Tag: Platon
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Netflix’s Excellent Platon Documentary is Now Available for Free on YouTube
Netflix’s Excellent Platon Documentary is Now Available for Free on YouTube In the middle of April, Netflix quietly uploaded the Platon episode of its excellent 2017 docuseries “Abstract: The Art of Design” to YouTube, where you via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/06/02/netflixs-excellent-platon-documentary-is-now-available-for-free-on-youtube/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 In the middle of April, Netflix quietly uploaded the Platon episode of its excellent 2017 docuseries…
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Germany: Service by Platon at Jablonka Galerie – The Eye of Photography
Link: “Service” took many weeks to develop but Platon’s enthusiasm for the project never faltered. He rose to each photographic challenge, no matter what difficulties a shoot presented. Like a house being built, stone by stone, the photographs were crafted into a sequence of spreads that in the end added up to an exceptional essay.…
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Platon’s Unflinching Photos of War and Its Cost – Feature Shoot
Platon’s Unflinching Photos of War and Its Cost – Feature Shoot Platon is an internationally-esteemed photographer. Widely known – especially for his intensely intimate portraits of world leaders – his work blends the political with the personal, resulting in striking images with tangible sociopolitical consequences b via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/05/platons-unflinching-photos-of-war-and-its-cost/ In Service, a new photobook…
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What Patriotism Means to Those Who Fight | TIME
What Patriotism Means to Those Who Fight “I wanted to focus on a different kind of power, something more authentic.” via Time: http://time.com/4268520/what-patriotism-means-to-those-who-fight/ “I’ve experienced all the handlers you can imagine and all the egos and authority and power,” Platon tells TIME. “I wanted to focus on a different kind of power, something more authentic.”
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The Lives of American Soldiers, Before and After War – The New Yorker
The Lives of American Soldiers, Before and After War For his series “Service,” the photographer Platon followed military members training to fight in Iraq, then visited with them again when they returned home. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-lives-of-american-soldiers-before-and-after-war?mbid=rss When Platon first arrived at The New Yorker as a staff photographer, in 2008, the magazine was redoubling its editorial attention…
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A Conversation with Platon
About that Rand Paul Cover Photo… An interview with Platon, who photographed this issue’s cover with Rand Paul, discussing the experience, his art, plus various portraits throughout. via The New Republic: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113509/conversation-platon To be able to give someone the chance to express themselves, to tell their story on a platform that they would never normally…
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Studio Visit: Platon’s Greece
Studio Visit: Platon’s Greece The photographer Platon is known for his portraits of powerful leaders such as Vladimir Putin and world-changing figures such as the Little Rock Nine. But … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/studio-visit-platons-greece.html#slide_ss_0=1 As part of the celebration of Photo Booth’s redesign this week, here is the first installment of a new video…
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Mark Seliger Interviews Platon and Dylan McDermott on His New Photography Show
via: Mark Seliger Interviews Platon and Dylan McDermott on His New Photography Show | Feature Shoot
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Platon’s Portraits of Egyptian Revolutionaries
Platon’s Portraits of Egyptian Revolutionaries In April, Human Rights Watch brought our staff photographer Platon to Cairo to photograph revolutionaries in Tahrir Square and other Egyptians. This … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/07/platon-egypt-revolution.html
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PDN Pulse » Photographer Platon Describes How He Evaded Burma’s Secret Police
Photographer Platon Describes How He Evaded Burma’s Secret Police | PDNPulse TIME magazine’s new cover story looks at the life of Nobel Prize-winner Aung Sang Suu Kyi since Burma’s military regime released her from house arrest in November. TIME.com has a video interview with photographer Platon, who describes the lengths he and r via PDNPulse:…
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Platon: Photographs of World Leaders : The New Yorker
Portraits of Power In 1976, Richard Avedon went to Washington to photograph Henry Kissinger. As Avedon was leading him to his mark, Kissinger said, “Be kind to me.”Artists have been making portraits of the mighty for centuries—from Velázquez’s Philip IV to Lucian Freud’s El via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon This past September, when nearly all…
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Platon Audio « Vincent Laforet’s Blog
Here is the long promised audio from Platon’s speech at the Eddie Adams Workshop from a few weeks ago. It’s well worth a listen. Check it out here.