March 11 - March 18, 2022
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Great Photography Stories
No sound but the wind.
Loved this Guardian preview of Vanessa Winship’s new photo book, Snow, which explores winter landscapes in rural Ohio and is accompanied by a fictional narrative by writer Jem Poster:
“As I drive out of town the wind is rising, whipping the powdery snow from the roadside shrubs and sending it whirling across the blacktop. I know what I’m looking for but I see the sign a moment too late. The surface is treacherous. I let the car slow to walking pace before I brake.”
Peta Pixel remembers the time Robert Frank got arrested and put in jail during his photo road trip that became The Americans.
Have you ever been arrested or treated with suspicion because of your camera? I was questioned pretty thoroughly a couple of years ago when I got caught in a rainstorm while out photographing in a suburban neighborhood. Frank’s mistake was being a foreigner with a lot of cameras in small-town Arkansas. Peta Pixel tells the story here.
“They said, ‘We got to arrest you,’ and I said, ‘What for?’ and they said, ‘Never mind,’ and kept me in jail for almost three days. I didn’t know anybody; they could have killed me.”
High Five!
Fun Input Magazine story on the origins of the ‘High Five’ photographs that illustrate Wikipedia’s ‘high five’ article:
“One reason I love the Wikipedia article for “high five” is that it’s one of those entries about an utterly basic aspect of everyday life that reads like it was written by a group of aliens observing human beings”
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Enjoyed Tim Davis’s Aperture Conversation around his latest photo book, I’m Looking Through You.
EQUITY AND ETHICS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
The Washington Post looks at how newspapers decide how to publish wartime images of violence.
From almost the moment photography was invented people have struggled with the ethical implication and issues that arise when cameras capture images of violence and its consequences. This Washington Post article looks at how these issues are playing out in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Warning: a graphic image accompanies the article)
“The image was so exceptionally graphic that the conversation was elevated to a high level [among editors] fairly quickly,” said Meaghan Looram, the newspaper’s director of photography. “But the sentiment was universal. This was a photograph that the world needed to see to understand what is happening on the ground in Ukraine.”
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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Photo at top of Weekly Roundup: Willy, Coney Island © James Prochnik