Robert Schlaug would like for you to spend a little more time looking at his work.
“I think our consciousness is exposed to an incredible number of daily stimuli,” Schlaug explained via email. “Every minute we take on a variety of images—only exceptional images remain in our minds. I think […]
Harry Fisch organizes Travel Photography trips with Nomad Photo Expeditions and recently won the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. 72 hours later he had lost it. The winning image was disqualified because he had removed a plastic bag in post. A blog post about what happened (read it here) […]
I will say this: As hard as it is to write about beauty, being in its presence is so gratifying – provided you give yourself permission to just do that.
via Conscientious | Review: Nurture Studies by Diana Scherer. […]
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Monday: 1.28.13
Creative Director: Stephen Scoble
Design Director: Patricia Sanchez
Director of Photography: Fredrika Stjarne
Deputy Photo Editor: Anthony LaSala
Photographer: Marcus Nilsson […]
One would hope that the medium of photography was immune to racial prejudice, but an exhibit by London-based artists Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin shows that this was not always the case. The artists’ exhibit, on display at Johannesburg’s Goodman Gallery, explores the marks that racism left on early color […]
Photographer Clyde Butcher shoots big photos, and we mean big. He develops large format black-and-white prints that range in size from your standard 8″x10″ all the way up to 5�8… feet! This phenomenal photographer’s journey and the type of photography he’s become famous for are an inspiration to the […]
It’s safe to say that most amateur photographers have wondered at one time or another if they have what it takes to make it in the big leagues. Well, here’s their chance to find out, because The New York Times is hosting a professional portfolio review for 150 of the […]
Film Director John Huston was a good friend of Magnum co-founder Robert Capa, and as a result Magnum photographers often wound up working on his films. One such photographer is Elliott Erwitt, and in this video he talks about his well-known photo of some well-known folks: the people behind the […]
No country in history has become a major industrial power without creating a legacy of environmental damage. China is clearly not an exception. The speed and scale of China’s rise has brought an unprecedented pollution problem. Public health is reeling. Pollution has made cancer China’s leading cause […]
Ilona Szwarc’s initial contact with the American Girl doll happened during a period of shooting street photography. Intrigued by the seemingly endless parade of real-life girls and their versions of a “mini-me,” Szwarc approached the girls and their parents to see if she could document them.
American Girl dolls have been […]
ESPN is looking for an Associate Photo Editor at their Bristol CT campus.
Go here to apply: Publishing – Associate Photo Editor jobs in Bristol at ESPN. […]
It all started when the Laboile family decided to dig a natural pond pool in their garden. French photographer and sculptor Alain Laboile saw his children’s image in the water and realized he could create a new world—a world of dreamlike fantasy and games—on the other side. His phantasmagorical series, […]
Our nation’s presence in Afghanistan made its way back to the collective conscience last week when Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared in a joint press conference with President Barack Obama. This post features a few images of daily life from late December and the first few weeks of January. […]
In his photographic self-portrait series “Struggle To Right Oneself,” artist Kerry Skarbakka captures himself in moments of suspended peril: falling from trees, tumbling head over heels in painfully precarious falls, slipping nude in the shower, or teetering on the edge of a fateful leap from a railway bridge. In his […]
Held only once every twelve years, the cleansing ritual of the Maha Kumbh Mela sees up to a hundred million Hindu devotees symbolically bathe away their sins in the holy Ganges River. It is thought to be the largest gathering of humanity on earth. For 55 days devotees […]
Do you shoot with soft boxes, beauty dishes and/or umbrellas?
If you shoot exclusively with small lights, you can just tape a couple of square inches of gel to your flash head, as with my permanently mounted warming gel seen above. No matter what the mod, the light is gelled […]
This year, racers in the Dakar Rally are more than halfway through their 8,000-mile journey. They travel via motorcycle, quad bike, car, or truck over extreme terrain in three countries in South America. Competitors and support crews come from more than 50 countries to challenge their mechanical, driving, and orienteering […]
To understand the impact this photo had on me when it first came out, you kinda have to get into the head of a Baltimore Sun photographer during the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics.
For one thing, this is the only photo which has ever made me shout the F-word […]
