Maggie Steber:
Lessons in the Field
Award-winning photographer and editor Maggie Steber is well-known for her passion for teaching, and so we were thrilled when she welcomed us into her classroom at the 2018 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Kolkata, India. Maggie provides insight into her style of teaching, the ways we can learn to find our own visual voice, and tips for editing and storytelling. “I really like to create an...
Outreach Spotlight:
Photoville NYC
For its seventh edition, Photoville will present work by more than 600 artists in 90 photography exhibitions & outdoor installations, providing an accessible venue for the public to experience both challenging and entertaining visual stories from a diverse group of artists, curators and organizations. In addition to exhibitions in and around the freight containers, Photoville offers panel...
PhotoWings Flash Grants
We’re thrilled to announce our latest grant opportunity, a series of PhotoWings Flash Grants. Propose a photography-based project for an opportunity to receive a grant from PhotoWings. Flash Grants will be in two funding streams with more than one award in each category possible depending on the quality/quantity of submissions.
Outreach Spotlight: CatchLight + Everyday Projects
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Andrea Bruce:
Our Democracy
With the “Our Democracy” project Andrea Bruce brings news literacy, community engagement and visual exploration into communities around the United States. Crisscrossing the country, Andrea connects with members of the community and uses visual and audio storytelling to explore their experiences and thoughts on contemporary democracy....
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. 2018’s Foundry will be held in Kolkata, India. Foundry was established to bring a high-caliber workshop to people who otherwise could not attend such events....
Nancy Borowick:
The Family Imprint
Photographer Nancy Borowick tells us the moving story of documenting her parents’ struggle with cancer, and how the power of photography was able to help her be strong and resilient during their illnesses. Nancy Borowick is a humanitarian photographer currently based on the island of Guam. She is a graduate of the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program at the International Center of...
Stacy Pearsall – On The Veterans Portrait Project
After 2-time Military Photographer of the Year award winner and Bronze Star recipient Stacy Pearsall was injured in combat, she came home to receive care in V.A. hospitals. It was in these spaces that she started to document the incredible stories of the other veterans, beginning a new chapter of her life as well as “The Veterans Portrait Project,” a project that is not only powerful and...
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Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
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New Zealand's Mongrel Mob gang, photographed by Jono Rotman
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Arresting. Exquisite. Gripping. Chilling. Disgraceful. Unacceptable. These are all words people have used to describe portraits made by Jono Rotman. Created over the last decade, his project Mongrelism presents an intimate look at members of the Mongrel Mob – New Zealand’s largest, most notoriou..."Alec Soth, Dayanita Singh, Tom Hunter, Takashi Homma and Vanessa Winship choose new names to watch – from an artist who’s ripping female portraiture apart, to a Japanese observer of German society and a slum-dweller turned Delhi archivist" #VisualLiteracy #CriticalThinking #Photography
The next generation: five leading photographers pick the hottest new talent
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Alec Soth, Dayanita Singh, Tom Hunter, Takashi Homma and Vanessa Winship choose new names to watch – from an artist who’s ripping female portraiture apart, to a Japanese observer of German society and a slum-dweller turned Delhi archivist"Working for Look, Life, People, and New York during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, Wood’s photographs became an part of the cultural dialogue. As a woman photographing women, her portraits reveal the soul and spirit of her subjects with sensitivity and understanding. Here Wood looks back at her years on the beat, reflecting on life for women during the decades when everything changed." #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #Photojournalism #Storytelling
Photos of Iconic Women Who Changed Course of the 20th Century - Feature Shoot
featureshoot.com
Monica Vitti, Actor, Shepperton, England, 1965. Diane Von Furstenberg, Fashion Designer, New York, New York, 1979. A dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, photographer Susan Wood came of age as the conservative values of the 1950s and early ‘60s were boldly stripped and peeled away as the Sexual Revolution..."In her visual archive, artist Guadalupe Rosales passes on the stories, traditions and history of Chicanx culture in the 1990s." #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #Storytelling
A photographic history of East LA in the 90s
huckmag.com
“The word legend means to create stories we have to tell,” observes Chicanx artist Guadalupe Rosales. “When I think about my ancestors, this is something that has passed on as someone who is Mexican. We keep these people and loved ones close to us through their stories and legends.” Passing ...We're honored to partner with United Photo Industries Education in this important work of creatively utilizing photography in education. There were over 500 teachers and students coming through Photoville alone, with many stopping in our tent to learn about our work. Education Day takes it to another level. #UnitedPhotoIndustries #education #photographyCalling All Teachers! Join us for a day of practicing tools and resources for using photography in the classroom, across subjects and disciplines. Many thanks to our friends at PhotoWings for supporting this program!
Deadline for application is next Wednesday (Oct 17th) - Check out the link below 📷 @hyltonimages
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