LensCulture – Contemporary Photography
Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
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Discover and share the best in contemporary photography
via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2011/04/earth-day-2011.html
At first glance, David Hobby looks like just another casualty of the decline of print media: A longtime staff photographer for the Baltimore Sun, he…
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/id/2291603
When we look West to Japan we see something rather like ourselves. When we look South, however, we see something altogether different.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/haitijapan-similar-disaster-but-different-pictures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes)
A new site that’s sure to get photographers riled up sprang up last week called “Stop Photospam.” Creative Director Calle Sjoenell from BBH New York is using the site in an attempt to stop photographers and agents from spamming his and his colleagues emai
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/04/19/creative-director-tries-to-bully-photographers-into-not-emailing-him/
Finally–some helpful ideas regarding tax deductible expenses specific to photographers and filmmakers, tax preparation, and filing for extensions.
via Chase Jarvis Photography: http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/04/tax-prep-for-photographers-filmmakers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ChaseJarvis
The feature is part of what will be an ongoing series titled ‘Photographer’s Diary’ in the online publication. The column invites the viewer to take a little bit more intimate look at the work by stepping inside the photographer’s thought process while in the field.
It seems to me that the main reason why these photographs got so widely seen is because all those newspapers and websites that distributed them turned the trees into the story
Link: Conscientious | What pictures do the public get to see?
“Light,” photo editor Mike Davis said, “is about more than just the six hours a day that National Geographic photographers work in.” He was joking when he said that, but his…
via Seattle Photographer Daniel Berman | Seattle editorial photographer | (206) 387-3767 daniel@bermanphotos.com: http://bermanphotos.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/photo-editor-mike-davis-stops-by-seattle/
an extract from a conversation between the photographers Martina Hoogland Ivanow and Lars Tunbjörk as printed in the first issue of IMAG
Link: First Issue of IMAG Photographers talk | La Lettre de la Photographie
So we thought we’d spend some time talking with photographers to compile a series of profiles that illustrate the blood, sweat, and savvy that goes into building a strong photography career. Along the way our gracious narrators have shared personal anecdotes, insider equipment tips, and some secrets to finding photography success that even surprised us.
Link: Be creative, be on time… and don’t give headaches – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
I read the fascinating article below on Reciprocity Failure sometime back and asked Stan Banos if I could re-publish on the…
The new Getty contract finally arrived and while there’s nothing outlandish in the new terms, there seems to be a continual slow creep towards selling images for whatever price they would like. Long ago Getty bought into the long tail business model, whic
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/04/05/new-getty-contract-met-with-apathy/
Sohei Nishino, 1982, Japan, has made 100 thousands of images, yet only has 12 photographs in his portfolio. The way he works only permits hi…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/04/photographer-262-sohei-nishino.html
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am about the new Magnum project, Postcards From America. This May, I’m going to be joining four other photographers (Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas…
via LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG: http://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/postcards-from-america/
Paraphrasing the introduction to Domestic Slavery: The cold and stark photographs of ordinary-looking buildings in and around Paris by Raphael Dallaporta are combined with Ondine Millot’s texts to …
via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/raphael-dallaportas-domestic-slavery-or-how-i-respond-to-photography-about-heinous-crimes/
As photographers, we all pretty much want the same things. In short, we want to be rewarded for our individual creativity, and make a decent living making the pictures that we enjoy making. Yet, so many photographers feel that this is lacking in their lives. What can be done about this?
Photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve has been testing alternative funding methods for his photography projects and I asked if he would give us a report on how it’s working out for him. His latest project is called “21st Century Communism” and he’s using Emp
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/03/28/tomas-van-houtryve-tries-alternative-funding-methods/
This thought occurred to me most recently when Matt Eich was in Portland for the opening of a showing of his pictures at Blue Sky Gallery. Matt was carrying his camera, a Canon 5D Mark II with a 35 mm f1.4, as he almost always does. He set it on the table in front of me when we were having drinks. And there it was, a piece of machinery so well used that there’s a lot worn silver around the edges and a ding or two. The lens glass was spotless, however.
Currently on Display is our on-going weekly feature investigating the individual works that are included in the show currently on display at…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/03/currently-on-display-part-six.html
Txema Salvans, Spain, 1971, is a documentary photographer with a special interest in how we humans spend our free time. He enjoys the positi…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/03/photographer-256-txema-salvans.html