Tag: Carlos Javier Ortiz
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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 Conversation With Carlos Javier Ortiz on Facing Change: Documenting America
Link: Sara T’Rula, the interviewer, is a photographer working on cultural and political issues, and is based in Liverpool, England. In addition to shooting her own projects, she assists John Davies and Ed Clark. At photokina 2012, she grabbed ten minutes to talk with Carlos Javier Ortiz about FCDA where he delves into what the project…
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Andrea Bruce, Aida Muluneh, Carlos Javier Ortiz Win $30K Catchlight Fellowships | PDNPulse
Andrea Bruce, Aida Muluneh, Carlos Javier Ortiz Win $30K Catchlight Fellowships | PDNPulse This year’s fellowships will support projects about democracy in the U.S., police shootings in California, and photographic representation of Africa. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/04/andrea-bruce-aida-muluney-carlos-javier-ortiz-win-30k-catchlight-fellowships.html Photographers Andrea Bruce, Carlos Javier Ortiz and Aida Muluneh have won the 2018 Catchlight Fellowships, the San Francisco-based organization…
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“A Thousand Midnights”: Chicago and the Legacy of the Great Migration – The New Yorker
“A Thousand Midnights”: Chicago and the Legacy of the Great Migration In Carlos Javier Ortiz’s photo series, black experience of the past and present seems to intermingle and collide. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-thousand-midnights-chicago-and-the-legacy-of-the-great-migration In early 2015, my husband, Carlos Javier Ortiz, began working on “A Thousand Midnights,” a photo series and short film that…
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Interview: Carlos Javier Ortiz on We All We Got | American Photo
Interview: Carlos Javier Ortiz on We All We Got During the eight years Ortiz worked on the story he says more than 1,500 young people in Chicago were killed.
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Carlos Javier Ortiz: We All We Got examines youth violence in Chicago and Philadelphia over the course of eight years (PHOTOS).
A Look at How Youth Violence Affects Communities in Philadelphia and Chicago Carlos Javier Ortiz began working on what would become his series “We All We Got” in 2006, when stray bullets in Chicago killed two young girls—one was… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/01/07/carlos_javier_ortiz_we_all_we_got_examines_youth_violence_in_chicago_and.html Carlos Javier Ortiz began working on what would become his series “We All We…
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Carlos Javier Ortiz: Too Young To Die
Link: Carlos Javier Ortiz: Too Young To Die « The Leica Camera I have known about the topic of youth violence for a long time. I started covering marches and protests led by community organizers and families who were victims of gun violence and advocated against the slaughter of black youth who are mostly the…
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RFK Center Announces Winners of 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
From Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights: Domestic Photography Winner: “Too Young to Die” by Carlos Javier Ortiz, freelancer: Featured in Ebony Magazine, this series examines the epidemic of gun violence which not only plagues lower-income, urban neighborhoods, but youth from all walks of American life. Ortiz’ artistry and sensitivity delivers a…