Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Lorena Turner: A Habit of Self Deceit | LENSCRATCH
Lorena Turner: A Habit of Self Deceit “ … I googled how painful it would be to slit one’s wrists (thinking of Diane Arbus), and up came the number for the suicide hotline … I thought about calling it. Then I thought the person who had answered it would think I’m dumb for considering such…
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Wistful Photos Inspired by Memories of Growing Up in Sweden – Feature Shoot
Wistful Photos Inspired by Memories of Growing Up in Sweden – Feature Shoot When Simon Kerola was a kid growing up in a Stockholm suburb, his father took him on adventures to beautiful and mysterious places. “I remember one time specifically when I… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/09/wistful-photos-inspired-by-memories-of-growing-up-in-sweden/ When Simon Kerola was a kid growing up…
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Charles H. Traub: Taradiddle | LENSCRATCH
Charles H. Traub: Taradiddle “The taradiddle reveals the world as constructed by the camera. And in being manufactured by the camera it is inevitably a kind of white lie. There’s no history, there’s no context, no truth in the actual picture. Rather a semblance of such— there is an e via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/09/charles-h-traub-taradiddle/ Charles H.…
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Exploring the Chimerical World of Fantasy in “Korean Dreams” – Feature Shoot
Exploring the Chimerical World of Fantasy in “Korean Dreams” – Feature Shoot Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-Il was the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea between 1994 and 2011. Affectionately referred to as the “Dear Leader”, Kim Jong-Il presided over… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/09/exploring-the-chimerical-world-of-fantasy-in-korean-dreams/ In her new exhibition, Korean Dreams at the Gadsden…
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Portrait of Humanity: Marc Moitessier’s photographic revolution – British Journal of Photography
Portrait of Humanity: Marc Moitessier’s photographic revolution Marc Moitessier is a photographer from Marseille, France. His most recent, and perhaps most challenging, body of work is 36 Poses, a project borne out of his frustration with himself and the over-saturated photography industry. Ignited by the feeling that via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/09/portrait-of-humanity-marc-moitessiers-photography-revolution/ Marc Moitessier…
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Lessons Learned: Top Lifestyle Photographers Share What They’d Tell Their Younger Selves – PhotoShelter Blog
Lessons Learned: Top Lifestyle Photographers Share What They’d Tell Their Younger Selves – PhotoShelter Blog On one hand, the nature of a career in photography can be daunting — the freelance life and learning on your own in a rapidly changing industry. But we also know photographers to be generous in offering help and advice.…
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The Promise of Oil for the People Around the Caspian Sea | The New Yorker
The Promise of Oil for the People Around the Caspian Sea People go to Naftalan to bathe in the crude oil that pours like brown sludge from overhead tanks through gurgling pipes into stained baths, hoping to benefit from its alleged healing properties. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-promise-of-oil-for-the-people-around-the-caspian-sea When I was a young boy, I…
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Re/member/construct at Filter Photo | LENSCRATCH
Re/member/construct at Filter Photo Next week, the events for the 2018 Filter Photo Festival get underway, and along with the Portfolio Reviews, lectures, workshops, and artist talks, are a number of wonderful exhibitions. Today we feature the Re/member/construct Exhibition, juried by Lisa via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/09/rememberconstruct-at-filter-photo/ Next week, the events for the 2018 Filter Photo Festival…
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Photos: 25 Fridays of Protest in Gaza – The Atlantic
Photos: 25 Fridays of Protest in Gaza For nearly six months now, Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been staging weekly demonstrations along the border between Gaza and Israel—protests they call the “Great March of Return.” via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/09/photos-25-fridays-of-protest-in-gaza/570889/ For nearly six months now, Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been staging weekly…
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Arlene Gottfried Captured New York at Its Best – Feature Shoot
Arlene Gottfried Captured New York at Its Best – Feature Shoot Angel and Woman on Boardwalk in Brighton Beach, New York, 1976 Women on Riis Beach, New York, 1980 Arlene Gottfried (1950–2017) was a paradox of the best kind: the infinitely… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/09/arlene-gottfried-captured-new-york-at-its-best/ Arlene Gottfried (1950–2017) was a paradox of the best kind:…
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Jost Franko – Farming on the Frontline « burn magazine
Jost Franko – Farming on the Frontline Jost Franko Farming on the Frontline [ EPF 2017 – SHORT LIST ] In the land from where the eyes can see the Israeli border, Palestinian farmers try to make their living producing agricultural … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/09/jost-franko-farming-on-the-frontline/ In the land from where the eyes can see…
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Why Dedicated Cameras Will Always Be (Optically) Better than Smartphones – PhotoShelter Blog
Why Dedicated Cameras Will Always Be (Optically) Better than Smartphones – PhotoShelter Blog It’s September which means another generation of Apple iPhones. This year, the iPhone XS (pronounced “ten ess”) adds a slightly larger sensor plus significantly more computing power via the A12 Bionic Chip to enhance the phone’s image signal processing. B via PhotoShelter…
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Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn – The New York Times
Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn Photoville, the free photo festival that takes place under the Brooklyn Bridge, is now in its seventh year. In some 90 exhibits and outdoor installations featuring 600 artists, the festival is focusing on themes of gender, social and ethnic diversity, res Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/lens/highlighting-freedom-resilience-and-diversity-at-photoville-in-brooklyn.html Every September, thousands…
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Why we need different regulations for camera drones
Why we need different regulations for camera drones Yesterday I was sitting in the park on the lawn eating an ice cream after work. Actually, half of Belfast was doing the same thing. The… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/why-we-need-different-regulations-for-camera-drones-293bd4f40d96 Then I noticed a buzzing. Above us was a camera drone. And the more people started to notice…
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Mexico Week: Adam Wiseman | LENSCRATCH
Mexico Week: Adam Wiseman One of the pleasures of attending the FotoFest 2018 Biennial Meeting Place Reviews was meeting reviewers from around the globe who journied to Houston to celebrate and appreciate photography. I am so grateful to gallerist Patricia Conde Juaristi, of the P via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/09/mexico-week-adam-wiseman/ Rooted in what I learned at the…
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Mass Games and Parades: North Korea Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary – The Atlantic
Mass Games and Parades: North Korea Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary Yesterday, to mark its 70th birthday, North Korea held a military parade, put on a massive show with its first “mass games” in five years, and finished with a torchlight parade. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/09/mass-games-and-parades-north-korea-celebrates-its-70th-anniversary/569788/ To mark its 70th birthday, North Korea held a military…
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Meet the stars of contemporary Hungarian photography
Meet the stars of contemporary Hungarian photography “It’s not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian,” Robert Capa famously quipped, noting the impressive prevalence of his countrymen leaving their mark on photography throughout the 20th century. André Kertész, Brassaï, Martin Munkácsi, Györg via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/meet-the-stars-of-contemporary-hungarian-photography/ Reality and fiction, nature and culture,…
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12 Must-See Exhibitions at the Indian Photography Festival – Feature Shoot
12 Must-See Exhibitions at the Indian Photography Festival – Feature Shoot Delhi, India © Alejandra Cardenas, from The Print Swap by Feature Shoot The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) by the Light Craft Foundation is now underway! As South Asia’s leading photography… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/09/12-must-see-exhibitions-at-the-indian-photography-festival/ The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) by the Light Craft Foundation…
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It’s Personal: Photography from the Inside at the Los Angeles Center of Photography | LENSCRATCH
It’s Personal: Photography from the Inside at the Los Angeles Center of Photography One of my favorite classes that I teach at the Los Angeles Center of Photography is The Personal Project, a nine month class where photographers continue with or create new bodies of work, produce artist’s books or catalogs, hone their articulation and co via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/09/its-personal-photography-from-the-inside-at-the-los-angeles-center-of-photography/…
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Funerals, Skirmishes and Protests: Photographing Ireland in the Time of Bobby Sands – The New York Times
Funerals, Skirmishes and Protests: Photographing Ireland in the Time of Bobby Sands The French photojournalist Yan Morvan covered Northern Ireland in 1981 when Bobby Sands, a member of the I.R.A., died of a hunger strike. Mr. Morvan’s images are on exhibit at the Visa Pour l’Image festival in Perpignan, France, this week. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/lens/funerals-skirmishes-and-protests-photographing-ireland-in-the-time-of-bobby-sands.html The…