Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/afterword/the-photographer-of-the-black-is-beautiful-movement
Kwame Brathwaite’s landmark work, beginning with a show in 1962, had a titanic impact on fashion and identity.
Honoring many of the women who inspire us daily — photographers, artists, writers, designers, researchers, poets, curators, art directors, editors, visionaries
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-celebrating-international-women-s-day-2023-photographers-from-around-the-world
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, we honor many of the women who inspire us daily — photographers, artists, writers, designers, researchers, poets, curators, art directors, editors, visionaries. Here are 24 of the most popular articles and interviews published in LensCulture in the past year. We hope you find some true inspiration from these remarkable women.
This streetlight mystic shows her painterly photography at MoMA in an archive that celebrates long exposures and perceptual improvisation.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/arts/design/ming-smith-photographer-museum-of-modern-art.html
The stellar photographer Ming Smith remembers walking past the Museum of Modern Art when she was in her early 20s and telling herself, “I’m going to be in that museum one day.”
One of America’s leading photographers offers his insights about making great photographic portraits
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/todd-hido-advice-for-portrait-photographers
Todd Hido is one of the most interesting artists using photography today. We asked if he would be willing to share some insights and advice for photographers who are interested in the photographic portrait. Here are the thoughts and images he shared with us.
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum showcases the terrific physical presence of a trio of the photographer’s large-scale works.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/richard-avedons-overwhelming-murals
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum showcases the terrific physical presence of a trio of the photographer’s large-scale works.
Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-2
As the deadline approaches for the LensCulture Portrait Awards (closing soon — February 15, 2023), we reached out to dozens of former winners and finalists from prior editions of the LensCulture Portrait Awards to ask them for their advice on how to make a great portrait.
Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-great-portrait-advice-from-award-winning-photographers-part-i
Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer. The first in a two-part series.
Some of LensCulture’s most popular photo highlights from 2022 — a mix of new discoveries, photobook reviews, interviews, essays, solo exhibitions and visual stories
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-14-most-popular-photo-discoveries-from-2022
Some of LensCulture’s most popular photo highlights from 2022 — a mix of new discoveries, photobook reviews, interviews, essays, solo exhibitions and visual stories.
“Almost all photographers have incurred large expenses in the pursuit of tiny audiences, finding that the wonder they’d hoped to share is something few want to receive.” — Robert Adams It was over a decade ago, that I first wrote about the cost of being a
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/12/can-we-afford-success-revisited/
It was over a decade ago, that I first wrote about the cost of being a fine art photographer. I think it’s time to revisit this subject as the photography world is changing and yet, still staying very much the same. This will be sort of a meandering essay as I unpack all my thoughts. I would like to open this conversation up to others, so if you have a story to tell or thoughts to pass on, please email me (I’m not hard to find), and we will continue this discussion.
For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame is rising.
For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame is rising.
The husband-and-wife photography team spent decades rigorously documenting the postwar architectural landscape—and captivated the art world along the way.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-bernd-and-hilla-becher-saw-in-the-remnants-of-industry
In 1977, the critic Hilton Kramer wrote in the Times that the Bechers’ photographs “look like the sort of pictures one sees in a real estate office.” The unflappable Hilla was said to have responded, “That’s O.K. We like real-estate photographs.”
A look at the life and work of Ami Vitale, a photographer and well-known conservationist who champions the cause of endangered wildlife.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/ami-vitale-photographer-biography/
“Today, my motivations are very different from when I began. Photography and storytelling are much more than a tool for my own self-empowerment. In the beginning, I plunged right in to tell the stories of humanity and war, and I was asked to focus on the horrors of the world. After a decade, I realized a profound truth; I had been telling stories about people and the human condition, but the backdrop of every one of these stories was the natural world.
Classy from The Rock.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/the-rock-pays-touching-tribute-to-legendary-wrestling-photographer/
Addressing Napolitano, Johnson said: “I want to say thank you so much for being so supportive of my family over the year. My grandfather, my grandmother, you took incredible shots that still hang in our house. They still hang in our house today! Thank you, brother.”
In a world of color, what makes black and white photography stand out? We asked each of the experts who will be judging your entries to find out what they are looking for
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-design-meet-the-jury-of-the-lensculture-black-and-white-photography-awards-2022
In a world of color, what makes black and white photography stand out? We asked each of the experts who will be judging your entries to find out what they are looking for.
An exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly intimate depiction of life during the recent revolution in Lebanon, by Myriam Boulos.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/03/the-women-of-magnum-photos
An exhibit, at the International Center of Photography, of the work of twelve photographers includes a daringly intimate depiction of life during the recent revolution in Lebanon, by Myriam Boulos.
The camera became the center of Chauncey Hare’s life, and a tool for awakening his political consciousness.
via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/741181/chauncey-hare-quitting-your-day-job/
Hare’s photography is little known today, partly because of his own efforts. Disillusioned with the art world, he called himself an “anti-official art artist” for a time before bitterly denouncing his artistic work altogether in 1985.
The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/761200/michelle-agins-on-perseverance-and-photographing-martin-luther-king/
The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
The full story behind the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/31/the-full-story-behind-the-collapse-of-the-nat-geo-fine-art-galleries/
This saga of the National Geographic Fine Art Galleries (hereafter referred to as the Galleries for the sake of simplicity) has been ongoing for years and started when PetaPixel contributor Ken Bower published an opinion where he expressed concern over the Galleries’ commission rate in July of 2018.
I first saw Victoria Sambunaris’ work at the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University during my last semester as a student. I was struck by the scale of the prints as well as how the strong geometry within the work carried her themes. I was further impre
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/08/photographers-on-photographers-emily-wall-in-conversation-with-victoria-sambunaris/
Initially, I taught during the year and was only able to get on the road to work in the summers. This inhibited the work and eventually realized I needed more flexibility to remain on the road. I began to pick up editorial work to help fund the trips, credit cards, loans, whatever it would take. Later came grants and sales. I live a minimal existence and I have chosen not to live a more conventional life with a family and such. My responsibility is to myself and the work. While traveling, I’m camping, living modestly and in the moment. This type of existence in contrast to my energetic life in New York creates balance and keeps life diverse.
In 2014, I began photographing four women who were returning to New York City after spending anywhere from 17 to 35 years in prison. As a former journalist and criminal defense attorney, I thought a lot about the ethics of getting so close to the women I
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/08/photographers-on-photographers-sara-bennett-in-conversation-with-thomas-holton/
In 2016, I discovered Thomas Holton’s “The Lams of Ludlow Street,” when it was featured in the New York Times Lensblog. At that point, Tom had already been documenting the Lam family for 13 years and his project had become personal. He had established very close relationships with the Lams, even visiting their relatives in China and Hong Kong