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
The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along with 100 carefully selected students. The photography workshop is tuition-free, and the students are chosen based on the merit of their portfolios. PhotoWings is a proud supporter of Eddie Adams Workshop, and has created a series of twenty reflective interviews with the renowned faculty and...
Clay Bolt & The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee
At WiLDSPEAK 2016, a conference created by the International League of Conservation Photographers, PhotoWings sat down with award-winning photographer Clay Bolt to discuss his fight to protect the rusty-patched bumble bee as a federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act. Clay shares with us how he became involved in this issue and the ways he used the power of visual storytelling to...
Sara Terry – The Aftermath Project
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Outreach Spotlight: Global Nomads
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Announcing the 2016 Flash Grant Winners
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In the 70s, when photographer Stephen Shore traveled the country, America itself was engaged in a new act of seeing. In a new collection of Shore’s work, Wes Anderson, Taryn Simon, and Ed Ruscha contribute their own interpretations.
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Beautiful Photos of All 59 U.S. National Parks
nationalgeographic.com
From pearly glaciers to sun-soaked beaches, wander through some of the wildest and most iconic landscapes in North America.
""I have spent much of my career exploring the chimerical world of fantasy: the hidden desires and urges that compel people to dream, to dress up, to move beyond the bounds of convention and to escape from their everyday life. In Korean Dreams, I was exploring this escapist impulse not as an individual choice, but as a way of life forced upon an entire nation, where truth is not lived but reinterpreted by those in power." #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling
Exposing North Korea Through Secret Photography
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Armed with a hidden shutter-release and travelling on a stranger's passport, photographer Nathalie Daoust explains the measures she took to capture the mysterious underbelly of North Korean society
“My tendency is,” he once told an interviewer, “if I see something interesting, to not take a picture of it, but to take a picture of something else and have that in it so that you can move your attention around, like this is a little world that you can examine, and for those kinds of pictures it simply makes more sense for everything to be sharp.” #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling
Stephen Shore Changed the Way We See America
vogue.com
In the 70s, when photographer Stephen Shore traveled the country, America itself was engaged in a new act of seeing. In a new collection of Shore’s work, Wes Anderson, Taryn Simon, and Ed Ruscha contribute their own interpretations.
“So I arrived without nothing in Europe,” he said. “That means without photographs. This always makes me sad. I never documented what I lived before. That’s why when I go back in the ship to work … that gives me the opportunity document [what I could not] … before.” #Archive #History #Legacy #Storytelling #Inspiration
A former refugee’s moving photos of a crisis that he knows so well
washingtonpost.com
Years ago, photographer Sinawi Medine had taken the same long and painful journey.
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Artificial Intelligence is shaping the photo industry. Is it for better or worse?
"Photographer Jonathan Irish embarked on an ambitious journey to visit every U.S. national park in 52 weeks in honor the National Park Service's 100th anniversary. From the crystalline waters of Dry Tortugas to the deep, dark recesses of Carlsbad Caverns, discover stunning highlights from Irish’s 13-month journey through all 59 national parks." #Storytelling #Perspective #Inspiration
Beautiful Photos of All 59 U.S. National Parks
nationalgeographic.com
From pearly glaciers to sun-soaked beaches, wander through some of the wildest and most iconic landscapes in North America.
""I have spent much of my career exploring the chimerical world of fantasy: the hidden desires and urges that compel people to dream, to dress up, to move beyond the bounds of convention and to escape from their everyday life. In Korean Dreams, I was exploring this escapist impulse not as an individual choice, but as a way of life forced upon an entire nation, where truth is not lived but reinterpreted by those in power." #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling
Exposing North Korea Through Secret Photography
anothermag.com
Armed with a hidden shutter-release and travelling on a stranger's passport, photographer Nathalie Daoust explains the measures she took to capture the mysterious underbelly of North Korean society
“My tendency is,” he once told an interviewer, “if I see something interesting, to not take a picture of it, but to take a picture of something else and have that in it so that you can move your attention around, like this is a little world that you can examine, and for those kinds of pictures it simply makes more sense for everything to be sharp.” #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling
Stephen Shore Changed the Way We See America
vogue.com
In the 70s, when photographer Stephen Shore traveled the country, America itself was engaged in a new act of seeing. In a new collection of Shore’s work, Wes Anderson, Taryn Simon, and Ed Ruscha contribute their own interpretations.
“So I arrived without nothing in Europe,” he said. “That means without photographs. This always makes me sad. I never documented what I lived before. That’s why when I go back in the ship to work … that gives me the opportunity document [what I could not] … before.” #Archive #History #Legacy #Storytelling #Inspiration
A former refugee’s moving photos of a crisis that he knows so well
washingtonpost.com
Years ago, photographer Sinawi Medine had taken the same long and painful journey.