Known for his crisp, emotionally provocative images, Mr. Leipzig was of a generation of socially minded photographers who took to the streets to record life as they encountered it.
“No photograph,” he wrote in “Growing Up in New York,” “no matter how good it is, is worth hurting people.”
After trekking almost seven miles in the darkness, Navy SEALs came under fire within 300 feet of the compound where American Luke Somers and South African Pierre Korkie were held.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hagel-us-hostage-murdered-in-yemen/2014/12/06/959c0e4c-7d33-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html?wprss=rss_world
“Both Luke Somers and a second non-U.S. citizen hostage were murdered by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorists during the course of the operation,” Hagel said during a visit to Afghanistan.
Larry Nighswander, a former Ohio University School of Visual Communication professor and director of OU’s VisCom program as well as a prominent photojournalist and picture editor, died suddenly Wednesday in Orlando, according to his family and friends.
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/larry-nighswander-67
Larry Nighswander, a former Ohio University School of Visual Communication professor and director of OU’s VisCom program as well as a prominent photojournalist and picture editor, died suddenly Wednesday in Orlando, according to his family and friends
This exceptional interview was the final one given by the late Lewis Baltz. It was conducted by his friend, Jeff Rian. Baltz, a secretive and reserved person, speaks unreservedly here of his life and work. Thank you, Jeff, and thank you, Diane Dufour, who suggested us last summer during the Baltz exhibition at Le BAL in Paris.
Farewell, Lewis, you were an incredible man.
Photographer David Stoecklein, who built a small publishing empire on his photographs of cowboys, horses, and western lifestyle and landscapes, died November 10 at the age of 65, according to a report in the Idaho Mountain Express. The newspaper gave no d
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/11/cowboy-lifestyle-photographer-david-stoecklein-dies-65.html
the big difference between a powerful photojournalist image and commercial stock is that one misses a lot context while the other shows it all
“He was an integral part of AP’s team in Cuba,” AP Director of Photography Santiago Lyon said in an official statement. “His passion and professionalism were exemplary and his energy, talent and good company will be deeply missed.”
Photographic artist David Armstrong, who first made his name as a member of the “Boston School” with Jack Pierson, Mark Morrisroe and Nan Goldin, and eventually shot for Vogue, GQ, and other fashion clients, died October 25, in Los Angeles, from liver can
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/david-armstrong-succumbs-liver-cancer-age-60.html
Along with fellow “Boston School” contemporaries like Stephen “Tabboo!” Tashjian, Armstrong and his friends made art of their lives in the counterculture. He first met Nan Goldin as a teenager, and their work was first shown together at PS1′s “New York/New Wave” exhibit in 1981.
via Phaidon: http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2014/october/20/rene-burri-1933-2014/
A legendary Magnum photographer who was at the centre of so many important world events
The world of photography has lost an icon. Press agency Phaidon is reporting that, after a long battle with cancer, Magnum photographer René Burri passed
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/20/iconic-magnum-photographer-rene-burri-passed-away-today-age-81/
There’s very little chance you’re not familiar with Burri’s work, even if you didn’t know it was him that captured it. But just in case anybody is, as a tribute, we’re reposting this short PORT interview with Burri from last year.
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/10/20/rene-burri-photographer-of-picasso-and-che-guevara-dead-at-81/#1
“Not only was he one of the great post war photographers, he was also one of the most generous people I have had the privilege to meet,” Martin Parr, President of Magnum Photos said in a statement, “his contribution to Magnum and his unrivalled ability to tell stories and entertain us over this time will be part of his enormous legacy. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his family.”
Thabiso Sekgala, whose images of the restricted homelands established under South Africa’s apartheid regime have been exhibited internationally, died October 15. Market Photo Workshop, the Johannesburg school where Sekgala studied, announced his death on
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/obituary-south-african-photographer-thabiso-sekgala-33.html
“Not only was he one of the great post war photographers, he was also one of the most generous people I have had the privilege to meet,” Martin Parr, President of Magnum Photos said in a statement, “his contribution to Magnum and his unrivalled ability to tell stories and entertain us over this time will be part of his enormous legacy. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to his family.”
Ray chose to live a humble life and make pictures. His work wasn’t on the cover of Vogue. He didn’t need to scream out, I’m great. He did it very quietly
Andrei Stenin was killed in an attack on a convoy in Ukraine last month, Russia’s state news agency reported on Wednesday.
The Russian photojournalist Andrei Stenin, who went missing while embedded with separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine last month, was killed in an attack on a convoy four weeks ago, Russia’s state news agency reported on Wednesday.
Andrei Stenin, 33, a photographer with the Russian state agency RIA Novosti, who had been reported missing in the eastern Ukraine August 5, has been found dead, his agency confirmed today. In a statement, Dmitry Kiselev, the head of RIA Novosti, said Sten
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/09/russian-photojournalist-missing-eastern-ukraine-confirmed-dead.html
Andrei Stenin, 33, a photographer with the Russian state agency RIA Novosti
The American journalist believed beheaded in Syria should be remembered for his journalism.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/02/remembering-steven-sotloff-through-his-journalism/
This is the final Sunday Frame feature I’ll submit before my departure from the Citizen-Times, my home that I love and leave with deep pain.
In the second instance of The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) beheading an American journalist on camera, today a video tape was released purporting to show the execution of Steven Sotloff, 31.
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/steven-sotloff-second-american-journalist-executed-isis
Sotloff was a freelance conflict correspondent who worked for Time, the Christian Science Monitor, World Affairs Journal, and others. He was kidnapped by terrorists in Aleppo, Syria about one year ago while reporting on the civil war.
The day after James Foley’s tragic death, we collected a number of remembrances written by friends and colleagues. Many more have been published since the news first came out, and we thought it’d be good to link to those here.
the future is shaped by people like Jim Foley, and the overwhelming majority of humanity who are appalled by those who killed him.
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/James-Foley:-focus-on-humanity-amid-suffering
Brave, committed, humble, fun and a great reporter. Colleagues remember the American journalist James Foley, who has been executed by jihadist militants.
The day Foley disappeared Nicole Tung was supposed to meet him.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/20/video-a-friend-and-colleague-describes-james-foley/
2013 audio slideshow of Nicole Tung describing her friend James Foley