A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo de Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related vio
Andrew Spear was just recognized by College Photographer of the Year as a runner-up for Photographer of the Year and his documentary Glouster, Ohio: The Magic City won an Award of Excellence. I met Spear in Washington D.C. at Obama’s Inauguration in January 2009 and we’ve kept in touch. He is working on a number of great projects and I wanted to share some of his work. I asked him a few questions about “The Magic City” project
Of this series, ‘The Roughriders’, he writes, ‘In late November 2009 I traveled to Calgary to work on a special project for The Canadian Football League. The project was to shoot portraits of fans just prior to the start of the 97th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium.
Jeff Malmberg has created a film, Marwencol, about artist/photographer Mark Hogencamp,”a former alcoholic who was beaten into a coma after a night at a bar
the talented group of photographers that comprise this issue: James Whitlow Delano, Markel Redondo, Katharina Hesse, Ryan Pyle, Xiqi Yuang, Wayne Liu, Carolyn Drake, Rian Dundon, Tim Franco, Eric Guo, Christian Als and Holly Wilmeth, M. Scott Brauer
Institute for Artist Management’s blog just published a full view of Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen’s new book “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land”
Venetia brings a different eye to VII and it’s exciting to see her strong documentary style applied in different areas such as fashion and lifestyle,” says VII Photo’s managing director Stephen Mayes
the 1980s was a decade of buoyant, creative and committed photojournalism in the UK; photographers were prepared to exercise their social concerns by investigating the momentous changes happening around them.
To bring Sky News viewers HD pictures from inside Burma for the release of Aung Sang Suu Kyi was a serious challenge. Foreign journalists and their broadcasting equipment are not welcome. Dodging the authorities was not our only problem. We were also filming rebel militias in the jungle, capturing gun battles – and fighting off the wildlife, like the army of black ants that overran my Macbook Pro as I was frantically editing a video one night.
A former photographer for The Times-Picayune (Alex Brandon) witnessed a “contentious situation” between three men and police officers after Hurricane Katrina, telling a federal jury Wednesday that he was ordered by police not to snap pictures of the scene.
Apple’s long-awaited universal iOS update is available today to everyone using an iPad or post-3G iPhone or iPod Touch. The big features have been well-known and the release candidate’s been out for a while, but Apple still managed to add a few surprises
This camera was displayed at the Nikon Sapporo Showroom and the picture was just posted on DCHome forum. Is this the new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera from Nikon? The lens appears to be a 18-55mm. There is a also another gadget on the back – mayb
During the masterclass, renowned photographer and founder of VII photo agency, Antonin Kratochvil, gave an evening lecture at FOAM museum. As a photojournalist, he has tackled a good deal of upheaval and human catastrophe, while going about his documentation of the times in which we live.
Introduction: A couple of weeks ago I found myself composing an email to Ned Bunnell, President of Pentax Imaging USA, to ask him to clarify a rumor. I ended up including so many questions that I decided to scrap the…