Tag: Ángel Franco
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Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America – The New York Times
Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America “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
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A Wide, Yet Intimate, View of Cuba – The New York Times
A Wide, Yet Intimate, View of Cuba While on assignment in Cuba, Angel Franco used a Widelux camera to work close to people while capturing a feeling of space. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/a-wide-yet-intimate-view-of-cuba/ Angel Franco has been a staff photographer for The New York Times since 1986. He worked on assignment in Cuba in 1994…
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Love and Loss: Responding to the Orlando Massacre – The New York Times
Love and Loss: Responding to the Orlando Massacre Four months after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida, an exhibit highlights the global outpouring of love and support. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/love-and-loss-responding-to-the-orlando-massacre/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 Ángel Franco had been staking out a medical facility in Orlando, Fla., photographing grieving families who had just identified…
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When Drugs Ruled New York Streets: Ángel Franco Tells What Documenting It Was Like – NYTimes.com
When Drugs Ruled New York Streets In covering narcotics trafficking and use, photographers work hard to bring back pictures that almost never show their subjects’ faces. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/when-drugs-ruled-new-york-streets/ In a week when public attention has refocused on the dangers of being a war photographer, it’s worth recalling the risks taken by photojournalists much…
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Cops, Neighbors and a Camera in Between – Lens
Thirty years ago, a murder occurred about every five days on average in the 46th Precinct in the west-central Bronx (Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mount Hope). There were more detectives than on any other squad in the borough, but the precinct felt enough under siege to be nicknamed “Alamo.” Angel Franco, a freelance…
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Recovering the Dead in Haiti – Lens
Recovering the Dead in Haiti In a devastated quarter of Port-au-Prince, Angel Franco of The Times met Sony. Together, they recorded their encounter. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/assignment-38/ When I travel I take — in this case — a Holgaroid; a Holga with a Polaroid back. It’s a plastic camera. It’s very light. And I can…