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The Photographs of Balazs Gardi

January 14, 2014 — Leave a comment

There has been a lot of press regarding a new movie based on the book Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell who was the lone Seal team member to survive the biggest loss of Navy Seal soldiers (19) in one day since WW2. Meet Balazs Gardi an embedded photographer in Afghanistan who just decided not to quit documenting his unit (The 1/8, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines) and surrounding local population.  He set up Basetrack on Facebook.

See this hidden war that has killed so many from a very unique point of view. His Instagram feed is here. His haunting video Facing Water Crisis – Machar Colony is here.

 

 

 

via http://www.balazsgardi.com

The Photographs of Balazs Gardi

 

 

 

 

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The Photographs of Tamas Dezso

December 19, 2013 — Leave a comment

Tamas Dezso is attempting to document the changing life of post communist Eastern Europe. He looks at his projects from a long-term perspective that is rare today. His photographs are both lyrical and deeply moving.

via Robert Koch Gallery

The Photographs of Tamas Dezso

 

 

http://www.tamas-dezso.com/

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Todd Web’s Photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe

May 13, 2013 — Leave a comment

 

Next to her husband Alfred Stieglitz, Todd Webb has had more access to the artist than just about anyone.  His archive is here

via the web site

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How Much Money Do Photographers Make?

March 27, 2013 — Leave a comment

Here is an Anonymous Site that lets photographers list the rates they are being paid.  Normally this is top-secret info protected by the contracts they sign…

To list what you make on a job go to this page.

 

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W. Eugene Smith Interview Discovered

March 27, 2013 — Leave a comment

W. Eugene Smith: ‘I Didn’t Write the Rules, Why Should I Follow Them?’

Q.  Why do you print your own pictures?
A.  The same reason a great writer doesn’t turn his draft over to a secretary…

The American Society of Media Photographers recently discovered the transcript of an interview with Mr. Smith…

via NYtimes

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