PDN’s 30 is considered a go-to outlet to discover up-and-coming photographers
via Time: https://time.com/3906531/how-pdns-30-influenced-photographers-over-the-years/
“It was never a plan to be kingmakers or talent scouts,” Hughes says. Yet, for many photographers, the recognition has marked a career turning point.
Is Photography Even a Healthy Pastime? Considering Susan Sontag’s ‘On Photography’
via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/pics-or-it-didn-t-happen-b949795cf185
Is Photography Even a Healthy Pastime? Considering Susan Sontag’s ‘On Photography’
With versatile photo organizing solutions coming to market, Suite 48 Analytics study foresees significant increase in photo editing, sharing, taking and ordering photo print products
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/study-shows-users-would-do-a-lot-more-if-given-the-right-photo-tools/
What if consumers were no longer doomed to drown in their ever-growing pool of photos? What if they could easily find the photos they care about in a matter of seconds? These are the core questions addressed in the new “Photos at your Fingertips” study
Included in the mass-firings are photo editor Sherry L. Brukbache, picture editor Nancy Lee Ott, photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols, and a designer described by colleagues as “the best designer on staff.” At least 180 staffers were fired in all, the largest layoff’s in the magazine’s 127 year history.
Women laughing alone with salad on a ladder in a powersuit.
via Racked: https://www.racked.com/2015/11/5/9648598/stock-photography-sexist-getty-images-shutterstock
I think the peach needs to be shinier,” Bustle senior creative director Isla Murray tells Dawn Foster, a staff graphic designer who has been slowly sucking a piece of fruit for the last several minutes. “Should we spray it with water? Or something else? How do we make it look more provocative?”
The ‘‘decisive moment,’’ in the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and his stylistic followers, is a mysteriously precise collaboration with the world.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/magazine/perfect-and-unrehearsed.html
Martin Munkacsi’s image, Cartier-Bresson said, inspired his own approach, showing him that ‘‘photography could reach eternity through the moment.’’
TIME selects the best of the annual French photo fair and festival
via Time: https://time.com/4104732/9-things-to-see-at-paris-photo-2015/
Fresh from assignments at Vogue and Glamour in 1948, Gordon Parks appeared one morning at Life’s New York headquarters, determined to show his portfolio to Wilson Hicks, the magazine’s esteemed picture editor. Mr. Hicks was initially reluctant, but he warmed to Mr. Parks’s work and the story he pitched about the gang warfare then plaguing Harlem.
Zun Lee’s “Fade Resistance” aims to craft narratives of life’s moments from a collection of discarded images of African-American families.
via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/rescuing-discarded-images-of-everyday-black-life/
Zun Lee has been wondering about this ever since he stumbled upon a dozen Polaroids scattered on a Detroit sidewalk
Photographer Rachel Hulin got quite a bit of attention a few years ago for Flying Henry, a series of Photoshopped photos showing Hulin’s son flying
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2015/10/20/photographer-publishing-the-worlds-first-instagram-novel-over-9-months/
Rachel Hulin is currently working on a 9-month project in which she’s publishing an entire novel through Instagram. Titled Hey Harry Hey Matilda, it’s being called “the world’s first true Instagram novel.”
The directors of photography at Women’s Health, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Garden & Gun, People and GQ shared stories behind shoots and offered insights into how they work with the photographers they hire in a panel discussion hosted by veteran editorial photographer Art Streiber at PhotoPlus Expo this past week. In “The State of Editorial Photography,” panelists spoke about budgets, cover shoots, how video is factoring into their work and how photographers should market to them.
Are they leading the race to the bottom?
via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/magnum-s-square-print-sale-d70b659565ea
This is why it’s troubling to see Magnum selling prints for a hundred bucks each. Here’s the link. True, the prints are small and the printing process itself is fairly inexpensive, but the business model, sell a lot and make a little on each, is more suited to a fast-food outlet, not a fine art agency.
A small ruckus emerged on a private Facebook group a few weeks ago when one photographer raised objections over another photographer’s pricing of a $40 Instagram print. In the words of photographer #1: “Great photographer but clueless about freelance and valuing one’s work.” Photographer #2 responded: “I try to make my work affordable, so, that…
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/11/the-problem-with-selling-photos-on-instagram/
A small ruckus emerged on a private Facebook group a few weeks ago when one photographer raised objections over another photographer’s pricing of a $40 Instagram print
For every iconic photograph, there is a story, and for every story that predated the rise of the digital camera, there’s a contact sheet. As part of its first ever Magnum Seasonal Benefit, the team behind the legendary cooperative has culled the archives for contact sheets made during some of the most influential shoots in photographic history, with half of all profits going to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2015/11/get-lost-in-the-contact-sheets-of-magnum-photographers-elliot-erwitt-martin-parr-eve-arnold-and-more/
For every iconic photograph, there is a story, and for every story that predated the rise of the digital camera, there’s a contact sheet. As part of its first ever Magnum Seasonal Benefit, the team behind the legendary cooperative has culled the archives for contact sheets made during some of the most influential shoots in photographic history, with half of all profits going to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Answer: Yes. But what are you going to do about it? John Harrington, Photographer and Author of Best Business Practices for Photographers, has a scathing takedown of Time Inc.’s new photographer contract that covers their 23+ brands. At first glance, the new “day rate” (a term that Harrington abhors) of $650 – up from $500…
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/11/is-time-screwing-photographers/
I spoke to multiple photographers who have worked for Time Inc, and the reaction has been one of disbelief and anger. One photographer told me, “This is the worst [contract] I’ve seen, and I’ve seen hundreds…It’s not close to being equitable. I bring $75,000 of equipment out to a shoot. $650 is not even remotely close to cutting it [without secondary use].”
Our relationship with the camera, the lens and the image is evolving. The static stance of capturing a moment in a photograph is still there, but this is rapidly changing.
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/understanding-images/
Our relationship with the camera, the lens and the image is evolving. The static stance of capturing a moment in a photograph is still there, but this is rapidly changing. With the help of new emerging technologies, photography is becoming ubiquitous and pervasive
The collectives Prime and Boreal have respectively added two new members
via Time: https://time.com/4131705/photo-collectives-boreal-prime/
After the demise of the photographer-run cooperative agency Luceo in 2012, the collectives Prime and Boreal are moving forward confidently as they add new members.
No one person or one group owns photography. Photography is created and consumed by millions, if not billions of people everyday. By professionals, amateurs and everyone in between. Photos can be serious or silly. They can empower or be used as a weapon. Photographers are beaten, vilified, taken advantage of – and yet we continue to…
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/12/45-reasons-to-love-photography-2015/
No one person or one group owns photography. Photography is created and consumed by millions, if not billions of people everyday. By professionals, amateurs and everyone in between. Photos can be serious or silly. They can empower or be used as a weapon. Photographers are beaten, vilified, taken advantage of – and yet we continue to pick up the camera to make pictures. We can’t help ourselves. The stories and people behind each photo bring an even greater depth to the visual medium. For all these reasons, I love photography. This year, like those in the past (2012, 2013, 2014), I’ve come up with a few reason to love photography. What are yours?