Category: Interviews

  • The State of the Industry: Gregg Lhotsky, B&A

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    The State of the Industry: Gregg Lhotsky, B&A – A Photo Editor The State of the Industry, is a new column where Suzanne Sease speaks with advertising industry professionals and influencers to discuss what’s happening and where we’re headed. Gregg Lhotsky is a well-respected photography representative with the acclaim via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/12/20/the-state-of-the-industry-gregg-lhotsky-ba/ The State…

  • INTERVIEW: Robert Frank – “If An Artist Doesn’t Take Risks, Then It’s Not Worth It.” (2007)

    INTERVIEW: Robert Frank – “If An Artist Doesn’t Take Risks, Then It’s Not Worth It.” (2007)

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    An Interview with Robert Frank – “If An Artist Doesn’t Take Risks, Then It’s Not Worth It.” (2007) An Exclusive Interview with Robert Frank, Robert Frank’s Studio, New York, July 22, 2007 via AMERICAN SUBURB X: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2011/12/interview-robert-frank-if-an-artist-doesnt-take-risks-then-its-not-worth-it-2007.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americansuburb+%28ASX+%7C+AMERICAN+SUBURB+X+%7C+Photography+%26+Culture You are free and you risk something by taking a photograph. It’s not taking a snapshot of your…

  • A Conversation: Jerry Uelsmann and James Estrin

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    Lens Before Photoshop allowed image makers to bend reality to their will with a single keystroke there was Jerry Uelsmann. He created surreal images the hard way — not with digital shortcuts, but working in a darkroom with seven enlargers and multiple negatives.

  • Video Interview with Sports Illustrated’s DOP

    Video Interview with Sports Illustrated’s DOP

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    Video Interview with Sports Illustrated’s DOP – PhotoShelter Blog Steve Fine, the legendary Director of Photography at Sports Illustrated, doesn’t waste time sugar-coating things – he has an opinion and he knows what he wants. Having been at SI for over fifteen years, Steve has amassed a lot of entertaining stories that via PhotoShelter Blog:…

  • Jason Lee Parry Defends Himself Against $28,000,000 Lawsuit

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    Jason Lee Parry Defends Himself Against $28,000,000 Lawsuit – A Photo Editor You may remember photographer Jason Lee Parry from the $28,000,000 lawsuit brought against him in August by parents of a young model he photographed (APE story here). The parents flipped out when a sexually suggestive image that Parry took of their 16 yea…

  • More Photos from Moises Saman in Egypt

    More Photos from Moises Saman in Egypt

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    Even in Egypt, a Long Way to Go Moises Saman had been photographing the run-up to the Egyptian elections when the recent riots broke out. He spoke to Lens about the challenges of digging deeper into the story. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/even-in-egypt-a-long-way-to-go/ Moises Saman has been covering the Arab Spring for The New York Times…

  • Edward Burtynsky Interview

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    Edward Burtynsky Interview – A Photo Editor Jonathan Blaustein: I was in New York this past week, and I was able to see both of your exhibitions that are currently on display at Bryce Wolkowitz and Howard Greenberg. It’s such a great lead in to our conversation, and I definitely want to ask some qu…

  • Kaushal Parikh: Breaking Free from Banking

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    The Leica Camera Kaushal Parikh describes himself as an ex-banker turned street photographer. He has shot street photography seriously for the last three years, drawing inspiration from Magnum photographers, as well as members from the In-Public collective. After shooting in what he describes as a bubble, he is in the process of building up an online/offline…

  • Q & A with Gordon Stettinius

    Q & A with Gordon Stettinius

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    Q & A with Gordon Stettinius Gordon Stettinius is the founder of Candela Books in Richmond, Virginia. I caught up with him recently to chat about Candela’s latest relea… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/11/q-with-gordon-stettinius.html Gordon Stettinius is the founder of Candela Books in Richmond, Virginia. I caught up with him recently to chat about Candela’s latest release, Salt…

  • Patagonia Catalog Winter 2011

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    The Daily Edit Interview – Patagonia Catalog Winter 2011 – A Photo Editor Heidi Volpe interviews Patagonia photo editor Jenning Steger. Heidi: What a bold move to put a spread photo by Oskar Enander in the catalog, was that a hard sell since the rider isn’t one of your ambassadors? Jenning: No because the photo…

  • A chat with Bryan Formhals

    A chat with Bryan Formhals

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    A chat with Bryan From an online chat over beers last week with Bryan Formhals : B: Hi Bryan, Have you got a beer handy? Bryan Formhals: Ha. Yeah, just c… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/11/chat-with-bryan.html What’s the longest you’ve ever looked at a photo online? A single photo? Maybe a minute. I go through slideshows pretty quick…

  • Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer

    Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer

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    Benjamin Lowy: War Photographer The photographer Benjamin Lowy was recently awarded the Duke Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his book “Iraq … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/benjamin-lowy-iraq-perspectives.html The photographer Benjamin Lowy was recently awarded the Duke Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his book “Iraq |…

  • Kevin WY Lee: The Invisible Photographer

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    The Leica Camera Kevin WY Lee is a street photographer and the founder of The Invisible Photographer Asia (IPA), a street photography and visual documentary that features Asian photographers. In almost a year, he was able to grow the IPA community to over 70,000+ Facebook fans while pushing the art of street photography and visual documentation…

  • INTERVIEW: “Interview with Enrique Metinides” (2006)

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    AMERICAN SUBURB X Although he hasn’t published a photograph in almost fifteen years, Metinides can safely be called the most prolific news photographer of his generation. Between 1946, when he was barely twelve years old, and 1993, when he was muscled out of his “nota roja” newspaper job, Metinides was a tenacious documenter of death…

  • Talking Photography with Time Out New York

    Talking Photography with Time Out New York

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    Talking Photography with Time Out New York – PhotoShelter Blog Time Out New York, the self-described “go-to playbook” for art, music, nightlife, restaurants, shopping and even dating, has a magazine circulation of 150,000 and averages 1.1 million website visitors per month. For a photographer, that’s a whole lot of p via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2011/10/talking-with-time-out-new-york/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Time…

  • A Conversation with Matt Eich

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    Conscientious Extended: Still in his mid-twenties, Matt Eich has an impressive list of achievements under his belt already. I had a general sense of curiosity about his work, and I figured the best way to learn more about it – and the person behind the camera – was to ask some questions

  • The South as seen through the lens of the 20×24 Polaroid camera

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    Feature Shoot: Artist Jennifer Trausch is the Director of Photography at the 20 X 24 Studio in Manhattan. The 20 X 24 Studio is built around a 239-pound analog camera that shoots 20 X 24 images on Polaroid film. There were six of these cameras built between the years of 1976 and 1978 and three…

  • A Conversation with CPC 2011 Winner Yaakov Israel

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    Conscientious Extended: Yaakov Israel’s The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey, complex, multi-faceted project, featuring portraits and landscapes, was my personal pick as a winner of this year’s Conscientious Portfolio Competition. For me, the project captures seemingly disjointed moments in time, offering many hints and as many red herrings. The viewer is invited…

  • INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Walker Evans” Pt. 1 (1971)

    INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Walker Evans” Pt. 1 (1971)

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    An Interview with Walker Evans Pt. 1 (1971) “I was damn well going to be an artist and I wasn’t going to be a businessman.” Interview Excerpt from, Leslie Katz with Walker Evans, 1971. Leslie Katz: You took photographs of whatever interested you? Walker Evans: Oh yes. I was a passionate via AMERICAN SUBURB X:…

  • Internship Perspective: Ryan Young

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    The Visual Student My photo editor, Chris Clark, does a great job of keeping the photo department organized and making sure everything runs smoothly.  One thing Chris was always reinforcing to me was the importance of being both a journalist and a photographer.  I sometimes tend to get caught up in visual aesthetics, so it…