Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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A Year of Quiet Contemplation Led to the Rebirth of Alec Soth’s Photography – The New York Times
A Year of Quiet Contemplation Led to the Rebirth of Alec Soth’s Photography After taking a break from photography, Alec Soth has returned to capture the quietness and lyricism of people residing in their own homes. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/lens/a-year-of-quiet-contemplation-led-to-the-rebirth-of-alec-soths-photography.html After taking a break from photography, Alec Soth has returned to capture the quietness and lyricism of…
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Finding Echoes of Today’s Headlines in Central America’s Proxy Wars in the 1980s – The New York Times
In Today’s Headlines, Echoes of Central America’s Proxy Wars of the 1980s Scott Wallace documented deadly conflicts in crowded Central American cities and dusty hamlets during the 1980s. Their effects are still felt today. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/lens/finding-echoes-of-todays-headlines-in-central-americas-proxy-wars-in-the-1980s.html Scott Wallace spent a good part of that era in Central America covering these proxy wars, whose effects are…
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Hinda Schulman: Dear Shirley | LENSCRATCH
Hinda Schuman: Dear Shirley Love is a funny thing…it takes us to our highest highs and lowest lows. Our love life marks our personal histories and shapes the course of our lives. Photographer Hinda Schuman has documented the people she has loved in “an intimate and highly personal via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/02/hinda-schulman-dear-shirley/ Love is a funny…
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Looking Through the Eyes of a Daughter of the American South – Feature Shoot
Looking Through the Eyes of a Daughter of the American South – Feature Shoot Rosalind Fox Solomon, ‘Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1976’ in Liberty Theater (2018). Rosalind Fox Solomon, ‘Hixson, Tennessee, 1975’ in Liberty Theater (2018). Rosalind Fox Solomon, ‘Scottsboro Alabama, 1976’ in Liberty Theater (2018).… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/02/looking-through-the-eyes-of-a-daughter-of-the-american-south/ Beginning in the mid-1970s, American artist Rosalind…
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Wing Chan : Urbanmontage
Wing Chan : Urbanmontage f22 foto space presents Wing Chan’s ‘Urbanmontage’ exhibition. Combining Chan’s signature ‘Urban-Tapestry’ and ‘Urban-Graphis’ pieces, many of the works in the exhibition are shown for the first time. Chan’s photomontages create a new lens through which we can encounter our urban landscapes in a different light. Through his work, Chan encourages…
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Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt – The New York Times
Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt Ronghui Chen’s photographs of young people in Northeastern China capture a loneliness he recognized in his own trek from village to city. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/lens/ronghui-chen-freezing-land.html Ronghui Chen’s photographs of young people in Northeastern China capture a loneliness he recognized in his own trek from village to city.
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The Road to Arbaeen – The Leica camera Blog
The Road to Arbaeen – The Leica camera Blog Emily Garthwaite shares her experiences documenting the world’s largest annual pilgrimage
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An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis | The New Yorker
An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis Alejandro Cegarra’s photo series “State of Decay” tracks Venezuela’s collapse from one of the world’s richest societies to one of its poorest. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-unflinching-view-of-venezuela-in-crisis Alejandro Cegarra’s photo series “State of Decay” is an unflinching portrait of Venezuela’s collapse. How this country went from being one…
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Capturing the Soul: Photographic Portraiture Before the Smartphone Era – The New York Times
Capturing the Soul: Photographic Portraiture Before the Smartphone Era From F.B.I. posters to commissioned family photos, portraits have long revealed how people wanted to be presented, and sometimes how they didn’t. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/lens/photographic-portraiture-before-smartphone.html But a new exhibit at the International Center of Photography shows that bokeh is hardly a good portrait’s greatest asset. The ad…
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PhotoNOLA: Kiliii Yuyan: Searching for Home | LENSCRATCH
PhotoNOLA: Kiliii Yuyan: Searching for Home I always review a photographer’s website before I meet with them at a portfolio review, so I was very much looking forward to meeting Kiliii Yuyan at PhotoNOLA. His desire to document indigenous cultures comes from the personal place of his own family his via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/02/photonola-kiliii-yuyan-searching-for-home/ I always…
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Australia’s Farmers Struggle With Its Hottest-Ever Drought | Time
‘A Harbinger of Things to Come’: Farmers in Australia Struggle With Its Hottest Drought Ever The impacts of climate change are increasingly difficult to ignore via Time: http://time.com/longform/australia-drought-photos/ “I’ve kind of given up on cleaning,” says Bullen, 36, laughing at the dust that coated her windows when TIME visited in December. Among the more pressing…
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M.H. Frøslev – Unsettled City « burn magazine
M.H. Frøslev – Unsettled City M.H. Frøslev Unsettled City Unsettled City is a journey of a human in a metropolis. It portrays despair and love in a place where life at times can be very uncertain. The book is a pe… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2019/02/m-h-froslev-unsettled-city/ The book is a personal depiction of a…
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PhotoNOLA: Rich Frishman: Ghosts of Segregation | LENSCRATCH
PhotoNOLA: Rich Frishman: Ghosts of Segregation I had the pleasure of meeting Rich Frishman at Fotofest last March; I not only enjoyed my time with the photographer, but immediately recognized his commitment to his craft. I featured his project American Splendor this past June, showcasing photographs t via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/02/rich-frishman-ghosts-of-segregation/ I had the pleasure of meeting Rich Frishman at…
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Beyond the Wall: Traveling the U.S.-Mexico Border | Time
We Traveled the Length of the Border. The People We Met There Fear More Government, Not More Immigrants The southern border is a cross-continental no-man’s-land, but not for the reasons commonly imagined via Time: http://time.com/longform/border-journey-photos/ When photographer Elliot Ross and I traveled the 2,000 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border it was the spring of 2017.…
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Martin Parr: 48 Years of Photographing the Quirky and Kitschy in Manchester – The New York Times
Martin Parr: 48 Years of Photographing the Quirky and Kitschy in Manchester For almost half a century, the British photographer has captured the diversity and eccentricity of the city of Manchester in northwestern England. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/lens/martin-parr-manchester-photo.html For almost half a century, the British photographer has captured the diversity and eccentricity of the city of Manchester…
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The 2019 Kiss Exhibition | LENSCRATCH
The 2019 Kiss Exhibition In the last couple of years, I understand the importance of photographing people kissing. It’s a tonic for all the fighting and mud slinging that goes on in our world and makes us realize that there are more important things to spend our time doing…thin via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/02/the-2019-kiss-exhibition/ On this day…
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The Democratic Vision of a Lost and Found Early-Twentieth-Century Portrait Photographer | The New Yorker
The Democratic Vision of a Lost and Found Early-Twentieth-Century Portrait Photographer In an era of racial terror, Hugh Mangum set up makeshift studios across North Carolina and Virginia that were open to white and black sitters alike. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/hugh-mangum-a-lost-and-found-portrait-photographer The sitters who moved in and out of Hugh Mangum’s view between 1897…
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A Refugee’s Story: ‘No One’s Family Is Perfect but Mine Is Perfect for Me’ – The New York Times
A Refugee’s Story: ‘No One’s Family Is Perfect but Mine Is Perfect for Me’ In documenting his family members’ refugee experiences, Wesaam Al-Badry captured their character and ways of maneuvering through life. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/lens/refugee-iraq-family.html Wesaam Al-Badry’s first and fondest memory of his father, Sattar, was visiting him in an Iraqi prison. Sattar had been imprisoned…
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An Afghan Photographer’s Intimate Look at Everyday Life in His Country – The New York Times
An Afghan Photographer’s Intimate Look at Everyday Life in His Country Farshad Usyan followed in his late brother’s footsteps as a photographer for Agence France-Presse. In his personal work, he focuses on the mundane struggles and simple pleasures in his homeland. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/lens/afghan-photographer-agence-france-presse.html Farshad Usyan followed in his late brother’s footsteps as a photographer for…
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Thomas Alleman: The Nature of the Beast | LENSCRATCH
Thomas Alleman: The Nature of the Beast: Flora Los Angeles photographer Thomas Alleman has a legacy of looking at Los Angeles with the unique perspective of a visual hunter. As he traverses the city on foot or by car, his projects reflect the visual connections to it’s history of Noir and movie making via LENSCRATCH:…