March 04 - March 11, 2022
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Great Photography Stories
Blind Magazine looks at new Roy DeCarava exhibition at David Zwirner in London.
My motto is that if one is given a chance to spend some time with Roy DeCarava photographs, spend that time! This Blind Magazine article reviews Roy DeCarava: Selected Works at David Zwirner in London through the end of the year and includes a generous sampling of photographs to enjoy from the exhibition.
“I made a choice not to get caught in the meanness; I’m not interested in that. I’m interested in the possibilities,” DeCarava said. “It doesn’t have to be pretty to be true, but if it’s true it’s beautiful.”
The New Yorker contrasts images from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made by photojournalists with images and videos made by Ukrainian people caught in war but still posting to social media.
The New Yorker magazine has an article called ‘Watching The World’s “First TikTok War” which explores the strange incongruities and images emerging from social media during the current conflict in Ukraine.
“Large numbers of Ukrainian civilians are taking up arms to defend their country against Vladimir Putin’s reckless imperialism; they’re also deploying their mobile cameras to document the invasion in granular detail. The war has become content, flowing across every platform at once.”
As photos and videos purporting to be from Ukraine pour across our feed how do we know what’s real?
Lewis Bush, writing in The Art Newspaper offers seven ways we can spot fake imagery from Ukraine:
“‘There’s a tendency to more readily believe low-quality material. In fact poor-quality content makes it harder to judge what you’re looking at.’”
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
T. Hopper, who has a commercial YouTube channel that looks at many sides of photography explores the photography of Patti Smith and the lessons we might learn from her thoughts and work in this short video essay.
EQUITY AND ETHICS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Jörg Colberg reflects on what photographers take from humanity versus what they give back.
Jörg Colberg, whose magazine Conscientious Photography often explores ethical issues in photography, reflects on some of the issues raised by photographer Robert Bergman’s book, A Certain Kind of Rapture, which largely consists of close portraits of people on the margins of society or otherwise living a hard life.
“At the same time, every photographer can — and I would argue: should — ask themselves that question before going out into the world to take pictures. You go out to take your pictures — what exactly do you give back?”
OPPORTUNITIES / CALLS FOR ENTRY
Grant Opportunity- Creatives Rebuild New York
This new philanthropic program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation sounds fantastic - Together they’re dedicating 125 million dollars to New York State-based artists and arts organizations. 300 artists will be awarded grants of $65,000/year + benefits to focus on their practice. 2700 artists will be awarded $1,000.00/month for 18 months. And community-based arts organizations will receive grants of $25,000 - $100,000.00 a year to support their collaborations with artists. You can apply now, and applications are due March 25.
More information / Submit Work: [here]
Palm Prize Submissions Open
“Palm Photo Prize is open to photographers working in all disciplines and styles. Submit your work for a chance to be shortlisted and featured in the exhibition at 10 14 Gallery
Submissions open 15 February – 15 March 2022 | FREE to submit.
Due to high levels of submissions, entrants are limited to two images per person, any submissions over this amount cannot be considered. There are no themes and strong stand-alone images are encouraged.”
More information / Submit Work: [here]
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