Nancy McGirr went from covering civil wars in Central America to teaching photography to impoverished children. Twenty years later, she’s being honored for her dedication to her students and her art.
Nancy McGirr has spent two decades in Guatemala finding value amid castoffs. The symbolism did not escape her when she started teaching photography to a handful of children whose families eked out a living scavenging through the festering, grimy heaps of the capital’s municipal dump.
For thirty years, Tom Wood has trained his unblinking eye on the streets of working-class Liverpool, largely forgotten by the rest of Britain. There they call him “Photie Man.” In the home of the Beatles lies a parallel society, set adrift, with its own codes and language. Tom Wood observes this world, shooting it from every angle with absolute realism, far removed from the humor of his friend, Martin Paar, or the engaged cinema of Kenneth Loach. From these raw, almost cruel images, a strange, gnawing poetry is born.
A few people were more than a little amused that I, the ultimate pixel-peeper, wrote an article demonstrating that all lenses and all cameras vary a bit; that you can’t find the ultimately sharpest lens. Each individual copy of a given lens is a little d
In other words, we know that computerized analysis using Imatest or a similar program can show us a measureable difference exists between several lenses. But what does that mean? Can we tell when a difference is just the inevitable minor variation and when it’s a meaningful problem? The answer is yes. The vast majority of the time, anyway.
Artist Jennifer Trausch is the Director of Photography at the 20 X 24 Studio in Manhattan. The 20 X 24 Studio is built around a 239-pound analog camera that shoots 20 X 24 images on Polaroid film. There were six of these cameras built between the years of 1976 and 1978 and three of them are currently in use in different parts of the world.
Six years after launching its print-on-demand photobook publishing service, Blurb now allows photographers to automatically convert their books into eBooks
As promised, here is the story of the 350kg stainless steel Leica camera from the Foto Henny Hoogeveen Leica store in Lisse, the Netherlands: The sculpture was created by the Chinese artist Liao Yibai. There are only three copies of this “Fake Leica”: one
The personal conflict I felt during this time brought me to a point where my relation to breaking news played less an immediate role in my work than trying to restore my connection during a period when so much was unclear and surreal. Memories near and far rushed forward and I felt I needed to step back before the whole thing engulfed me.
I featured David Lazar’s work on The Travel Photographer blog a few months, and having learned that he had uploaded two new galleries unto his website, I was eager to take a look. I was not disappointed.
Aaron Hobson lives a quiet life in a small town in the remote Adirondack Mountains. He brings a wonderful imagination and cinematic approach to his work, but recently he’s been creating work without a camera and from the comfort of his computer chair. His
Aaron Hobson lives a quiet life in a small town in the remote Adirondack Mountains. He brings a wonderful imagination and cinematic approach to his work, but recently he’s been creating work without a camera and from the comfort of his computer chair. His new series, Google Street View Edition, uses Google’s amazing technology to travel the world finding breathtaking vistas and quiet street scenes.
You know how the Fujifilm X100 looks suspiciously similar to a certain brand of rangefinder cameras? Well, it just got even more blatant about copying the Leica look, and this 200-strong special edition is almost Samsung-esque in its copyist ambitions. It
You know how the Fujifilm X100 looks suspiciously similar to a certain brand of rangefinder cameras? Well, it just got even more blatant about copying the Leica look, and this 200-strong special edition is almost Samsung-esque in its copyist ambitions. It is also very, very hot.
All Thrifty States is a photography project aimed at documenting thrift stores in each of the 50 states. Part journalism, part art and part sociology, the project spotlights thrift culture, regional donation patterns, environmentally friendly consumption and the current state of America’s economy.
When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures for our story “The Bad Guys vs. the Worse Guys,” he did so using both his digital camera, to make traditional 35-millimeter photos, and the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone.
When Ben Lowy was in Afghanistan taking pictures for our article “The Bad Guys vs. the Worse Guys,” he did so using both his digital camera, to make traditional 35-millimeter photos, and the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone. Our plan all along had been to publish the 35-millimeter pictures, but once we saw what he had on his iPhone, we felt we had to use those images instead. They were more exciting and dynamic; the rich palette and high contrast brought clarity and texture and even poetry to the scenes.
Barry Feinstein, who covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour after the musician went electric, and also photographed the covers of iconic albums by Dylan, Janis Joplin, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died today at his home in Woodstock, New York, the AP reports.
Barry Feinstein, who covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour after the musician went electric, and also photographed the covers of iconic albums by Dylan, Janis Joplin, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died today at his home in Woodstock, New York, the AP reports. He was 80.
Recently over lunch, the photographer Larry Fink reminded me that he’d been photographing parties for more than three decades. The images in his latest …
Recently over lunch, the photographer Larry Fink reminded me that he’d been photographing parties for more than three decades. The images in his latest book, “The Vanities,” recently out from Schirmer/Mosel, have been culled from nine years of work at the Vanity Fair Oscar parties.
In journalism justifications like that pop up frequently to argue why something considered unethical should be seen as okay “under the circumstances.” You’ve heard them: “magazines are different from newspapers” or “the cover is an advertisement” to explain away a breach of journalism ethics. Our ethics should determine our actions, of course. But there seems to be an unending stream of ways journalists justify letting their actions determine their ethics.
The Chris Hondros Fund, a non-profit established by the late photojournalist’s fiance, Christina Piaia, with support from the Hondros Family, announced the launch of the Fund Web site today. Hondros was killed earlier this year in a rocket attack by Qadda
The Chris Hondros Fund, a non-profit established by the late photojournalist’s fiance, Christina Piaia, with support from the Hondros Family, announced the launch of the Fund Web site today. Hondros was killed earlier this year in a rocket attack by Qaddafi forces in Misrata, Libya. The Fund, which will “support and advance photojournalists” also announced the establishment of fellowships and grantmaking activities.
Days before the frenzied jubilation at the capture and death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Mauricio Lima had been patiently — and persistently — working the streets of Surt. Though overseas interest had waned in recent days, his attention did not. He was close up and alongside fighters as they pursued their elusive target, and his images are suffused with a nuanced touch because of that.
Growing up on the outskirts of Atlanta I felt out of place, a stranger in my sterile suburban surroundings. As an adult, I seek to plant new roots inside the city proper, so I began to document this new home.
