Just before Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, French-American writer Jonathan Littell and French photographer Antoine d’Agata traveled to Kyiv’s Babi Yar ravine, where the Nazis carried out one of the Holocaust’s largest massacres in September 1941. Littell and d’Agata’s goal was to document how the site of such enormous tragedy preserves its history and exists in the present day. However, Moscow’s full-scale war forced them to broaden the scope of their project to reflect a reality where war crimes are not just a horrific chapter in Ukraine’s past but a part of its daily life in the present. The resulting book, titled An Inconvenient Place, was published in French in late 2023
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‘Dad Loved His Country, But It Didn’t Love Him’: A Photojournalist’s Chronicle Of Life In 1980-’90s Belarus
In the 1980s and ’90s, Belarusian photojournalist Syarhey Brushko documented the turbulent period of Belarus’s transition from a Soviet republic to an independent state that saw the rise of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-photojournalism-history-independence-brushko/33030894.html
During perestroika and the early years of Belarus’s independence, Syarhey Brushko worked as a photojournalist, capturing poignant black-and-white photos of a country transitioning from a Soviet republic to an independent nation. This period also saw the rise of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the country’s authoritarian leader — who still rules today.
https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-photojournalism-history-independence-brushko/33030894.html
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Thomas Hoepker, renowned German photographer, dies at 88
The photographer was known for defining images of Muhammad Ali, the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/11/thomas-hoepker-dies
The photographer was known for defining images of Muhammad Ali, the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/11/thomas-hoepker-dies
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Magnum Welcomes Two New Members and Two Nominees | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
via Magnum Photos: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/magnum-welcomes-two-new-members-and-two-nominees/
At its 77th AGM, this year in Arles and in partnership with Fujifilm, the collective took time to discuss business, trends and new members.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/magnum-welcomes-two-new-members-and-two-nominees/
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Confronting the Legacy of Photography’s Anti-Blackness
In her book “Mortevivum,” Kimberly Juanita Brown reveals how the photographic enterprise is haunted by racial violence.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/confronting-the-legacy-of-photographys-anti-blackness/
Kimberly Juanita Brown reveals how the photographic enterprise is haunted by racial violence, finding new ways of looking at the dead and the living.
https://aperture.org/editorial/confronting-the-legacy-of-photographys-anti-blackness/
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One of These Photographers Will Win the 2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Some of the world’s best storytellers.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/12/one-of-these-photographers-will-win-the-2024-leica-oskar-barnack-award/
Leica has announced the 12 photographers shortlisted for the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA).
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Remembering Thomas Hoepker (1936–2024) | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
via Magnum Photos: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-thomas-hoepker-1936-2024/
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of beloved Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker, aged 88.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-thomas-hoepker-1936-2024/
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The 24 Winners of the 2024 World Sports Photography Awards
The amazing winners of the world’s largest sports photography contest.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/the-24-winners-of-the-2024-world-sports-photography-awards/
Shortly after announcing the overall winners, the World Sports Photography Awards have unveiled the 24 category winners, showcasing the best in sports images worldwide.
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/the-24-winners-of-the-2024-world-sports-photography-awards/
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2023 Hasselblad Masters Winners Show the Best in Fine Art Photography
Superb fine art photography.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/26/2023-hasselblad-masters-winners-show-the-best-in-fine-art-photography/
Hasselblad has announced the winners of its prestigious Hasselblad Masters 2023 competition.
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Survey Finds Career in Freelance Photojournalism is Unsustainable
Some says it’s impossible to make ends meet.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/survey-finds-career-in-freelance-photojournalism-is-unsustainable/
Of the 48 photographers who were surveyed, only four of them said that, in its current state, a career in freelance photojournalism is sustainable.
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/survey-finds-career-in-freelance-photojournalism-is-unsustainable/
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A Japanese Photographer’s Outsider View of Northern Ireland
In the 1960s, Akihiko Okamura series “The Memories of Others” recorded the Troubles with understated eloquence.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/akihiko-okamuras-outsider-view-of-northern-ireland/
Okamura singles out low-key moments, discovering worlds within worlds. He seems to be, as W. G. Sebald once said of his fellow writer Robert Walser, a “clairvoyant of the small,” looking for what we might learn of desire, sadness, loneliness, or dreaming among the dispersed, matter-of-fact materials of daily life
https://aperture.org/editorial/akihiko-okamuras-outsider-view-of-northern-ireland
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Michael Young: Maybe Tomorrow – LENSCRATCH
This week, we will be exploring projects inspired by intimacy and memory. Today, we’ll be looking at Michael Young’s series Maybe Tomorrow. I first came across Michael Young’s work with the series Hidden Glances. His expert use of collage to play with personal concepts between the visible and invisible made me take note. I later
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/06/michael-young-maybe-tomorrow/
Maybe Tomorrow is a long term, lyrical documentary project centered around my partner’s hometown in rural western Kentucky that explores the complexity of the meanings assigned to, or assumed of, the region by both its residents and outsiders. Curious about my partner Erik’s continued ambivalence about returning to his home after building a life here in New York, I began to photograph this community, which we return to every summer.
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Hannah Latham: Milking Hour – LENSCRATCH
This week, we will be exploring projects inspired by intimacy and memory. Today, we’ll be looking at Hannah Latham’s series Milking Hour. I remember being knocked out by Hannah Latham’s work late last year. We were both in the exhibition Home is Where at FLOAT Magazine, which was published as a zine. Hannah’s work was
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/06/hannah-latham-milking-hour/
Milking Hour (2020 – Present) is an ongoing photographic series documenting rural New England agricultural fairs, and exploring the profound narratives that unfold within these seemingly quaint events. These fairs serve as windows into a larger coming-of-age story that spans generations, revealing the timeless experiences and rites of passage that shape individuals and communities across Maine and Massachusetts.
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OpenAI CTO: ‘Some Creative Jobs Will Go Away’
The comments haven’t gone down well.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/24/openai-cto-some-creative-jobs-will-go-away-mira-murati/
The chief technology officer of OpenAI thinks that the advent of artificial intelligence will mean “some creative jobs maybe will go” but adds that “maybe they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.”
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/24/openai-cto-some-creative-jobs-will-go-away-mira-murati/
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How ‘The Strobist’ David Hobby Has Spent His Permanent Vacation
I want to give you five quick ideas from the book to get you thinking the next time you travel with your camera.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/30/how-the-strobist-david-hobby-has-spent-his-permanent-vacation/
So at some point, it made sense to both expand and generalize that content into, say, a real book that could benefit far more people. And this week, The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto: A Guide to Connecting With People and Place, was published.
https://petapixel.com/2024/05/30/how-the-strobist-david-hobby-has-spent-his-permanent-vacation/
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Q & A with Jesse Lenz
Jesse Lenz is a photographer based in rural Ohio, and the founding director of Chico Review , Charcoal Press , and Charcoal Book Club . • B…
Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2024/06/jesse-lenz-is-photographer-based-in-and.html
The Chico Review is the opposite of that. Only people making the work get in. It’s not about writing an essay, checking the right boxes, or anything. It’s about the photographs. Additionally, the way it’s set up helps it from getting stagnant because it’s a limited time, it costs money so you feel you gotta make the most of it, and you want to stand out so you gotta bring your A game. The “photo ghetto” is pickup basketball. The Chico Review are tryouts.
http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2024/06/jesse-lenz-is-photographer-based-in-and.html
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Danny Lyon on the Photographs That Became “The Bikeriders”
Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is the inspiration for a new film starring Austin Butler and Jodie Comer.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/danny-lyon-on-the-making-of-the-bikeriders/
Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is one of the definitive accounts of American counterculture—and the inspiration for a new film starring Austin Butler and Jodie Comer.
https://aperture.org/editorial/danny-lyon-on-the-making-of-the-bikeriders/
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At London’s Imperial War Museum, Tim Hetherington’s Unorthodox War Photography
There is a discomfort looking at the photographs knowing that Hetherington was to die in pursuit of his craft, and this knowledge is especially prescient today.
via Observer: https://observer.com/2024/06/arts-review-tim-hetherington-photography-at-londons-imperial-war-museum-exhibition/
Hetherington’s work was often about acknowledging the relationship between photographer and subject, rather than hiding it. In this way, Hetherington was far from the chaotic point-and-shoot chameleon we associate with war photography. His images slow down war and examine its quiet moments. They invite us to think about war rather than just look at it
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Ron Edmonds, 77, Whose Camera Captured the Shooting of Reagan, Dies
Working for The Associated Press, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his sequence of photos showing the president being struck by a bullet while three others fell wounded.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/business/media/ron-edmonds-dead.html
Working for The Associated Press, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his sequence of photos showing the president being struck by a bullet while three others fell wounded.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/business/media/ron-edmonds-dead.html
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What Ukraine Has Lost
We measured every town, street and building blown apart in Ukraine to show the first comprehensive picture of where people can’t return home.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-destruction.html
We analyzed every building across Ukraine that has been damaged or destroyed since Russia attacked two years ago.
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