Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zied, also known as Shawkan, re-affirmed his innocence, saying “I am a photojournalist, not a criminal”, in an open letter he sent from prison on Saturday.
Michel du Cille’s quiet passion is powerfully conveyed in the photographs of his subjects. Dozens of stories over the last week have emphatically described him: extraordinarily empathetic, a witness to history, a brilliant student of people, with professional integrity and personal grace. All true.
Ed Templeton has spent the last twenty years documenting youth culture from the streets. A former professional skateboarder, Ed’s interest in photography and art was driven, in part, by the founding of his company Toy Machine. This year, Templeton released Wayward Cognitions (Um Yeah Arts). Here, Templeton talks about diving into his immense archives for the new book and the things that catch his eye on his daily photo missions.
It’s Wednesday morning. I’m sitting at my kitchen table, where I like to write. Outside the window, the snow has just begun to fall. White flakes drop from the sky like so many perfect coins, tossed into Trevi Fountain. In the black wood stove, piñon logs
Justyna Mielnikiewicz has won the 2015 Aftermath Project Grant for “A Ukraine Runs Through It,” a project exploring tensions in modern Ukraine using Dnieper River as a symbolic dividing line. The $20,000 grant, offered by the nonprofit Aftermath Project,
Mel Keiser’s Becoming Mel is a series of paired self-portraits—one taken immediately upon waking, the other after she’s put herself together for the day—repeated each day for a month. The…
There have been a few film versus digital articles here and there on the interwebs, but seems like very few have approached the subject in a scientific
Photographer Vincent J. Musi is a good sport. While on the surface his career seems flawless and glamorous, Musi will be the first one to tell you about his flubs and missteps
Time Inc.’s UK division has riled editorial photographers by issuing a new contract requiring freelancers to hand over “all rights” to any assignment images for about 60 specialty publications. The contract takes effect January 1, 2015, but there may be w
Our latest group show examines the American tradition of the State Fair. State Fairs are odd subject matter for photographers. By design they travel around the country with the same set of characters, environment, and tableau in every location. This made
National Geographic Magazine just announced the winners of this year's photo contest. Gathered below are the winning images from the People, Nature, and Places categories, as well as honorable mentions.
Photographer Eugene Ellenberg has created a poignant and well-seen body of work, My Father’s House, a process that allowed him to experience and begin to understand his family, especially during the last days of his father’s life. Eugene is a natural stor