Here’s a short profile of the great pioneering street photographer, Rebecca Lepkoff. Starting in the 1940s, she photographed street scenes on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Also, available now in a paperback edition, Life on the Lower East Side,…
Documenting the Human Experience
I had to pinch myself… While images created with any digital device including smartphones are welcome, the Nikon 2014-2015 photo contest “will not be accepting any entries taken on film.” Yes, that’s right folks, according to the submission guidelines, film…
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…
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…
I had a really deep conversation today about the existence of God – in a dope house with a bunch of junkies. Good conversations happen in the strangest of places. We concluded that there probably isn’t any God, at least…