Ten years after the Revolution, she is coming out with a new version of her book In The Shadow of the Pyramids, which at the time portrayed the emotional chaos the photographer felt when, in 2005, she left the U.S. to return to Egypt, where she experienced the political whirlwind that was transforming her country then.
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“I was born a communist,” says photographer Larry Fink, who turns 80 in March. The self-described “Marxist from Long Island” who first rose to critical acclaim with Social Graces, a series of work that contrasted life in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, when the artist has lived since the 1970s, with scenes of New York’s upper crust that same decade. Exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1979 and first published as a monograph by Aperture in 1984. the work catapulted Fink to the forefront of the photo world, despite the fact that he eschewed career ambitions in favor using photography to achieve political goals.
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Fujifilm Unveils the Medium Format GFX100S: 102MP, 5-Axis IBIS, $6,000
Fujifilm has announced the GFX100S, a camera that takes the “groundbreaking ideas” of the GFX100 and rethinks them with a focus on portability. The result
Fujifilm has announced the GFX100S, a camera that takes the “groundbreaking ideas” of the GFX100 and rethinks them with a focus on portability. The result is a compact, high-performance medium format camera that is similar in size to full-frame equivalents and weighs just 1.9 pounds.
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https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice/tom-stoddart
Tom Stoddart is an award-winning British photojournalist whose work has appeared in many of the most pretigious international magazines and newspapers. He is widely regarded by editors and his peers as one of the world’s most experienced and respected photographers. His international frontline assignments have included almost every major conflict and natural disaster over four decades, from wars to earthquakes and from the fall of the Berlin Wall to pandemics. During a long and varied career he has witnessed such international events as the war in Lebanon, the election of President Nelson Mandela, the bloody siege of Sarajevo and the wars against Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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https://bensmithphoto.com/asmallvoice/michael-christopher-brown
American photographer Michael Christopher Brown was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington. After moving to New York City in 2005, he joined the Italian photo agency Grazia Neri in 2006. He then moved to Beijing, China, in 2009 and over the next two years put together a series of works from road and train trips across the country.
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Joseph Rodríguez: LAPD 1994
In a year when millions of Americans poured into the streets demanding changes in police strategy, training and deployment, the Bronx Documentary Cent…
Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/joseph-rodriguez-lapd-1994/
On February 5th, the exhibition will be available to view online at lapd1994bdc.org.
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Sony Unveils the Alpha 1: 50MP at up to 30FPS, 8K Video, $6,500
Sony has announced the Alpha 1 mirrorless camera, a camera that combines all of Sony’s top technologies into one body, creating a 50-megapixel camera that
It can shoot up to 30 frames per second – the fastest shooting speed ever – blackout-free while also combined with Sony’s autofocus technology that enables up to 120 autofocus calculations per second, which is double the speed of the a9 II.
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A Three-Volume Book Becomes a Testament to Mary Ellen Mark’s Career
The late photographer, who left behind more than two million images, spent her life in search of the elusive iconic frame.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/mary-ellen-mark-the-book-of-everything/
“Mary Ellen would never have made this book,” Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Mark’s husband and collaborator of more than thirty years, writes in an essay accompanying The Book of Everything, the three-volume collection of the photographer’s life’s work recently published by Steidl.
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Press release: Groundbreaking Sony Alpha 1 Camera Marks a New Era in Professional Imaging
The Alpha 1 Delivers an Unprecedented Combination of Resolution, Speed and Video Performance, Empowering Professionals with a New High-Resolution 50.1-megapixel Full-frame Image Sensor, High-speed Shooting at up to 30 Frames per Second, 8K 30p Video and More
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A Photographer’s Ode to the Joys of Partying
“Oh my god, have I been at parties,” chuckles American photographer Larry Fink, on a Zoom call from his farm in rural Pennsylvania. We’re discussing his forthcoming exhibition, at Galerie Bene Taschen in Cologne, opening later this week. The show is a retrospective of Fink’s esteemed 65-year career, examining his enduring preoccupation with people and his remarkable talent for capturing them – especially while in the throes of celebration.
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The Life and Legacy of Photojournalist David Gilkey, According to His Mother
NPR photojournalist David Gilkey was killed back in June 2016 during the War in Afghanistan while documenting fighting between Taliban and Afghan/American
“I talked to him about it once and I said, ‘What kind of photography do you really want to do?’ And he said, ‘I want to do the kind where I have to go out into the world and find out what’s happening,’” Alyda tells NPR. “And I said, ‘Well, I guess you’re never going to be a wedding photographer.’ And he said, ‘No way. No way.’ It was just what he wanted to do.”
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A Conversation with Karolina Gembara
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/conv-karolina-gembara/
KG: It’s called APP [Archiwum Protestów Publicznych — Archive of Public Protest]. This is Rafał Milach’s idea (my friend from Sputnik Photos). He invited other photographers who have been present in the streets since 2015 or 2016 to create an online platform where people could look at images from different places, from different protests, and use them.
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How Alice Rose George Shaped a Pivotal Era in Photography
Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Nan Goldin, and others reflect on the life and work of a legendary photo editor and poet.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-alice-rose-george-shaped-a-pivotal-era-in-photography/
Perhaps the clearest picture of Alice Rose George, beloved editor, curator, teacher, and poet, who died on December 22, 2020, in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-six, can be seen through her own eye, connecting—as she so innovatively did in the books and magazines where she made her mark—all the seeming and revelatory contrasts of her life.
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Read this before you buy a Soviet camera – Kosmo Foto
Considering buying a Soviet camera? Read Kosmo Foto’s in-depth guide to finding and using cameras from the former USSR.
via Kosmo Foto: https://kosmofoto.com/2021/01/read-this-before-you-buy-a-soviet-camera/
This article – and it’s a big one, so get a drink handy – is an attempt to dispel some of the myths that have developed around Soviet cameras, especially since the 1990s. It’s not trying to pretend that it’s only politics got in the way of the USSR’s cameras, and that every Zenit and Zorki is a match for a Nikon or a Leica. Some of the horror stories you might have heard about Soviet camera quality are 100% true. But not every Soviet camera is a lemon, and some are capable of taking fantastic images if you take the trouble to learn their strengths and, yes, their weaknesses.
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Opinion | Photographs From the Quiet Inauguration
After January 6, the capital welcomed a solemn and safe transfer of power.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/opinion/inauguration-day-washington-biden.html
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Deanna Templeton captures the intricacies and emotional turmoil of adolescence in her latest monograph, What She Said. | 1854 Photography
Pairing extracts of pages from her personal diaries with portraits of young women in their teens, the American photographer paints a candid picture around the complexity of growing up.
via 1854 Photography: https://www.1854.photography/2021/01/deanna-templeton-captures-the-intricacies-and-emotional-turmoil-of-adolescence-in-her-latest-monograph-what-she-said/
The placement of Templeton’s accounts and the photographs was carefully considered, to ensure no mistakes were made with regard to associating particular words with specific images. She was especially mindful of sequencing. “I didn’t want to place any entry I thought was really sensitive next to a person,” she says. “I didn’t want any misinterpretations.” By candidly revealing her intimate thoughts and reflections, Templeton de-stigmatises subjects which too often go undiscussed, demonstrating a path through even the most difficult times.
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Matt Eich’s The Seven Cities
“Everything seems somehow familiar and distant at the same time. It is as if time has wedged us between the fever dream of summer and the insoluble gaslighting conjured up from what was believed to be a significantly flawed, but tolerable near past”
via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2021/01/matt-eichs-the-seven-cities.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=matt-eichs-the-seven-cities
“Everything seems somehow familiar and distant at the same time. It is as if time has wedged us between the fever dream of summer and the insoluble gaslighting conjured up from what was believed to be a significantly flawed, but tolerable near past”
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War-Zone Experience Carries Journalists Into Inauguration Coverage
Reporters and photographers who are no strangers to conflict are among those assigned to what is usually a day of pageantry.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/business/media/journalists-inauguration.html
“I’m used to being a war reporter in countries where there were no institutions, or the institutions shattered very rapidly,” said Ms. di Giovanni, now a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. “This is a country that had, until recently, extremely strong institutions that protected us descending into the abyss, and to see what’s happening now is disturbing beyond belief.”
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Journalists Covering the 2021 Inauguration Urge Officials to Allow Them to Wear Protective Equipment
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), New York Times, and Washington Post are urging
“We heard through the Reporters Committee’s hotline that one photojournalist wore a bulletproof vest that prevented her from getting injured when she was stabbed by one of the members of the mob,” the letter reads. “Accordingly, we request that credentialed journalists covering the 2021 inauguration be allowed to carry this life-saving gear, at least outside the most secured area where the inauguration will occur.”
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Magnum Photos Has Finally Published Its Code of Conduct
In the latest in the ongoing saga involving Magnum Photos, the company has made good on its promise to publish its previously-private Code of Conduct. In
It should be noted that Magnum’s President, Olivia Arthur, is quoted as saying the agency’s code was a “six-page long internal HR document that we are not looking to put on trial by Twitter.”
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