Harry Callahan is regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-war photography, yet his work is little known in the UK. Curator Simon Baker walks us through the Tate Modern exhibition.
On Saturday, May 10, 2014, Aperture hosted a panel discussion addressing street photography in the twenty-first century, featuring Philip-Lorca diCorcia, James Nares, and Katherine A. Bussard.
The dark light of this nothing: The title of this body comes from the words of the philosopher Derrida that reflect on the experience of the loss of the Other, or the absence of "what I myself am not".
Though the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York is no stranger to change, the long term residents who have sustained the neighborhood for generations are now in an increasing minority. The "old guard" is losing their sense of community. This piece is meant as a tribute to the neighborhood's long term residents.
'My work has always come from empathy and love' says American photographer Nan Goldin. In this TateShots interview, Goldin introduces her latest book, Eden and After; a collection of portraits she has taken of children – one of the artist’s ongoing photographic subjects.
In the 1980s the Subway in New York was poorly run, poorly lit and considered dangerous. Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson decided to head underground.
Ralph Gibson has achieved worldwide acclaim as a photographer for more than four decades. A champion of individual expression, Gibson urges photographers to develop a personal style by following their own instincts.
Photographer David Favrod talks about his award-winning series, Hikari, in which he creates his own conceptual view of Japan, from memories and stories told to him by his parents and grandparents.
A clutter-filled studio is a route to creativity, says photographer Mark Ruwedel. From his home in Long Beach, California, Mark Ruwedel, shows us around his studio and talks about why it can take him years to complete a photographic series, after an evolving process of sifting and selection.
On Monday, March 17, 2014, World Press Photo and FotografenFederatie organised an evening with five jury members at Pakhuis De Zwijger in Amsterdam. They all presented their views and experiences on the broad field of photography and multimedia.
Shomei Tomatsu (1930–2012), one of Japan’s foremost twentieth-century photographers, created one of the defining portraits of postwar Japan. Beginning in the late 1950s, Tomatsu committed to photographing as many of the American military bases in Japan as possible, focusing on the seismic impact of the American victory and occupation.
Stephen Shore in conversation with Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the International Center for Photography (ICP)
In 1977, Winogrand was invited by photographer and professor Geoff Winningham to speak with students at Rice University in Houston. For more than two hours, Winogrand entertained questions from students on a broad array of topics; a selection from this seminar is shown here.
This is "International Center of Photography (ICP) with Brian Wallis" by L'Oeil de la photographie on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
You grew up, like most, where you got trophies for participation, medals for winning bullshit things and undying support from your doting parents who just wanted to see you succeed — or be happy — whichever came first. Because even if you weren’t the best, they still wanted you to feel like you were. Gold star for being you, honey.
Stephen Shore is truly the photographers' photographer. For over forty years, he has contributed his gift to the creative world through books, exhibitions and professorship. In this short documentary interview, Imagista's director Heidi Hartwig dispels the mystery of the man behind the mythology
Artist Ed Ruscha's fascination with the vernacular architecture of Los Angeles began over fifty years ago and continues to this day. In the 1960s, Ruscha started documenting the building facades along the city's major roads by taking continuous photographs with a 35mm camera mounted to a moving vehicle. His first related publication, "Everything Building on the Sunset Strip" (1966), captures an extensive stretch of the famous thoroughfare.
Artist Todd Hido discusses his work and his latest monograph, Excerpts from Silver Meadows (Nazraeli, 2013), with gallerist, lecturer, writer and editor Darius Himes. Named for a street in the Ohio neighborhood where the artist grew up, Excerpts looks back on Hido's upbringing and his dawning awareness of "the darker aspects of life beyond."
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