Thus far, 2009 has been the year of Paul Graham. The British-born photographer’s study of American life, a shimmer of possibility, is on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art through May 18
Category: Interviews
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Q&A: Paul Graham
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Lauri Lyons – The Digital Journalist
Getty Images recently signed Lauri Lyons as its first black female photographer. Though there are black photojournalists and women photojournalists who work for major photo agencies, Lauri Lyons is the first black female under contract to a major agency. This is an important move and hopefully a harbinger of things to come.
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A Photo Editor – Christopher Griffith Interview
I greatly admire the work of Christopher Griffith, but I never had the opportunity to work with him when I was photo editing. Each time I tried he was booked solid.
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Two Way Lens: Jessica Todd Harper
I think being an artist is not so much something you choose as something that you are born being. You are an artist and then you work around or with that. There are a lot of people in medicine in my family and I have often envied them for the logical progression of their careers: medical school, residency, patient care. It’ s not like that with art.
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Carolyn Cole: Running In – Digital Photo Pro
While most of us have an instinctive reaction to run from danger, Los Angeles Times staff photographer Carolyn Cole more often than not runs toward it, camera in hand.
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Q&A: Justin Newhall, Minneapolis
Justin Newhall is a Minnesota-based photographer and educator. He attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (BFA, 1994) and the University of Minnesota (MFA, 1998).
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Chase Jarvis Blog: Interview Central.
If you’re not already sick of my yapping, you might just be after this. I wanted to share with you three interviews I’ve recently given:
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Peter Yang: A Powerhouse of Portraits :: Photocritic photography blog
A regular contributor to Rolling Stone, Wired, and ESPN Magazine, young photographer Peter Yang emerged out of the Austin journalism world and hit the ground running full-force with his masterfully lit, intimate portraits of political figures, actors, rock stars and cowboys.
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My Nose, Your Business. Talking with Aaron Kupferman. – A Picture's Worth
Aaron Kupferman started a company called Motorsport Lens, and is one of the many people who have made great use of the ‘Personal Use’ download option within PhotoShelter. He spends many of his weekends shooting images during “amateur track day” events, where normal people get to take their cars for a spin on a real racetrack .
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Fake Chuck Westfall Gets Under Canon’s Skin | Black Star Rising
Q: What inspired you to create the Fake Chuck Westfall blog?
A: I noticed that Canon has a problem with honestly, effectively and clearly communicating with customers. And sooner or later, if they didn’t fix that problem, someone was going to fix it for them. And it looks like I’m the first to step up to the task.
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A Conversation with Mikhael Subotzky (Conscientious)
Mikhael Subotzky is one of Magnum’s youngest and newest members, and his first book Beaufort West was one of my favourite photography books last year. I got interested in talking to Mikhael after seeing the book and reading a comment he had left on Magnum’s blog, under a post about photojournalism.
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Interview: BEN LOWY
Benjamin Lowy received a BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and began his career covering the Iraq War in 2003. Since then he has covered major stories in Afghanistan, Darfur, Haiti, Indonesia, and Libya among others. In 2004 Lowy attended the World Press Joop Swart Masterclass and was nominated for the ICP Infinity Award. He was named in Photo District News 30 and his images of Iraq were chosen by PDN as some of the most iconic of the 21st century. Lowy has received awards from World Press Photo, POYi, PDN, Communication Arts, American Photography, and the Society for Publication Design. Benjamin’s work from Iraq and Darfur have been collected into several gallery and museum shows, and his work from Darfur appeared in the SAVE DARFUR media campaign. In 2008 Benjamin joined the VII Network.
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Post-Punk’s Visual Chronicler: Interview with Laura Levine
Laura Levine’s work is too varied and voluminous to be hemmed in to one particular time, scene, or discipline — the bio on her website rightfully describes her as a “cross-disciplinary visual artist” — but I’m assuming many readers of this site discovered her work the same way I did: via her photography in the pages of several music publications during the ’80s, including the Village Voice, Trouser Press, Musician, Rolling Stone, and especially New York Rocker, where she served as chief photographer before becoming Photo Editor. Levine’s photography resumé reads like a Who’s Who of those loopy years following punk and disco: from early snaps of Prince and Madonna (pre-world domination) to photogenic weirdos like Captain Beefheart, August Darnell (a.k.a. Kid Creole), and Bow Wow Wow’s Annabella Lwin to No Wave shit disturbers D.N.A. and Glenn Branca to “new romantic” mop-fops Yazoo to rap icons Run-D.M.C. and Afrika Bambaata to hardcore visionaries Black Flag and X to… well, you get the picure.
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Paul Morse: From newspapers, to the White House, and beyond
Paul Morse, nicknamed “Pablo” by President George W. Bush, is a Washington, D.C. based photographer. He worked at the White House as Deputy Director of Photography from 2001 until 2007. Prior to the White House, Paul worked at the Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer for six years, covering sports, news, and the entertainment industry.
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I Am Jesus – ThankGod Chukwuma
If you are a believer of the prophecies in the Christians holy writ, then we are indeed in the end time. Barely two months ago, Sunday Sun exclusively reported the story of a man in Lagos, who claims to be Christ’s only viceroy on earth, revealing the unpleasant happenings in his enclave. Yet, before our very eyes, another one has emerged, brazenly proclaiming himself the Jesus Christ that true believers are earnestly expecting.
Amazingly, unlike Jesus of Nazareth, the Enugu State-born ThankGod Chukwuma (his earthly name) is married (for the third time) and has children.
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Marsea Goldberg of New Image Art
Marsea Goldberg is the owner of New Image Art gallery in Los Angeles. For 15 years she has been showing the work of some very notable artists and is an important part of the history of this as-of-yet-unnamed art movement. I met her in 2000 and New Image Art became one of the first galleries I showed at. Over the years I have seen some beautiful shows at her gallery- Swoon, Herbert Baglione, The Date Farmers, Alex Kopps and Ed Templeton come to mind but the list goes on! Here’s to 15 more years!
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Bush gives fist bump as farewell to official photographer
Eric Draper spent the last eight years alongside George W. Bush as the chief White House photographer. Draper, 44, who had covered the 2000 campaign for The Associated Press, took the White House from film to digital as he met world leaders and mixed it up with Britian’s Prince Philip. He also received an unexpected farewell gesture from No. 43 earlier this week. Here are excerpts from a telephone interview with Draper, who spoke from his home in Alexandria, Va.
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Andrew Hetherington, New York
You have recently self-published the photography book, A Room With A View. What made you decide to show the work in this way?
‘I decided from the get go that this was going to be a long-term project. I had been shooting it for three years and just kept filing the negs away before I figured out how I wanted to present it. There were a lot of images. Early on I knew that it was all going to be about volume and repetition. The pictures don’t necessarily stand alone by themselves. -
Two Way Lens: Amy Stein
Today I find inspiration in everything. It could be a song, a painting or a parking lot in Queens. I feel very confident as an artist and want to explore everything. I am not interested in being pigeonholed by concept, format, subject or process. I will go wherever my curiosity and inspiration takes me. In some ways my photographic journey is like a bird building a nest. There are bits and strings and twigs everywhere and they all have stories. Through photography I collect and present these disparate pieces and gradually form them into a cohesive vision over my career.
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Interview: Donald Weber, inside the Imperium
we’re talking to photographer Donald Weber who is based in Eastern Europe and is with the VII Network