A Tabloid’s Photographs That Don’t Tell the Whole Story
PM, the 1940s photo-rich New York tabloid, asked readers to interpret its pictures — 75 of which are currently at the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea.
PM, the 1940s photo-rich New York tabloid, asked readers to interpret its pictures — 75 of which are currently at the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea.
Mika Sperling is one of TIME’s 2015 Eddie Adams Workshop award recipient
via Time: http://time.com/4170465/inside-a-remote-russian-mennonite-village/
Evgeny Maloletka is one of TIME’s 2015 Eddie Adams Workshop award recipients
via Time: http://time.com/4170466/a-glimpse-into-the-everyday-of-a-ukrainian-battalion/
The Oscar nominations have just been announced and I thought it was important to look at this years Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories. These are the categories that don’t often get a lot of recognition, but they represent the type of wo
via Newsshooter: http://www.newsshooter.com/2016/01/14/a-look-at-the-2016-oscar-nominations-for-documentary-feature-and-documentary-short/
we are again gathering 150 photographers and 75 of the most influential editors, curators, gallerists and book publishers for two days of private photo critiques on April 2 and 3
The apparent impartiality of photographs can conceal as much as it reveals — especially when the subject is violence or prejudice.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/against-neutrality.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
A photographer shows a civil war-torn country that “resists and rises again.”
via Time: http://time.com/4168657/witness-somalias-resilience-after-decades-of-war/
Leaving Buenos Aires on January 2, nearly 350 competitors started the 37th annual Dakar Rally: a two-week off-roading adventure through Argentina and Bolivia.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/the-2016-dakar-rally/423993/
aPhotoEditor: You make lovely, almost decadent still lives. Many, but not all, involve food, and are inspired by Old Master paintings. Has a passion for food played a role in your life and career? Paulette Tavormina: I grew up in a Sicilian family and, wi
via A Photo Editor: http://aphotoeditor.com/2016/01/13/interview-with-santa-fe-photographic-workshop-instructor-paulette-tavormina/
In 21 years as a photo editor at National Geographic, Elizabeth Krist has worked on more than 108 stories and edited at least four million photographs. She has been an inspiring mentor to me. Elizabeth is calm, encouraging, and unfailingly kind but also incredibly direct and honest. She is a true champion of photographers, both veteran and emerging. And this year she’s leaving.
Walker Evans may be best known for his 1935 and 1936 Farm Security Administration documentary photos, but he had a long career that explored a range of…
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/01/12/the_work_of_walker_evans_is_collected_in_the_book_walker_evans_depth_of.html
Among the bigger questions that have been asked of Maier’s work: Why did she keep it a secret? And how did she, a nanny, take such good photographs?
For nearly a year now, Yemen has been torn by a ferocious war pitting rebels against the government, militias against each other, Al Qaeda and ISIS against everybody, a Saudi-led coalition against Iranian-backed forces, and a desperate civilian populace c
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/yemens-unending-chaos/423327/
Who was Vivian Maier?
Ann Marks, who spent months researching the upbringing of the Chicago nanny who is now heralded as a master of street photography, still doesn’t have an answer. But Ms. Marks — who has no background in photography and started researching Maier only after seeing a documentary about her life — has learned a great deal about Maier’s family history
In Carlos Javier Ortiz’s photo series, black experience of the past and present seems to intermingle and collide.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-thousand-midnights-chicago-and-the-legacy-of-the-great-migration
Gerd Ludwig’s photographs of Chernobyl
On the outside, Jon Horvath seems very calm. But in his head, and in his artistic practice, there’s plenty of action. I have the privilege of being an occasional sounding board for Jon’s artistic musings, and I can tell you that there seems to be no limit
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/01/jon-horvath-the-states-project-wisconsin-4/
Federico Scoppa photographs how Gaza is trying to return to normal life
After launching its peer-to-peer camera gear rental network back in 2013, CameraLends is now pushing into new territory: mobile. The startup just launched
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/01/07/cameralends-launches-iphone-app-for-mobile-peer-to-peer-gear-lending/