In the Flash Wednesday August 27, 2025
“Political portraits...require a kind of ideological discipline. It’s important that my own political affiliations don’t influence the type of portrait I’m making, whether I’m working with Democrats or Republicans.” So notes photographer Dina Litovsky at her In the Flash Substack, describing how she went about photographing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for Time magazine. “I like to let people reveal themselves to the camera, then amplify the vibes I’m getting,” Litovsky says. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday August 27, 2025
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario is the focus of a new National Geographic documentary from Oscar winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The film, due to open at this year's Toronto Film
Festival (Sept. 4 to 14), follows the Pulitzer Prize winning photographer on several trips to Ukraine in recent years and traces her past two decades in the war zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra … Read the full Story >>
Newsweek Tuesday August 26, 2025
The internet is hailing a photographer who stopped at nothing to get the job done, notes Newsweek: Wedding photographer Vika Plotnikova was doing her best line up the perfect angle during a ceremony in Minneapolis, but as she stepped onto the wall of a water fountain, she misjudged how much space she actually had a fell in. She couldn't resist sharing the moment on her TikTok account and the clip went viral, generating over 904,600 views and more than 116,500 likes.
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EQ LIVING Tuesday August 26, 2025
“To me, the horse embodies beauty, grace, and quiet strength. I see it as a living sculpture—timeless and pure,” says photographer Irina Kazaridi. Based in the South of France, Kazaridi has had her elegant images of equines exhibited across Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, notes EQ Living. She says she sees beauty in all breeds, but prefers black and white, monochrome, soft beige, and brown tones. “I’m drawn to the individual beauty and presence of each horse,” she notes.
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