The photographer undertook this mammoth task in an attempt assess the value she places on objects.
The photographer undertook this mammoth task in an attempt assess the value she places on objects.
In this week’s Chatting the Pictures, educator John Mason joins us to discuss key portraits from the protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Every two weeks, Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan discuss recent news photos on our “Chatting the Pictures” webcast. In the latest episode, we are joined by educator and writer John Edwin Mason. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the media and social media have been filled with powerful and disturbing protest photos. We focused on some different kinds of images from this historic moment. Specifically, these pictures deal with the protests and self-representation, and the racial divide in public space.
“I’ve found strength in being able to hold and see myself at this moment in time.”
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/19/arts/black-photographers-self-portraits.html
Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America
Through his quiet yet grave images, Zied takes us into a Tunisian community trying to win a hopeless battle against an insidious…
via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/under-the-sand-by-zied-ben-romdhane-28ce6104aaa
Through his quiet yet grave images, Zied takes us into a Tunisian community trying to win a hopeless battle against an insidious, omnipresent threat: sand.
New Orleans conflict photographer Abdul Aziz shares his experiences as a Black photographer documenting the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and more.
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/interview-with-new-orleans-abdul-aziz/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29
As a Black photographer specializing in conflict photography, Aziz’s work has a certain intangible authenticity to it; no doubt one of the reasons his images caught my eye on Instagram. The combination of his photos and personal stories shed a bright light on the editorial gaps surrounding the current coverage of the 2020 George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter protests. This media coverage in recent weeks has followed a well-known trend in photojournalism, skewing heavily toward images made by older white male photojournalists, amidst a growing discussion about the importance of hiring more Black photographers.
When it comes to cameras, National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson has been around the block. With a career spanning decades, Jim has seen the rise and fall of various camera trends — from black and white film to kodachrome, and now the rise of th
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Last Friday, we sat down with Jim to discuss the future of photography, the technological advances of mobile cameras, and the strengths and weaknesses of DSLR vs iPhone photography.
Last month, while covering protests in Minneapolis sparked by the killing of George Floyd, photojournalist Linda Tirado was blinded by a foam bullet fired
According to court documents obtained by PetaPixel, Ms. Tirado “stepped in front of the protesting crowd and aimed her professional Nikon camera at the police officers to take a picture of the police line.” Despite the fact that she was wearing visible press credentials, the complaint claims that police first marked her using a bright green ballistic tracking round, before “[shooting] her in her face with foam bullets.”
Fox News published digitally altered and misleading photos on stories about Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in what photojournalism experts called a clear violation of ethical standards for news organizations.
How, in a single photograph, Robert Frank captured the ongoing story of a divided nation.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/12/arts/design/robert-frank-americans.html
Robert Frank chose this image for the cover of his eye-opening book of 83 photographs, “The Americans,” published in 1959. He had crossed America by car, seeing it as an outsider, a Swiss who left Zurich in 1947 in search of broader horizons.
As photographers responded to the controversial Poynter article entitled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ face. Should they?” PhotoShelter co-founder Allen Murabayashi published a series of pieces that intensified the convers
As photographers responded to the controversial Poynter article entitled “Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ face. Should they?” PhotoShelter co-founder Allen Murabayashi published a series of pieces that intensified the conversation around the First Amendment and the well-being of protesters and vulnerable populations.
Twenty-nine-year-old Isaac Scott captured the early days of intense confrontation—including clashes with the police—and stayed for the more peaceful days that followed.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/a-photographer-on-the-front-lines-of-philadelphias-protests
Twenty-nine-year-old Isaac Scott captured the early days of intense confrontation—including clashes with the police—and stayed for the more peaceful days that followed.
With a twinkle in her eye, British photographer Sarah Ascough captures scenes of English daily life.
Photographer Cengiz Yar has spent years working on stories around situations of unrest and conflict; from the wars in Iraq and Syria to protests in Thailand and Ferguson, MO. As the Black Lives Matter movement spreads around the world, photographers have
via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/conflict-photographer-protests-black-lives-matter/
Plan ahead, pack well, and check in with a buddy: Cengiz Yar shares the lessons he’s learned so far.
Between 1976 and 1981, the movement Rock Against Racism (RAR) confronted racist ideology in the streets, parks and town halls of Britain. RAR was form…
RAR did not have an official photographer but Syd Shelton has produced the largest collection of images on the movement. He captured the history-making RAR Carnival 1 at Victoria Park, London in 1978, and demonstrations such as the Anti National Front Demonstration in Lewisham in 1977. RAR organised five carnivals and some 500 gigs across Britain.
Trauma and horrific histories are held in landscapes in every corner of the globe. For the past twenty years photographer, filmmaker, and educator Lana Z Caplan has been documenting…
Trauma and horrific histories are held in landscapes in every corner of the globe. For the past twenty years photographer, filmmaker, and educator Lana Z Caplan has been documenting sites of public killings in her project, Postcards from the Hanging: Sites of Public Execution. She shares some stunning statistics in her statement, “The United States is one of only 20 countries in the world that continues to employ state sanctioned killing. In 2019 we ranked 6th in the world in the number of executions following (in order) China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt (execution totals not known for Vietnam, North Korea, and Syria).” Her thoughtful examination of why our country continues to allow the death penalty adds another layer to its history of pain and suffering.
And not only during a crisis.
via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/talks-interviews/why-photo-editors-need-to-hire-black-photographers-every-day/
I recently spoke with Scruggs and three other Black photo editors and photographers about covering this moment and what needs to change: Lynsey Weatherspoon, a photographer based in Atlanta; Wale Agboola, a photographer based in Minneapolis; and Brent Lewis, photo editor at the New York Times and cofounder of Diversify Photo. They talked about the inherent subjectivity of photojournalism, the racist distribution of power and opportunity in the industry, and their demands for a sustained commitment to make photography more Black, far into the future.
https://www.leica-camera.blog/2020/06/10/voices-of-change/
Ruddy Roye uses photography as a tool to amplify unheard voices in his community.
Since May 26th, there have been 291 recorded incidents of police attacks on journalists covering the George Floyd protests around the country. That amounts to a staggering average of 19.4 events per day. We have seen journalists wrongfully arrested, shot
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Joined by NPPA’s Executive Director Akili Ramsess, Director of Newsroom Digital Security at Freedom of the Press Foundation Harlo Holmes, and founder and executive director of Global Journalist Security Frank Smyth, our latest webinar featured a panel discussion all about protective measures photojournalists should take when photographing protests.
We first featured Wendel A. White’s project, Schools for the Colored, in 2018 as part of a two-person exhibition, Segregated Influences, at the Colorado Photograpic Arts Center. I wanted to share the complete project as we continue to look at history-base
We first featured Wendel A. White’s project, Schools for the Colored, in 2018 as part of a two-person exhibition, Segregated Influences, at the Colorado Center for Photography. I wanted to share the complete project as we continue to look at history-based landscapes. This meaningful effort features the architectural remains of structures once used as segregated schools for African Americans in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Wendel explains his focus on these states, “The project is a survey of the places that were connected to the
A vigorous, sometimes vitriolic debate has erupted in photography circles around whether to photograph protestors’ faces.
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A vigorous, sometimes vitriolic debate has erupted in photography circles around whether to photograph protestors’ faces. As someone who’s written about the topic, I’m struck by the clumping together of disparate concepts and issues, which has made discussion difficult. People are arguing, but they are often arguing about different concepts simultaneously.