Documenting the Human Experience
Local New Orleans legend, Lissa Driscoll, otherwise known as Washboard Lissa, (also Washboard Annie) has been playing and singing old blues songs on the streets of the French Quarter for over three decades. Lissa was recently diagnosed with throat cancer, which…
No RAW Allowed! “While we aim for photography of the highest aesthetic quality, our goal is not to artistically interpret the news.” In the wake of Don McCullin’s recent comments concerning the art world and photography, I have now learned…
Hello everyone. In this short video I’d like to turn you on to what I feel is the best gallery for social documentary photography in New Orleans. Often on display are original prints from photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eugene…
Hello everyone! I arrived safely in good old New Orleans! Here are a few smartphone captures of my journey down to New Orleans. I’ll be in NOLA for the next several months, and I have New Orleans street and travel…
“You can see my struggle with the art world, the ‘art’ of photography. The Americans are the ones who started this artistic kind of thing, why couldn’t they just leave it alone?” -Don McCullin [fvplayer src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/gritstreet/a-bad-week.mp4″] McCullin particularly dislikes how…
SLR or Rangefinder For Street Photography? Some Things To Consider