Dramatic Images of ‘Disorder’ Revealed in 2015 Prix Pictet Shortlist
Twelve photographers are in the running for a prize of $105,000
Twelve photographers are in the running for a prize of $105,000
The Washington City Paper recently decided to boycott the Foo Fighters’ restrictive concert photo contract by buying photos from fans instead. Now a
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On this episode Robert chats with PF Bentley, a photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, and workshop instructor based in Hawaii.
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But on July 1, Ruth Fremson embarked on her first road trip from east to west, heading for Seattle, where she will be based for the next three months. The experience of getting behind the wheel and driving — and driving, and driving — has changed how she sees the United States.
In a troubled Chicago neighborhood, an optimistic street minister walks the blocks, bringing compassion, counsel and practical assistance
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Janet Delaney grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and moved to San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood in 1978, finding herself at the heart of an area…
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During a summer, the well-known village of Rossinière, situated at the symbolic altitude of 1000 meters, in the foothills of the Alps, offers ten exhibitions of contemporary photography, housed in rustic sites that evoke past ways of life. However, far removed from touristic postcards, Alt. +1000 proposes a promenade through the work of contemporary imagemakers who treat altitude in various angles, poetic, documentary and artistic.
The last evening was the worst of all, a total joke, with a surprise announce of sponsoring from YellowKorner, the slave driver of the photo world. Its name was booed by half the theatre.
Their role is not of a superhero seeking to rescue every single victim. These are for the all-volunteer policemen, firefighters, military. The photojournalist is a reporter who’s role is to prevent our society from creating more victims, one photograph at a time.
It is the story of my volunteering work as a field photographer for grassroots organisations during the earthquake in Nepal. The project explores livelihood of people in the remote areas in Nepal from Kathmandu valley to the epicentre.
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Once the capital and obligatory stop for any serious traveler on the way to any of the far east or south east asian countries, Burma has recently awaken from a deep seclusion, after over 40 years. Now Yangon is being heralded by some optimists, as the wo
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Magaluf, in the isle of Mallorca, is an enclave popular with young British tourists.
It is well known for the parties mixing alcohol and sex.
Last year a video showing a girl doing oral sex to a group of men in exchange for free drinks raised a major
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Columbia Medellin
A long time ago when the city was still small, in its northern part flowed a small creek to the river Medellin. When the city began to extend the constructors included this stream into the tube. The river Medellin is very polluted, the
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I’ve done quite a lot of street photography in the past with a classic set-up — Leica with a 28mm lens and black & white film — but more recently I’ve been shooting medium format in color. But I missed the wide angle views of street scenes from my old s
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While street photography is often used to document “life as it is,” I often reject this pursuit and use the streets as a canvas to capture and create my own view of the world and of art. Usually, this comes in the form of using the camera or the frame to
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Passing by in the blink of an eye: Wiktoria Wojchiechowska photographed Chinese cyclists riding in the inclement, on-going rain. Her snapshot-like images speak of the truth of an undisguised moment.
The organizers of the Prix Pictet have announced the 12-photographer shortlist for the sixth cycle of the prize, one of the richest for photography.
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