“The paradigm for photographers today is that you just can’t be, you have to be sort of a jack of all trades, you can’t just specialize anymore,” said VII Photo Network photographer Benjamin Lowy, featured by Kristen Joy Watts this morning on the NY Times Lens photoblog.
Lowy strikes the perfect chord, and from a newspaper [...]
Twins, St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford
Heaven sent, there are so many great comments on photography and life these last few days. As I juggle multiple personal commitments at the moment, please enjoy.
Alex Majoli at The F Blog.
“I say: “take some pictures.” And they reply: “of what? why?” So I’m taking a picture [...]
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The Uighur section of Gulgia is patrolled by columns of military and police, photographs copyright David Degner and used by permission.
Despite the six thousand-ish unopened aphotoaday listserv emails weighing down the mailbox, I managed to stumble upon Florida-based David Degner’s essay of the Uighurs in Xingjiang, China. The gritty black and white photographs — from [...]
There’s a certain essence of raw finesse in Rebecca Rijsdijk’s collection, Plant People, on display at I Heart Photograph and her website portfolio. It seems in an industry deluged with heavy post-production and complex setups, Rebecca’s photographs have a staggeringly simple attention to form, content, and lighting. Her collection concept “my branches are not what [...]
Browsing Victor Cobo’s work demands time. At first glance, his images are dreamy vignettes linked loosely by a very unique photographic style. By studying his statements and spending time lingering over his complete body of work, the images (in his three separate essays) each take on a strikingly voyeuristic feel that takes the viewer on [...]
The Exposure Project announced the included artists in their newest Issue #4. Here’s the list:
Chris Bentley
Rona Chang
Daniel Farnum
Elizabeth Fleming
Lee Gainer
Matthew Genitempo
Inka Lindergård & Niclas Holmström
Natascha Libbert
Bradley Peters
Carlo Van De Roer
Daniel Shea
Manuel Vazquez
Jens Windolf
Susan Worsham
Bahar Yurukoglu
While you’re there take a look at the work of Mike Osborne from his work in China and Taiwan. I [...]
Flower portraits from the book Intimacy by Joyce Tenneson, used with permission.
Portrait photographer Joyce Tenneson lectured recently in St. Louis. At the risk of sounding selfish, she spoke at the perfect time. Staying visually motivated on assignment had become increasingly painful. I critically needed to hear the language of photography, to soak in the liquid [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Houston Chronicle’s photography staff is doing an outstanding job covering the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, which came ashore at Galveston this weekend leaving a wake of destruction and thousands without homes or power. I’ve been watching their ongoing slideshows here, here, and here with aerials by Smiley N. Pool even before the storm made [...]