Documentary Shooters

End of Labor Town: Dumping Ground of Old Men in Japan

bruce — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:47:47 +0000

These are not the view of Japan that we normally see. Shiho Fukada shows us how some elderly people in Japan fare. It is not a story unique to Japan. SEE http://www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/shiho_fukada/728

Sara Terry: The Aftermath

bruce — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:16:25 +0000

Women returning home from a visit to the homes they fled in 1995 in Srebrenica, Bosnia, September 2000 SEE: http://www.bosniaaftermath.com/widows.html# These images from Sara Terry document the aftermath of the war in Bosnia. They are classic documentary images in that they take us to where we have not gone and they show us the meaning of a [...]

Pearl Harbor Brownie

bruce — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:49:12 +0000

Moises Saman: Lost Boys of Afghanistan

bruce — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:39:33 +0000

Lost Boys of Afghanistan by Moises Saman See this stirring slideshow by Moises Saman shot for The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/27/world/20090827AFGHANMINORS_index.html

Evgen Bavcar: The Blind Photographer

bruce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:13:16 +0000

Self portrait by Evegen Bavcar Photography has always been thought about as “another,” way of seeing. And it is. But, usually, we think about that as a person looking through the camera, seeing what’s there, and, through the magic of the camera and the film -or digital- capture process, one sees the world in different way. More advanced photographers [...]

Dhiraj Singh: Video Biographer

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:03:54 +0000

“My name is Dechen.” Watch this touching video done by Dhiraj Singh. He did an interesting thing: A Video Biograph. In a way, all Visual Journalists who do stories on people, are doing “biography,” but with the addition of audio, where the subject can speak for themselves (edited, of course), where the image-maker can animate the images and [...]

Dhiraj Singh: The (New) Eyes Of India

bruce — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:30:35 +0000

From “Six Feet Under,” ©2009Dhiraj Singh For more work by Dhiraj Singh, SEE: http://www.dhirajsingh.com/01.htm Dhiraj Singh is a Photojournalist who lives in Mumbai, India. His work has been published in numerous international magazines and online journals, including Newsweek, Vanity Fair, msnbc.com, The Wall Street Journal, L’Expresso, and, many others. He has won numerous awards (see his “bio,” [...]

Parikarma: But It Rained

bruce — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:42:46 +0000

Parikrama: But It Rained from Split Magazine on Vimeo. This is a rock band video based on a magazine article about kidnap victims in Kashmir and those who wait for their return. This is one of India’s most revered bands and was one of India’s all time most popular rock songs.

Alan Berner And The American West

bruce — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:10:43 +0000

Harold G. Olson and his goat Buddy, Stuck, Washington, ©2005 (from a story on annexation in King County, Washington) Alan Berner is a staff photographer for the Seattle Times. He is also one of the most exciting, interesting and undiscovered photography talents on the planet. His work is lyrical, thoughtful, enjoyable, moving, well constructed and intelligent. Berner the photographer has an unflinchng [...]

Lartigue: The Human Is The Tool

bruce — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:23:03 +0000

For More Photos by JHL: http://photography-now.net/jacques_henry_lartigue/portfolio1.html In a time when camera phones -and videos- are ubiquitous and that, in many cases, people using them are the only sources of images and information (Iran), the work of Jacques Henri Lartigue is even more relevant than it was in the early 20th Century. Lartigue, the boy, wasn’t a photographer: [...]

Phillip Jones Griffiths

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:23:43 +0000

Vote

bruce — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:01:51 +0000

“Vote,” Selma Voting Rights March, 1965 ©Bruce Davidson Sometimes we forget that the “Big Work,” the work that one becomes known for making isn’t all there is. Bruce Davidson went south, from Chicago, on instinct. The world was shaking and he felt the vibe. The time was now: Civil Rights. Real change. Without assignment or specific destination he “nailed it,” and was [...]