Los Angeles-based photographer Richard Renaldi is leading the life so many amateur photographers would like to live. He travels widely, he photographs the things and people he finds interesting, and the resulting prints (which sell for thousands of dollars) are hung in museums and art … Keep readingRichard Renaldi
In 1995 Nick Brandt was in Tanzania directing a music video for Michael Jackson. When the shooting for the video was complete, Brandt took some time off to visit a nearby wildlife preserve. It was apparently one of those pivotal life experiences. A few years … Keep readingNick Brandt
The name of Jock Sturges will always be interlinked with accusations of child pornography. It’s impossible to discuss his photographic career without making mention of the 1990 FBI raid on his studio and the resulting criminal charge of child pornography, or without the 1998 child … Keep readingJock Sturges
Fazal Ilahi Sheikh came by his interest in displaced people naturally. You could say it was the family business. He was born in New York City in 1965. His father, though, was born in Nairobi, Kenya and his grandfather was born in a part of … Keep readingFazal Sheikh
What do you get when you cross a dissatisfied urban planner and a fine arts photographer? What you get is David Allee. Allee earned a BA in Government and Economics from Cornell University in 1991, and went to work as an urban and environmental planner. … Keep readingDavid S. Allee
Toys are, by definition, objects of play. In the hands of photographer David Levinthal, however, these objects of play play with our objectivity. He turns the innocence of toys upside down, using tiny figurines to create lurid scenes, some of which are vaguely menacing, some … Keep readingDavid Levinthal
Some photographers have an agenda. They see photography less as a form of expression and more as a tool for bringing public awareness to their cause. Their photography is not intended to please, but to inform; not meant to form an aesthetic, but to form … Keep readingLewis Hine
There are a few fortunate people who know early on what they want to do for the rest of their lives–and actually find a way to do it. One of those felicitous folks is Bruce Davidson. Born in Chicago in 1933, Davidson first picked up … Keep readingBruce Davidson
I was drawn to the title of Julie Blackmon’s recent photographic series: Domestic Vacations. It’s a whimsical contradiction. I’d never heard of Blackmon, but the title and the first photo I saw in the series was enough to intrigue me. I wanted to see more, … Keep readingJulie Blackmon
Two critical facts about William Christenberry. First, he was born in Alabama in 1936. He spent much of his childhood summers in Hale County, Alabama–a poor, rural county in the west central part of the state. Second, in 1944, when Christenberry was eight years old, … Keep readingWilliam Christenberry