The New York Times Wednesday May 22, 2024
Jessica Dimson, The New York Times Magazine’s deputy director of photography for the past seven years, is being promoted to photo director, the magazine’s editor in chief, Jake Silverstein, has announced. Dimson’s move comes after the retirement last month of the magazine’s longtime DOP, Kathy Ryan. “Jessica has deep experience producing photography for both the Magazine and the newsroom, a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by our digital evolution, and a passion for experimenting with new forms of visual journalism,” noted Silverstein.
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David Schonauer Wednesday May 22, 2024
Photographer Justine Kurland "radically resituated girlhood" in her book "Girl Pictures," noted the AnOther blog recently, and now she does the same with motherhood in her new book "This Train." The
book presents two narratives drawn from road trips across the US that Kurland made with her young son Casper between 2005 and 2010. One is personal history featuring images of her child and … Read the full Story >>
People Tuesday May 21, 2024
Just hours before a Georgia bride was set to walk down the aisle, her photographer called and said she was having a “medical problem” and “wasn't going to be there.” The bride, Allison Gardner, who had booked Georgia wedding photographer Danielle Caldwell two months ahead of her wedding, decided to take the matter to court. A Coweta County Judge charged the photographer with theft by conversion, and now, notes People, Caldwell has been ordered to serve one year probation and to pay Gardner $900 within six months. Caldwell says she cancelled after feeling ill.
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The Guardian Tuesday May 21, 2024
Photographer Darlyne Komukama and three other Ugandan women found a unique way to explore what she calls “the idea of Black hair practices as systems of knowledge.” For their art project "Salooni," the trio set up a roving hair salon that gave out free hairstyles and made space for Black women “to convene, converse and connect” over all the good and difficult things about Black hair. “There’s a proverb that informed this project: ‘When your sister does your hair, you don’t need a mirror,’” Komukama writes at The Guardian.
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