Tag: Danny Ghitis
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Finding a Sense of Community Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic – Feature Shoot
Finding a Sense of Community Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic – Feature Shoot In the last two weeks, I have received more than two dozen emails about the temporary closures of galleries and studio spaces amid the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve received several more… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/03/finding-a-sense-of-community-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Over the past week, we’ve spoken to the photographer…
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Danny Ghitis: A Thin Line | Pangea Photo Blog
Link: From the day he died until his burial on April 18th, Poland was enraptured with mourning ceremonies. In the end the Kaczynskis were entombed at Wawel Castle, where kings and national heroes have been traditionally buried. No other modern figure lies in its catacombs. This decision went largely uncontested aside from a few protests.…
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The Dreamy Dissonance of @echosight
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/13/the-dreamy-dissonance-of-echosight/#1 Photographers, for instance, no longer need to physically exchange negatives, prints, contact sheets or other “analog” materials in order to work with each other; all we need is an internet connection — a new reality that helped inspire @echosight, a joint-Instagram…
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Land of Oś – The Vigilante Journalist
By Danny Ghitis This series focuses on the complex nature of life in the Polish town, Oświęcim, better known for its German name, Auschwitz. As a grandson of a Holocaust survivor, this is a personal reflection on the town and represents my ongoing studies of human identity. While countless images from the concentration camp flood…
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Danny Ghitis: Kazimerz Travel | Pangea
Until the fall of communism, the former Jewish district of Krakow, known as Kazimerz, had become a slum. The neighborhood was once a bustling center of life before most of its residents were murdered during WWII. Today, the streets once again teem with activity as hundreds of thousands of tourists a year rediscover a democratic…
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Danny Ghitis | Photo Blog: Re-imaging The Road to Auschwitz
There’s a saying from the War – “All roads lead to Auschwitz.” The meaning is pretty clear. It was the central extermination site set up in a strategic location where it was easily accessible from countries with big Jewish populations. But that was then, this is now. The camp is still there, bringing in about…
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Danny Ghitis: The Land of Oś, pt. 1 | Pangea Photo Blog
At the end of the infamous railroad tracks is a city of red brick and barbed wire fencing. To see it is to gaze into the face of death. The human mind can’t comprehend what more than 1,000,000 murders looks or feels like. Nevertheless, the same number of living people pay homage to the lost…
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Pangea Photo Blog
Link: Pangea Photo Blog: Photos by Philip Scott Andrews, Noah Rabinowitz, Celia Talbot Tobin, Rush Jagoe, Danny Ghitis, Tim Hussin
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Danny Ghitis
From dannyghitis.com: Danny Ghitis, born 1982, is a New York-based freelance photographer specializing in social documentary and portraiture. Born in Cali, Colombia, he and his middle-class Jewish family emigrated to the Midwestern U.S. when he was four-years-old. By age 10, his family had moved eight different times. They finally decided to settle in South Florida,…