Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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In Puerto Rico, Love Lingers for a Deserted School – The New York Times
In Puerto Rico, Love Lingers for a Deserted School Jesus Emmanuel Rodriguez Pichardo returned to Puerto Rico to photograph his old abandoned high school, which was one of many to close because of the island’s economic collapse. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/in-puerto-rico-love-lingers-for-a-deserted-school/?module=Slide®ion=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-9&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=In%20Puerto%20Rico%2C%20Love%20Lingers%20for%20a%20De “Why are these schools abandoned?” said Mr. Rodriguez Pichardo, 35, who goes by Jesus…
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No Longer Seeing the World Through Men’s Eyes – The New York Times
No Longer Seeing the World Through Men’s Eyes Women Photograph, a new organization dedicated to helping female visual journalists address obstacles in photojournalism, has announced the recipients of its first grants to support personal projects. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/no-longer-seeing-the-world-through-mens-eyes/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body The first Women Photograph grants to support personal projects by female visual journalists have been presented…
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The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Portfolio Review Part 1 | A Photo Editor
The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Portfolio Review Part 1 – A Photo Editor Hollywood is hip these days. It’s always been popular as an idea, of course. As “Hollywood.” But I’m talking about the actual part of Los Angeles; one section of the many that stitch together the Megalopolis. In that…
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Fighting for Basic Rights in Morocco – The New York Times
Fighting for Basic Rights in Morocco Jose Colon has been in Morocco’s Rif region, where anger over disrespect and corruption has exploded. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/fighting-for-basic-rights-in-morocco/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body Among the few foreign journalists on the ground, Jose Colon, a 42-year-old freelance photographer from Andalusia, Spain, is darting through clashes between riot police and angry young men —…
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Aaron Blum: The Prevailing Winds of Hills and Heritage | LENSCRATCH
Aaron Blum: The Prevailing Winds of Hills and Heritage Aaron Blum continues to show a deep love for Appalachia with The Prevailing Winds of Hills and Heritage, a theological and mystical translation of his relationship with the region. Shrouded in the warmth of a golden hour, with the taste of saccharine and via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/aaron-blum-the-prevailing-winds-of-hills-and-heritage/ Aaron…
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Anneke Paterson – Bitten by the Moon « burn magazine
Anneke Paterson – Bitten by the Moon Anneke Paterson Bitten by the Moon “There is a saying used in El Salvador that is rooted in mysticism; when the birth of a child with a birth defect is observed, family and doctors will say, … via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2017/07/anneke-paterson-bitten-by-the-moon/ “There is a saying used in El…
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1967’s Other Summer of Love – The New York Times
1967’s Other Summer of Love Haight-Ashbury’s flower-bedecked hippie scene may have gotten most of the attention during 1967’s Summer of Love, but Nathan Farb’s photos from the Lower East Side that summer show a grittier side. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/1967s-other-summer-of-love/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body Nathan Farb arrived on the Lower East Side of New York in the mid 1960’s…
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Matthew DeFeo: American Standard | LENSCRATCH
Matthew DeFeo: American Standard Bodybuilders are always on show. Their work literally lives on them as they navigate the world with a unique and dedicated lifestyle. On stage as they bare it all, hard lights emphasize their slick, oiled mussels, sculpted and intimidating. Here we have via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/matthew-defeo-american-standard/ Bodybuilders are always on show. Their work…
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Exposing Life Behind the Berlin Wall – The New York Times
Exposing Life Behind the Berlin Wall Harf Zimmermann recorded the day-to-day of his East German neighborhood during the ’80s. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/exposing-life-behind-the-berlin-wall/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body The first time Harf Zimmermann visited East Berlin’s Hufelandstrasse neighborhood, he sensed it was unlike any other neighborhood he’d known in East Germany. Linden trees lined the streets, as did many privately-owned…
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Despite Everything, Standing Proud: Portraits of the South Sudanese
Despite Everything, Standing Proud: Portraits of the South Sudanese In civil strife and with citizens displaced, a nation turns six-years-old but can hold no official celebrations via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/despite-everything-standing-proud-in-south-sudan-c9ab63d2fc04 In March, I went to South Sudan with the NGO, Tearfund, to document the crisis. I’d been warned about what to expect from a number of…
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Michelle Van Parys: The States Project: South Carolina | LENSCRATCH
Michelle Van Parys: The States Project: South Carolina Michelle Van Parys is a beacon in our photographic community here in South Carolina. To say Michelle is hardworking would be an understatement. She built the photo program twenty years ago at the College of Charleston, hired the leading darkroom architect via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/michelle-van-parys-the-states-project-south-carolina/ Michelle Van Parys…
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John Lusk Hathaway: The States Project: South Carolina | LENSCRATCH
John Lusk Hathaway: The States Project: South Carolina Although we have yet to meet in person, I feel in some ways I know John Lusk Hathaway by the kind of images he makes—down to earth and honest. For five years now John Lusk Hathaway has been traversing the low country in South Carolina, making connections,…
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Photos of a Strange and Beautiful Australian Mining Town – Feature Shoot
Photos of a Strange and Beautiful Australian Mining Town – Feature Shoot In 2008, French photographer Antoine Bruy spent a year in Australia. When he returned home, he planned to bring with him more than a hundred rolls of film. All of… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/07/photos-strange-beautiful-australian-mining-town/ In 2008, French photographer Antoine Bruy spent a year…
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Twenty-five years after the siege of Sarajevo, exploring the city’s colorful palette – The Washington Post
Perspective | Twenty-five years after the siege of Sarajevo, exploring the city’s colorful palette Twenty-five years after the Siege of Sarajevo, photographer Nick Otto explores the city’s colorful palette. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/07/19/twenty-five-years-after-the-siege-of-sarajevo-exploring-the-citys-colorful-palette/ The images were etched in photographer Nick Otto’s mind as he recently traveled to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Desaturated…
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Finding Visual Poetry in Russia – The New York Times
[contentcards url=”https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/finding-visual-poetry-in-russia/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body”] Finding Visual Poetry in Russia – The New York Times A woman bundles up behind a jumble of mismatched chairs. A man at a table leans into his palm. A veiled woman averts her eyes as she steps into the light. Some of these photos are sentences, others phrases, and still others seem…
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Powerful portraits confront the politics of race and representation – Feature Shoot
Powerful portraits confront the politics of race and representation – Feature Shoot ‘I’m reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other. My reality is that I do not mimic being black; it is my skin, and the… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/07/powerful-portraits-confront-politics-race-representation/ Visual activist photographer Zanele Muholi has her first solo…
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When Education Is Hijacked by War – The New York Times
When Education Is Hijacked by War After witnessing teachers, pupils and schools caught in the crossfire of war, Diego Ibarra Sánchez began working on “Hijacked Education,” which examines how constant conflict has upended education. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/when-education-is-hijacked-by-war/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body In 2014, Diego Ibarra Sánchez was photographing at a school in Iraq. The building was pockmarked with…
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Exploring the Unusually High Suicide Rates in Lithuania | FotoRoom
How Is Life? — Hannes Jung Explores the Unusually High Suicide Rates in Lithuania Lithuania has suicide rates three times higher than the rest of Europe—especially among men living in the countryside. Photographer Hannes Jung set out to discover why. via FotoRoom: http://fotoroom.co/how-is-life-hannes-jung/ When he learned that Lithuania’s suicide rates are almost three times higher than…
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Tracy Fish: The States Project: South Carolina | LENSCRATCH
Tracy Fish: The States Project: South Carolina I first met Tracy Fish on a muggy evening in Conway, SC sitting on a screened in porch sipping a glass of whiskey. There was a long table full of folks, carousing and cracking jokes, and Tracy was one among them. The thing I remember most that night…
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LENSCRATCH Student Prize Honorable Mention Winner: Marlena Jablonska | LENSCRATCH
Marlena Jablonska: 2017 LENSCRATCH Student Prize Honorable Mention Winner Join us in congratulating Marlena Jablonska for her honorable mention in the 2017 Lenscratch Student Prize. It is understandable the desire to re-image old fables as their themes are reminiscent of development and coming of age. Within contemporary photo via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/lenscratch-student-prize-honorable-mention-winner-3/ Join us in congratulating…