The photographer was known for defining images of Muhammad Ali, the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/11/thomas-hoepker-dies
The photographer was known for defining images of Muhammad Ali, the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/11/thomas-hoepker-dies
via Magnum Photos: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-thomas-hoepker-1936-2024/
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of beloved Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker, aged 88.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-thomas-hoepker-1936-2024/
Working for The Associated Press, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his sequence of photos showing the president being struck by a bullet while three others fell wounded.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/business/media/ron-edmonds-dead.html
Working for The Associated Press, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his sequence of photos showing the president being struck by a bullet while three others fell wounded.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/business/media/ron-edmonds-dead.html
From photographing politicians and celebrities to the struggles and triumphs of ordinary folks, Mr. Ortiz handled each with compassion, colleagues say.
via The Detroit News: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/06/03/max-ortiz-award-winning-photojournalist-dies-at-58/73947311007/
Dakota Ortiz was a year old when he spent eight months in treatment for a rare form of cancer. His dad, Max Ortiz, a professional photographer, took photos of him hugging his sister that were so powerful, the family said they were blown up by Ronald McDonald House Charities and put inside McDonald’s restaurants to raise awareness of childhood cancer.
He had a unique vantage point.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/03/pulitzer-winning-photographer-who-captured-reagan-assassination-attempt-dies-age-77-ron-edmonds/
The Reagan assassination attempt photo came on what was only Edmonds’ second day as the AP’s White House photographer covering Reagan. He said his job was to “watch the president at all times” and believes he did his job well that day.
https://www.newsobserver.com/article286541920.html?fbclid=IwAR2M9FrZ2Rhj367-ELFAylckC0gW5kMh_2IKoRbOAhtJVKSDwHftUKdOhgs
On assignments, News & Observer photographer Chuck Liddy would refer to a writer colleague as “my reporter,” causing the scribbler’s eye to twitch.
Markov shot exclusively on iPhone.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/02/20/gritty-russian-photographer-dmitry-markov-dies-age-42/
Dmitry Markov, a Russian photographer who shot exclusively on smartphones and was known for capturing provincial areas around Moscow, has died at age 42.
https://petapixel.com/2024/02/20/gritty-russian-photographer-dmitry-markov-dies-age-42/
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/entertainment/article/hal-buell-who-led-ap-s-photo-operations-from-18638531.php
Colleagues described Buell as a visionary who encouraged photographers to try new ways of covering hard news. As the editor in charge of AP’s photo operations from the late 1960s to the 1990s, he supervised a staff that won a dozen Pulitzers on his watch and he worked in 33 countries, with legendary AP photographers including Eddie Adams, Horst Faas and Nick Ut.
He fought apartheid with his camera.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/01/02/fearless-apartheid-photographer-peter-magubane-dies-aged-91/
The photographer was imprisoned numerous times during his career and subjected to a five-year ban that prevented him from working or even leaving his home without police permission.
https://petapixel.com/2024/01/02/fearless-apartheid-photographer-peter-magubane-dies-aged-91/
He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/world/africa/peter-magubane-dead.html
He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/world/africa/peter-magubane-dead.html
Erwitt taught himself photography as a teenager. His most famous work was defined by wit, exuberance, and irrepressible curiosity.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-elliott-erwitt-found-his-signature-humor-and-joy/
The camera that he used to create his early pictures, a square-format twin-lens Rolleiflex, was adapted to his disposition at the time. He had to look down into the lens at waist level to see and photograph what was in front of him, and this enabled him to approach people unobtrusively. As the contact sheet with his famous picture of a chihuahua at a woman’s feet shows, the camera could also be set on the ground to capture a worm’s-eye view
The artist captured compelling pictures of celebrities and politicians, dogs just being dogs, and the happenstance whimsy of daily life.
via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/860427/elliott-erwitt-photographer-with-a-sense-of-humor-dies-at-95/
“Photography is an art of observation,” the artist said best. “It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
Fink, who died in 2023, moved easily between society galas and Pennsylvania farms—and his work was always full of the push and pull of life.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/remembering-the-energy-emotion-and-sensuality-of-larry-finks-photography/
Fink, who died in November, moved easily between society galas and Pennsylvania farms—and his work was always full of the push and pull of life.
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
He was 95.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/widely-acclaimed-photographer-elliot-erwitt-has-passed-away-at-age-95/
“You may not even know that you have a good picture unless you take a look. Taking pictures is a response to what you see and what you think you see. And it’s very easy not to respond to the quality of the image you shot until you see it in a different circumstance.”
The photographer is remembered as a free spirit, honest artist, and great man.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/influential-and-compassionate-photographer-larry-fink-has-died/
Fink was celebrated for his distinct photographic style, which showed his subjects somewhat isolated from their surroundings thanks to his use of a handheld off-camera flash, and his authentic depictions of his diverse, wide-ranging subjects.
Dean Conger was a world-renowned photographer with a resume of awards so extensive, it’s hard to list them all. He was a trailblazer in the field of photography, leaving an indelible mark on the world through his lens.
One of the few women at the top of her field in book and magazine publishing, she was also a champion of her fellow professionals.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/arts/helen-marcus-dead.html
Her fame as a photographer, and her leadership role as a defender of her profession on issues of copyright and credit, were all the more notable because the field at the time was so overwhelmingly dominated by men.
Link: https://thephotosociety.org/james-lee-stanfield-1937-2023/
Born into a family of newspaper photographers in Wisconsin, Jim acquired the photography bug naturally, becoming one of the most celebrated and honored of National Geographic’s legendary photographic staff
He was providing a live video signal of the air strikes.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/16/reuters-videographer-killed-by-israeli-shelling/
According to Reuters, videographer Issam Abdallah was killed on Friday evening as he and a group of international journalists were working near the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon.