Interview Tuesday July 23, 2024
The work of David Armstrong, the iconic New York-based fashion photographer of the early 2000s who died in 2014, is celebrated in the latest issue of MATTE Magazine. This marks the first time the images have been seen in print since Armstrong’s death at age 60, notes Interview. This work was selected by co-editors Vince Aletti and Matthew Leifheit, “[W]hen you look at the pictures in the magazine, they don’t look like fashion. They just look like David’s pictures,” says Lisa Love, co-executor of Armstrong’s estate.
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feature shoot Tuesday July 23, 2024
Over the years, Feature Shoot's Emerging Photography Awards contest has helped launch the careers of dozens of photographers worldwide. Now you can enter the 2024 edition of the competition free of charge, thanks to sponsorship from gear platform MPB. Fifteen winners will have their work selected for a group exhibition in NYC and all winners will be showcased on Feature Shoot and takeovers on Feature Shoot’s Instagram. Judges who will see your work include curators, photo editors, and art buyers. Deadline: August 5.
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 23, 2024
"However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of the great compositions in U.S. photographic history." So noted Tyler Austin Harper in a recent Atlantic article about AP
photographer Evan Vucci's astonishing photograph capturing the attempted assassination of Donald Trump earlier this month. The New York Times compared the photo of Trump's defiant fist pump in front
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ABC News Monday July 22, 2024
It didn’t take long to turn an iconic photo into merch: ABC News reports that a company owned by Donald Trump is now selling $299 sneakers showing an image of the former president with streaks of blood on his cheek and pumping his fist in the air after he was the target of an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The white “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT High-Tops” are being sold on a website run by CIC Ventures LLC, a company that Trump reported owning in his 2023 financial disclosure. The particular frame used on the sneaker was taken by Anna Moneymaker of Getty Images, adds PetaPixel.
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