PhotoWings

4 days ago

"Image-making studios in Peshawar show men as they wish to be seen – as heroes of their own big-screen fantasies and dreams. Now, for a new book, authors Lukas Birk and Sean Foley are delving into their archives." #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling ...

PhotoWings

5 days ago

Thought-provoking read from Bright Mag and our partners The Everyday Projects: "Photography was the privilege of western inventors, experimenters, and anthropologists. With the advent of affordable cameras, photography has finally begun to democratize and decolonize" #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Photography #Photojournalism #Storytelling ...

PhotoWings

5 days ago

"“Brave, Beautiful Outlaws” focuses on her early work, during the time of her most intense political activism. Ms. Bright identifies Ms. Gottschalk as a “talented and sensitive visual storyteller,” whose work comprises a “vital contribution to the historical record.” Part autobiography, part ethnography, Ms. Gottschalk’s work counters the gross elision of the lesbian in the annals of queer history. Hers is a community of the socially and politically marginalized, fellow “freaks” and “outcasts” — many of whom were first cast out of their families of origin — those invisible to or rejected by the mainstream." #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #Storytelling ...

PhotoWings

6 days ago

"It’s a common sentiment from photographers that they like to think of the relationship as a creative collaboration. Yet even the language with which we describe the medium—“take” someone’s picture, “capture” him, “shoot” them—implies a fraught process with an inherent power imbalance. Over the years, photographers have reconsidered what they owe the people in their frames." #CriticalThinking #Photography #Photojournalism ...