Tag: Photography
No, that tree frog isn’t giving you the middle finger. According to Chinese social network Weibo, Shikhei Goh isn’t just an amazing and lucky photographer who keeps catching finger-flipping and “dancing” geckos and going viral. He’s staging the shots by making the animals dangle off strings in Indonesia. It’s all very unnatural. As translated into English by photographer Jenn Wei: These […]
These photos were shot at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on August 16th during the second annual Pussy Riot protest and solidarity concert. To show their support against the unjust imprisonmentof Pussy Riot, the protestors wore brightly colored “balaclavas,” the emblem of Pussy Riot’s [attempted] anonymity and, ultimately, a signature image of protest. It’s been over […]
Here are some photographs of people wearing keffiyehs, crosses, turbans and bindis, with quotes explaining their importance to their direct cultural affiliations. Here are also some photos of people wearing scarfs, pendants, headdresses and face jewelry that happen to look like keffiyehs, crosses, turbans and bindis, with quotes defending their fashion choices. U.K. photographer and Pakistani […]
Photographer as well as rights advocate Shawn Nee was detained by members of the LAPD for allegedly “interfering” with an ongoing investigation by taking photos, but from over ninety-feet away. The above video thoughtfully illustrates how the public’s basic First Ammendment right to photograph police officers doing their job is continuously being impeded upon. It also […]
As the recent death toll in Egypt surpasses 500, news of Muslim Brotherhood supporters being slaughtered in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square has been an especially tragic manifestation of the powder-keg that is “post-revolutionary” Egypt. Just days before, our photographer found himself embroiled in an MB protest near to that now-tragic location. While this story does not in […]
Beginning this Fall, the International Center of Photography will begin offering a select few of its classes online. The organization functions as a photography museum, a renowned school, as well as a research center. It’s important and renowned. Hurry! ICP’s online education platform supports the unique needs of a photographic education. Each course provides a socially […]
Coming this October: #Sandy, a book of iPhone photos of the titular storm, featuring the likes of 13th Witness, Erica Simone, and Stephen Wilkes behind the camera. It’s currently funding on Indiegogo, and 100% of royalties will be donated to Occupy Sandy and Sandy Storyline. Unless you’d rather not be reminded of the destruction that Sandy […]
Arne Svenson, the NYC artist who recently came under fire for taking and exhibiting photographs of his neighbors in their homes, has won his legal battle in the Manhattan Supreme Court. Svensons photos were art, ruled Justice Eileen Rakower, and art is free speech protected under the first amendment. “While it makes the [plaintiffs] cringe to […]
During the American Civil War, many aspects of photography were still very much in their early developmental stages. Lack of technological advancements prevented photography at the scene on the battlefield, so much of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Photography and the American Civil War” exhibition features images after the bloody battles, from the soldier camps and medical tents. […]
For the second year running, the city government will host its #LoveNYC photography contest, which challenges users to post their best New York photos, adorned with the titular hashtag, for a chance at guest-running the city’s official Instagram account (Did you even know the city had an official Instagram account? We didn’t). Photos can be […]
