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Cross-posted from Magnum. [By Bruce Davidson] Magnum presents a large selection of iconic images by an iconic photographer. “In 1959, Bruce Davidson read about the teenage gangs of New York City. Connecting with a social worker to make initial contact with a gang in Brooklyn called The Jokers, Davidson became a daily observer and photographer of this alienated youth culture. This work – his first major project, undertaken when he was 25 – not…
We are pleased to welcome newly-seated directors Tom Donley, Rana Faure, and Nicholas Freeman, as well as incumbent director Michael Shay, to the 2020 National Board. We are also pleased to appoint current National Board Secretary, Felicia Perretti, to the open board seat vacated by former board director, Bob Carey. They will join current board directors Kevin Brusie, Michael Hart, Gabriella Marks, Leah Nash, Frank Rocco, and Amy Tierney for the new board term that…
Cross-posted from It’s Nice That. [By Ruby Boddington] “At the moment, what I find most exciting about photography is that it’s become so accessible to a broad range of people,” says London and Berlin-based photographer Clara Nebeling. “I find it fascinating the way almost every human on earth uses the medium and the impact it has for the future.” With a keen interest in the democratisation of photography, Clara enjoys projects which bring the…
Cross-posted from The New Yorker Photo Booth. [By Eren Orbey] “At the end of their daughter’s visits, like countless other mothers and fathers in the suburbs, Dikeman’s parents would stand outside the house to send her off while she got in her car and drove away. One day in 1991, she thought to photograph them in this pose, moved by a mounting awareness that the peaceful years would not last forever. Dikeman’s mother wore indigo…