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European Street Photography Week: Kristen Van den Eede: A Limit to the Dark – LENSCRATCH

While investigating the array of European photographers involved in diverse collectives focused on street photography, I came across Kristin Van den Eede‘s eerie and engaging world view. What intrigues me about her work as a street photographer is her preference for the darker mysteries of the night. One feels like a voyeur or Peeping Tom

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/european-street-photography-week-kristen-van-den-eede/

While investigating the array of European photographers involved in diverse collectives focused on street photography, I came across Kristin Van den Eede‘s eerie and engaging world view. What intrigues me about her work as a street photographer is her preference for the darker mysteries of the night. One feels like a voyeur or Peeping Tom when delving into her images.

tagged Kristen Van den Eede

in Portfolios & Galleries

October 26, 2023
Link: https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice/corinne-dufka

Over the course of her subsequent twelve year career as a photojournalist she covered more than a dozen of the world’s bloodiest armed conflicts across three continents and was honored with the Robert Capa gold medal; a World Press Club Award; a Pulitzer nomination; and the Courage in Journalism Award.

tagged Corinne Dufka

in Audio & Podcasts, War

October 25, 2023
Link: https://10fps.net/2023/10/24/episode-78-svet-jacqueline-conflict-photography/

Svet Jacqueline joins the podcast this week remotely from Ukraine, where she covers social and humanitarian issues

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in Audio & Podcasts, War

October 24, 2023
GenAI and the forced evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity – Kaptur

If GenAI can recreate or even surpass the aesthetic appeal of a captured moment, what then becomes the essence of photography?

via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/genai-and-the-forced-evolution-of-photography-from-artifice-to-authenticity/

As the lines between the real and the artificial blur, photography’s role in preserving and portraying reality becomes even more paramount. While GenAI forces a reevaluation of the purpose and essence of photography, it certainly doesn’t diminish its value. Instead, it pushes photographers to evolve, to be more discerning in their approach, and to capture the world with an authenticity that only they can provide.

in Ethics, Software & Technology

October 24, 2023
Link: https://leica-camera.blog/2023/10/23/calm-before-the-storm/

The photo book, ‘Calm before the Storm. How we lived at normalization. Photos from the 70s and 80s’, by Czech photographer Jaroslav Kučera, is an impressive testimony to the decades known as “normalization”.

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October 23, 2023
For Annie Leibovitz, an Opportunity to Work and Build on the Past

After receiving a commission for new works, the photographer agreed to a show that she regards as a ‘classroom’ for those who want to follow in her path.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/arts/design/annie-leibovitz-exhibition-crystal-bridges-museum.html

“I do feel the portrait has its own genre,” Ms. Leibovitz said. “And I certainly have, I guess, my own style. I mean, I’m not standing behind a building with the long lens, you know, trying to sneak a picture.” Instead, her method is “definitely a collaboration between myself and the person having the photograph taken,” she explained. “And it’s very psychological.”

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in Photography

October 21, 2023
Some Israeli Journalists Express Fear About Conveying Dissenting Views

Airing criticism of the country’s response has become even more fraught than in previous conflicts, some journalists and press advocates said.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/business/media/israeli-journalists-express-fear-about-conveying-dissenting-views.html

Last weekend, at least a dozen people surrounded the home of a left-wing Israeli commentator who had expressed concern about civilian deaths in Gaza, shouting “traitor” and firing flares in his direction.

in Access & Censorship

October 21, 2023
Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry

News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/technology/news-social-media-traffic.html

Even in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms, the latest rift stands out — and the consequences for the news industry are stark.

in Journalism

October 21, 2023
Darren Aronofsky Says it Takes 12 People to Use the 18K Sphere Camera

How an award-winning filmmaker made a movie with a cutting-edge camera for a screen he hadn’t seen yet.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/20/darren-aronofsky-says-it-takes-12-people-to-use-the-18k-sphere-camera/

Aronofsky’s 18K resolution film plays back at Sphere at a blistering-fast 60 frames per second, more than twice the speed of the typical 24p motion picture, and is about half a petabyte in size, or about 500 terabytes. Aronofsky explains that the movie is about 32GB of data per second, or nearly 2,000 GB a minute.

in Equipment

October 21, 2023
How Social Media Abdicated Responsibility for the News

The Israel-Hamas war has displayed with fresh urgency the perils of relying on our feeds for updates about events unfolding in real time.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-social-media-abdicated-responsibility-for-the-news

An “algorithmically driven fog of war” is how one journalist described the deluge of disinformation and mislabelled footage on X. Videos from a paragliding accident in South Korea in June of this year, the Syrian civil war in 2014, and a combat video game called Arma 3 have all been falsely labelled as scenes from Israel or Gaza. (Inquiries I sent to X were met with an e-mail reading, “Busy now, please check back later.”)

in Ethics, War

October 18, 2023
Where are NFT ‘s today? – Kaptur

It was on everyone’s lips and digital wallets, Fortunes were to be made. It was the future of photography. Where are NFT s now?

via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/where-are-nft-s-today/

According to a recent report, 95% of NFT owners have lost money.

in Software & Technology

October 17, 2023
Reuters Videographer Killed By Israeli Shelling

He was providing a live video signal of the air strikes.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/10/16/reuters-videographer-killed-by-israeli-shelling/

According to Reuters, videographer Issam Abdallah was killed on Friday evening as he and a group of international journalists were working near the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon.

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in Obituaries

October 16, 2023
Erinn Springer: Dormant Season – LENSCRATCH

In her debut photobook, Dormant Season, from Charcoal Press, Erinn Springer returns to her roots in rural Wisconsin to photograph a familiar but evolving agrarian landscape. Set against the stark winter terrain, Springer leads us to witness the raw contrasting realities of modern Midwest life, a realm where past and present intertwine with fleeting moments

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/erinn-springer-dormant-season/

Going home always felt like opening a time capsule. Certain things had changed like friends moving or neighborhood homes being remodeled but my immediate family all lives as they did when I was a kid. I think recent events had made me realize that this, too, would inevitably change, so I wanted to be present to document whatever I could. The camera was able to translate my emotions and my perception of the atmosphere in a way that was perceivable to others

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in Portfolios & Galleries

October 15, 2023
Did China Censor a Photo of Two Women Athletes Embracing?

The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/849175/did-china-censor-a-photo-of-two-women-athletes-embracing/

The image of two runners was reportedly removed online because it included numbers related to the Tiananmen Square massacre.

in Access & Censorship

October 11, 2023
Edwin Averette III: The American Family Cemetery – LENSCRATCH

This week, we will be exploring projects inspired by place. Today, we’ll be looking at Edwin Averette III’s series The American Family Cemetery. Edwin Averette III was an undergraduate photography student while I was at East Carolina University. He was one of the most hardworking and dedicated students. I heard a story where, during a hurricane,

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/edwin-averette-iii-the-american-family-cemetery/

For years I met with individuals that were generations older than myself. They showed me their family photo albums. Within those albums were family portraits of every generation of the family. This body of work highlights the American Family Cemetery as the surviving entity of the generations before us in this Eastern North Carolina landscape. They are constructed environments in everchanging context through interactions during and after the remaining persons were reposed. These burial grounds are essentially their own family portrait, not of just one generation, but all of them.

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in Portfolios & Galleries

October 11, 2023
Leica Sofort 2: Hybrid Instant Camera | Red Dot Forum

Today, Leica has announced the Sofort 2, a hybrid instant compact camera. Combining digital capture and analog output, the Leica Sofort 2 offers the fun and spontaneous aesthetic of the original Sofort introduced in 2016, but with far more more flexibility. The camera can take an image and print it out instantly just like the original, shoot and store to a microSD card without printing like a point-and-shoot digital camera, or be used as a portable wireless printer for outputting instant prints from other Leica cameras via the FOTOS app.

via Red Dot Forum: https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2023/10/leica-sofort-2-hybrid-instant-camera/

Today, Leica has announced the Sofort 2, a hybrid instant compact camera. Combining digital capture and analog output, the Leica Sofort 2 offers the fun and spontaneous aesthetic of the original Sofort introduced in 2016, but with far more more flexibility. The camera can take an image and print it out instantly just like the original, shoot and store to a microSD card without printing like a point-and-shoot digital camera, or be used as a portable wireless printer for outputting instant prints from other Leica cameras via the FOTOS app.

in Leica

October 11, 2023
“Squid Fleet” Takes You Into the Opaque World of Chinese Fishing

A film by Ed Ou and Will N. Miller uses a fictional narrative based on investigative reporting, and real footage, to capture gritty work at sea.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/squid-fleet-takes-you-into-the-opaque-world-of-chinese-fishing

A film by Ed Ou and Will N. Miller uses a fictional narrative based on investigative reporting, and real footage, to capture gritty work at sea.

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in Video & Multimedia

October 11, 2023
Tamara Reynolds: XX – LENSCRATCH

Tamara Reynolds is a documentary photographer born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee who exhibits her work nationally and internationally. She will be returning as a visiting Lecturer to Vanderbilt University in Nashville for the spring semester of 2024. Reynolds began her career as a commercial photographer for 25 years. Although very successful, over time she

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/tamara-reynolds-xx/

In her project The Drake, she photographed one square block located a mile from downtown Nashville, documenting over time the people who live within the shadows of hidden cycles of addiction as well as social and economic marginalization. Her work continues to shed light on the world in which we live with a deeper and more compassionate understanding

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October 11, 2023
Landry Major: Keepers of the West – LENSCRATCH

The Center for Photographic Art, in conjunction with PhotoLucida, is pleased to announce the 2023 Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award. This year’s recipient is Landry Major. The artist will be exhibiting a large selection of gelatin silver prints from her long-term project, Keepers of the West and will be on the walls of CPA through

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/10/landry-major-keepers-of-the-west/

My ongoing series Keepers of the West took me back to fields at dawn, this time on the family-run ranches of the American West. Visions of the West have long been central to our culture, but the way of life of the cowboy and the family-run ranch is fast disappearing.

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in Portfolios & Galleries

October 10, 2023
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine at the Hayward Gallery, London, marks the largest retrospective to date of the internationally renowned Japanese artist. 1000 Words Editor in Chief Tim Clark speaks with Director Ralph Rugoff about the exhibition making process, stretching and reshaping our notions of time in photography, the artist’s affinities with other art forms and why Sugimoto’s approach can be framed through a ‘lens of doubt’.

via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/hiroshi-sugimoto-time-machine/

Sugimoto turned 75 this year, and it seemed like a career survey in London was overdue, as he’s been making influential and highly singular photographs for five decades. I don’t think there’s another contemporary artist who has so rigorously and inventively explored the medium’s possibilities, and in our era of Deep Fakes, some of his work also takes on a special resonance as it reveals photography’s inescapable artifice, and reminds us in different ways that photographs do not present an objective view of reality

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in Photography

October 10, 2023