Projections Tuesday January 23, 2024
Join photographers Nancy Farese and Liam Sharp virtually for a Projections event on Jan. 24. Farese uses photography, collages and thread to create a visual memoir of growing up in the American South in the 1960s. Her work examines segregation and female identity as she looks at the concept of memory and "the stores we tell ourselves." Sharp is a location photographer who shoots people in their natural environments, often bringing his studio lighting with him. Place: Via Zoom. Time: 7:00 pm EST.
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Wonderful Machine Tuesday January 23, 2024
Jimmy Galt is a San Diego-based photographer dedicated to documenting humanitarian causes. Recently, he did his first project with the online magazine byFaith, published by the Presbyterian Church in
America. Focused on stories of improving the lives of human beings globally, the publication was planning a photo essay on families stranded at the California/Mexico border. The article, Galt was
told, would attempt to move … Read the full Story >>
L'Oeil de la Photographie Monday January 22, 2024
Hans Feurer, a prolific Swiss fashion photographer best known for his sensual images of models, including work for the 1974 Pirelli Calendar, died on Jan. 16 at age 84. Feurer rose to prominence in the late 1960s when he landed in London at age 22. His Pirelli Calendar, shot in the Seychelles, and 1983 Kenzo campaign, in which he captured supermodel Iman on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, are continuously referenced and cited for their role in rewriting the rules of fashion, notes Russh. L’Oeil de la Photographie has been paying tributes to his work. See also: Business of Fashion.
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W Magazine Monday January 22, 2024
Can you create fine art on smartphones? Of course, notes W magazine, which spotlights “exceptional projects” from the Google's Creator Labs program—an initiative that asks rising photography stars to use Google Pixel cameras. The imagery comes from the likes of Kennedi Carter, Furmaan Ahmed, Amber Grace Johnson, Andy Jackson and Andrew Thomas Huang. “I was inspired by an ongoing project that I started earlier this year that utilizes a multi-exposure technique that I’ve developed,” notes Dana Scruggs.
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