Brooklyn’s Visual Reboot
Photographs of the most populous borough reveal a new landscape being experienced by people new to the terrain, with little investment in Brooklyn’s past. It’s a little bit like the nation, Brooklyn.
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Category: Documentary
Unraveling the Mysteries of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’
The history behind Ms. Lange’s photograph of Florence Owens Thompson has intrigued academics and photographers for decades. But a new book sheds fresh light on the portrait’s little-explored details. Dorothea Lange’s 1936 portrait of Florence Owens Thompson and her daughters is so well-known that finding anything new to say about it seems futile.
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This photographer exposes Russia’s darkest sides
The work of Dmitry Markov documents the lives of the homeless, neglected children and alcoholics in remote parts of the country. In an interview he tells how photography saved him from hard drugs and why he still refuses to believe that Russia’s fate is already sealed
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This photographer wanted to humanize Ellis Island’s immigrants. His images are still powerful.
To the new arrivals at Ellis Island in the early 1900s, the thin bespectacled man waving them down seemed to be a part of the immigration process. They had spent weeks crossing the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of becoming Americans, and now that they had disembarked from the crowded ships, they hoped there were only a few steps remaining.
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Why you shouldn’t do street photography: the problem of ethics and representation
Street photography is important, versatile, and in my opinion – one of the most challenging genres there is. But there are some problems with street photography that largely revolve around ethics. In his latest video, Jamie Windsor talks about these problems and discusses the situations when it’s best not to pick up your camera.
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