Today’s featured photographer is one of my personal photographic heroes, James Nachtwey: “For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the…
Category: General Photography
Featured Photographer – Sam Abell
Need a little Sunday photographic inspiration? I enjoyed this presentation by National Geographic photographer, Sam Abell. Sam speaks often of framing the photo and then waiting for the subject. In my Chicago street photography workshops I teach a similar approach…
Featured Photographer: Diane Arbus
“Nothing about her life, her photographs or her death was accidental or ordinary. They were mysterious and decisive and unimaginable except to her. Which is the way it is with genius.” -Richard Avedon Against the advice of many friends, Diane…
Street Photography and the Law
Street Photography and the Law – (Extra Bonus: The camera as a weapon) “I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to…