Saturday 11 September 2010
We have finally finished our move to Brighton and I can dedicate some time for my dear blog again… Huge backlog of links to share here, even though I’ve only been offline the last two days…
Interviews – Marcus Bleasdale : My Best Shot (Guardian: September 2010) The documentary photographer talks about capturing child soldiers and conflict zones – and explains why the reason he takes pictures is because he gets angry (video 4:27)
Words of wisdom from Munem Wasif…
Interviews – Munem Wasif (BJP: September 2010)
Articles – Ed Kashi: Using Your Photo Archive: Looking Back To Look Forward (Tiffinbox: September 2010)
Thumbs up to Ami Vitale…
Blogs – Panos Pictures: ViewChange Online Film Contest (Panos Pictures: September 2010) Sierra Leone: Where Every Pregnancy is a Gamble, a film by Lauren Malkani and Panos photographer Ami Vitale, has been nominated for linkTV’s ViewChange Online Film Contest…. If it wins, Vitale promises to donate the prize money to the people in the film…
Features and Essays – Cristian Movila: Inside a Romanian Drug House (TIME: September 2010)
Features and Essays – Jodi Bieber: Soweto, South Africa’s trend-setting township (BBC: September 2010)
Features and Essays – Adam Ferguson: Kandahar (NYT: September 2010)
If you have 9 minutes to spare, do have a look at this Aric Mayer’s Vimeo piece about photographing the aftermath of Katrina. Really worth it. The photographs, previously unseen to me, are strong and Mayer speaks very eloquently. There’s a subtlety to both the photographs and the narration that I liked a lot.
Features and Essays – Aric Mayer: The Aesthetics of Catastrophe (Vimeo: September 2010) Photographing the aftermath of Katrina
Exhibitions – Westminster (London) MA Photojournalism degree show slideshow (Foto8: September 2010)
Sean Gallagher did a Top 10 Best Photography Blogs list and I’m very proud to be included… Thanks Sean!
Blogs – Sean Gallagher: Probably the Best Photography Blogs in the World (Photographer’s blog: September 2010)
Interviews – Mark Power (BJP: September 2010)
Interviews – David Allan Harvey : Divided Soul (YouTube)
Tear sheets…
Rob Hornstra tear sheets from Photo Raw, which I think is very cool Finnish photo magazine…
Panos Pictures latest tear sheets
Collectives – Boreal Collective
Photographers – Julien Goldstein
Photographers – Kazuyoshi Nomachi
Blogs – Reuters photo blog
Twitter – Maciej Dakowicz
