Charlie Kirk describes himself as “a 37-year-old English guy, working as a lawyer in Tokyo.” Based in Japan’s capitol for 9 years, he was educated at Sussex, Cambridge and Nottingham, and notes wryly “It’s a long process to become a lawyer.” A talented and avidly committed photographer with a knack for capturing the surreal quality of everyday life with his Leica MP and M9, he hopes to turn his newfound photographic passion into something more than a fulfilling avocation. Here, in his understated and commendably straightforward words is the fascinating story of his photographic adventure.
Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Charlie Kirk: Tokyo. Leica. Flash.
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The Pulitzer Prizes
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Rich Clarkson: Life behind the lens | Plog
For seven decades Rich Clarkson has had a front row seat to sporting history and through his eyes–or more precisely, through his camera lens–he has shaped the way the rest of us remember many of the game’s greatest moments. Clarkson has photographed all the greats. His photos have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated 33 times, on the pages of Time and Life magazines, and as the cover art of countless books. Here Clarkson shows some of his favorite images and tells the story behind each one.
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Chris Hondros, at Work in Libya
Chris Hondros, at Work in Libya
Chris Hondros of Getty Images was taking his customarily intimate, insightful photographs before being killed in Libya on Wednesday.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/chris-hondros-at-work-in-libya/
These pictures, taken earlier in the day, show why Mr. Hondros earned the respect of his colleagues for combat images that were gripping and intimate
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Night Life (3 Photos)
The residents of communities in Ghana live half of their lives in the dark, without electricity, from the time the sun sets at 6pm and rises at 6 am. “Life Without Lights” began as a brief story idea for DiCAmpo while he was living & volunteering in rural Ghana. During that time DiCampo says, “I realized how deeply the lack of electricity affected the lives of my neighbors. It impeded their progress in the sectors of health, education, development, agriculture, gender equality and the list goes on.”
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The LENSCRATCH Self-Portrait Exhibition 2011
Welcome to the 2011 LENSCRATCH Self-Portrait Exhibition. I am always excited to see how photographers choose to express themselves through self portraiture. A big thank you to all the contributing photographers for sharing your inner and outer selves, your humor, your life, and revelations. The genre of self portraiture is a universal expression of our humanity and ourselves. So express yourself!
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Weekly Collection 88
Fuji says that the X100 was designed by photographers, for photographers. Even Fuji themselves consider the X100 the “professionals choice” and at $1200 it is priced up there with some very good DSLR cameras, but those who are interested in this camera are NOT interested in a big old DSLR. Nope, those who want the X100 are looking for something fresh, new, exciting, small and classic. As I recently found out for myself, the X100 is all of that and more.
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A Family Tragedy in a Neo-Nazi Home
A Family Tragedy in a Neo-Nazi Home
Julie Platner counted on Jeff Hall as entree to the National Socialist Movement. She could not have counted on how the story would end.
via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/a-family-tragedy-in-a-neo-nazi-home/
It took about six months, Julie Platner said, to persuade anyone in the neo-Nazi movement to let her photograph the group. About 10 months into her self-assigned project, she interested The New York Times in the topic, having already developed numerous contacts with the National Socialist Movement.
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Knut Skjærven: Phenomenologist and Photographer, Part 1
Still searching for something more creative and fulfilling he began blogging in 2007 and later started the Berlin Black and White blog in July 2010. “After I turned to Berlin and Leica I have been extremely lucky,“ he says with a smile. “I have deliberately tried to eliminate all sources of error by doing things the right way and working with the equipment that I feel good working with. That‘s very important not only in photography, but overall. So when things don’t succeed I only need to look in one direction to get it right, at myself.”
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Political Landscapes (5 photos)
During the nine days of campaigning in the lead up to Singapore’s historic general elections on May 7, photographer Darren Soh documented several rallies using the technique of a landscape photographer.
Using a borrowed Leica S2, Soh photographed the rallies, then stitched images together to create final files that are roughly 1GB.
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Anton Hammerl in Memoriam
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GlobalPost’s James Foley, one of the reporters in the incident, said he called out amid the barrages asking if Hammerl was ok. The answer was “No” and then there was silence.