Brian Frank has a compelling photographic essay documenting the violence stemming from the drug war in Mexico in 2008.
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The NYT LENS blog has a feature on photographer Jules Allen’s new book “Double Up.” A retrospective of images he made 30 years ago at Gleason’s Gym in New York. He has gone there to train and he ended up making photographs. Really cool stuff here. Read the NYT LENS story at lens.blogs.nytimes.com.
Zack Arias posted on his blog a video he made about the self-doubt and anxiety that photographers face from time to time. He tells of how he seems to go through a yearly cycle of ups and downs. We almost stopped watching, but it all starts to make sense and really gets good a minute [...]
Peter Turnley’s 50-image essay of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is featured on The Online Photographer. As usual, Peter’s work is comprehensive, compassionate, and personal. View Peter Turnley’s essay on The Online Photographer.
BagNewsSalon is pleased to offer this exclusive audio slideshow interview featuring Michael Kamber, and a focused look at the issue of military censorship, including the photos he’s insisted on being seen. View the interview on www.bagnewsnotes.com.
Photojournalist Mario Tama has spent the last 5 years covering the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. A great selection of his images are featured on the New York Times LENS Blog. Click here for Mario Tama’s essay. More of Tama’s work can be found on his website www.mariotama.com.
The Chicago Tribune’s Scott Strazzante found another great moment while on assignment shooting the Taylor Swift concert. Read his thoughts on the photo and see it full size on his blog: “Shooting from the hip”.
I recently came across a work in progress by Baltimore, Maryland photographer Jonathan Hanson. He is “examining the daily life” in his city which he calls a “complex relationship with drugs, poverty, crime and the struggle to preserve community.” I am looking forward to seeing more of this project. Take at look at his work-in-progress [...]
Cité Militaire.Port-au-Prince.Haiti. Brazilian soldiers on patrol in the streets of Cité Militaire. From Ricardo Garcia Vilanova’s blog.
The Sacramento Bee blog, The Frame, has a collection of images from the Associated Press showing the plight of children being orphaned from the conflict in the Congo. View the images on The Frame.
American photographer Greg Constantine spent a month photographing Nubians in a Nairobi slum Kibera. The Nubians are just one chapter in Greg’s project “Nowhere People.” His work has been recognized on the NYT Lens Blog. View Greg’s images on the NYT Lens Blog. More from the “Nowhere People” project can be seem at www.nowherepeople.org.
