He shot compelling portraits of the Beatles, Georgia O’Keeffe and many others. He also celebrated photography, and Life magazine, in several books.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/arts/john-loengard-dead.html
He shot compelling portraits of the Beatles, Georgia O’Keeffe and many others. He also celebrated photography, and Life magazine, in several books.
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/john-loengard-moment-by-moment-2-bb-2-pp/
He was one of the last myths of the golden age of photography from 1950 to 1990. He was the great director of photography for Life and an extraordinary photographer.
A Daily Express man for nearly half a century, he had, said his colleague Ross Benson, ‘the face of a truck driver, the soul of a poet’
via The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/04/29/john-downing-award-winning-fleet-street-photographer-obituary/
A Daily Express man for nearly half a century, he had, said his colleague Ross Benson, ‘the face of a truck driver, the soul of a poet’
The photographer who showed us the world always kept coming back to a little town by the sea
via InsideHook: https://www.insidehook.com/article/art/peter-beard-photographer-the-king-of-old-montauk
The photographer who showed us the world always kept coming back to a little town by the sea
Over his career, Grant took pictures of era-defining events and people, from the Vietnam War and the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, to Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson crossing the Olympic finishing line and Pierre Trudeau sliding down a bani
‘Ted’s legacy was himself. It was his caring,’ said Nick Didlick, professional photographer, producer
Celebrated wildlife photographer Peter Beard was found dead in the woods on Sunday after a 3-week search sparked by his sudden disappearance. Beard, who
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/04/20/renowned-wildlife-photog-peter-beard-found-dead-after-3-week-search/
Celebrated wildlife photographer Peter Beard was found dead in the woods on Sunday after a 3-week search sparked by his sudden disappearance. Beard, who was suffering from dementia and poor health, was 82.
Called “the last of the adventurers,” Mr. Beard photographed African fauna at great personal risk, and well into old age could party till dawn. He had been missing for 19 days.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/arts/peter-beard-dead.html
Peter Beard, a New York photographer, artist and naturalist to whom the word “wild” was roundly applied, both for his death-defying photographs of African wildlife and for his own much-publicized days — decades, really — as an amorous, bibulous, pharmaceutically inclined man about town, was found dead in the woods on Sunday, almost three weeks after he disappeared from his home in Montauk on the East End of Long Island. He was 82.
Well-known sports photographer Anthony Causi died Sunday from the coronavirus at the age of 48. Causi captured photos of New York City sports teams for
“I never thought I would get something like this,” the photographer wrote. “I thought I was indestructible. If I do make it out of here. I promise you this the worlds not going to know what hit it.”
Anthony Causi, a longtime photographer for The Post whose prolific talent and larger-than-life personality made him a beloved and respected figure throughout the New York sports world, died Sunday …
via New York Post: https://nypost.com/2020/04/12/anthony-causi-beloved-post-sports-photographer-dies-of-coronavirus-at-48/
Anthony Causi, a longtime photographer for The Post whose prolific talent and larger-than-life personality made him a beloved and respected figure throughout the New York sports world, died Sunday from the coronavirus at North Shore University Hospital. He was 48.
I have shared the work of Brooklyn born photographer Robert Herman several times over the years, so I was distraught to learn that this wonderful artist recently took his own life. I remember him sharing that as a young man, Robert began working as an ush
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/remembering-robert-herman/
I have shared the work of Brooklyn born photographer Robert Herman several times over the years, so I was distraught to learn that this wonderful artist recently took his own life. I remember him sharing that as a young man, Robert began working as an usher at a movie theater owned by his parents. The exposure to a wide range of films during his formative years provided him with a unique vision: “Working for my father allowed me to view the same movie repeatedly,” he recalled, “until the story line began to recede and the images became independent of the narrative.” I love that concept of considering photographs. Today, his friend Reuben Radding shares memories of Robert and we share some Robert’s work and thoughts. – Aline Smithson
I was dismayed to hear that the remarkable Judy Gelles passed away recently. She had a profound sense of humanity, combined with wonderful humor, and unique way of looking at the world, especially her own life and family. In fact, she was a truth teller.
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2020/03/judy-gelles-2/
I was dismayed to hear that the remarkable Judy Gelles passed away recently. She had a profound sense of humanity, combined with wonderful humor, and unique way of looking at the world, especially her own life and family. In fact, she was a truth teller. Judy came onto my radar around 2008 when I was writing a lot about photographers who focus work on their families. She told me that she had made work in the 1980’s that had been dismissed by curators and she was thrilled that projects created about the people under our own roof were being recognized. I wrote about her work three times and was always happy to promote her wonderful projects. She will be missed but we are so lucky to have her rich body of work to continue to inspire and delight us. Her son David Gelles recently wrote about the difficulty of planning her funeral in the time of Covid19 for CNN.
In June 1968, Mr. Yaro took one of the seminal images of the killing of Robert F. Kennedy.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/business/media/boris-yaro-dead.html
In June 1968, Mr. Yaro took one of the seminal images of the killing of Robert F. Kennedy.
Mofokeng, who died in January, made work that waded through themes of history and land, and helped shape the course of South African photography.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/how-santu-mofokeng-shaped-south-african-photography
These images, by the South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, ostensibly depict scenes of segregated transport during apartheid. Yet in their composition they evoke something more: the rhythms and textures of everyday life. Taken from within and among a crowd of commuters, the pictures seem to sway with the velocity of the train carriage. Shards of light blur the edges of figures, interplaying with shifting shadows as passengers move in unison. Titled “Train Church,” Mofokeng’s series was made during a few weeks in 1986, and in South Africa it became veritably synonymous with his name. Mofokeng, who died in January, at the age of sixty-three, was a photographer whose body of work—both images and text—waded through themes of history and land, memory and spirituality, and helped shape the course of South African photography.
His sublime black-and-white images of everyday life in South Africa both during and after white rule capture hope and unfulfilled expectations.
Santu Mofokeng, a photographer whose searing images of everyday life in South Africa’s black townships documented the prospects of freedom from apartheid and the unfulfilled promise of its overthrow, died on Jan. 26 in Johannesburg. He was 63.
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/modena-international-photography-prize-santu-mofokeng-una-solitudine-silenziosa-fotografie-1982-2011-2/
The South African photographer died at 63. Here is the feature we dedicated to him when he received the International Photography Award in Modena in 2016.
Condolences continue to pour in for legendary photographer who died at the weekend surrounded by his family in Soweto.
Art critic Sandile Ngidi tweeted: “South African documentary photography has lost one of its brightest stars. Santu Mofokeng belonged to a committed generation of photographers that gained prominence in the ‘alternative media’ in the 1980s and 1990s. This series is on ‘train churches’. Salutes!”
Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old photo publication and staple of the industry, is shutting down. The magazine’s owner Emerald Expositions has
Photo District News (PDN), a 40-year-old photo publication and staple of the industry, is shutting down. The magazine’s owner Emerald Expositions has confirmed that they will be shuttering both the print and digital sides of PDN in order to focus more of their efforts on PhotoPlus, WPPI, and Rangefinder.
He captured Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” Elvis Presley as an Army private, scenes of war and urban unrest, and much more.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/arts/bill-ray-dead.html
He captured Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President,” Elvis Presley as an Army private, scenes of war and urban unrest, and much more.
Around 140 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Balkans during and after the 1990s conflicts. We are documenting their lives and the pursuit of justice for their deaths.
Link: http://last-despatches.balkaninsight.com/
journalists and media workers were killed during and after the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. Only one person has ever been convicted under a final verdict of responsibility for any of these killings.