Elliott Erwitt, Whose Photos Are Famous, and Often Funny, Dies at 95
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
His camera could freeze moments in history, but he also had an eye for the humor and absurdity of everyday life. Dogs were a help there.
He was 95.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/30/widely-acclaimed-photographer-elliot-erwitt-has-passed-away-at-age-95/
It’s time for Americans to rethink their squeamishness about releasing the photos of the youngest victims of mass violence.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-dead-children-we-must-see
Huibo Hou is a landscape photographer based in San Diego, California. She fell in love with photography about 25 years ago as a hobbyist while working in the wireless communication industry. Then life got in the way and she had to set aside her pursuit of photography for some time. In early 2015, her love
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/xuan-hui-ng-in-conversation-with-huibo-hou/
The photographer is remembered as a free spirit, honest artist, and great man.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/influential-and-compassionate-photographer-larry-fink-has-died/
Adobe says it has listened to concerned community members.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/adobe-stock-changes-policy-on-ai-images-depciting-real-events/
These are the photographs that capture the year
via POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/11/17/the-drama-around-a-photogs-firing-00127843
An open letter was signed by over 100 photojournalists and photo editors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
via The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-press-photo-contest-reverses-decision-to-allow-ai-generated-images-after-backlash
Sony prepares its shield against AI-generated fake photos.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/21/sonys-in-camera-authentication-technology-passes-aps-tests/
Check out some of National Geographic’s best pictures of 2023.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/16/nat-geo-photo-directors-thoughts-on-the-2023-pictures-of-the-year/
Digital disinformation and restrictions on photojournalists have complicated decision-making about the visual chronicle of the Israel-Hamas war.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/business/media/israel-hamas-media-photography.html
In the 1980s and 1990s, I chronicled conflicts from El Salvador to Africa to the former Yugoslavia. Those images should remind us to work harder for peace and honour those who did not live to see it
via The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-im-a-former-war-photographer-the-world-looks-more-familiar-than-it/
In the quiet, lonely hours of dawn, Dave Coyle faces his personal struggle while plotting a path towards the future in atmospheric meditations on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/dave-coyle-yesterday-you-said-tomorrow
Established in July 2020 by Polly Irungu, Black Women Photographers (BWP) is a global community, directory, and hub of over 2,000 Black women and non-binary identifying photographers, spanning over 60 countries and 35 U.S. states. BWP was launched with a $14,500 COVID-19 relief fund to help Black Women Photographers who were in dire need of
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/black-women-photographers-leading-the-way/
‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post’s executive editor told Poynter.
via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/washington-post-terror-on-repeat-mass-shootings-images/
Eman Mohammed, Palestinian-American award-winning photojournalist, Senior Ted fellow based in DC her journey began at 19, capturing the reality of war in Gaza.
via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2023/11/14/episode-81-eman-mohammed-conflict-photography/
Dean Conger was a world-renowned photographer with a resume of awards so extensive, it’s hard to list them all. He was a trailblazer in the field of photography, leaving an indelible mark on the world through his lens.
The Center for Photographic Art recently opened Collecting Light, Photographs 1973-2023, a solo exhibition by renowned photographer Michael Kenna. In celebration of Kenna’s fiftieth year as a photographer, CPA partnered with Nazraeli Press to create this retrospective exhibition which includes some of the artist’s most beloved images as well as others that may not be
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/11/michael-kenna/
These 35 photobooks highlight excellence in publishing across a wide range of topics and photographic styles.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/a-look-inside-the-titles-shortlisted-for-the-2023-photobook-awards/