As gang violence in El Salvador creeps to levels not seen since that country’s civil war, Manu Brabo found civilians calling for police and the military to take a hardened stance, despite troubling memories.
Making sense of Richard Prince’s “New Portraits” is kind of like trying to orient yourself in a hall of mirrors. The greatest revelation from the work and the ensuing discussion—a period of art commentary so pervasive and drawn out, there is no precedent I can think of from my lifetime—is the astonishing lack of self-awareness and understanding of the arcane laws that govern our visual culture and now with the advancement of communication technology affect us all.
Over the period of a year, I visited the eighteen countries of the Eurozone. I steered clear of their major cities, and was not looking for photogenic sites. I was anything but a tourist. My destination was the centre point of the smallest circle that cou
The subjects that I chose for this job are never visible at first glance and probably they will also remain on the second. I wanted to show the enigmatic man through a visual layering formed by obstacles in the contact between our eye and the subject alwa
Toledano considers himself to be a conceptual artist. His work varies in medium, from photography to sculpture to painting. His themes are primarily socio-political, although lately, he states on his website, “I’ve strayed into the deeply personal.”
When Sony announced the QX-100, I jumped on Amazon and pre-ordered it immediately. It seemed to solve the most obvious problems I had with smartphone photography quality: a larger sensor, better low light performance, and better optics. But upon receiving
Man is by nature a builder, a problem solver. This body of work attempts to locate intersections between our creativity, the challenges we face, and our ability to manipulate our environment. I have come to see the here and now as a human construct built
COR WAS HERE is a personal project devoted to the photographer Cor Jaring, curated by the long-time admirer and photographer Sander Troelstra, who is generations younger. Cor Jaring worked his way up from dockworker to internationally-famed photographer,
Penal colony № 56 (Black Eagle) is a high security Russian prison exclusively for murderers, where 260 men, who altogether are responsible for 800 murders, are locked up. There are maniacs, rapists, serial killers, mafia hitmen and the terrorists – most dangerous criminals of Russia.
Taken the moment amateur athletes cross the finish line of the marathon in Rio de Janeiro — these photos evoke the elation, thrill and exhaustion of pushing oneself to accomplish an extremely challenging goal
UPDATE: THE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD HAS NOW ENDED. THANK YOU TO THE 161 PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL. THE JUDGES WILL BE GOING THROUGH THEM, AND HOPE TO HAVE A WINNER CHOSEN TO BE ANNOUNCED…
Photographer Nic Coury decided to shoot a recent Aerosmith concert only with his iPhone in protest to the restrictive photo contract he was forced to sign in order to cover for the Monterey County Weekly.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the United States Gulf Coast and became one of the most devastating storms in the country’s history. Failed levees in New Orleans, along with poor preparation and a slow governmental response, would have
Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and… everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmf