German photographer Thomas Kellner has been producing large-scale works that piece together monuments, palaces, museums and landmarks in a signature style that he has been perfecting for years
Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Christian Cravo
Judges Nancy Andrews, Zach Wise, and Jonathan Quilter said “Memphis Poverty masterfully tells an important American story in a non-traditional way, bypassing the literal translation of poverty to strike the soul. The artful blend of documentary moments, poetry, music, cinematic shooting and editing craftsmanship moves our art of storytelling forward in a dramatic way. It was the best use of multimedia in the completion and helps establish a tone for how we might approach complex stories in the future.”
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Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive
Distance & Desire: Encounters with the African Archive
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/distance-desire-encounters-with-the-african-archive
The “Distance and Desire” series juxtaposes historical photography from southern and eastern Africa with the work of African and African-American artists who engage with the ethnographic archive
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Dominic Nahr: Recording History for Posterity
When covering a news event, I think the goal is always to give an account of what is going on in a way that gives the viewers a sense of being there. I did not have access to the front line fighting I tried to capture everyday life in the towns and cities I visited. I chose to focus my work on the beauty of the individuals and the environment that they inhabit.
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Alexis Lambrou’s Photos of Young Brooklyn High School Teacher
Teaching for Life
Alexis Lambrou has been shadowing a young teacher whose life revolves around her students and colleagues at a Brooklyn public high school.
via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/teaching-for-life/
Now, she is the subject of a continuing project by Alexis Lambrou, a 22-year-old photographer who was curious about how new teachers fared in the public school system. Some of her friends had gone from college to the Teach for America program, which sends recent graduates into public schools after a five-week training institute.
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Alain Ernoult: Flights of Fancy
I felt the end had come, I decided then to rush out of the house to make an escape, I ran into the courtyard which I discovered with horror was surrounded by a 3 meter wall and a closed gate. I pushed forward and jumped as I high as I could to start climbing the gate. With all the energy I could muster, I pulled myself to the top of the gate, while some hands tried to grab me. I manage to jump on the other side, while dozens of screaming men, furious that I had tried to force the gate
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Hidden from View: Migrant Labor in the Agricultural Heart of Florida
Hidden from View
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/hidden-from-view
“Florida’s wild inland region keeps secrets,” writes the photographer Samantha Appleton, who has been documenting migrant workers in the region since 2006. “It is the birthplace of the majority of America’s tomatoes (among other types of produce), and it is the lowest rung of the immigration ladder for thousands of migrant laborers from Mexico, Central America, and Haiti.” It is also, Appleton points out, where the dysfunction of America’s immigration policy lies.
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A Historic Community Dismantled In Peru
A Historic Community Dismantled In Peru
Photojournalists Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand documented the historic El Ayllu neighborhood in the capital — right before it was torn down to make way for an airport extension.
Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand moved to Lima, Peru, in 2010, and every time they flew in or out, they noticed a large farmland by the airport. The husband and wife photojournalists began to wonder why there was so much land in the middle of an urban area, and who lived there and why.