Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • A photographer’s portrait of America in the post-truth era

    A photographer’s portrait of America in the post-truth era

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    A photographer’s portrait of America in the post-truth era Max Pinckers shines a light on a country fixated with its own mythology – one where anyone can shape their own reality. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/max-pinckers-photography-post-truth-america/ Pulling from staged scenes, media coverage and original interviews, Max Pinckers shines a light on a country fixated with its…

  • Aden and Sanaa: A tale of two Yemeni cities – The Washington Post

    Aden and Sanaa: A tale of two Yemeni cities – The Washington Post

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Perspective | Aden and Sanaa: A tale of two Yemeni cities Photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli reflects on his experience in war-ravaged Yemen via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/09/06/aden-and-sanaa-a-tale-of-two-yemeni-cities/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dec5537f3f3d Last May, photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli, on assignment for The Washington Post, visited Yemen, reporting on the humanitarian crisis resulting from the ongoing political conflict and the Saudi-led airstrikes that have…

  • Before and after ISIS: Welcome to ‘free’ Raqqa – The Washington Post

    Before and after ISIS: Welcome to ‘free’ Raqqa – The Washington Post

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Before and after ISIS: Welcome to ‘free’ Raqqa For the last five years, photographer Alice Martins has documented Raqqa before and after Islamic State occupation. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/09/05/before-and-after-isis-welcome-to-free-raqqa/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.34937ee72c33 The woman covered her face as she turned around, looking behind her as she waited to buy bread in a small shop in Raqqa, Syria. It…

  • Rewriting the history of black women in photography

    Rewriting the history of black women in photography

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Rewriting the history of black women in photography In the new exhibition at Catherine Edelman Gallery, three artists present a series of vivid colour portraits of black men and women from around the world. The show then asks: How do you see me? It’s a simple, yet highly effective question that cuts to the via Huck…

  • How Life Goes on During Wartime in Eastern Ukraine | Time

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    The Strange Unreality of Life During Eastern Ukraine’s Forgotten War Four years on from the Minsk Agreements, millions of civilians have gotten used to a new “normal.” via Time: http://time.com/longform/eastern-ukraine-war-civilian-life-frontline/ Since the conflict began, photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind and I have been covering it as a team. This summer, we worked with eyeWitness to Atrocities, an…

  • PhotoNOLA Prize: 3rd Place: Jared Ragland: Good Bad People | LENSCRATCH

    PhotoNOLA Prize: 3rd Place: Jared Ragland: Good Bad People | LENSCRATCH

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    PhotoNOLA Prize: 3rd Place: Jared Ragland: Good Bad People Jared Ragland’s project GOOD BAD PEOPLE, a series that tells the story of Methamphetamine use on Sand Mountain, Marshall County, Alabama, received Third Place in the 2017 PhotoNOLA Review Prize (sign-ups open tomorrow!). Jared has a legacy with the PhotoN via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/09/jared-ragland/ Jared Ragland’s project GOOD BAD…

  • Lukas Vasilikos – Uncanny « burn magazine

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Lukas Vasilikos – Uncanny Lukas Vasilikos Uncanny In the beginning there is emptiness and darkness. The light seems to be hovering over the the surface of this formless void. Light is ordered to descend, for light is said t… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/09/lukas-vasilikos-uncanny/ In the beginning there is emptiness and darkness. The light seems to…

  • Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate – The New York Times

    Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate – The New York Times

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Photographs That Humanize the Immigration Debate John Moore, a staff photographer for Getty Images, has perhaps the most comprehensive body of work of any news photographer covering immigration. His images are being highlighted at a festival in France. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/lens/photographs-that-humanize-the-immigration-debate.html Ten years ago, John Moore returned to the United States after almost two decades covering…

  • Picturing Mexico Through the Eyes of Lola Alvarez Bravo – Feature Shoot

    Picturing Mexico Through the Eyes of Lola Alvarez Bravo – Feature Shoot

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Picturing Mexico Through the Eyes of Lola Alvarez Bravo – Feature Shoot La visitacion, ca. 1934, printed 1971. Brooklyn Museum. Los almiares (Labores), ca. 1940. Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903-1993) was a singular figure in twentieth-century art, a woman whose independence defined the… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/09/picturing-mexico-through-the-eyes-of-lola-alvarez-bravo/ Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903-1993) was a singular figure in…

  • Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life – The New York Times

    Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life – The New York Times

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life When Safi Alia Shabaik found out her father had Parkinson’s disease, she moved back home to help care for him, documenting the last months of his life as he developed dementia. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/lens/tenderly-photographing-the-end-of-her-fathers-life.html With a Ph.D. from Berkeley, and a long career as an engineering professor at…

  • The Anxious, Hopeful Faces of Young People in Shenzhen, China | The New Yorker

    The Anxious, Hopeful Faces of Young People in Shenzhen, China | The New Yorker

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    The Anxious, Hopeful Faces of Young People in Shenzhen, China In the faces of his subjects, whether hipsters or security guards or stock brokers or secretaries, the photographer Christopher Anderson searches for clues to inner longings. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-anxious-hopeful-faces-of-young-people-in-shenzhen-china In Chinese, the name of Shenzhen, the sprawling, coastal megatropolis famed for its affluence…

  • “A Sense of Real Fear”: Climate Change Photog Katie Orlinsky on Documenting Arctic Melt | PDNPulse

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    “A Sense of Real Fear”: Climate Change Photog Katie Orlinsky on Documenting Arctic Melt | PDNPulse Photographer Katie Orlinsky says seeing melting Arctic permafrost, while shooting for National Geographic, was unlike any other assignment. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/08/a-sense-of-real-fear-climate-change-photog-katie-orlinsky-on-documenting-arctic-melt.html Photographer Katie Orlinsky has been documenting the impact of climate change for four years, but says what she…

  • Instagram’s Boundary-Pushing Documentary Photographers – VICE

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Instagram’s Boundary-Pushing Documentary Photographers We found six shooters who are making groundbreaking work in the genre. via Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nba3/instagrams-boundary-pushing-documentary-photographers In 1967, MoMA curator John Szarkowski organized “New Documents,” an exhibition featuring Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, and Garry Winogrand. The exhibit presented a new generation of photographers who were making documentary work with a more personal…

  • A Photographic Duet Inspired by the Glittering “Violet Isle” of the Caribbean – Feature Shoot

    A Photographic Duet Inspired by the Glittering “Violet Isle” of the Caribbean – Feature Shoot

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    A Photographic Duet Inspired by the Glittering “Violet Isle” of the Caribbean – Feature Shoot © Rebecca Norris Webb © Alex Webb For more than a century, Cuba has mesmerized the world, beckoning visitors to its vibrant shores and the rich fertile soil that has… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/08/a-photographic-duet-inspired-by-the-glittering-violet-isle-of-the-caribbean/ Over a period of 15 years,…

  • Daily Life in Maine, as Photographed by Robert F. Bukaty – The Atlantic

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Daily Life in Maine, as Photographed by Robert F. Bukaty Based in Portland, the photographer Robert F. Bukaty has been working for the AP since 1993, making thousands of photos of Maine’s people, landscape, wildlife, and, of course, its ever-changing seasons. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/daily-life-in-maine-as-photographed-by-robert-f-bukaty/568651/ Robert F. Bukaty has been working as a photographer for the Associated Press…

  • Striving for Justice and Equality With a Camera on New York’s Streets – The New York Times

    Striving for Justice and Equality With a Camera on New York’s Streets – The New York Times

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Striving for Justice and Equality With a Camera on New York’s Streets For decades, Builder Levy photographed protests and social issues, as well as the neighborhoods where he taught in New York, to counter media depictions he saw as problematic. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/lens/builder-levy-justice-equality-new-york-streets.html For decades, Builder Levy photographed protests and social issues, as well as the…

  • Photos That Embrace Life on the Fringe – VICE

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Photos That Embrace Life on the Fringe John Francis Peters documents travelers seeking a life beyond the systems and institutions that have failed them. via Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjbjy5/photos-that-embrace-life-on-the-fringe John Francis Peters documents travelers seeking a life beyond the systems and institutions that have failed them.

  • Photographing Baltimore’s Murderous Summer – PhotoShelter Blog

    Photographing Baltimore’s Murderous Summer – PhotoShelter Blog

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Photographing Baltimore’s Murderous Summer – PhotoShelter Blog J.M. Giordano covered a 3-year high in homicide rate in his native Baltimore. His photos went beyond the typical crime scene images, and delved into the people and places. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/08/photographing-baltimores-murderous-summer/ In the Summer of 2013, Giordano set out to cover a spurt in homicides in…

  • 30-year-old images show how little has changed in the plight of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border – The Washington Post

    30-year-old images show how little has changed in the plight of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border – The Washington Post

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Perspective | 30-year-old images show how little has changed in the plight of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border Ken Light discusses how his photographs of the U.S.-Mexico border in the ’80s resonate with contemporary issues. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/08/22/time-can-stand-still-not-just-in-a-the-photograph-but-also-in-the-universe-around-it-ken-light-discusses-us-mexico-border-images/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bdbee62b3b57 In the early 1980s, I began traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border to take make photographs for…

  • David Wojnarowicz’s Still-Burning Rage | The New Yorker

    David Wojnarowicz’s Still-Burning Rage | The New Yorker

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    David Wojnarowicz’s Still-Burning Rage In his early career, he stencilled graffiti on abandoned buildings and wrote moving essays describing the beauty he found in the parts of his life that made him an outcast. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/david-wojnarowiczs-still-burning-rage “History Keeps Me Awake at Night,” the Whitney Museum’s retrospective of the works of the artist,…