You’re a Photographer Covering the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Now, what would you do?
via Time: http://time.com/4364947/youre-a-photographer-covering-the-iranian-revolution-now-what-would-you-do/
Now, what would you do?
via Time: http://time.com/4364947/youre-a-photographer-covering-the-iranian-revolution-now-what-would-you-do/
The Photo Brigade presents a special Olympic sports photography panel featuring sports shooter veterans who have collectively shot dozens of Olympic Games over the years.
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2016/06/olympic-sports-photography-panel/
If you haven’t seen a copy of Raw View yet, you need to. It’s a beautifully printed magazine dedicated to photography. Each issue presents a wide range of work, diverse in both the type and subject matter of the photography and in terms of who is producing the work
Photos of what a deep connection to the earth means to one family on the plains of Colorado.
via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/06/10/the-arresting-beauty-of-life-on-a-wheat-farm-in-colorado/
I discovered Stephen Crowley’s terrific exploration of Florida in the 1970’s and 80’s when jurying Photolucida’s Critical Mass Competition. Stephen’s project, Time Spent: Florida 1972-1984 went on to be selected as one of the Top 50 portfolios of 2015. At
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/06/stephen-crowley-time-spent-florida/
Garum is Antonio Gonzalez Caro’s record of an ancient and specific art of fishing called ‘almadraba’.
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/the-high-drama-of-life-aboard-bluefin-tuna-fishing-boats-in-spain/
“To wander Shinjuku at night is presumably what an acid-trip feels like. It’s also a little at odds with how Japan is often seen; a conformist society that works hard…
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/documentary-and-fantasy-collide-in-electric-images-of-shinjuku/
During busy times when it’s a real effort to carve out the time to sit down and write, one of the things that keeps me going are the discussions and commentaries which often follow a new post. As e…
via Disphotic: http://www.disphotic.com/the-moral-codes-of-photojournalism/
Tom Sheehan has been taking photos of musicians for 66 years, and he’s got some stories.
via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/tom-sheehan-john-doran-stories-behind-photos
Photographer Yan Morvan was one of the first to document the disorientation of young people in the French suburbs.
via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/parisian-bikers-black-jackets-yan-morvan-876
Janet Lozano is among a group of young photographers determined to change that as members of the Bronx Junior Photo League, an after-school program run by the Bronx Documentary Center. Working with professional photographers, they learn not only picture-taking, but also how to do interviews and write stories. The work of some two dozen photographers is on display through June 19 at the center, where they are showing everything from daily scenes and cultural celebrations to portraits and spot-on street photos, all with a sense of composition and color that belies their ages.
Photographer Dennis Morris filed a copyright infringement claim last week against appropriation artist Richard Prince in a Los Angeles federal court. The claim is the latest in a growing number of cases filed by photographers accusing Prince of stealing t
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/06/richard-prince-sued-time-photographer-dennis-morris.html
A look inside Islam’s spiritual heart as it transforms to accommodate a growing wave of pilgrims.
After last year’s drama in the European Parliament about “freedom of panorama”, the EU is consulting on how the law should change.
via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/you-can-tell-europe-to-help-protect-street-photography-6d4b6c4f3442#.tffrw97ol
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.
via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/remembering-david-gilkey-nprs-18th-bureau/415435/
Touring the interiors of Pyongyang, North Korea, says The Guardian’s Oliver Wainwright, is not at all dissimilar to “walking into a life-size Polly Pocket toy.”
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/06/the-bizarre-kindergarten-kitsch-interiors-of-north-korea/
For Kosovo-born photographer Jetmir Idrizi, watching the Carnival of Brazil was, in a word, “unforgettable.” Here amongst the lavish costumes and floats, the boundaries of gender and sexuality seemed to blur; there were drag queens and samba dancing, transgender people flooding into the streets in celebration.
“Yes, from what I can recall, Steve used to stage quite a few shots back then. He needed help whenever he came to India and people obliged. Since my house was and still is centrally located in the city he would come here often. He was always passionate and longing to go out and shoot again. On one occasion that he had come, he told me of a particular shot that he wanted to take on how people travel in India. He requested my sister in law Vanita to accompany him to New Delhi Railway station” says Pasricha. On asking him about the suitcases on the porter’s head, he confirms that they are indeed empty.
Tanya Habjouqa and Robin Hammond have joined the Amsterdam-based photo agency
via Time: http://time.com/4358564/noor-photo-agency-adds-two-photographers/
According to Torrent Freak, Axl Rose is attempting to rid the Internet of a photo which has gone on to inspire a slew of “fat Axl” memes.
The GUNS N’ ROSES singer issued a DMCA takedown notice t…
via BLABBERMOUTH.NET: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/axl-rose-wants-picture-of-him-looking-bloated-removed-from-internet/