always about the human story. For me, the best picture doesn’t necessarily…

  • Studio Visit with Evan Kafka

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    Studio Visit with Evan Kafka – A Photo Editor A Conversation with Evan Kafka, a Photographer. by James Worrell Recently I had the idea of interviewing some of my colleagues, photographer to photographer, to gain some insights and see how they do what they do. I started with someone I know well and wh via…

  • david alan harvey in conversation with jim estrin

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    Jim Estrin – Conversation A Conversation with Jim Estrin, New York Times Lens Blog   David Alan Harvey: You will be the third photographer in a row that I have interviewed, who I know as photographers and who have evol… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2012/07/interview-with-jim-estrin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29 JE: There are multimedia platforms for story telling that weren’t available.…

  • Satoki Nagata: Documenting The World to Discover Yourself

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    Link: Satoki Nagata: Documenting The World to Discover Yourself « The Leica Camera These images reflect what I found at this place and time amongst these people. I think many people, me included, find themselves in difficult circumstances in the current state of society. I realized through this work that we have seen desperation and…

  • David Burnett’s Eighth Summer Olympics

    David Burnett’s Eighth Summer Olympics

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    An Olympic Photographer’s Endurance David Burnett has photographed seven summer Olympics, creating a few iconic images along the way. In conversation, he remembers the misses and triumphs, and discusses his commitment to a different picture as London’s games approach. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/an-olympic-photographers-endurance/ David Burnett, of Contact Press Images, has photographed seven summer Olympics. He…

  • Visa Pour l’Image’s Jean-François Leroy discusses photojournalism past and present

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    Link: Visa Pour l’Image’s Jean-François Leroy discusses photojournalism past and present – British Journal of Photography Visa Pour l’Image, the world’s largest photojournalism festival, is coming back to Perpignan for its 24th edition. Its director, Jean-François Leroy, speaks with Olivier Laurent about this year’s programme and the state of the market

  • Rebecca Norris Webb’s “My Dakota”

    Rebecca Norris Webb’s “My Dakota”

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    Prairie, Poetry and Loss Rebecca Norris Webb had begun a photography project in South Dakota, the land of her youth, when her brother died unexpectedly. All of a sudden, “My Dakota” became a process of grieving, rediscovery and poetry. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/grieving-a-loss-with-prairie-and-poetry/?pagewanted=all It’s taken me much of life to understand and accept that my…

  • Mark Peckmezian

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    Link: Mark Peckmezian | LPV Magazine Judging by my rate of progress, I think I’ll be making the photographs of my dreams in 5 years or so. Everything so far feels provisional, make-shift, incomplete. Let’s see.

  • Metrography: The First and Only Iraqi Photo Agency

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    Link: Metrography: The First and Only Iraqi Photo Agency | Feature Shoot Kamaran Najm came up with the idea of the agency while he was working as an editor for local magazine. He realized quickly that there was no central place to find images of Iraq, so he decided to start an agency that would…

  • Chris Buck – The Surprising Portrait

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    Chris Buck – The Surprising Portrait – A Photo Editor Known for his humor and pitch-perfect execution, Chris Buck is go-to photographer for any magazine that’s trying to illustrate an abstract concept. Ahead of Buck’s Santa Fe workshop, the first week of July, Grayson Schaffer interviewed the 48-year-old New via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/06/18/chris-buck-the-surprising-portrait/ Known…

  • Jonathan Blaustein debuts his new conceptual project MINE

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    Jonathan Blaustein debuts his new conceptual project MINE – A Photo Editor A couple weeks ago at Review Santa Fe I had the opportunity to see APE contributor Jonathan Blaustein’s new body of work hanging on the wall and decided to conduct a quick interview. I think this is a unique opportunity for all of…

  • Ed Templeton: A Professional Skateboarder Turns Artist

    Ed Templeton: A Professional Skateboarder Turns Artist

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    Ed Templeton: A Professional Skateboarder Turns Artist Photographer and professional skateboarder Ed Templeton uses his Leica M6 to capture images of skateboarding life. In this portrait, he gives us a clearer picture… via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/42242442 My photography has not changed very much over the years. I’ve been resisting technology and sticking to the same thing.…

  • Kurt Markus – The Portrait: Finding Your Voice

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    Kurt Markus – The Portrait: Finding Your Voice – A Photo Editor Montana-based photographer Kurt Markus has spent the last half-century photographing for magazines like Vanity Fair, GQ, and Outside. Though he’s shot fashion, sports, and celebrities, he’s probably best known for his iconic black-and-white photos of Cowb via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/06/11/kurt-markus-the-portrait-finding-your-voice/ The digital…

  • Thomas Bönig and the “Thomas does NYC” Project

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    Link: Thomas Bönig and the “Thomas does NYC” Project « The Leica Camera Thomas conducted this interview over Skype before he boarded a plane for New York City and before this interactive street photography project officially launched. The “Thomas does NYC” project is currently underway and is on Day 3, putting participants in the seat…

  • In the Field with National Geographic: On Everest, On Instagram

    In the Field with National Geographic: On Everest, On Instagram

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    In the Field with National Geographic: On Everest, On Instagram – PhotoShelter Blog If you could share photos from the tallest peak in the world – 29,000 feet to be exact – would you? National Geographic says “why not?” as mountaineer Conrad Anker led Nat Geo writer Mark Jenkins and photographer Cory Richards on a climb to…

  • Interview: Tyler Stableford talks about his beautiful new short ‘Shattered’ – shot on the Canon EOS-1D X

    Interview: Tyler Stableford talks about his beautiful new short ‘Shattered’ – shot on the Canon EOS-1D X

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    Shattered When you’ve given everything, what do you have left? After achieving his dream summit, an elite climber finds himself empty. Broken and untethered, he searches… via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/40379197 When my friend Peter Kalksma of Al-Jazeera showed me this film on Vimeo the other day I was blown away. It looked like one of the…