Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • LOOK3 2016 : Interview with Phillip Toledano – The Eye of Photography

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    LOOK3 2016 : Interview with Phillip Toledano Conceptual artist, Phillip Toledano is curating Reality Show, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of photographers Olivia Bee and Doug Dubois. A sublime pairing, it will be fascinating to see Bee’s dreamy, ethereal and romantic photographs of her circle of friends in conjunction with DuBois’ photographs of Irish…

  • Mark Sawrie: The States Project: Indiana | LENSCRATCH

    Mark Sawrie: The States Project: Indiana | LENSCRATCH

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    Mark Sawrie: The States Project: Indiana Mark Sawrie was the first photographer I met in Indiana. We bonded immediately when he opened a small drawer in a display case featuring a taxidermy animal to show me his fingernail collection of two decades and counting. His vastly different experiences via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/06/mark-sawrie-the-states-project-indiana-2/ His latest series, Sublime/Banal,…

  • A Father’s Gift to His Son – The New York Times

    A Father’s Gift to His Son – The New York Times

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    A Father’s Gift to His Son When Clarence Williams learned his father’s life was about to end, his own life changed — for the better — as he documented that final month. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/a-fathers-gift-to-his-son/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-7&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=A%20Father%E2%80%99s%20Gift%20to%20His%20Son&currentSlide=7&entrySlide=1 My dad, Clarence John Williams Jr. — C.J. to the rest of the world — was truly a unique…

  • Rediscovering the Genius of Sabine Weiss, the Last Humanist Photographer | TIME

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    Rediscovering the Genius of the Last Humanist Photographer A retrospective of Sabine Weiss’ work goes on show in France via Time: http://time.com/4355017/sabine-weiss-last-humanist-photographer/ At 92, Weiss has been dubbed “The Last of the Humanists”, and even though she is getting tired of the label, she admits that it is somewhat fitting

  • Life Beneath the Streets of Bucharest – Feature Shoot

    Life Beneath the Streets of Bucharest – Feature Shoot

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    Life Beneath the Streets of Bucharest – Feature Shoot Massimo armwrestling House manager, Bruce Lee puts on a film on the DVD player. Television helped give people the sense of “warmth” of living in a real house. Bucharest, 2013.… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/life-beneath-the-streets-of-bucharest/ Photographer and anthropologist Massimo Branca and his photographer friend Igor Marchesan dedicated…

  • Heartbreaking photos show what it’s like living in a walled city of a brothel – The Washington Post

    Heartbreaking photos show what it’s like living in a walled city of a brothel – The Washington Post

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    Heartbreaking photos show what it’s like living in a walled city of a brothel Photographer Sandra Hoyn visits the 200-year-old Kandapara brothel in Bangladesh. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/06/13/heartbreaking-photos-show-what-its-like-living-in-a-walled-city-of-a-brothel/ Photographer and anthropologist Massimo Branca and his photographer friend Igor Marchesan dedicated months of their time to getting to know this community from a more familial perspective,…

  • Jacinda Russell: The States Project: Indiana | LENSCRATCH

    Jacinda Russell: The States Project: Indiana | LENSCRATCH

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    Jacinda Russell: The States Project: Indiana This week, photographic artist, Jacinda Russell shares the work of photographers creating work in Indiana, as she takes over as the Indiana States Project Editor. Today we share her newest project, Art Department and ask her about making work in the mid-w via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/06/jacinda-russell-the-states-project-indiana/ Jacinda transforms objects into…

  • At the Gate | VICE | United States

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    Photos of the Last Refugees Entering Europe Through the Greek Islands In January, photographer Elliot Ross documented the arrival of some of the last asylum seekers entering Europe through the Greek islands. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/at-the-gate-v23n4 photographer Elliot Ross documented the arrival of some of the last asylum seekers entering Europe through the Greek islands

  • A Myth of Two Souls | VICE | United States

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    The Epic Saga of Royals in Exile That Shaped Indian Identity The epic story of a prince and princess in exile unfolds in this ethereal series by photographer Vasantha Yogananthan. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/a-myth-of-two-souls-v23n4 To capture the effect the story has had on the Indian imagination, photographer Vasantha Yogananthan has been documenting the mythic landscapes it…

  • Harvey Stein’s more tan four decades of shooting in New York.

    Harvey Stein’s more tan four decades of shooting in New York.

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    A Photographer’s “Sneaky” Street Shots Capture Four Decades of New York City Life For nearly five decades, Harvey Stein has been photographing around New York. He sees his work, specifically in the neighborhoods of Coney Island,… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/06/13/harvey_stein_s_more_tan_four_decades_of_shooting_in_new_york.html For nearly five decades, Harvey Stein has been photographing around New York. He sees his work, specifically…

  • The Freedom to Be Danny Lyon – The New York Times

    The Freedom to Be Danny Lyon – The New York Times

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    The Freedom to Be Danny Lyon A late-career retrospective looks at some four decades of work by Danny Lyon, whose photographs — of the civil rights movement, prisons and a motorcycle gang — consider freedom, or its absence. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/the-freedom-to-be-danny-lyon/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future” opens on June 17 at the Whitney…

  • The arresting beauty of life on a wheat farm in Colorado – The Washington Post

    The arresting beauty of life on a wheat farm in Colorado – The Washington Post

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    The arresting beauty of life on a wheat farm in Colorado Photos of what a deep connection to the earth means to one family on the plains of Colorado. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/06/10/the-arresting-beauty-of-life-on-a-wheat-farm-in-colorado/ The Mertens aren’t sure how far back farming goes in the family, but their best guess is at least seven generations. Photographer…

  • Stephen Crowley: Time Spent: Florida 1972-1984 | LENSCRATCH

    Stephen Crowley: Time Spent: Florida 1972-1984 | LENSCRATCH

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    Stephen Crowley: Time Spent: Florida 1972-1984 I discovered Stephen Crowley’s terrific exploration of Florida in the 1970’s and 80’s when jurying Photolucida’s Critical Mass Competition. Stephen’s project, Time Spent: Florida 1972-1984 went on to be selected as one of the Top 50 portfolios of 2015. At via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/06/stephen-crowley-time-spent-florida/ I discovered Stephen Crowley’s terrific exploration of Florida…

  • The High Drama of Life Aboard Bluefin Tuna Fishing Boats in Spain – Feature Shoot

    The High Drama of Life Aboard Bluefin Tuna Fishing Boats in Spain – Feature Shoot

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    The High Drama of Life Aboard Bluefin Tuna Fishing Boats in Spain – Feature Shoot Garum is Antonio Gonzalez Caro’s record of an ancient and specific art of fishing called ‘almadraba’. via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/the-high-drama-of-life-aboard-bluefin-tuna-fishing-boats-in-spain/ Garum is Antonio Gonzalez Caro’s record of an ancient and specific art of fishing called ‘almadraba’. A practice that only…

  • Documentary and Fantasy Collide in Electric Images of Shinjuku – Feature Shoot

    Documentary and Fantasy Collide in Electric Images of Shinjuku – Feature Shoot

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    Documentary and Fantasy Collide in Electric Images of Shinjuku – Feature Shoot “To wander Shinjuku at night is presumably what an acid-trip feels like. It’s also a little at odds with how Japan is often seen; a conformist society that works hard… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/documentary-and-fantasy-collide-in-electric-images-of-shinjuku/ Since first visiting Tokyo back in 2011, the semi-nomadic…

  • Photos of Parisian Bikers in the 70s | VICE | United States

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    Photos of Parisian Bikers in the 70s Photographer Yan Morvan was one of the first to document the disorientation of young people in the French suburbs. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/parisian-bikers-black-jackets-yan-morvan-876 In the 1970s, photographer Yan Morvan spent almost three years hanging out with Parisian bikers—documenting the rides, the binge drinking, and the fights between rival gangs.…

  • Emerging Young Photographers in the South Bronx – The New York Times

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    Emerging Young Photographers in the South Bronx Janet Lozano is among a group of young photographers determined to change that as members of the Bronx Junior Photo League, an after-school program run by the Bronx Documentary Center. Working with professional photographers, they learn not only picture-taking, but also how to do interviews and write stories.…

  • The Modern Journey to Mecca – Teenagers playing on the escalators inside the Grand Mosque. – The New York Times

    The Modern Journey to Mecca – Teenagers playing on the escalators inside the Grand Mosque. – The New York Times

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    The Modern Journey to Mecca A look inside Islam’s spiritual heart as it transforms to accommodate a growing wave of pilgrims. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/12/magazine/the-modern-journey-to-mecca/s/12mecca5.html?action=click&contentCollection=Magazine&entrySlide=1&module=RestartSlideShow&pgtype=imageslideshow&region=Slideshow+Promo&slideshowTitle=The+Modern+Journey+to Morris, who is based in Los Angeles, is charging Prince with unauthorized use of several photographs of Sid Vicious, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols. Gagosian Gallery, which represents Prince, is…

  • The Bizarre ‘Kindergarten Kitsch’ Interiors of North Korea – Feature Shoot

    The Bizarre ‘Kindergarten Kitsch’ Interiors of North Korea – Feature Shoot

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    The Bizarre ‘Kindergarten Kitsch’ Interiors of North Korea – Feature Shoot Touring the interiors of Pyongyang, North Korea, says The Guardian’s Oliver Wainwright, is not at all dissimilar to “walking into a life-size Polly Pocket toy.” via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/the-bizarre-kindergarten-kitsch-interiors-of-north-korea/ Touring the interiors of Pyongyang, North Korea, says The Guardian’s Oliver Wainwright, is not at…

  • The Danger and the Beauty of Being Transgender in Brazil – Feature Shoot

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    The Danger and the Beauty of Being Transgender in Brazil For Kosovo-born photographer Jetmir Idrizi, watching the Carnival of Brazil was, in a word, “unforgettable.” Here amongst the lavish costumes and floats, the boundaries of gender and sexuality seemed to blur; there were drag queens and samba dancing, transgender people flooding into the streets in…