Sharbat Gula became an international symbol of war-torn Afghanistan after a portrait of her taken by photographer Steve McCurry was published on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985. This week we learned Gula, now in her 40s, was evacuated to Rome after her country fell to the Taliban. She was believed to be 12 when McCurry first photographed her in a Pakistan … Read the full Story >>
What is sustainable pricing for photographers? It’s one of the questions most frequently asked of commercial photographer, educator and mentor Don Giannatti, and in a new video he offers insights on the subject. Bottom line: Don’t ask, “How much do I charge?” Rather, ask, “What value is this to the client?” Read the full Story >>
In late August 1963, just after the assassination of Medgar Evers and the March on Washington, the photographer, organizer, and teacher Doris Derby went to Mississippi. Over the following nine years, Derby traveled to the state’s rural areas with her camera, documenting and participating in the southern Civil Rights Movement. Her sensitive and intimate work, capturing Black people’s everyday struggles for survival and their growing political action for a better future, are now collected in A Civil Rights Journey (MACK), notes Hyperallergic. Read the full Story >>
Gia Roche’s photo business in Destin, Florida, focuses on eyes. The business, Eye Wonder, creates macro photos of customers’ irises—the part of the eye that defines eye color—and offers immediate printing and various other framing and printing options. “I’ve always been like, ‘Ooh, what color are your eyes?’” Roche tells Northwest Florida Daily News. Roche, originally from Paraguay, stumbled into macro photography of the eye two years ago, during her 10-year career in the financial industry. Read the full Story >>
