The December 2012 / January 2013 Podcast Links
Corey Arnold’s photographs of fishermen and a life at sea HERE
Lyndsay Addario’s photo essay about female US Marines serving in Afghanistan HERE
The groundbreaking photo story of wounded WWII US soldier George Lott photographed by Ralph Morse HERE
Richard Barnes Wet Plate process photography of contemporary US Civil War re-enactments HERE
Check out last month’s links for a couple of great Wet Plate Process photography videos
BONUS LINKS
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt on photographing The Misfits HERE
Using his close affiliation with the Korean gang scene, Yang Seung-woo captures an underground world few ever see HERE
“Opposing Superpowers, Same Terror.” Justin Barton’s Detailed Photos of Cold War Missile Sites HERE
The Big Picture: Dakar Rally 2013 HERE
Maha Kumbh Mela: millions make a pilgrimage to the Ganges HERE
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The October/November 2012 Podcast Links
CodeGuard: A website data backup service HERE
A Fierce and Tender Eye: Gordon Parks on Poverty’s Dire Toll: The landmark LIFE photo essay HERE
World War II Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Soviet war photography HERE
American Dream: Ian Ruhter photographs LA people with a wet plate camera… that’s also his van and darkroom HERE
American Tintype: Photographer Harry Taylor takes to tintype after taking digital and film photography as far as they could go. HERE
BONUS LINKS
An African journey: the photography and travels of Pascal Maitre HERE
Rev. Don Doll’s Decades of Documenting Native Americans HERE
RARE Video interview: Photographer/Filmmaker William Klein in Paris HERE
Hurricane Sandy Really Was Instagram’s Moment: 1.3 Million Pics Posted HERE
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The September 2012 Podcast Links
What’s to become of the professional photographer in a digital age where 380 billion photos are taken a year? HERE
The Red Bull Cliff Diving Series 2012 HERE
BONUS LINKS
Glimpses of the 1906 Earthquake seen in modern-day photos of San Francisco HERE
On Patrol in Yemen by Yuri Kozyrev HERE
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The August 2012 Podcast Links
Kodak has made the decision to sell off its film and paper divisions, as it continues to restructure its business around printing HERE
Impossible Project 8×10 film: Reinventing Instant Film in an Age of Instant Imagery HERE and HERE
Crossing Paths: Niall McDiarmid’s excellent street portraits from around the UK HERE
The 1958 documentary on the life and work of iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams HERE
The Atlantic – In Focus | NASA’s Curiosity on Mars HERE
Goran Tomasevic’s dramatic photos of the fighting around Aleppo in Syria HERE
BONUS LINKS
This months bonus links are an excellent series of posts by John Edwin Mason about the work produced for LIFE by Margaret Bourke-White in the Southern USA and South Africa. A recommended read!
Margaret Bourke-White & the Photography of Segregation: Life Magazine, 1956
Margaret Bourke-White in South Africa: Part 1, the Voortrekker Monument
Margaret Bourke-White in South Africa: Part 2, the Black Problem
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The June/July 2012 Podcast Links
Fujifilm discontinues two professional films HERE
Lovely Sky Monsters. Storm images by award-winning photographer Camille Seaman HERE
Twisted Nostalgia: Life After the Troubles HERE
The Fantastic Machine That Found the Higgs Boson HERE
Jim Lo Scalzo: the only all-female chain gang in the USA HERE
Sebastião Salgado: Images from his Genesis project. (changed from the Guardian link to the project website due to expired copyright on the Guardian gallery) HERE
BONUS LINKS
Jim Lo Scalzo’s website featuring more great photography HERE
Camille Seaman: website for the photographer featuring the excellent ‘The Last Iceberg’ series HERE
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The May 2012 Podcast Links
The Instagram website – http://instagr.am/
The Leica Monochrom HERE
Volcano Man – the volcanic images of G Brad Lewis HERE
Last of the Billingsgate Fish Porters | Audio Slideshow HERE
Edward Burtynsky’s photographs of the oil industry HERE
Alex Arbuckle’s images of the NYPD HERE
BONUS LINKS
Finding community in America’s Appalachian region. Images by Mario Tama HERE
Volvo Ocean Race: the 50 best weather images HERE
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The April 2012 Podcast Links
The Hungry Eye Magazine Podcast – HERE
His Neighbor’s Keeper — and Chronicler. Michael Keating photographs his neighbour HERE
Up close and personal: Dale Morris’s portraits of wildlife in southern Africa HERE
Photos That Move and Flow — Underwater. The underwater photography of David Doubilet HERE
The excellent Steve McCurry photograph blog HERE
Lake District mountain panoramas by Alastair Lee HERE
BONUS LINKS
“TThe Photojournalism links blog: packed full of photo journalism link and updated on a regular basis HERE
The fascinating story of a Connecticut small town photographer & Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops in WWII HERE
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The February/March 2012 Podcast Links
Framed – Short film shot on an iPhone. Recommended viewing. HERE
Bruce Springsteen South by Southwest Music Festival excellent Keynote speech on creativity and music HERE
Lost Villages – the photography of Neil A White and the coastal erosion on the East coast of Yorkshire HERE
Dream City: Roller Coasters in Rwanda; Fairy Tales in Turkmenistan. The photography of Anoek Steketee HERE
The Audio Slideshow – Across two Sudans: photographs taken throughout Sudan over five years by Tim McKulka HERE
Finding the Moments New Yorkers Ignore: The New York street photography by Dimitri Mellos HERE
Two photographers and adventurers both, set out to visit one of Afghanistan’s most remote regions. There they meet villagers who have never been photographed before. Great Images and a interesting read HERE
BONUS LINKS
“The Little Spies of Putin?” Photos of training at an elite Russian military academy for young girls HERE
Revealing look at North Korea through photos by the state news agency and AP HERE
Michigan-based photographer Robert Shimmin talks about its history and his own journey with tintype photography. HERE
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The December/January 2012 Podcast Links
After confronting anti-Muslim hostility, Bharat Choudhary – himself a Hindu – set out to document how young Muslims navigate their way through the fears and stereotypes imposed on them in the West. His journey has taken him across several continents and cultures. HERE
Sundance Film Festival 2012 portraits by Larry Busacca and Victoria Will HERE
From the Soviet invasion and the mujahideen resistance to the Taliban and the American occupation, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan by Seamus Murphyexamines thirty years of Afghan history. It is the story of ordinary citizens whose lives play out in the shadow of superpowers. There are tales of violence to be sure, but there is also love and even romance. HERE
Stranger Tourist Self-Portraits by Benoit Paillé HERE
Roller Skating Rinks Photographed by Jennifer Trausch Using the 20×24 Polaroid Camera HERE
BONUS LINKS
Excellent series of images by Tyler Hicks taken on board the carrier U.S.S. John C. Stennis and up in an F/A-18 HERE
From 0 years to 100 years, 100 portraits of 100 women. http://www.onehundredone.dk/women.html
Time and loss as seen from William Gedney’s Myrtle Ave. apartment window. HERE
Bruce Davidson on photographing the New York City subway system HERE
Christmas Behind Bars: Intimate Photos of women domestic violence victims waiting trial by Clara Vanucci. HERE
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