The outlook for photographers is not all bad. In fact, I run into photographers (online) all the time who are doing well and their business is growing. One photographer I spoke with recently said his business was up 20% this year and has been up 30% on av
The outlook for photographers is not all bad. In fact, I run into photographers (online) all the time who are doing well and their business is growing. One photographer I spoke with recently said his business was up 20% this year and has been up 30% on average each of the last 5 years. How is that possible? I asked him to explain why he thinks he has been so successful in a dour economy.
This summer I’ve had the opportunity to get out of the city on two occasions: a weekend in the Hamptons with a bunch of fellow Hawaiians, and a wedding in upstate Connecticut. As a photographer, I wanted to capture moments from those weekends with no other intention but to share them through my website, but when I reviewed the images, I decided to try to do something a little more permanent.
The Lumix GF1 is Panasonic’s answer to the Olympus Pen, and is the second “rangefinder” style Micro Four Thirds camera on the market. It blows away both the EP-1 Pen and also the new EP-2 Pen, and is — amazingly — good enough to replace all but the best o
The Lumix GF1 is Panasonic’s answer to the Olympus Pen, and is the second “rangefinder” style Micro Four Thirds camera on the market. It blows away both the EP-1 Pen and also the new EP-2 Pen, and is – amazingly – good enough to replace all but the best of entry-level DSLRs.
In all the coverage of the enormous Three Gorges hydroelectric project on the Yangtze River, and the creation of a vast reservoir that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people around his birthplace in Chongqing, the photographer Muge Huang Rong felt the lack of something very important. And personal.
Madre de Dios is considered Peru’s final frontier. Located in the southeast corner of the country in the jungles of the Amazon, it is the poorest region in terms of economics, but perhaps the richest in natural resources. Gold has been rediscovered and with it, goldmining. Artisinal mining – single person or family base skimming has given way to larger companies, who are devestating the land and exporting both the resources and much of the profits. What is left behind is an ecological mess in terms of deforestation and mercury poisoning.
Perennial WTJ? favorite Terry Richardson has got himself a Tumblr ‘Terry’s Diary‘. Nice and simple in the picture a day style it’s only been on the go for a short while. You can check out snaps of T-Bone with all his mates, his Uggs, his flannel shirts, his old t-shirt collection and his mother.
by all measures this camera is enigmatic. Not a top performer. No usable as a sole business camera. Not a sports machine. Not a D3s rival by any stretch of the imagination. So why do so many people love this camera and why are they rushing to use them? At the risk of sounding “new age-y” again I’ll say that it’s because the camera has some soul to it
LUCEO is proud to announce Daryl Peveto as their first new member since formation in 2007. After a rigorous application process, and countless hours in spent in meetings and soul searching, LUCEO is thrilled to welcome Peveto on board. Peveto was invited to join due not only to his talent, but also for the way he embodies the mission and direction of the photographer-run cooperative.
“I am both deeply humbled and extremely excited for the opportunity to be working with Luceo Images. In these times of change and uncertainty, their vision and creative approach to the challenges facing our industry are inspiring. I am looking forward to the coming year – to building new relationships, to being pushed and challenged and to all we will accomplish together. I couldn’t be more excited.” – Daryl Peveto
About Peveto:
Daryl Peveto (b. 1969) is a photographer with a passion for social documentary storytelling. He is a recent graduate of the Visual Journalism Program at Brooks Institute, where he interned at The Ventura County Star and the San Diego Union-Tribune. Over the last few years he has worked issues ranging from American nomads to the black market economies of Peru to active octogenarians, which has been recognized by Photo District News, College Photographer of the Year and the National Press Photographers Association. He lives in Southern California with his wife Jennifer and their son Finn Maddox. He is currently working on a long-term project on energy sources. His clients have included The FADER Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, San Diego Union-Tribune, ABC Television, and Marriott Hotels.
11 January 2010: A collection of entries for Document, a photographic award launched by War on Want, which encourages young photographers to capture images connected with poverty and human rights. Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, is home to a quarter of Nairobi’s population and one of the most densely populated places on Earth, with some of the most challenging conditions in which to live and raise families.
THIS is a group of 5 artists pooling their resources under one roof to provide an outlet for themselves and other creative people. The intention of THIS is to provide a gallery space which brings friends and family together in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles not just for traditional gallery shows, but a venue for artists to speak about their work, to interact with their audience and facilitate a creative atmosphere in the community.
The writing is very clearly on the wall, so I thought I’d ask Harrington, a freelance photographer, blogger and author, to help me come up with a list of things that photographers (both staff, and former staff) should be doing immediately.
A central goal of the American Dream is to one day own your own home. Yet our beginnings were forged out of another, antithetical idea: that of movement and searching for self-determination. Today this idea still exists, but far away from our neatly manicured suburban homes and out of view of the mainstream. In the United States, there exist large communities which have turned their backs on the idea of settling down, opting for a nomadic life. One such community open to this lifestyle is Slab City, located on the Salton Sea in southern California. There are no amenities or services. No potable water, no electricity, no stores, nothing. What this community does offer is a sort of freedom, which for many of them begins with its root: free. No rent, no taxes, no fees. This is a community of barter and necessity, completely anarchic. At first glance, this community is both raw and harsh, but there is also much beauty and love. There are thieves and rampant drug use, but also picnics and birthday parties and an always-open door. And much like the rest of the world, they eat and bathe and sleep and marry and die. But they do it on their own terms.
Like many emerging market-based economies throughout South America, Africa, and even many of the former Soviet republics, Peru is a case study in both the tumultuous nature by which free market economies develop and a reminder that they, like democracy itself, are a perpetual work in progress. More importantly, it is also a study of the will power of individuals and communities to effect change rather than wait for it to reach them.
