Category: Interviews

  • Bruce Haley’s Panoramic Landscapes

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    Bruce Haley’s Panoramic Landscapes Colin Pantall’s blog about photography, writing, art and politics Link: http://colinpantall.blogspot.com/2012/03/bruce-haleys-panoramic-landscapes.html Bruce Haley’s  book, Sunder, (published by Daylight) is a fascinating and quite poetic take on the demise of the Soviet Union and communism. I see it and am instantly drawn to the landscapes,  the combination of complete environmental and industrial…

  • Kurt Tong Interview

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    Kurt Tong Interview – A Photo Editor Jonathan Blaustein interviews photographer Kurt Tong. JB: You and I met, as I have with several people I’ve interviewed, at Review Santa Fe in 2009. I don’t think we’ve seen each other or spoken since. I’ve got to give a shout out to that class of ’09. Th…

  • INTERVIEW: “A Conversation with Christopher Anderson” (2012)

    INTERVIEW: “A Conversation with Christopher Anderson” (2012)

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    A Conversation with Christopher Anderson (2012) From ‘Son’ by Christopher Anderson Why show it ? Interview with Christopher Anderson By Baptiste Lignel, December 2, 2012, Paris Baptiste Lignel- You seem to have a dilemma about your project “Son”… Cristopher Anderson – I’m constantly confli via AMERICAN SUBURB X: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2012/02/interview-interview-with-christopher-anderson-2012.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americansuburb+%28ASX+%7C+AMERICAN+SUBURB+X+%7C+Photography+%26+Culture%29 I’ve spent the last fifteen years…

  • Jodi Bieber Interview

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    Jodi Bieber Interview – A Photo Editor By Kathalijne van Zutphen Jodi Bieber (1966) is a South African photographer mostly known for her highly publicized portrait of Bibi Aisha; the young Afghan woman who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban after seeking rescue from her violent husba via A Photo Editor:…

  • Interview with Michael “Nick” Nichols

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    Michael “Nick” Nichols – Conversation [slidepress gallery=’michaelnicknichols_interview’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls play this essay   David Alan Harvey: Now the thing is that you were… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2012/02/interview-with-michael-nick-nichols/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+burnmag+%28burn+magazine%29 I can’t justify what I do if I’m not reaching the planet. I gotta have a huge audience because my…

  • Mark Murrmann: Just a Performance

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    Link: The Leica Camera There’s an element of trying to capture a realness, a kind of spontaneity to both that’s appealing. But of course in punk, like just about anything else, there’s definitely an element of performance, controlled chaos and building off of what’s come before. To that end, covering music, especially larger bands, reminds…

  • Marc Shoul: Looking for Complex Images That Transport

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    Link: The Leica Camera Marc Shoul is a South African photographer, born in 1975 in Port Elizabeth. Interested in exploring social issues, four years ago he began photographing the city of Brakpan, which is a 45-minute drive from Johannesburg. Street scenes and more intimate portraits compose a personal portrayal of a place that is “anchored…

  • INTERVIEW: “Robert Farber with Eddie Adams”

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    Link: AMERICAN SUBURB X Eddie Adams: I’m not one to give up negative advice like a lot of picture editors do. I think that there’s a lot of room, for anyone who’s really serious about this and who first of all to be successful in anything–and in photography it’s gonna hurt. You’re gonna cry, you’re…

  • Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker

    Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker

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    Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker The photographer goes into detail about his process for selecting and shooting the arboreal landmarks featured in our Voyages Issue. via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/mitch-epstein-tree-stalker/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all Before bringing the 8-by-10 camera, I photographed the tree several times with a little digital camera. I spent time with the tree. It was January,…

  • World Press Photo: “It was about the people,” says jury chair Aidan Sullivan

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    Link: British Journal of Photography “2011 was a momentous year,” says Aidan Sullivan, the chair of this year’s World Press Photo jury. “In the end, we tried to distill it down to what was the most important thing – the people.” He speaks to BJP.

  • Q. & A. with Joel van Houdt, Afghanistan-Based Photographer

    Q. & A. with Joel van Houdt, Afghanistan-Based Photographer

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    Q. & A. with Joel van Houdt, Afghanistan-Based Photographer Everyone knows NATO forces are fighting the Taliban but it was rare to see it in such a straightforward way as in Helmand Province. via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/q-a-with-joel-van-houdt-afghanistan-based-photographer/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all The portraits were part of the assignment that photo editor Joanna Milter sent me on the…

  • Still Images In Great Advertising – Jeremy & Claire Weiss

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    Still Images In Great Advertising – Jeremy & Claire Weiss – A Photo Editor Still Images In Great Advertising, is a column where Suzanne Sease discovers great advertising images and then speaks with the photographers about it. I reached out to Day 19 (Jeremy & Claire Weiss) after seeing this great Converse campaign, because they via…

  • Still Images In Great Advertising – Bryce Boyer

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    Still Images In Great Advertising – Bryce Boyer – A Photo Editor Still Images In Great Advertising, is a  column where Suzanne Sease discovers great advertising images and then speaks with the photographers about it. In today’s feature, I reached out to Bryce Boyer, because the ads he shot show great lighting, clever c via A Photo…

  • Gary Wang: Rangefinder Singapore

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    Link: The Leica Camera Gary Wang is a street photographer based in Singapore and is well regarded for his work shot on his Leica camera and super-wide 21mm lens. He is the founding member & head of Rangefinder Singapore, a community dedicated to further knowledge of photography and rangefinder cameras. He has also been recently…

  • Jake Stangel – A New Chapter

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    Jake Stangel – A New Chapter – A Photo Editor I’ve been following Jake Stangel’s career for several years and noticed recently that he signed with Julian Richards and this month shot a feature in Esquire Magazine. He’s been very active online helping fellow emerging photographers, previously with his via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/01/25/jake-stangel-a-new-chapter/ I’ve…

  • Success Stories: Cole Thompson

    Success Stories: Cole Thompson

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    Success Stories: Cole Thompson Cole Thompson’s work has been on my radar for a number of years. I have always appreciated his well-crafted images and all that he brings to the table in terms of being a professional. His newsletters are as elegant as his work, and everything is presente via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/01/success-stories-cole-thompson.html for the…

  • Conversation: Chris Johns, Editor, National Geographic Magazine

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    Chris Johns – Editor, National Geographic Magazine A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS JOHNS                                                        FIRST IN A SERIES ON “DECISION MAKERS” Chris Johns was named editor in chief of National Geographi… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2012/01/interview-chris-johns-editor-national-geographic-magazine/ If you get afraid of making mistakes, you are toast. You’re done. You’ve got to have courage. You’ve got to believe in…

  • Christopher Anderson- Return of the Staff Photographer

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    Christopher Anderson- Return of the Staff Photographer – A Photo Editor by Grayson Schaffer On Tuesday, New York Magazine announced that it had signed longtime contributor and well-known photojournalist Christopher Anderson as the weekly magazine’s first-ever “photographer-in-residence.” In a statement released to the British via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/01/17/christopher-anderson-return-of-the-staff-photographer/ On Tuesday, New York Magazine announced…

  • Jim Wilson’s Republican Presidential Campaign Photos

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    Lens Covering politics over the decades, he has seen tremendous changes – both in the style of the campaigns and the technology he has used to photograph them. In recent weeks, he’s been covering the Republican presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, focusing almost entirely on Mitt Romney

  • Michael Levin on Continuum

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    Michael Levin on Continuum Tempest, 2008 — Michael Levin Sitting in the gallery surrounded by Michael Levin’s photographs, I feel a sense of calm. Though the… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2012/01/michael-levin-on-continuum.html Sitting in the gallery surrounded by Michael Levin’s photographs, I feel a sense of calm. Though the images are still frames I perceive a sense of movement.…