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the journey home

Photograph by Erik Lunsford.
“For more than two years, Tobey Miller hasn’t been able to read her baby bedtime stories and kiss him good night. The only home he has ever known has been a room at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, more than two hours away from her.
A rare kidney disease — autosomal recessive polycystic [...]

Posted 23 June 2009 † erik § Uncategorized § everyday art § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

a call for submissions

The Exposure Project, one of the best collectives of new work on the photographic horizon, is having a submissions call for the upcoming 4th issue of the Exposure Project book. This year they will also feature literary works, which should be a nice addition to the still photographs. It’s exciting to see how they will [...]

Posted 01 December 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

what exactly is uncommons?

Ever wonder what the story behind uncommons is? It’s actually a book project. Check it more on this new page by clicking here or accessing the new link on the navigational bar.
And for those who wrote me grappling with the new layout and retrieval of new posts, I’ve added a “recent posts” section featuring the [...]

Posted 29 November 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

CPOY winners, congratulations

Congratulations to all of the winners at the College Photographer of the Year competition. I notice a lot of familiar names including a few friends in there. Here’s the complete winners list.

Posted 16 November 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

site is up

Thank you so much for your patience these last few weeks. The new hybrid site eriklunsford.com is complete. Some of the thumbnails from previous posts may be a little jaggy, but I am working to restore those. Look forward to rich content and storytelling from travels by other photographers and myself.
And thank you very much [...]

Posted 16 November 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

work still under way

Thank you for visiting. There’s been a healthy update to uncommons, but tweaking to the galleries and posts are still under way. Thanks! -Erik

Posted 31 October 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) °

retooling

Forgive me please, but this weekend I’m retooling some parts of the blog and eriklunsford.com. So, for the next day or two things are going to be a mess. I’ll send an update for your RSS feed when things are back online.
Till then,
Erik

Posted 25 October 2008 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) °

dear friend of world press photo

I woke up this morning to an email from World Press Photo. I love how they start a communication.
“Dear friend of World Press Photo.”
Um, I’m only your friend when I win something or join the Joop Swart masterclass. Take note.
Okay, enough quipping.
They released the jury (judges) for this year’s contest and a preview of upcoming [...]

Posted 01 October 2008 † erik § Uncategorized § exhibitions § recent posts § talent ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

“your beat just blew up”

Via Romanesko because I hadn’t checked the RSS reader yet, Dean Starkman posted a list of “inconvenient truths” for the business press on his Audit column at the Columbia Journalism Review.
“The current generation of business reporters is probably the best-educated and most sophisticated ever. Everyone knows it entirely capable of providing the needed scrutiny and [...]

Posted 30 September 2008 † erik § Uncategorized § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Nachtwey to launch project Oct. 3

Following much pre-launch hype from various bloggers like Rob and Mediastorm, among others, James Nachtwey is set to unveil his TED project on Friday, Oct. 3. Here’s a list of places to watch as the story unfolds. I’d drive to Chicago, but the website is cheaper. How about catching the broadcast in Antarctica?
Here’s Nachtwey’s one [...]

Posted 30 September 2008 † erik § recent posts § talent ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,