A retrospective of Ben Fernandez’s images of the 1960s reveals a man who not only documented protests, but also educated a generation to follow his lead.
Photographer Filippo Romano documents the wandering salesmen of Africa in his series Nomadic Sellers. Shot mostly in eastern Nairobi, the series focuses on peddlers of Mathare, a slum with a…
It was June 2013 when Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist, inspired by the work of the Everyday Africa project, registered the Instagram account @everydayasia. As a Delhi-based freelance photographer, he saw a chance to carve out a space similar to the @everydayafrica feed, which showcases mobile photography that captures familiar moments, even mundane ones, to counter a media narrative too often shaped by images of extreme famine and poverty.
Landscape photographer Mark Ruwedel is the winner of the 2014 Scotiabank Photography Award, the bank announced this evening at an awards ceremony in Toronto. In addition to receiving a $50,000 cash prize, Ruwedel will have a book of his work published by
Last night the International Center of Photography honored photographers working in photojournalism, fine-art and fashion at the 30th annual Infinity Awards. The awards were inaugurated in 1985 as a way to recognize outstanding achievements by photographe
Link: Conversation: Christopher Morris and Jošt Franko | PROOF
As a part of the VII Mentor Program, emerging photographer Jošt Franko has been mentored by VII member Christopher Morris for the past two years. In this edition of Conversations, Morris talks about what sets Franko’s work apart, Franko shares his future goals, and together they discuss the dynamics of their working relationship
Until recently, photographic views of North Korea were as controlled as the region itself. With Korea—Korea (Gestalten), the German photographer Dieter Leistner, who obtained special permission to photograph in Pyongyang outside of the normal, highly supe
Link: The war of the embeds | Thoughts of a Bohemian
offering embeddable images is not going to be enough. It is the right first steps and those who will be successful in this process will be those that offer their users a strong incentive to use them
I have been a long time fan of the work by photographers Martin Hyers and William Mebane and had the great pleasure of attending a photo festival in China with William, so got to see first hand where his smart approach to photography springs from. This
Link: Fond du Lac principal censors student news magazine’s censorship photo illustration – SPLC News
Fond du Lac Principal Jon Wiltzius said he wasn’t sure what the message was with that image.
“The lack of understanding of knowing what the message was made it very clear that that wasn’t something that we should print in our newspaper,” Wiltzius said.
Kiev-based photographer Maxim Dondyuk’s project “The Crimea Sich” began as an obscure look at a Crimean military training camp for young boys. But his…
A successful retoucher and commercial photographer, Alix Martinez never thought to focus her sights upon children until becoming a mother herself. Inspired by their energy, excitement and boundless imaginations, Martinez…
The International Center of Photography recently announced that it would be leaving its museum space on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan at the end of this year. It has not yet disclosed plans for temporary or permanent exhibition space. Mark Lubell, the former director of Magnum Photos, became executive director of ICP in November 2013. He spoke with James Estrin about the future of I.C.P.
By Jim ColtonLike many people in our industry, I too thought I was going to be a professional photographer. When I was 7-years-old, my father, professional photographer William J. “Sandy” Colton, let me use his Olympus Pen camera…fully loaded with one 36