2Rarely Seen Photos of Japanese Internment
At first glance, Dorothea Lange’s photographs of Japanese-Americans, taken in the early 1940s, appear to show ordinary activities. People wait patiently in lines. Children play. A woman makes artificial flowers. Storefront signs proudly proclaim, “I am an American.”
But these quiet images document something sinister: the racially motivated relocation and internment during World War II of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the West Coast, more than 60 percent of whom were American citizens.
Dorothea Lange documents one of the darker moments of US history during the World War II when thousands of Japanese Americans had been incarcerated.
3Exhibition – “Conflict and Consequence: Photographing War and Its Aftermath”
The Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln Nebraska exhibits the younger history of war photography featuring 12 photographers.
For “Conflict and Consequences: Photographing War and Its Aftermath,” the Sheldon Museum of Art has chosen another option — presenting the work of 12 photographers who have spent their careers as journalists, documentarians and artists, shooting in war zones, capturing images of the conflicts and the results of the fighting.
All the photography in the show could be classified as contemporary. The oldest images date to 1978 when Susan Meiselas documented the Sandinista National Liberation Front’s revolution against the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
4Why Street Photography Matters in 2017
by Temoor Iqbal
I already presented my view on the current state of Street Photography and its overshadowing by the influx of mediocre images through Social Media. On the other hand the digital universe also allows us to see more of the hidden gems that wouldn’t be known otherwise.
Read more in Street Photography and its current state
Temoor Iqbal describes the relevance of Street Photography today by explaining the history and its roots mixed with strong black and white images that underline his arguments.
5Photography isn’t dead – Sebastiao Salgado
Another voice on a very similar topic by no other than Sebastiao Salgado. How can Photography compete against new media and digital mediums or even cellphone images?
“What people do with their telephones is not photography, it’s images,” he said in Bangkok for an exhibition of his work.
He further adds:
“Photography is a tangible thing, you grab it, you look at it. It is something akin to memory.”
6Photoseries – “The Migrant Distance”
Chilean photographer Cristobal Olivares has devoted his latest series, titled “The Migrant Distance,” to the transnational romances between immigrants in Chile and the loved ones they leave behind in their home countries. To counter the misinformation spread about immigrants — mostly racially-charged tales of foreigners bringing crime and taking jobs – Olivares trains his camera on one of their most intimate objects, one containing their most cherished memories of home: their cell phone. In Olivares’ unconventional series, immigrants hailing from places as close as neighboring Peru to as far as the Caribbean share photographs of their loved ones saved onto their mobile phones.
7Book – If I Live to Be 100: The Wisdom of Centenarians
by Paul Mobley
More than fifty extraordinary Americans, who have all celebrated their one hundredth birthday, share a century of insights. Paul Mobley has taken his camera on the road once again, this time to photograph America’s oldest and wisest citizens. Mobley traveled to all fifty states to find these indomitable, extraordinary centenarians. In this inspiring collection of intimate and powerful portraits, direct quotes, and personal stories, we learn that wisdom is the reward for perseverance. The centenarians in Mobley’s stunning portfolio are eyewitnesses to a century dominated by world wars and conflicts, space travel, and cultural and digital revolutions. Their stories are inspirational, educational, and deeply touching. In them, we are reminded that love, loss, hope, and grief are essential ingredients in a full life and that humor can get us through the worst of times. Mobley’s heartfelt portraits are a beautiful tribute to this unique assemblage of Americans.
8Street Hunters Top 20 Influential Street Photographers
This year’s popularity polls are closed and this is the final top 20 list of the “most influential Street Photographers of 2017”.
Here is a short overview with a list of names that I hadn’t heard before. If you are on the search for new names then here might be some new inspirations and their top image.
Rohit Vohra – Website
Vineet Vohra – Website
Soumya Shankar Ghosal – Website
Arsenio Jr Nidoy – Website
Hajdu Tamas – Website
Alex Webb – Website
Teresa Pilcher – Website
Jonas Dyhr Rask – Website
Eric Kim – Website
Valerie Jardin – Website
Martin U Waltz – Website
Oliver Krumes – Website
Elliott Erwitt – Website
Martin Parr – Website
Joel Meyerowitz – Website
Linda Wisdom – Website
Patrick Casutt – Website
Maria Kappatou – Website
Marie Laigneau – Website
Becky Frances – Website
