Nelson Mandela, the legendary African National Congress leader and former South African president, was a symbol of hope, justice and human rights to people around the world. South African photographers who saw him up close over the years—both before his i
Ozier Muhammad, a Times staff photographer, worried he had missed his chance to photograph all the monumental events of civil rights history. Then he documented the first post-apartheid elections.
Link: Pascal Meunier: Witnessing Intimate Spaces « The Leica Camera
Another thing is to know to take your time. And that is becoming increasingly difficult, as, for the press, you first and foremost have to be productive nowadays. Yet taking your time remains an essential factor, particularly as you have to get people to accept you. That comes with time; it’s through taking the time with people that you manage to establish trust. You have to talk to the monks, to show them photos of other caves, explain your approach, reassure them, etc.
Link: Lynsey Addario on Leaving the Comfort Zone | PROOF
Lynsey Addario has seen her work affect foreign policy and has expressed the hope that her photographs make people stop whatever they’re doing, just for a moment, and think
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough,” Robert Capa famously said. But was he right? To celebrate the 100th birthday of Robert Capa and the upcoming show “Capa in Color” at the International Center of Photography, Magnum Photos has
Earlier this year, Magnum Photos and British Journal of Photography announced a special partnership around education that sees the world’s longest running photography magazine work with the participants of Magnum Photos’ international workshop program to
Los Angeles-based photographer Michael Butler catches the fleeting glances of the rich and powerful along the four-block stretch of Rodeo Drive, a Californian hub for luxury and glamour. Peering through the glass, Butler uses the passing car windows as a
Photographer Andrew Cowan set out to explore the abandoned world lining the throughfare of the Princes Highway in Sydney, Australia. Situated just south of the city, the highway acts as a major outer road passing the airport and winding out to the suburbs
Link: Mary Ellen Mark: Nothing More Extraordinary than Reality « The Leica Camera
Mary Ellen Mark is a renowned, award-winning photographer. Her work has spanned over 40 years with exhibits all over the world including “Leica: My First Camera” that premiered at the opening of Leica Store and Gallery Los Angeles in June 2013 and is now on display at Leica Store Washington DC.
Saul Leiter Saul Leiter, a color photographer’s color photographer, died a week ago today. I suspect he’ll be one of those photographers we learn more about as time passes, rather than less; he strikes me as a figure who will…
Link: » Charleston Gazette: Our photographer was wrong to obscure TV station’s mic logo JIMROMENESKO.COM
A Gazette photographer went outside the boundaries of our standards when he obscured the name of a television station on a microphone in today’s front-page photo. Other than the photographer, no one at the Gazette was aware of what had taken place with the photo