Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • Doris Derby’s Searing, Intimate Photos of the Civil Rights Movement

    Doris Derby’s Searing, Intimate Photos of the Civil Rights Movement

    Doris Derby’s Searing, Intimate Photos of the Civil Rights Movement A book presents more than 110 pictures from Derby’s archive, offering a rich panorama of the key people and places behind the movement. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/691080/doris-derbys-searing-intimate-photos-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ A Civil Rights Journey (MACK) is a powerful and moving testament to Derby’s years in the American South. The…

  • Philip Montgomery’s Up-Close Portrait of an America in Crisis | The New Yorker

    Philip Montgomery’s Up-Close Portrait of an America in Crisis | The New Yorker

    Philip Montgomery’s Up-Close Portrait of an America in Crisis For nearly a decade, the photographer has been chronicling the country’s historic struggles, with an intimacy that can be achieved only by getting uncomfortably close. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/philip-montgomerys-unblinking-portrait-of-an-america-in-crisis For nearly a decade, the photographer has been chronicling the country’s historic struggles, with an intimacy…

  • Gnuri – The Leica camera Blog

    Gnuri With his photographic series about the ‘gnuri’, Angelo Cirrincione presents a story linked to tradition and ancient crafts that still survive to this day.

  • A Poignant Portrait of a Nation Gripped by Gang Violence | Blind

    A Poignant Portrait of a Nation Gripped by Gang Violence In Sin Salida, photographer Tariq Zaidi documents the gang war devastating El Salvador. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3860-a-poignant-portrait-of-a-nation-gripped-by-gang-violence-en In Sin Salida, photographer Tariq Zaidi documents the gang war devastating El Salvador.

  • Ghana: Gold Coast – The Leica camera Blog

    https://www.leica-camera.blog/2021/11/01/ghana-gold-coast/ In Ghana, the Italian photographer Andrea Torrei discovered a country rich in culture and traditions with both strong Islamic and European influences.

  • Guns, Drugs and Rock & Roll: The Tumultuous Life of Jim Marshall | Blind

    Guns, Drugs and Rock & Roll: The Tumultuous Life of Jim Marshall | Blind

    Guns, Drugs and Rock & Roll: The Tumultuous Life of Jim Marshall — Blind Magazine A new documentary film chronicles the captivating highs and catastrophic lows of American photographer Jim Marshall. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/guns-drugs-and-rock-roll-the-tumultuous-life-of-jim-marshall/ A new documentary film chronicles the captivating highs and catastrophic lows of American photographer Jim Marshall.

  • Exposed: Photographer John Tully and Thoughts of Bruce Springsteen | PetaPixel

    Exposed: Photographer John Tully and Thoughts of Bruce Springsteen | PetaPixel

    Exposed: Photographer John Tully and Thoughts of Bruce Springsteen An interview with New Hampshire-based photographer John Tully, who tells stories in the backyards and backroads of communities. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/10/27/exposed-photographer-john-tully-and-thoughts-of-bruce-springsteen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29 There are three reasons that John’s work sent me to thoughts of Springsteen. First, John has a unique approach to light. In fact, it is…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Gillian Laub “Family Matters” @ International Center of Photography

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Gillian Laub “Family Matters” @ International Center of Photography For the last two decades, American artist Gillian Laub has used the camera to investigate how society’s most complex questions are often writ large in… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/gillian-laub-family-matters-international-center-of-photography/ For the last two decades, American artist Gillian Laub has used the camera to investigate how…

  • Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D. | The New Yorker

    Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D. | The New Yorker

    Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D. In the late seventies, Jill Freedman set out to create a clear-eyed portrait of New York City police. What she made was something more complicated. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/four-years-embedded-with-the-nypd Inevitably, the spirit of Weegee haunts Jill Freedman’s photographs of New York street cops. Both worked in inky, matter-of-fact…

  • Rediscovered photos from the set of ‘Apocalypse Now’

    Rediscovered photos from the set of ‘Apocalypse Now’

    Rediscovered photos from the set of ‘Apocalypse Now’ Photographer Chas Gerretsen spent six months chronicling one of the most harrowing and poignant war films ever made. He recounts the turmoil that took place both on and off the set. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/rediscovered-photos-from-the-set-of-apocalypse-now/ Photographer Chas Gerretsen spent six months chronicling one of the most harrowing…

  • 18 Photographers on What It Means to Embrace the Unknown

    18 Photographers on What It Means to Embrace the Unknown

    18 Photographers on What It Means to Embrace the Unknown Elliott Erwitt, Nan Goldin, Jamel Shabazz, and more share images that explore the edges of their photographic practice. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/18-photographers-on-what-it-means-to-embrace-the-unknown/ In the Magnum Square Print Sale in partnership with Aperture, Elliott Erwitt, Nan Goldin, Jamel Shabazz, and more share images that explore the edges…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Joseph Lawton “Being and There” @ Aurelia Gallery

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Joseph Lawton “Being and There” @ Aurelia Gallery Being and There is a photographic travel journal featuring black and white photography by Joseph Lawton from India, China, Indonesia, Russia, Fra… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/joseph-lawton-being-and-there-aurelia-gallery/ Being and There is a photographic travel journal featuring black and white photography by Joseph Lawton from India, China, Indonesia, Russia, France,…

  • Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Pat Kane – LENSCRATCH

    Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Pat Kane – LENSCRATCH

    Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Pat Kane – LENSCRATCH The project, Here Is Where We Shall Stay by Pat Kane focuses on how Indigenous people in my region are moving towards meaningful self determination by resetting the past. The act of reclaiming culture and identity is ongoing, and my friends here are…

  • Territory and Memory: Four Road Trips across Forgotten Russia | Blind

    Territory and Memory: Four Road Trips across Forgotten Russia Today’s Russia is known mostly for its politics, the splendor of Saint Petersburg, and Moscow’s monuments. To get into the heart of the largest nation on the planet, Blind hits the road with four young photographers who explore their country’s territory a Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3809-territory-and-memory-four-road-trips-across-forgotten-russia-en Today’s Russia…

  • The Little-Seen World of Demolition Derbies

    The Little-Seen World of Demolition Derbies

    The Little-Seen World of Demolition Derbies The shirtless, sweating men splayed across and against car hoods and dashboards in Derby convey a sense of bonded brotherhood and physical intimacy. via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/672237/the-little-seen-world-of-demolition-derbies/ Ken Graves and Eva Lipman expose the surprisingly tender and at times erotically charged moments that happen before and after impact, when human…

  • Deponie (Landfill) – Photographs by Tobias Kruse | Essay by Jörg Colberg | | LensCulture

    Deponie (Landfill) – Photographs by Tobias Kruse | Essay by Jörg Colberg | | LensCulture

    Deponie (Landfill) – Photographs by Tobias Kruse | Essay by Jörg Colberg | | LensCulture In these quietly disturbing black-and-white photographs, Tobias Kruse confronts the unsettling first decade of East Germany after the fall of the Wall, including its Nazi past and present via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tobias-kruse-deponie-landfill In these quietly disturbing black-and-white photographs, Tobias Kruse confronts…

  • Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Brian Adams – LENSCRATCH

    Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Brian Adams – LENSCRATCH

    Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Brian Adams – LENSCRATCH A year ago, Spirit: Focus on Indigenous, Art, Artists and Issues, was launched featuring artists Will Wilson, Shelley Niro, Meryl McMaster, Kiliii Yuyan, Donna Garcia, Pat Kane, Jeremy Dennis, and the collaboration of Kali Spitzer and Bubzee. The objectiv via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/10/spirit-focus-on-indigenous-art-artists-and-issues-brian-adams/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 I…

  • 26 Black-and-White Photography Favorites from LensCulture | LensCulture

    26 Black-and-White Photography Favorites from LensCulture | LensCulture

    26 Black-and-White Photography Favorites from LensCulture | LensCulture LensCulture’s editors revisit 26 of the most popular recent articles that feature black-and-white photography – portfolios, essays, interviews, exhibitions and book reviews via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jim-casper-26-black-and-white-photography-favorites-from-lensculture LensCulture’s editors revisit 26 of the most popular recent articles that feature black-and-white photography – portfolios, essays, interviews, exhibitions and book reviews.

  • Badlands – The Leica camera Blog

    https://www.leica-camera.blog/2021/10/11/badlands/ Beyond the tourist trails: In his series Badlands, Tomeu Coll reveals the gloomier side of his homeland, Mallorca.

  • Epiphany Knedler: Wish You Were Here – LENSCRATCH

    Epiphany Knedler: Wish You Were Here – LENSCRATCH

    Epiphany Knedler: Wish You Were Here – LENSCRATCH I can’t remember where I first came across the work of Epiphany Knedler, but I was so knocked out by the installation of her MFA show that it was hard to forget. She created an immersive space that forced us to reconsider the selling of the West,…