Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Photographers on Photographers: Lori Vrba and Keith Carter | LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Lori Vrba and Keith Carter – LENSCRATCH For the entire month of August, photographers will be interviewing photographers–sharing image makers who have inspired them, who they are curious about, whose work has impacted them in some way. I am so grateful to all the participants for their efforts, talents, and time. -Aline…
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Find time for ‘Finding Home’ – Witness
Find time for ‘Finding Home’ In 2016, TIME began telling the story of newborn baby Heln and her family, who are Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Europe. Heln’s mother… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/find-time-for-finding-home-9610a098b47 In this powerful interactive, Taimaa tells of the frustrations of waiting for asylum, the quiet moments of new motherhood, and the lonely struggle…
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Photos of Abandoned Russia – The Atlantic
Photos of Abandoned Russia For years, photographers have traveled across Russia finding and photographing intriguing ghost towns, empty Soviet factories, toppling houses, and crumbling churches. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-of-abandoned-russia/566984/ Across the vastness of Russia—the world’s largest country, at some 6.6 million square miles—and over the span of its long history, countless houses, factories, churches, villages, military…
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The Elegant Vulnerability of Rineke Dijkstra’s Portraits – Feature Shoot
The Elegant Vulnerability of Rineke Dijkstra’s Portraits Odessa, Ukraine, August 7, 1997 Marianna (The Fairy Doll) 2014 (videostill) Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra is a relentless formalist, always cool to the touch, bringing a taste of August Sander’s… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/07/the-elegant-vulnerability-of-rineke-dijkstras-portraits/ Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra is a relentless formalist, always cool to the touch, bringing…
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The Extreme Cyclists of the Navajo Nation | The New Yorker
The Extreme Cyclists of the Navajo Nation For some Navajo, cycling offers a way to connect with their landscape and heritage. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-extreme-cyclists-of-the-navajo-nation For some Navajo, cycling offers a way to connect with their landscape and heritage.
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The 2018 Road Trip Exhibition | LENSCRATCH
The 2018 Road Trip Exhibition – LENSCRATCH “Think this is such an amazing photograph. It reminds me of images from the Farm Security Administration like Dorthea Lange and Walker Evans. The light and tonality is fantastic and I enjoy the confusion it creates around the theme of a road trip. Is this man and his…
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Photos of Colombia’s violent past and uncertain future
Photos of Colombia’s violent past and uncertain future Photographer Mads Nissen reflects on his time in Colombia during the height of its turmoil, documenting the people impacted by conflict in the country. via Huck: https://www.huckmag.com/article/photos-of-colombias-violent-past-and-uncertain-future Danish photographer Mads Nissen reflects on his time in Colombia during the height of its turmoil, documenting the people impacted…
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This Photographer Shot the Radical Protests That Inspired Occupy Wall Street – VICE
This Photographer Shot the Radical Protests That Inspired Occupy Thirty years ago, Q. Sakamaki started taking photos of the artists and anarchists resisting gentrification in NYC. Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywkxgb/q-sakamaki-photographer-tompkins-square-park-riots-1988 Thirty years ago this week, Q. Sakamaki began taking photos of the artists and anarchists resisting gentrification in New York City.
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Terje Abusdal – The Forest Finns « burn magazine
Terje Abusdal – The Forest Finns Terje Abusdal The Forest Finns [ EPF 2017 – FINALIST ] Finnskogen – directly translated as The Forest of the Finns – is a large, contiguous forest belt along the Norwegian-Swedish border, where far… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/09/terje-abusdal-the-forest-finns/ Finnskogen – directly translated as The Forest of the Finns –…
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Lies at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center | LENSCRATCH
Lies at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center – LENSCRATCH As photographers, we are well aware that the camera lies. It is a tool of manipulation, of misrepresentation, of deceit and fiction. But the camera isn’t the only thing that lies. We tell false truths, stir up fabrications and forgeries. And that makes things interesting. The…
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The Humanity Of Wildlife, In 150 Photos – Feature Shoot
The Humanity Of Wildlife, In 150 Photos In 2017, Randal Ford’s animal photographs were awarded first place and best of show in the fine art category in the International Photo Awards competition. Nearly a year later, Rizzoli… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/10/the-humanity-of-wildlife-in-150-photos/ In 2017, Randal Ford’s animal photographs were awarded first place and best of show…
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94 Year Old Former LIFE Magazine Photographer Fred Lyon Shares His Incredible Photos of San Francisco
94 Year Old Former LIFE Magazine Photographer Fred Lyon Shares His Incredible Photos of San Francisco On October 8, 2018, Fred Lyon, the legendary former LIFE Magazine photographer and author of San Francisco, Portrait of a City: 1940-1960 and San via Laughing Squid: https://laughingsquid.com/fred-lyon-san-francisco-photos/ On October 8, 2018, Fred Lyon, the legendary former LIFE Magazine…
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Gritty Photos of the Highs and Lows of Mexico City’s Underground Nightlife – VICE
Gritty Photos of the Highs and Lows of Mexico City’s Underground Nightlife “My most creative and calm moments happen at night while the fucking bureaucrats sleep.” Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wj3n44/gritty-photos-of-the-highs-and-lows-of-mexico-citys-underground-nightlife For more than 20 years, Mexican photographer José de Jesús “Chucho” León Hernández has documented wild moments that could only happen in the dead of night, when…
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A Mother and Daughter’s Unlikely Journey as Migrant Workers – The New York Times
Link: Seated in her eight-room apartment, in a wealthy section of Hong Kong, Kathryn Louey stared quietly at her copy of Xyza Bacani’s first book, “We Are Like Air,” studying the words and photographs carefully. When she finished, she sought out Xyza’s mother, Georgia, who was in another room of the apartment they share, and…
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Ronghui Chen – Freezing Land « burn magazine
Ronghui Chen – Freezing Land Ronghui Chen Freezing Land [ EPF 2018 FINALIST ] We’re used to thinking of Chinese cities in the context of growth, but the country’s northeast region is an exception. Bordering Russia … via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2018/12/ronghui-chen-freezing-land/ My project, Freezing Land, aims to explore descendants of immigrants living in the northeast.…
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Zanele Muholi & The Women’s Mobile Museum: Who is Art For? | LENSCRATCH
Zanele Muholi & The Women’s Mobile Museum: Who is Art For? – LENSCRATCH Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) introduced the The Women’s Mobile Museum – a year-long residency and apprenticeship program led by internationally renowned South African artist-activist Zanele Muholi in her first major US-based project: a collaboration with ten (10)…
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Living Large in the Limo, if Only for a Night – The New York Times
Link: During her short-lived career as a limousine driver in the 1980s, Kathy Shorr captured her passengers’ celebrations in New York.
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The Black Sea Series – The Leica camera Blog
Link: Istanbul-based photographer Suzan Pektaş operates as a medium between reality and dream. Her photography is a visual exploration of the mundane, the fantastical and everything in between. Be it timeless, black and white street shots, more abstract experiments with movement and light or documentary story-telling, Pektaş’s output is nothing short of prolific and invariably high…
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The Horrific Brutality of the Meat Industry, in Photos – Feature Shoot
The Horrific Brutality of the Meat Industry, in Photos A group of pigs being held in a pre-slaughter area in a slaughterhouse in Atizapan, Mexico. The law requires that the pigs are taken to the stunning box where an… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/01/the-horrific-brutality-of-the-meat-industry-in-photos/ “The meat industry knows the damage that can be caused by images…
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A Portrait of Love Among the Ruins of Post-Industrial America – Feature Shoot
A Portrait of Love Among the Ruins of Post-Industrial America October 23, 2010 birthdays Tony in the dark bedroom, looking out the window Dana nursing KyLanne the day before she took her baby home In the dystopian mythos that fuels… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/02/a-portrait-of-love-among-the-ruins-of-post-industrial-america/ Artist Brenda Ann Kenneally knows how the game is played better…