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Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen – LENSCRATCH

We are re-running this post from last year, enjoy! Roger Ballen generously took the time to speak with me via Zoom from South Africa. It was truly an honor to interview him as I have been a fan of his for a long time. His work reaches into the psyche, it is deeply disturbing while

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-suzanne-t-white-in-conversation-with-roger-ballen/

It is this issue of core versus experience. The core isn’t enough to be able to take great photographs – it is 50 something years of building on an aesthetic – you learn from this aesthetic. It helps you to create other aesthetics. If you don’t do the work, then you don’t go anywhere.

http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-suzanne-t-white-in-conversation-with-roger-ballen/

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August 23, 2024
Photographers on Photographers: Drew Leventhal in Conversation with Carolyn Drake – LENSCRATCH

We are re-running this conversation from 2023. Enjoy! My time talking with Carolyn Drake was a fever dream in the best possible way. Talking with artists who inspire you and make you want to work harder can be very intimidating. I know I was extremely nervous when we started our conversation. But Carolyn had this way

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-drew-leventhal-in-conversation-with-carolyn-drake/

I have always found moments of frustration with photography and the desire to come at things from another angle. I feel like there are things photography can’t do or there are aspects of photography that I want to reject or rebel against. And you know, there’s also burnout. Posing another question for you: I would wonder if/how you experience similar frustrations and how you handle them?

http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-drew-leventhal-in-conversation-with-carolyn-drake/

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August 23, 2024
Ex-Google CEO Says AI Companies Can Steal Content With Impunity | PetaPixel:

That wasn’t the only contentious comments delivered by Schmidt who left Google in 2020. He also blamed Work From Home (WFH) culture for the company’s woes.

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August 16, 2024
Hamas Attack Survivors’ Lawsuit is ‘Fatal Blow’ to Photojournalism, Says AP | PetaPixel:

The Associated Press (AP) have asked a court to dismiss a $6.8 million lawsuit over the agency’s use of freelance photojournalists who were allegedly “embedded with Hamas” to cover the October 7 attacks — arguing that the legal action strikes “a fatal blow” to freedom of press.

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August 16, 2024
Pressing for the release of Austin Tice, a dozen years after he was abducted – Poynter

Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/

Tice, a Marine veteran, was covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012.

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/austin-tice-journalist-syria-missing-12-years/

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August 16, 2024
Photojournalist resists police demands for Rotherham rioter images

Joel Goodman says giving photos to South Yorkshire Police could put him and others in danger.

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Investigators at South Yorkshire Police (SYP) have said they were considering applying for a court order to force north-west based freelancer Joel Goodman to disclose photos of the disorder in Rotherham outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wjp8evyr1o

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August 16, 2024
Guardian US and Outrider Foundation announce 2024 inaugural Visual Journalism Fellowship | Guardian US press office | The Guardian:

Photojournalist Thalia Juarez selected for one-year fellowship in which she will produce original climate photojournalism

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August 16, 2024
Artists Score Win Against AI Firms in Training Data Copyright Case | PetaPixel:

The makers of Stable Diffusion, Stability AI, are being sued along with Midjourney, Runway, and DeviantArt by 10 artists (including one photographer) for using their work to build AI image products without permission.

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August 16, 2024
I Hope Adobe Can Overcome Some Photographers’ Vitriol | PetaPixel:

The response to the podcast was immediate — so fast that it isn’t even possible that a majority of those who left comments and hit the dislike button could have listened to the whole podcast. Simply for setting foot in Adobe’s building, we were called shills as the hate flowed in. It feels very much like a “shoot the messenger” situation — one I’ve been in before, but that doesn’t make it any easier to come to terms with.

in Ethics, Software & Technology

August 16, 2024
Adobe Answers Your Questions on AI, Controversies, and Photography | PetaPixel:

Over the past few weeks, we’ve compiled the questions you want Adobe to answer related to its push into AI, recent controversies, and the state of photography in general. We had a chance to sit down with Maria Yap, Adobe’s Vice President of Digital Imaging, to give the company a chance to respond.

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August 16, 2024
The Content Tsunami: Navigating the Overload – Kaptur

As the content tsunami overwhelms our ability to connect and understand shared experiences, finding solutions to manage and preserve meaningful interactions is crucial.

via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-content-tsunami-navigating-the-information-overload/

To manage this overwhelming influx of content, we need innovative strategies, but we must also be mindful of their potential drawbacks:

https://kaptur.co/the-content-tsunami-navigating-the-information-overload/

in Photography

August 16, 2024
Judge Says Artists Can Sue AI Companies for Using Their Work

While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/943250/judge-says-artists-can-sue-ai-companies-for-using-their-work/

While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible.

https://hyperallergic.com/943250/judge-says-artists-can-sue-ai-companies-for-using-their-work/

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August 16, 2024
Photographing the Lives of Black American Cowboys

The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US.

via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/

The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/

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August 14, 2024
Frame by Frame, Moments From the Summer Games

See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html

At the Summer Olympics, the critical moments that decide who wins or loses often flash by in the blink of an eye. In the men’s gold-medal table tennis match, above, China’s Fan Zhendong scores on Sweden’s Truls Moregardh with a quick shot to the corner. Below, we revisit some of the most visually stunning scenes captured by New York Times journalists, frame by frame.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/09/sports/olympics/olympics-paris-photos-frames.html

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August 14, 2024
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jacob-aue-sobol-arrivals-and-departures

Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol made a trek from Moscow to Ulan Bator to Beijing in one month — often making more than 1,000 photographs each day for 28 days straight. He reveals his process in this great 5 minute video interview.

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August 14, 2024
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/10/photographer-captures-stark-portraits-of-german-underground-metal-fans/

A photographer sought to document the people involved with the underground metal music scene in Germany. Over 90 metalheads have had their portrait taken for Peter Seipke’s Faces of a Scene project, all in a gloomy, black-and-white style.

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August 14, 2024
Photographers on Photographers: Yogan Muller and Ryan McIntosh in conversation with Robert Adams – LENSCRATCH

Ryan and I engage in a conversation around our collaborative project, ‘Tracy Hills,‘ an in-depth exploration of nearly three years the eponymous new master-planned community in the Central Valley near San Francisco. With the 50th anniversary of The New West drawing near, we reflect on the New Topographics legacy and reconsider the topics and issues

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-yogan-muller-in-conversation-with-robert-adams/

Robert Adams made a profound statement when he called his book “The New West”, as it marked a pivotal moment of change. I assume he longed for simpler times and a return to a time before the land became sprawling with freeways, billboards, tract homes and strip malls. Adams witnessed the birth of the suburbs. Today, these areas he photographed are no longer recognizable as the suburbs, as they have been fully incorporated into the metropolitan city. I was not born when Adams documented the New West, so the images Adams portrayed don’t necessarily convey much urgency or concern to me, but rather a sense of nostalgia of my childhood town.

http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-yogan-muller-in-conversation-with-robert-adams/

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August 14, 2024
Episode 116: Ken Light (Documentary Photography)

Ken Light’s work has appeared in books, magazines, exhibitions, numerous anthologies, exhibition catalogues and a variety of media, digital and motion picture.

via A Photojournalism Podcast for Everyone – A Photojournalism Podcast by Photojournalists for Everyone: https://10fps.net/2024/08/14/episode-116-ken-light-documentary-photography/

Ken Light‘s work has appeared in books, magazines, exhibitions and numerous anthologies, exhibition catalogues and a variety of media, digital and motion picture. He got his start in 1969 photographing for alternative/underground newspapers and magazines. His work was widely published in posters, books and hundreds of periodicals.

https://10fps.net/2024/08/14/episode-116-ken-light-documentary-photography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-116-ken-light-documentary-photography

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August 14, 2024
Photographers on Photographers: Sierra R. Aguilar in Conversation with Rob Hann – LENSCRATCH

As an individual who is driven by color, composition, and light, I have always greatly admired the work of New York photographer Rob Hann, and his ability to craft the meticulous tales of the American west. Through his work, stories emerge of not only the natural and man-made environments of this region, but also the

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-sierra-r-aguilar-in-conversation-with-rob-hann/

I’d say follow what you love. That way you’ll do the strongest work. Try to be patient. It may take you much longer than you might want to really find your groove and to produce your strongest work. Be persistent and you will get there in time. And have fun!

http://lenscratch.com/2024/08/photographers-on-photographers-sierra-r-aguilar-in-conversation-with-rob-hann/

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August 14, 2024
https://petapixel.com/2024/08/09/olympics-was-a-dream-assignment-for-this-pro-surfing-photographer/

“Early on in my career, I was so focused on strictly action photos. As I have matured as a photographer, capturing high-impact action photos in gorgeous light is what I’m interested in now,” Haffey says. “Tackling light has become my obsession, and since every event is different, it’s a quest with no end.”

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August 14, 2024