Annie Griffiths on Ripple Effect Images
Award-winning National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths discusses her organization Ripple Effect Images, which uses “visual storytelling to shine a light on programs that empower women and children in the developing world.” She give us insight about the process of documenting marginalized communities and the power of visual storytelling. This interview was...
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
Every year, the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers a chance to learn from some of the world’s most well respected photojournalists. In 2008, Foundry kicked off in Mexico City and has since been held in a different continent every year. 2015’s Foundry will be held in Bali, Indonesia. Foundry was established to bring a high-caliber workshop to people who otherwise could not attend...
Michael Williamson – PhotoWings Interview
This interview was conducted by PhotoWings in partnership with The Eddie Adams Workshop. Michael Williamson was born in Washington, but grew up in a series of foster homes and orphanages in more than 15 states.It was an experience he says that has led to his interest in documenting the plight of the homeless for the past 18 years. He and a collaborator, writer Dale Maharidge, have produced three books.The...
Outreach Spotlight: Blue Earth Alliance – Collaborations for Cause
Founded in 1996 by Natalie Fobes, Phil Borges and Malcolm Edwards, Blue Earth Alliance offers resources and support for photographers to fulfill projects that positively impact the world. Organized by Blue Earth Alliance, the Collaborations for Cause Conference provides an open environment in order to build strong, lasting bridges among creative multimedia...
Sarah Blesener – PhotoWings Interview
Multi-award winning photographer Sarah Blesener tells us the story behind her project, Toy Soldiers, which deals with concepts of “patriotism” and “nationalism” in Russia and United States via military training camps for youth. She goes through the process of developing, researching, and documenting the year long endeavor. She recently was awarded the prestigious CatchLight...
Outreach Spotlight: Eddie Adams Workshop
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Clay Bolt & The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee
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Sara Terry – The Aftermath Project
At the 2016 Collaborations for Cause Conference, award-winning photojournalist Sara Terry offered the history behind her foundation The Aftermath Project, an educational nonprofit she started to support photojournalism documenting post-conflict stories. In this video, Terry takes us through the formative experiences she had as a photojournalist that lead to the evolution of this important organization,...
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“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring. #VisualLiteracy #Inspiration #Storytelling
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“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring.
A good dive into the story behind the photograph #Perspective #Context #Archive #History #Legacy #VisualLiteracy
The Story Behind the Viral Photo of the Officer and the KKK
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The officer and photographer speak to TIME in the wake of the Charlottesville unrest
“It felt like through the camera you could influence the way people saw life and thought about things"
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Haight-Ashbury’s flower-bedecked hippie scene may have gotten most of the attention during 1967’s Summer of Love, but Nathan Farb’s photos from the Lower East Side that summer show a grittier side.
The harrowing account of the now infamous image: "I am glad people have seen it. It was a terrible thing and the fact that more people will be more aware of it happening is an overall positive, but I can’t say I’m happy to have been there."
Photographer behind graphic Charlottesville image recounts near-death experience
cjr.org
Ryan Kelly went to downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 for one last assignment before leaving his staff photographer job at The Daily Progress. On that final workday, the 30-year-old captured an image that The Washington Post declared as “The photo from Charlottesville that will define…
"“Blind Spot” takes its title from the medical condition from which Cole periodically suffers; he once wrote an essay about the malady, collected in the volume Known and Strange Things. Cole’s blind spot, he wrote, first materialized like “a grey veil” obscuring the vision in one eye. In his pictures, it is the question that haunts the photographer and it is perhaps what accounts for their restless nature, the way they alight on a thousand points of view: What does the camera not see, what does the picture not reveal?" #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Perspective
What Photography Taught Acclaimed Author Teju Cole about Writing
artsy.net
The photographs by Teju Cole on view at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, and in his concurrent book Blind Spot, are framed more like windows than pictures.
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“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring. #VisualLiteracy #Inspiration #Storytelling
nytimes.com
“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring.
A good dive into the story behind the photograph #Perspective #Context #Archive #History #Legacy #VisualLiteracy
The Story Behind the Viral Photo of the Officer and the KKK
time.com
The officer and photographer speak to TIME in the wake of the Charlottesville unrest
“It felt like through the camera you could influence the way people saw life and thought about things"
lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Haight-Ashbury’s flower-bedecked hippie scene may have gotten most of the attention during 1967’s Summer of Love, but Nathan Farb’s photos from the Lower East Side that summer show a grittier side.
The harrowing account of the now infamous image: "I am glad people have seen it. It was a terrible thing and the fact that more people will be more aware of it happening is an overall positive, but I can’t say I’m happy to have been there."
Photographer behind graphic Charlottesville image recounts near-death experience
cjr.org
Ryan Kelly went to downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 for one last assignment before leaving his staff photographer job at The Daily Progress. On that final workday, the 30-year-old captured an image that The Washington Post declared as “The photo from Charlottesville that will define…
"“Blind Spot” takes its title from the medical condition from which Cole periodically suffers; he once wrote an essay about the malady, collected in the volume Known and Strange Things. Cole’s blind spot, he wrote, first materialized like “a grey veil” obscuring the vision in one eye. In his pictures, it is the question that haunts the photographer and it is perhaps what accounts for their restless nature, the way they alight on a thousand points of view: What does the camera not see, what does the picture not reveal?" #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Perspective
What Photography Taught Acclaimed Author Teju Cole about Writing
artsy.net
The photographs by Teju Cole on view at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, and in his concurrent book Blind Spot, are framed more like windows than pictures.
PhotoWings on Facebook:
“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring. #VisualLiteracy #Inspiration #Storytelling
nytimes.com
“I wanted to capture photos that were cinematic because I am very inspired by the cinema of Hong Kong,” said the photographer An Rong Xu, who visited Hong Kong this spring.
A good dive into the story behind the photograph #Perspective #Context #Archive #History #Legacy #VisualLiteracy
The Story Behind the Viral Photo of the Officer and the KKK
time.com
The officer and photographer speak to TIME in the wake of the Charlottesville unrest
“It felt like through the camera you could influence the way people saw life and thought about things"
lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Haight-Ashbury’s flower-bedecked hippie scene may have gotten most of the attention during 1967’s Summer of Love, but Nathan Farb’s photos from the Lower East Side that summer show a grittier side.
The harrowing account of the now infamous image: "I am glad people have seen it. It was a terrible thing and the fact that more people will be more aware of it happening is an overall positive, but I can’t say I’m happy to have been there."
Photographer behind graphic Charlottesville image recounts near-death experience
cjr.org
Ryan Kelly went to downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 for one last assignment before leaving his staff photographer job at The Daily Progress. On that final workday, the 30-year-old captured an image that The Washington Post declared as “The photo from Charlottesville that will define…
"“Blind Spot” takes its title from the medical condition from which Cole periodically suffers; he once wrote an essay about the malady, collected in the volume Known and Strange Things. Cole’s blind spot, he wrote, first materialized like “a grey veil” obscuring the vision in one eye. In his pictures, it is the question that haunts the photographer and it is perhaps what accounts for their restless nature, the way they alight on a thousand points of view: What does the camera not see, what does the picture not reveal?" #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Perspective
What Photography Taught Acclaimed Author Teju Cole about Writing
artsy.net
The photographs by Teju Cole on view at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, and in his concurrent book Blind Spot, are framed more like windows than pictures.