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Picture or It Didn’t Happen

August 17, 2015
Arts & Cultural Analysis, Writing, Writing Highlights

“As uncountable photos of bikinis and cocktails pass by my social networking streams in summer – trophy heads mounted on the wall celebrating the ‘best party ever’, souvenirs marking the sacrifices made at the altar of YOLO – I can’t help but wonder, is there anybody out there still buying into all this?”
(GUP Magazine, 2015)

The Decisive Moment

July 29, 2015
Reviews, Writing, Writing Highlights

"Above and beyond his many iconic photographs, [Henri Cartier-Bresson's] use of a simple phrase transcended into holy verse in the context of photography: the decisive moment."
(GUP Magazine, 2015)

Interview with Bruce Gilden

June 21, 2015
Interviews

“Well, look, the idea of doing pictures is not to have arguments, ok?”
—Bruce Gilden (GUP Magazine)

Portfolio Reviews in Arles

June 7, 2015
Events & Announcements

I’ll be reviewing portfolios again this year in Arles, at the official Rencontres event and at Voies Off. Registrations now open!

Do Drones Dream of Simulated Celebrities?

June 2, 2015
Arts & Cultural Analysis, Writing, Writing Highlights

"Perhaps an integral part of human vision is the power of, and inclination towards, deception."
(GUP Magazine, 2015)

GUP#45 – Evolution

May 15, 2015
GUP Magazine

GUP#45 - The Evolution Issue (May 2015). Cover by Joan Fontcuberta.

Interview with Roger Ballen

May 15, 2015
Interviews

“The pictures also should be like a truth or an essence, and things that are truths or essences are also difficult to talk about; they just are.”
—Roger Ballen (GUP Magazine)

Interview with Mike Brodie

February 28, 2015
Interviews

"All I wanted to do was move, if I wasn’t moving I wasn’t doing and I would get sad and lose direction, always moving."
—Mike Brodie (GUP Magazine)

GUP#44 – Raw

February 13, 2015
GUP Magazine

GUP#44 - The Raw Issue (Feb 2015). Cover by Gary Schneider.

Summer Photography Workshops in France

January 17, 2015
Events & Announcements

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be teaching photography workshops at the Circle of Misse, on location in Missé, France, starting this year. French food and wine in the Loire Valley countryside, a supportive and creative learning experience, and a 10%…