How the Industrialization of the Amazon Is Transforming Brazil
Aaron Vincent Elkaim’s long-term project won the Alexia Foundation Grant 2016
Aaron Vincent Elkaim’s long-term project won the Alexia Foundation Grant 2016
Grand prize winners are announced at the Sony World Photography Awards
via Time: http://time.com/4299522/sony-world-photography-awards-winners-revealed/
“I want to show that the world is much bigger than an apartment or an office,” he says, “and that at any given minute there are people living lives far worse than our own.”
The 2016 Imagely Fund competition is now open for entry.
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/2016-imagely-fund-open-entry
Jonathan Blaustein: Full disclosure. I’ve known you for years, as a client and a friend. I am on the record in multiple places as being a huge fan of you as a person, and the work that you do. Mary Virginia Swanson: Yes. Thank you. JB: You’re welcome. I
via A Photo Editor: http://aphotoeditor.com/2016/04/20/mary-virginia-swanson-executive-director-of-the-look3-festival/
The Fourth Annual “New York Portfolio Review” sponsored by the New York Times LENS Blog and the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism, took place over a recent weekend. Leading editors, museum curators, book publishers and gallerists reviewed the work of 150 or more photographers chosen out of over 2,500 applicants. All kinds of photographic work — from fine art to photojournalism — was included and the reviews are completely free for all photographers chosen to attend. From a Reviewers standpoint, the quality of the work is extremely high as the work has been screened by top photo professionals.
Friends and colleagues remember the two photographers killed in Libya five years ago
via Time: http://time.com/4298368/what-we-learned-from-chris-hondros-and-tim-hetherington/
Years ago, photographer Arne Svenson looked out his Tribeca window to see a vision “so breathtaking that it would be impossible not to record.” It was a quiet, intimate but anonymous moment in an apartment across from his own, where the features of his su
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/04/photographer-arne-svenson-talks-about-his-lawsuit-the-first-amendment-and-internet-commenters/
“We are incredibly proud of the team for its outstanding work covering this historic and emotional journey,” Stephen J. Adler, editor-in-chief of Reuters, said in a press release. “The migrant crisis has been cast as a test of unity for Europe. While it is certainly that, it is also the desperate flight from war and danger by more than a million individuals. The team depicted that flight with humanity and respect of the highest order.”
Energy and passion are two forces that photographer Owen Harvey always strives for in his images. For years now, he’s been documenting youth and subcultures across the UK.
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/04/bold-portraits-document-skinhead-culture-in-the-uk/
Photojournalist calls the award a “bittersweet motivation to keep pushing my work forward”
Take a virtual journey around the world with the stunning landscape photography of Terra Quantum—a perfect way to celebrate Earth Day.
Link: http://www.oh-i-see.com/blog/2016/04/18/a-virtual-journey-via-landscape-photography/
Globe staff photographer Jessica Rinaldi won the Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for her compelling depiction of a boy living in poverty in Maine.
via BostonGlobe.com: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2016/04/18/winner-pulitzer-prize-feature-photography-strider-wolf/uwzY0ncftt9uO50Ay5MaEO/story.html
We spoke to the octogenarian photojournalist about her life behind the camera.
via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/letizia-battaglia-interview-photos
The New York Times and Thomson Reuters shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of Europe’s refugee crisis. Jessica Rinaldi of the Boston Globe won the feature photography prize for her story of a boy who endured abuse at the h
He was known for his war photography and his work on world cinema
via Time: http://time.com/4297626/in-memoriam-nicolas-tikhomiroff/
Fair use is a defense to copyright infringement in US intellectual property law.
via Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/fair-use-prevails-as-supreme-court-rejects-google-books-copyright-case/
I was part of the first ever group of foreigners given access to all stations across both lines of the Pyongyang Metro. Here’s my experience!
via Earth Nutshell: http://www.earthnutshell.com/stopping-all-stations-the-pyongyang-metro/
Ms. Rubin has spent much of her career covering Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/business/media/alissa-rubin-pulitzer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Two photo teams have won for Breaking News Photography this year—both for coverage of the refugee crisis. The Feature Photography prize went to Jessica Rinaldi.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/04/2016-photography-pulitzer-goes.html