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David Yarrow Encounter – The Eye of Photography
David Yarrow Encounter David has since turned his lens on the natural world. He is the author of two fine-art photography books: Nowhere (2007), and Encounter (2013). Many of the monochrome shots that feature in Encounter were captured in East Africa. He is closed to Tusk, the leading African conservation charity, for which he is…
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Georges Pacheco: The Memory of Tears is a series of self portraits of people crying (PHOTOS).
The Memories That Make Us Cry What would you do if a stranger stopped you on the street and asked you to come into a studio and cry while he photographed you? via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/03/22/georges_pacheco_the_memory_of_tears_is_a_series_of_self_portraits_of_people.html What would you do if a stranger stopped you on the street and asked you to come into a…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – 1970s Harlem by Jack Garofalo
Juxtapoz Magazine – 1970s Harlem by Jack Garofalo Shot for a cover story for Paris Match magazine, this series of photographs is te result of six weeks French photographer Jack Garofalo spent in Harle… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/1970s-harlem-by-jack-garofalo Shot for a cover story for Paris Match magazine, this series of photographs is te result of six weeks…
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Photographer Travels Across the Southwestern USA by Freight Train
Photographer Travels Across the Southwestern USA by Freight Train A couple of years ago, photographer Kevin Russ packed some belongings into his car, traveled tens of thousands of miles across the US, and documented his via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/03/17/photographer-travels-across-the-southwestern-usa-by-freight-train/ A couple of years ago, photographer Kevin Russ packed some belongings into his car, traveled tens of…
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Paris: Taryn Simon at the Jeu de Paume – The Eye of Photography
Paris: Taryn Simon at the Jeu de Paume The Jeu de Paume in Paris is holding a retrospective of the work of New York photographer Taryn Simon, winner of the Prix Découverte at the 2010 Rencontres d’Arles festival.
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Nine Irish Photographers You Need to Follow | TIME
Nine Irish Photographers You Need to Follow Nine Irish Photographers You Need to Follow via Time: http://time.com/3726459/nine-irish-photographers-you-need-to-follow/ photographers such as Richard Mosse — who received widespread acclaim for his powerful infrared work from the Democratic Republic of Congo — have thrust Irish photography onto the global stage. With that in mind, and to celebrate St…
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Moved by Mountains and the Sea in Indonesia – NYTimes.com
Moved by Mountains and the Sea in Indonesia A short visit with a friend led Rony Zakaria to spend years exploring how faith shapes the relationship between people and nature in Indonesia. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/moved-by-mountains-and-the-sea-in-indonesia/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog How do you illustrate the connection between people and nature? “This is hard,” said Rony Zakaria, who has spent…
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Go Window-Shopping Through the Iron Curtain | American Photo
Go Window-Shopping Through the Iron Curtain At the twilight of the Soviet Era, from 1986-1990, David Hlynsky, a photographer from the American Midwest, made some 8000 color exposures with his Hasselblad of shop windows and storefronts throughout the Eastern Bloc capitals. A selection of those are being published for the first time in his new…
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See How One Photographer Uses Instagram to Bring a Community Together | TIME
Using Instagram to Bring a Community Together Photographer Matt Eich’s long-term project in Greenwood, Miss. uses Instagram via Time: http://time.com/3742996/instagram-matt-eich/ Photographer Matt Eich’s long-term project in Greenwood, Miss., uses Instagram to forge understanding between divided communities
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Claudio Rasano – Desolated Tblisi | LensCulture
Desolated Tblisi – Photographs and text by Claudio Rasano | LensCulture In the former Soviet city of Tblisi, one can find the marks of history in every space and on every inhabitant—these environmental portraits speak to the burdens of the past that we all carry via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/claudio-rasano-desolated-tblisi At first, I wanted to capture desolated…
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Tommy Trenchard – Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia | LensCulture
Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia – Photographs and text by Tommy Trenchard | LensCulture What began as a few isolated cases has become a regional (and almost global) epidemic via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tommy-trenchard-ebola-in-sierra-leone-and-liberia In Sierra Leone, my home for the past two years, Ebola has taken over every part of life. People talk of little…
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I Just Won a World Press Photo Award and a POYi, but I’m Not Celebrating — Vantage — Medium
I Just Won a World Press Photo Award and a POYi, but I’m Not Celebrating A documentary project about the sex trafficking of minors is worth nothing if it doesn’t improve the lives of its subjects. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/i-just-won-a-world-press-photo-award-and-a-poyi-but-i-m-not-celebrating-b662ed8c5e8f This week, World Press Photo awarded The Long Night a First Prize for Long Feature. Last…
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Japanese photographers respond to the 3/11 disasters in the exhibit, In the Wake, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Stirring Images From Japanese Photographers Reflecting on the National Tragedy of 3/11 Four years ago today, an earthquake and tsunami hit the Tōhoku region of Japan, sweeping away whole towns, killing thousands, and triggering a nuclear… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/03/11/japanese_photographers_respond_to_the_3_11_disasters_in_the_exhibit_in_the.html The first exhibition exploring the response of Japanese photographers to 3/11, “In the Wake: Japanese Photographers…
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The Mountain That Eats Men — Vantage — Medium
The Mountain That Eats Men They told me I was the bravest tourist. The only white man they had ever seen scramble down so deep. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/the-mountain-that-eats-men-5369800790f2 A story by Tim Hussin on assignment for National Geographic Magazine 2009/2010
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Chelsea by Arnold Jarmak – The Eye of Photography
Chelsea by Arnold Jarmak In 1975, at age 25, Arnold Jarmak moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts where he set about photographing the city and its people. He captured reality and caught the imagination of the city everyday with his front page photographs for the daily newspaper, the Chelsea Record. Without affect, without a meaningful interest in…
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These Ramshackle Communities and Their One Billion Inhabitants Are the Future of Urbanism — Vantage — Medium
These Ramshackle Communities and Their One Billion Inhabitants Are the Future of Urbanism Amid the chaos, slung sheets and 2x4s, photographer Noah Addis finds order and needs met. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/these-ramshackle-communities-and-their-1-billion-inhabitants-are-the-future-of-urbanism-5012c5d53a0a For his series Future Cities, photographer Noah Addis has turned his lens on these dynamic, morphing and unplanned communities. “I’m looking at cities where…
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Ben Brody – Endgame: Afghanistan | LensCulture
Endgame: Afghanistan – Photographs and text by Ben Brody | LensCulture “The war stories I know don’t usually have a hero, or even a good guy via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/ben-brody-endgame-afghanistan I have been working in Afghanistan for over four years, documenting the American experience there through photography and writing. Rather than taking a strictly news-oriented approach,…
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L’Instant Paris Match: Nigerian Refugees at Lake Chad by Olivier Laban-Mattei – The Eye of Photography
L’Instant Paris Match: Nigerian Refugees at Lake Chad by Olivier Laban-Mattei The photojournalist Olivier Laban-Mattei just returned from a mission in Chad on behalf of the High Commissioner of the United Nations Refugee Agency. He traveled to the Lake Chad region near the Nigerian border, a ten-hour hike from N’djamena, the capital, to document the arrival…
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Making Egypt’s Streets Safe for Women – NYTimes.com
Making Egypt’s Streets Safe for Women Eman Helal hopes to not only document the widespread harassment of women on Cairo’s streets, but she also aims to spur changes in public attitudes and behavior. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/making-egypts-streets-safe-for-women/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Eman Helal has to be acutely aware of her surroundings every time she photographs in a crowd in…