#americanphotographer

[harvardfineartslib]

Gordon Parks (1912–2006)

“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 have a camera.” – Gordon Parks

One of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, Gordon Parks used his camera “as a weapon of choice” to shine a light on his experiences growing up Black in segregated America. Born in segregated Fort Scott, Kansas in 1912, Parks bought his first camera at a pawnshop in Seattle and taught himself how to use it. He then moved onto working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Office of War information (OWI), and for Life magazine in 1949 as the first African American staff photographer.

Parks created an exceptional body of work that documents American life and culture from the early 1940s into the 2000s, with a focus on the social and economic impact of poverty, racism, and other forms of discrimination.

This publication entitled “Gordon Parks : the new tide, early work, 1940-1950“ brings together photographs and publications made during the first and most formative decade of his 65-year career. During the 1940s Parks' photographic ambitions grew to express a profound understanding of his social, cultural and political experiences. From the first photographs he published in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and his relationship to the Chicago Black Renaissance, to his mentorship with Roy Stryker and his breakthrough work for America's influential picture magazines - including "Ebony" and "Life" - this book traces Parks' rapid evolution from an accomplished, self-taught practitioner to a groundbreaking artistic and journalistic voice. (from the publisher’s note)

Image: Front cover image: “Langston Hughes, Chicago” December 1941

Gordon Parks : the new tide, early work, 1940-1950 Washington [D.C.] : Natrional Gallery of Art ; Pleasantville, N.Y. : The Gordon Parks Foundation ; Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018. English HOLLIS number: 99153723466203941

#GordonParks #Photographer #Blackartist #Blackphotographer #photojournalism #Americanphotographer #HarvardFineArtsLibrary #Fineartslibrary #Harvard #HarvardLibrary #harvardfineartslibrary #fineartslibrary #harvard #harvard library #harvardfineartslib #harvardlibrary #photography

[ginzyblog]

William S Burroughs ready to leave Obie Benz’ loft Greene Street, Manhattan, December 16, 1986. (Obie Benz directed the film “Heavy Petting” for which Allen and William had been interviewed prior to Allen snapping this photo.) Photo & caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Williams College Museum of Art / Allen Ginsberg Estate.

#williamsburroughs #obiebenz #allenginsberg #heavypetting #newyorkcity #beatgeneration #photography #americanphotographer #literature #writersofinstagram (at Soho, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeqaOwYIkgI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#williamsburroughs #obiebenz #allenginsberg #heavypetting #newyorkcity #beatgeneration #photography #americanphotographer #literature #writersofinstagram

[talkingpictures2020]

Lori Nix & Kathleen Gerber What If…

Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber create miniature dioramas, conjuring in each a prescient sense of possibility. Early scenes played along the ticklish midriff of cute and disturbing, evoking a smile and a wince as a plane crashes into a Kansas homestead or God smites a revivalist tent with a well-aimed thunderbolt. But over the years, as the work has evolved, the scenes have become ever more elaborate: full of detail but empty of people. The ruins of empire in which we leave the guilty thrill of the disaster movie to enter the world-building of speculative fiction: of what if…

The artists discuss the concepts, creative process, and months of meticulous craft that lie behind each of their diminutive scenarios – at Talking Pictures.

#photography #photographer #creativity #art #artphotography #photographerinterview #photographerinterviews #lorinix #kathleengerber #nixandgerber #americanphotographer #americanphotographers #diaorama #miniature #postapocalypse #postapocalyptic #speculativeart #talkingpictures #photographylovers

[denebola42-blog]

#teampixel #sunset #photography #googlepixel8pro Not bad for a smartphone!

#utahphotographer #mexicanphotographer #americanphotographer #teampixel #google pixel 8 pro

[ospix]

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." – Ursula K. Le Guin One of the many things I wanted to accomplish during my artist residency in Svalbard was to capture aerial footage of the Antigua at full sail. Much appreciation for the determined team effort to loft nine sails just as the sun set on the last full day of our journey. It was quite a challenge to land the drone safely on the crowded deck while traveling at speed. 👊 @ospix, The Antigua – Sassenfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard – Sunset – 2022

#ospix #operationpolarfahrt #dronephotography #artistresidency #thearcticcircle #theantigua #tallship #barkentine #sassenfjorden #spitsbergen #svalbard #djimavic3 #dronelife #contemporaryphotography #photographiecontemporaine #danskfotograf #americanphotographer #canadianphotographer #photographecanadien

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Gregory Crewdson Eveningside (from: Cherry Street) #gregorycrewdson #contemporaryphotography #pthotographer #americanphotographer #gallerieditalia #contemporaryart #eveningside (hier: Gallerie d Italia -Torino) https://www.instagram.com/p/CknZ2luoznu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#gregorycrewdson #contemporaryphotography #pthotographer #americanphotographer #gallerieditalia #contemporaryart #eveningside

[eugenelacroix]

Reposted from @pascaleligoniegouaze_paris Ready for heatwave 🔥 📷 Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895-1989) . . #louisedahlwolfe #americanphotographer #fashionphotography #art #artofinstagram #artgram #artpage #dailyart #artoftheday #mood #heatwave#eugenelacroix1 @eugenelacroix1 #photography https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce3P4qNo2RF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#louisedahlwolfe #americanphotographer #fashionphotography #art #artofinstagram #artgram #artpage #dailyart #artoftheday #mood #heatwave #eugenelacroix1 #photography

[raredankart]

ruins and views while the bridge from downtown Miami to little Havana . Diana Mini (half frame diptych) Ilford hp5 400 January 2022 @palmfilmlab . (I need to get more of these rolls developed they’re piling up over here)… . . . . . #dannybryangonzalez #raredankart #palmfilmlab #35mm #ishootfilm #aesthetic #photographer #artist #creativedirector #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #streetphotography #filmphotography #americanphotographer #wanderlust #bleachmyfilm #artofvisuals #35mmfilm #heatercentral #ipreview via @preview.app #bw #miami #downtownmiami #ruins #littlehavana #streets #streetphotography #miamiriver #americanphotography #filmgrain #ingrainwetrust (at Miami, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHXpBdOVYg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#dannybryangonzalez #raredankart #palmfilmlab #35mm #ishootfilm #aesthetic #photographer #artist #creativedirector #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #streetphotography #filmphotography #americanphotographer #wanderlust #bleachmyfilm #artofvisuals #35mmfilm #heatercentral #ipreview #bw #miami #downtownmiami #ruins #littlehavana #streets #miamiriver #americanphotography #filmgrain #ingrainwetrust

[boosanboomee]

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER

#Flickr

[harvardfineartslib]

Happy Birthday to Paul Strand who was born on this day in 1890.

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York Strand, Paul, 1890-1976, American [artist] American 1915 HOLLIS number: olvwork211404

Image Description: Black and white photograph of a busy intersection with a group of people around horse carriages

#PaulStrand #Artistsbirthday #botd #bornonthisday #blackandwhitephotography #americanphotographer #photography #fineartslibrary #harvardfineartslibrary #Harvard #harvard library #harvardlibrary

[ginzyblog]

Gary Snyder in his backyard hut, Berkeley, I’d met him that month referred by Kenneth Rexroth - he was studying Chinese, preparing for residence in Kyoto Zen monastery a year later, rode bicycle, prepared tea, showed me poems in springboard binder, I recognized W.C. Williams’ influence, like on mine. [Photo & Caption: Allen Ginsberg Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Stanford University Libraries]

#garysnyder #japhyryder #dharmabums #desolationangels #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #jackkerouac #beatliterature #poetry #poets #instapoets #instapoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #photography #americanphotographer #zen #zenbuddhist #buddhist #rexroth

[talkingpictures2020]

Mariette Pathy Allen Chronicles of Gender Diversity

Today, gender is increasingly understood as a construct open to the interpretation of the individual. A Pantone of possibility rather than a brick-block binary. Such openness is a relatively new state of affairs. Not so long ago, exploring and expressing one’s non-binary psyche was something that must be kept totally hidden or run the risk of public ridicule, ostracism, and physical abuse.

It was in the context of this necessarily secretive world of non-conformist gender expression that the photographer Mariette Pathy Allen first became aware of men who dressed as women. It was to change the direction of her artmaking and, equally, to change the way male-to-female crossdressers were represented in the USA. Over the years she became an unofficial chronicler of the transgender and non-binary community and an activist ally. Her approach has remained constant: the caring and sensitive representation of all gender-diverse identities as part of a human continuum to which we all belong. A triumph of self-actualisation over simplistic convention.

Mariette Pathy Allen discusses her remarkable chronicle of gender diversity at Talking Pictures.

#photography #photographer #creativity #art #artphotography #photographerinterview #photographerinterviews #mariettepathyallen #americanphotographer #amercianphotographers #talkingpictures #womenphotographers #genderdiversity #gendervariant #nonbinarygender #photographylovers

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Gregory Crewdson Eveningside (from: Red Star Expreess) #gregorycrewdson #contemporaryphotography #pthotographer #americanphotographer #gallerieditalia #contemporaryart #eveningside (hier: Gallerie d Italia -Torino) https://www.instagram.com/p/CknZuP9oqeA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#gregorycrewdson #contemporaryphotography #pthotographer #americanphotographer #gallerieditalia #contemporaryart #eveningside

[denebola42-blog]

Another reason to turn the other cheek, misunderstood, it's the reflex to hate. Hate drains and is how they corrupt us. Instead, love them and it gives you strength and health because hate is also had for mental health and in medieval times hate was triggered by taunting, in battle, and people made deadly mistakes in defense the led to their deaths. This is well known by nefarious people and there seems to be a movement or secret society that preys on students of life, of which we all are. We have brains we can really turn off. Nor should we. That's called death. So in love we grow and innovate and relate. We create rather than destroy our own planet as well as ourselves on a personal level. #samsung #samsunggalaxys10 #samsungs10 #galaxys10 #smartphonephotography #landscapephotography #digitalnomadpotatoe #americanphotographer #mexicanphotographer #utahphotographer #californiatransplant #californiaphotographer #citizensofmotherearthandfathertime #godmatters #godisfamily #weareallfamily #familymatters #citizenofheaven #citizenoftheworld #citizenscience (at Eden, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4qjiPhm9E/?igshid=bzef8h4q9nll

#samsung #samsunggalaxys10 #samsungs10 #galaxys10 #smartphonephotography #landscapephotography #digitalnomadpotatoe #americanphotographer #mexicanphotographer #utahphotographer #californiatransplant #californiaphotographer #citizensofmotherearthandfathertime #godmatters #godisfamily #weareallfamily #familymatters #citizenofheaven #citizenoftheworld #citizenscience

[raredankart]

blurry 35mm selfies behind shadows and window panes . Yashica Electro 35 Kodak Gold 400 February 2022 @palmfilmlab . . . . . . #gay #gayboy #raredankart #melancholy #sadselfie #sadboy #shadows #dannybryangonzalez #selfie #selfportrait #35mm #35mmfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #yashicaelectro35 #yashica #kodakgold #miamiboy #antiquecamera #newengland #rainyday #miami #americanphotographer #portrait #portraitphotography #burnmagazine #portrait_perfection #gayphoto #gayphotographer #newphotographer (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd1Uzs4FHwL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#gay #gayboy #raredankart #melancholy #sadselfie #sadboy #shadows #dannybryangonzalez #selfie #selfportrait #35mm #35mmfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #yashicaelectro35 #yashica #kodakgold #miamiboy #antiquecamera #newengland #rainyday #miami #americanphotographer #portrait #portraitphotography #burnmagazine #portrait_perfection #gayphoto #gayphotographer #newphotographer