Janet Borden Friday April 19, 2024
Best known for capturing delightful British eccentricities, Martin Parr has been making photographs for the fashion industry since 1999, traveling from Moscow to Bangkok, Milan and New York on assignment for magazines and design houses, including his long-standing work for Gucci. But he does so in his own way, incorporating vivid colors and a keen appreciation of the absurd, notes New York’s Janet Borden gallery, which features the exhibition “Martin Parr: Fashion Faux Parr” through May 31. There’s also a book.
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CNN Friday April 19, 2024
“I grew up always being told that Islam is a way of life, but I didn’t really know what that meant,” says British artist Mahtab Hussain. “But going to the US and meeting all these communities, people from all walks of life, all over the world, it’s really interesting how this Islam fits in with the culture.” In his series “Muslims in America,” Hussain brings together people who share his identity—a group, notes CNN, that is often “misconstrued or entirely lacking from the cultural conversation.”
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World Photography Organization Friday April 19, 2024
French photographer Juliette Pavy has won the Photographer of the Year title in the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards for a documentary series exploring the impact of an involuntary birth control campaign led by Danish authorities in Greenland between 1965 and 1975. Judges praised Pavy’s empathetic portrayal of her subjects, “capturing them in a manner that is both dignified and profoundly intimate.” UK-based landscape photographer Liam Man wins the Open Photographer of the Year for his image “Moonrise Sprites over Storr.”
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TIME Friday April 19, 2024
Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza and fine-art photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier are among Time magazine's “most influential people of 2024." Azaiza spent nearly four months documenting life under Israeli bombardment, offering the world a glimpse into Gaza “that few in the international press—which has been all but barred from accessing the Strip—could rival,” notes the magazine. Frazier was honored for, in the words of playwright Lynn Nottage, “making visible the landscapes and lives of working people,”
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