Tag: Nicole Bengiveno

A Photographer Disappears in Plain Sight – The New York Times

A Photographer Disappears in Plain Sight

Nicole Bengiveno, who is leaving The New York Times, feels duty-bound to stay with her subjects so long that they trust her enough to let her capture authentic, intimate moments.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/a-photographer-disappears-in-plain-sight/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

Nicole Bengiveno has the rarest of skills for a photojournalist: the ability to do nothing at all. She can sit still for hours in someone’s living room, waiting for a telling moment, being fully present yet almost invisible to her subjects

July 25, 2016
On Assignment: Liability, Meet Asset – Lens Blog

The picture, by Nicole Bengiveno, ran at the top of The Times’s front page on Wednesday. What made Specialist Hill such a compelling focal point was not just his agonized posture. It was the low angle from which Ms. Bengiveno deliberately photographed him and the softer focus in which Ms. Bengiveno deliberately cast his comrades.

Link: On Assignment: Liability, Meet Asset – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

November 12, 2009