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  • Photographers on why East London still inspires them

    Photographers on why East London still inspires them

    Photographers on why East London still inspires them To mark the release of East London Photo Stories, we speak to seven different photographers about what keeps bringing them back to the neighbourhood. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/huck-tv/photography-huck-tv/east-london-photo-stories-hoxton-mini-press/ To mark the release of East London Photo Stories – a compilation of work on the titular neighbourhood –…

  • 2018 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year – The Atlantic

    2018 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year Time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2018. Among the events covered in this essay, part 3 of 3: midterm congressional elections in the United States, hurricanes and typhoons in Asia and North America, Brazil’s electi via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/12/2018-in-photos-wrapping-up-the-year/577489/…

  • In Ethiopia, Visual Storytelling From a Deeper Perspective – The New York Times

    In Ethiopia, Visual Storytelling From a Deeper Perspective – The New York Times

    In Ethiopia, Visual Storytelling From a Deeper Perspective Addis Foto Fest, founded by photographer Aida Muluneh, aims to give photographers from Africa a platform to capture the cultural complexities and diverse histories of the countries they call home. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/lens/ethiopia-addis-foto-fest-aida-muluneh.html Addis Foto Fest, founded by photographer Aida Muluneh, aims to give photographers from Africa a…

  • Rory Doyle: Delta Hill Riders | LENSCRATCH

    Rory Doyle: Delta Hill Riders | LENSCRATCH

    Rory Doyle: Delta Hill Riders Another wonderful discovery in juroring the SlowExposures: Celebrating the Rural South Exhibition was the work of Rory Doyle. Rory attended the festival and I was able to see a broader edit of his photographs of the African-American cowboy community of th via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/12/rory-doyle-delta-hill-riders/ Another wonderful discovery in juroring the…

  • Dystopian shots of Britain’s rural edgelands

    Dystopian shots of Britain’s rural edgelands

    Dystopian shots of Britain’s rural edgelands In a series of manipulated images, photographer Robin Friend captures the British countryside in all of its surreal glory. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/dystopian-shots-of-britains-rural-edgelands/ In a series of manipulated images, photographer Robin Friend captures the British countryside in all of its surreal glory, depicting a national identity at odds with…

  • 2018 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months – The Atlantic

    2018 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months Time to take a look back at some of the most memorable events and images of 2018. Among the events covered in this essay, part 2 of 3: Mexico elected a new president, World Cup fans cheered and cried, lava destroyed neighborhoods in Hawaii, and much…

  • Sanja Jugovic Burns – Fugue « burn magazine

    Sanja Jugovic Burns – Fugue Sanja Jugovic Burns Fugue [ EPF 2018 FINALIST ] In 1980, Josip Broz Tito died. Yugoslavia followed him a decade later. My family emigrated to Australia in 1985, before the war (so this project is n… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/12/sanja-jugovic-burns-fugue/ My first journey back to Yugoslavia was as a “foreigner” and…

  • A Photographer’s Loving Ode to Small-Town Texas | The New Yorker

    A Photographer’s Loving Ode to Small-Town Texas | The New Yorker

    A Photographer’s Loving Ode to Small-Town Texas What interests Keith Carter more than the stories Texas tells about itself are the everyday figures—idle kids, blue-collar workers, animals both domesticated and less so—that contribute to the state’s mythology. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-loving-ode-to-small-town-texas The five decades that Keith Carter has spent documenting small-town Texas more than…

  • 2018 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded – The Atlantic

    2018 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded Time to take a look at some of the most memorable events and images of 2018. Events covered in this essay include the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the March for Our Lives gun control rally, Mark Zuckerberg facing Congress, and much more. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/12/2018-in-photos-how-the-first-months-unfolded/577309/ As the year comes…

  • Top 25 News Photos of 2018 – The Atlantic

    Top 25 News Photos of 2018 Powerful images from the past 12 eventful months via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/12/top-25-news-photos-of-2018/577216/ We near the end of another eventful year. Wildfires raged across California, the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy toward immigrants led to family separations, relations between North and South Korea eased a bit, a horrific school shooting…

  • Paris Visone: For Real | LENSCRATCH

    Paris Visone: For Real | LENSCRATCH

    Paris Visone: For Real I first wrote about Paris Visone’s compelling photographs in 2010, in particular, work from her series, Gender Roles and Appearance. She had spent six years documenting family and that focus has remained as part of her ever-expanding photography practice. via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/12/paris-visone-for-real/ I first wrote about Paris Visone’s compelling photographs in…

  • Zanele Muholi: Paying Homage to the History of Black Women – The New York Times

    Zanele Muholi: Paying Homage to the History of Black Women – The New York Times

    Zanele Muholi: Paying Homage to the History of Black Women Through self-portraits, Zanele Muholi reimagines black identity and challenges the oppressive standards of beauty that often ignore people of color. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/lens/zanele-muholi-somnyama-ngonyama-south-africa.html Through self-portraits, Zanele Muholi reimagines black identity and challenges the oppressive standards of beauty that often ignore people of color.

  • The everyday beauty of Manila, like you’ve never seen it before

    The everyday beauty of Manila, like you’ve never seen it before

    The everyday beauty of Manila, like you’ve never seen it before In a place where fear and violence have become normalised, photographer Hannah Reyes Morales has been seeking out moments of tenderness amid the adversity. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/hannah-reyes-morales-manila-philippines/ Against the backdrop of a drug war, where fear and violence have become normalised, photographer Hannah…

  • Pigeons by Alan Schaller – The Leica camera Blog

    [contentcards url=”https://www.leica-camera.blog/2018/12/03/pigeons/”] Pigeons by Alan Schaller – The Leica camera Blog An exclusive look at Alan Schaller’s latest photo series

  • Felipe Romero Beltrán – Magdalena « burn magazine

    Felipe Romero Beltrán – Magdalena Felipe Romero Beltrán Magdalena [ EPF 2018 FINALIST ] In the 1960s, an armed-conflict began in Colombia between mafias, paramilitary groups and armed guerrillas such as the FARC movement, who were … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/12/felipe-romero-beltran-magdalena/ In the 1960s, an armed-conflict began in Colombia between mafias, paramilitary groups and armed…

  • The Photographer Who Captured How Whiteness Works on the American South | The New Yorker

    The Photographer Who Captured How Whiteness Works on the American South | The New Yorker

    The Photographer Who Captured How Whiteness Works in the American South Rosalind Fox Solomon has a distinctly humanistic understanding of the paradoxes of the South, where the secessionist flag waves but blacks and whites are more integrated socially than in the North. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/rosalind-fox-solomons-color-line Rosalind Fox Solomon’s vision of the American South…

  • The Clever Street Photography of Alan Burles

    The Clever Street Photography of Alan Burles

    The Clever Street Photography of Alan Burles Alan Burles started as a art director in the early 1980s. After investing in a Olympus XA 35mm rangefinder, however, Burles started traveling everywhere via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/11/30/the-clever-street-photography-of-alan-burles/ Alan Burles started as a art director in the early 1980s. After investing in a Olympus XA 35mm rangefinder, however, Burles…

  • Michael Massaia: The States Project: New Jersey | LENSCRATCH

    Michael Massaia: The States Project: New Jersey | LENSCRATCH

    Michael Massaia: The States Project: New Jersey Michael Massaia’s photographs are imbued with a sense of beauty and mystery, as if images conjured from a dream.  In Afterlife New Jersey shore boardwalks are deserted and appear illuminated by an internal glow.  Conversely, the figures in Sheep Meadow fl via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/12/michael-massaia/ Michael Massaia’s photographs are…

  • Picturing the Horrors of Climate Change in Southern Iran – Feature Shoot

    Picturing the Horrors of Climate Change in Southern Iran – Feature Shoot

    Picturing the Horrors of Climate Change in Southern Iran – Feature Shoot Pitgy is a village in the Jazmurian section in the southern Rudbar. A man carries a big tree to his house. He will make fences with this tree. Village of… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/11/picturing-the-horrors-of-climate-change-in-southern-iran/ Documentary photographer Mohammad Baghal Asghari traveled to the Kerman…

  • Amy Becker: The States Project: New Jersey | LENSCRATCH

    Amy Becker: The States Project: New Jersey | LENSCRATCH

    Amy Becker: The States Project: New Jersey In her project Dead Ringers, Amy Becker records the demise of the humble pay phone. Her images of empty phone booths, bare patches on urban walls and unused pay phones on city streets record the passing of an era. While the images are very formal in compo via…