Since Friday is Valentine’s Day, we are sharing a project where vernacular photographs and contemporary social media meet in humorous and revealing ways. Kellye Eisworth and Britland Tracy have just launched their zine, Pardon My Creep that pairs found photos of couples with messages they have received from men via online dating apps. “A voyeuristic investigation of desire, disconnect, […]
Photography Book
David Freese: Mississippi River, Headlands and Heartlands from Delta to Gulf
Some time ago, I featured David Freese‘s book, East Coast: Arctic to Tropic that followed an earlier effort, West Coast: Bering to Baja, documenting the coasts of our continent. Comingin July, David has a new book published by George F. Thompson in Staunton, VA, Mississippi River: Headwaters and Heartland to Delta and Gulf which completes […]
Susan Berger: Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther King
Today marks the birthday of iconic civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. and on this MLK Day when we consider past and current heartbreaking histories, we are featuring a project that celebrates the streets that reflect his name, all across America. Susan Berger’s chronicle of place, Life and Soul: American Streets Honoring Martin Luther […]
Lisa McCarty: Transcendental Concord
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. […]
Cristina Fontsaré: A Crack in the Mirror
One of the many gifts of being a photographer are the friendships that develop simply because we hold a camera. This summer, while attending Les Rencontres De La Photographie in Arles, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with Spanish photographer Cristina Fontsaré. Cristina has a legacy of using Polaroid instant photography to document […]
Aaron Rothman: Signal Noise
In Aaron Rothman’s book Signal Noise (Radius Books, 2018) he approaches landscape photography using digital transformations- from slight manipulations to the ultimate processing which amplifies pure digital noise. Upon opening the cover of the book, the stage is set with dualities – from the cover’s colorful and magical chaos to end sheets of pure light. […]