A Conversation with Gerry Johansson
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: http://cphmag.com/convo-gerry-johansson/
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: http://cphmag.com/convo-gerry-johansson/
Nicolas Janowski The Liquid Serpent [ EPF 2013 SHORTLIST ] ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT The Amazon is neither man nor animal. She is nature’s hybrid. Mirrors of man’s contradiction, …
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/08/nicolas-janowski-the-liquid-serpent/
Nic BezzinaI is an editorial and fine art photographer who has racked up numerous awards and a roster of clients, particularly in the music world. He has focused his career on portraiture and documenting people in real situations with an emphasis on captu
Link: Maddie McGarvey Photography
I just found out yesterday that I was laid off from the Burlington Free Press, a Gannett paper I had been at for about a year, along with more than 200 across the company
On Tuesday, Bradley Manning was acquitted of “aiding the enemy” for leaking 700,000 classified government documents, including a video of an American airstrike in Baghdad that killed 12 civilians, …
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/02/criminalizing-journalism-mann.html
Link: Meta-narrative: Fred Ritchin on the future of photojournalism – British Journal of Photography
Ensuring the future of photojournalism rests in more complex narrative formats, believes Fred Ritchin, who spoke with Laurence Butet-Roch ahead of the release of his new essay, Bending the Frame
I said a few months ago that I think Kirk Crippens sleeps with a camera, or simply doesn’t sleep at all. Today I feature his new body of work, Portraitlandia , as evidence that the above statement is true. This year he has enjoyed artist residencies at R
Link: Shin Noguchi: Open for Interpretation « The Leica Camera
Shin Noguchi is a freelance graphic designer and street photographer based in Kamakura and Tokyo, Japan. He describes his street photography as an attempt to capture extraordinary moments of excitement, beauty and humanism among the flow of everyday life and has an approach that is sensitive to the subtleties and complexities of Japanese culture. He is also a member of the Street Photographers collective. Eric Kim, a contributor to the Leica blog, conducted this interview.
On 07 June, when Santa Monica gunman John Zawahri went on a rampage, killing his father and brother before firing on three other people near a college, CrowdMedia – a new website whose task is to filter through images posted on Twitter – was coming online
via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news-analysis/2285814/startups-battle-for-rights-to-smartphone-images
[ Updated at 7:29 p.m. ET with latest figures.] Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing newspaper division and a handful of other subsidiari…
Link: http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/urgent-layoffs-job-eliminations-now.html
I often relish the moment when someone locks a gaze with me. There is an awkwardness, confusion and unpredictability during this acknowledgment of the other—me, a stranger, suddenly doing what most people are taught not to do; staring. —Serge J-F. Levy We
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/08/busted-street-photographer-purposely-caught-in-the-act-of-snapping-portraits-on-nyc-streets/
Book Review The Wrong Side By Jérôme Sessini Reviewed by Joscelyn Jurich Chilean writer Robert Bolaño’s stirring description of…
Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2013/08/book-review-wrong-side.html
Link: Sarajevo & Mostar, BiH – DJAMILA GROSSMAN | Berlin Germany
Spent two amazing weeks at the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Sarajevo, where I was assisting Andrea Bruce with her group. The photos to me reflect the words said about our lives, photography and dreams, and the human connections forged over the course of the week. Good times. P.S. There are a few really pixely photos in there, I shot them all the way zoomed in with a phone camera. I liked the look.
After lobbying for laws to allow them to opt out of Google’s search results, German newspapers have opted right back in again. The publishers claim it’s a temporary measure while they f…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/01/german-newspapers-go-back-to-g.html
A MoMA exhibit of Bill Brandt’s photography emphasizes the primacy of the print in understanding his work, as he moved from favoring grays to stark blacks and whites.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/bill-brandts-negative-beginnings/?_r=0
How do us elders separate ourselves from those who only know what it means to upload? Here are 17 tools and toys you’ll immediately recognize if you still remember the heyday of Kodak. Bring on the nostalgia. 1. You loaded your own sheet film 2. You know
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/08/17-signs-that-you-were-alive-before-digital-photography/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time
via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/08/01/behind-the-cover-randal-fords-america/#1
Adobe has announced release candidates Lightroom 5.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 8.2. With the release candidates of these upgrades, Lightroom 5, Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop Creative Cloud users gain support for additional cameras including the Canon EOS 70D, Fu
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/08/new-adobe-lightroom-and-camera-raw-release-candidates-available-now.html
Link: Edwin Torres: Acting at a Moment’s Notice « The Leica Camera
Edwin J. Torres was born in the South Bronx of New York City, where he continues to live and work on his photography. Although he considers himself a serious enthusiast, his education includes two years of film photography at Colby College in Maine while he was studying for an interdisciplinary major in American Studies. Edwin recently spoke with us about his love for shooting with film and exploring the people of his hometown through photography.
Link: Bashar Al-Assad Introduces Syrian Bike-Sharing Program | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source