Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Joachim Ladefoged's Albanians – VII The Magazine
Link: With the July 22 decision by the World Court in the Hague that Kosovo’s unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, we thought it would be an opportune moment to look back at Joachim Ladefoged’s powerful body of work on the Albanians during the Serbian conflict from 1997 to 2000.…
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In My Back Yard: In My Grandfather’s House | Luceo Images
Link: I am so happy to have photographs of my grandfather with his first great grandchild. They will serve as the key to Madelyn’s memory of him. Below a journal entry I found from the last time I saw my grandfather and a few photographs from that visit, nearly three years ago. Please forgive this…
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Stanley Greene’s Redemption and Revenge – Lens
Stanley Greene’s Redemption and Revenge In his pictures and his words, Stanley Greene is outspoken. Michael Kamber interviewed this freewheeling figure. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/shoptalk-7/ I wanted to set the record straight. I kept hearing people say, “Chechnya was when you really started to be a photographer.” And that’s not true. I was shooting back…
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Dave Anderson in New Orleans – Lens
Dave Anderson in New Orleans John Schwartz tells why Dave Anderson decided the best way to cover the scope of Katrina was through a single city block. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/dave-anderson-in-new-orleans/ What can one block tell you about a devastated city? Plenty, says Dave Anderson, 40, a photographer who chronicled the lives of people reclaiming…
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INTERVIEW: "Interview with Bruce Jackson" (2009)
Link: Bruce Jackson was first drawn to work in prisons during the folk revival of the 1960s. Inspired by folk music collectors like the Lomaxes, he set out to capture work songs sung by African-American convicts, going first to Midwestern prisons when he was a graduate student in Indiana, and later to Texas state prisons…
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Shooting Film in an Afghan Police Station – NYTimes.com
Shooting Film in an Afghan Police Station Christoph Bangert wanted to try something new for portraits he was taking in Afghanistan. He used film. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/shooting-film-in-an-afghan-police-station/ Christoph Bangert took some highly unusual photographic accessories with him to Afghanistan earlier this year. He’d never used them professionally before. And their presence in his camera…
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lens culture photo book review: Frederic Lezmi
Link: I have been searching for the “in between” – whatever lies geographically as well as culturally between my world here in the midst of Europe and my long term focus of interest in the Middle and Near East.
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l e n s c r a t c h: Sylvia de Swaan
Link: A series of diptychs entitled “Sub-version” that explore the intersection between public and private domain, and how world events enter our lives no matter how far from the “action” we are. The first pictures for this project were taken on the morning of September 11, 2001, to conjoin the cataclysm emanating from my television,…
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Photo Essay: Lord's Resistance Army, DR Congo by Marcus Bleasdale
VII Photo – VII Foundation VII VII is synonymous with courageous and impactful journalism. In 2001, the dawn of the digital era enabled the creation of VII Photo Agency. It drove VII to prominence during the aftermath of 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, and the c via VII Foundation: http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=1192 The…
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Afghanistan, September, 2010 – The Big Picture
Link: This month, Afghanistan held parliamentary elections with nearly 2,500 candidates for 249 seats. Turnout was very light under threat of violence from the Taliban, and accusations of fraud are widespread. Afghan President Karzai announced the formation of a 70-member peace council, a step towards formal discussions with the Taliban. And American and Afghan troops…
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l e n s c r a t c h: Michael Jang
Link: Bernd Reinhardt, shared the work of his friend, Michael Jang, with me recently. Bernd is inspired not only by his photographs, but by his philosphies and approach to his image making and I have to agree with that assessment. Michael is not your typical photographer.
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l e n s c r a t c h: Kurt Jordan
Link: “You want to save it, you should niche it”. From old timers stock gurus to young green microstock expert, they all tell the same tale of potential success : dig yourself into a deep hole where no one else can reach you and stay there.
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Broken Manual « Alec Soth
Link: Un-possible retour is a project in which I am reconstructing and re-photographing selected family photographs in the attempt to reconnect with the past. Drawing from a collection of family snapshots, I focus the attention sharply on the concept of aging while ensuring a consistency of location and use time as a collaborative partner, accepting…
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Petit Le Mans: UGA Photojournalism Workshop | Luceo Images
Link: I was inspired by the students’ energy and their creativity. I laughed a lot with the girls (there was only one male student) I got to know over the day. I pointed out new ways of seeing–layering images, shooting reflections, ways to give images more depth. I was absolutely thrilled to see some students…
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Guernica / Separations
Link: Separations is a series of studio images focusing on disused electronics, as well as flora and fauna. The series is part of the book project entitled 32 Separations, by Benjamin Innes
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Conscientious | Klaus Pichler
Link: We’re thrilled to present the winners of the 2010 Lens Culture International Exposure Awards.
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Picnic With Sergey | Bruce Gilden | Magnum In Motion
Link: Here’s another picture-heavy post from another amazing warehouse party in Brooklyn. The theme this time was The Forbidden City. Most party-goers and art installations kept with the theme, but others loosely interpreted. Either way, there was a lot to see.
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Timeless Stories in 1970s New York: The Work of Paul McDonough – NYTimes.com
Timeless Stories in 1970s New York Paul McDonough’s photographs immediately evoke the New York of the 1970s. But a second glance, and a third, reveal so much more. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/timeless-stories-in-1970s-new-york/ Forget the ‘fros and the saffron robes and the 60-cent taxi meter drop; the Horn & Hardart, the Doubleday and the showroom on…
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Aevum » October Collection
Link: In WDC, on assignment. Down-time. Check email. Friend request. Wander to Facebook. Oh, it’s someone from Baptist Town. Confirm. A post on her wall makes me stop. It says “RIP Butta”. Confused, but not yet alarmed, I go to another person’s page. A post on Nikki’s wall says the same. My blood runs cold.…
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Art & Photography: David Zimmerman | Feature Shoot
Link: David Zimmerman is an American born artist working in New York City and Taos, New Mexico. This work is from his ‘Gulf Coast’ series, large scale portraits of the people impacted by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico