ASMP Member Amy Scott is the co-founder of Queer the Lens. So what is Queer the Lens? From the website: Queer the Lens is a growing community of LGBTQIA+ creatives in photography and video, both on and off set. Our mission is to empower this community by establishing...
Diversity in Photography
Member Spotlight: Sonia Katchian, Blazing Trails
by ranafaure | ASMP History, Diversity in Photography, Member Spotlight
Editor's Note: A selection of Katchian's images of Muhammad Ali will be featured in MUHAMMAD ALI, a new four-part documentary directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, which will air on PBS September 19-22, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). ASMP Celebrating...
LaToya Ruby Frazier, American Witness
by Barry Schwartz | Diversity in Photography, Strictly Business Blog
Cross-posted from The New York Times Style Magazine. [By Zoë Lescase] “Frazier’s radical empathy has brought her to places whose occupants have every reason to distrust outsiders. She photographs communities gutted by unemployment, poverty, racism and environmental...
8 Photobooks by Contemporary Women Photographers
by Barry Schwartz | Diversity in Photography, Strictly Business Blog
Cross-posted from Aperture. “From Justine Kurland’s imagined runaways to Deana Lawson’s dramatic portraiture, here are essential titles by today’s leading artists. Since its founding in 1952, Aperture has elevated the voices of women artists and published...
Man Loses HR Day Job, Becomes WaPo and NY Times Photographer
by Barry Schwartz | Diversity in Photography, Strictly Business Blog
Cross-posted from PetaPixel. [By Phil Mistry] “At the beginning of 2020, Cornell Watson’s full-time job was in human resources. At the end of the year, he was shooting for the New York Times and Washington Post and creating fine-art projects for which he has received...
The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair
by Barry Schwartz | Current News, Diversity in Photography, Strictly Business Blog
Cross-posted from The New York Times. [By Jessica Testa] “Until about two weeks ago, Dario Calmese didn’t know he was the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vanity Fair. But he had a suspicion, so he asked the editors, who went digging. “There was an image...