“There is a vast chasm between a lived experience in a place and a photograph that somehow tries to represent that experience”
Tag: Photojournalism
Aiyush Pachnanda may have yet to finish his Photojournalism degree, but he’s already taking the…
The winners were announced during Berlin Photo Week in Germany (10 – 14 October) where…
Renowned for her fearless coverage of conflicts, Addario reflects on the experience of documenting a silent epidemic of epic proportions
Food Not Bombs is a 30-year-old global movement. Initially based in Massachusetts, US, the grassroots…
As we welcome people to submit photographs to Portrait of Humanity, an initiative celebrating our…
“You’re always looking for that time where everybody forgets you’re there and becomes themselves. Surprisingly, they do, sometimes to the detriment of what you knew about them,” says Eugene Richards, who has devoted his career to documenting social injustice in America, and injecting himself into intensely personal situations.
Richards’ style is up-close and unflinching, “ironically it’s the process of becoming as not there as you possibly can, if you hang around long enough people don’t care”, he says. Though his photography has been described as poetic and lyrical, he has never thought of himself as an artist. “I went in with some knowledge of photography, but mostly with the idea of providing information,” he says.
Wellcome Photography Prize invites submissions from image-makers investigating health-related issues in new and compelling ways
Last week, a group of Croatia’s leading cultural pioneers welcomed the 10th jubilee edition of…
A lauded photojournalist and founding member of VII Photo, Antonin Kratochvil has left the agency…