When I first encountered Christine Osinski’s Staten Island work at Photo Nola last year it was love at first sight and I featured it on Lenscratch. As I shared in Monday’s post, not only did Christine go on to win a spot in the 2013 Critical Mass Top 50,
Leica Camera published some new renderings from Leitz Park – Leica Camera’s new headquarter located in Wetzlar, Germany (see the first video rendering here). There is still no firm date on the official opening, but based on the latest pictures it should b
Picture You, Picture Me is Irish born, UK-based photographer Emer Gillespie’s collaborative project with her 11-year-old daughter Laoisha. An ongoing project since 2008, Gillespie says it emerged while photographing Laoisha as part of another series, Two
[First published April 2006] – Robert Capa, Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936 One of the fundamental problems of photography not necessarily encountered by any other type of artist is the problem of access:…
Athens-based photographer Enri Canaj journeyed to his homeland of Albania to document the everyday happenings of the people and places of his origin. He discovered a culture rich with the past while thriving in the present, ever-dedicated to community and
The Proof blog takes you behind the scenes to tell the stories of what’s glamorous, and what’s definitely not, about being on assignment for National Geographic. In this two-part tale, photographer and documentarian Charlie Hamilton James tells the story
Link: Dozens of journalists injured in Kiev during protests, five people killed | Poynter.
Another journalist providing live video of the conflict for Espreso TV was assaulted and kidnapped on Jan. 22 before being released. More than two dozen journalists have been assaulted, mostly by police, while covering the events.
The creation of Instagram made us all photographers. We began to see beauty in the simplicity. We began to… While it’s a magnificent outlet for all of us to share the way we see the world and all…
Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, VA recently opened the first retrospective exhibition of the mid-century African-American photographer, Louis Draper (1935-2002) that will run through February 22nd, 2014. Retrospective will showcase over 40 photogra
Associated Press (AP) has severed ties with freelance photographer Narciso Contreras for altering a news photograph he shot in Syria, the wire service has announced. Contreras was part of a team of AP photographers that shared the Pulitzer Prize last year
This review on using Leica M lenses on the Sony A7r 36mp camera is by Tom Grill (Web | Blog, click on images for larger view): As a Leica owner, I was immediately intrigued when I saw the first announcements of a full-frame, small, 36mp, mirrorless camera
Ian C. Bates was born in 1992 in New Jersey and does not know Snooki. He impulsively photographs the world around him while working for clients such as Fortune, The Wall Street Journal and The New…
Legendary rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall, who shot iconic images of Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many other musicians, will be honored posthumously this weekend at a special Grammy Awards ceremony.
Austrian photographer Erwin Polanc focuses on the rapidly diminishing mining community not far from his hometown. 8790 tells the tale of Eisenerz, a small town that has decreased in population by over 10,000 in the last 60 years. Once a thriving source of