Photographer Interview: Chester Higgins Jr – Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my interview with photographer Chester Higgins, Jr. Read part 1 of my interview and see some of Chester’s elegant bla..
Breezeless: A Contemporary Japanese Photography Exhibit in New York, Post 2011 Tsunami
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery presents “Breezeless” an exhibition dedicated to Contemporary Japanese Phot..
Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983–1993
After being held for 80 days without charge, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was freed yesterday and the world wi..
The Windrush Generation: Photos Document Britain’s First Wave of West Indian Immigrants
On June 22 1948, former troopship the Empire Windrush docked in the port of Tilbury, Essex with nearly 500 passengers, mostly from Jamaica..
White Slavery Week at Old Picture of the Day Blog
Perhaps you had similar thoughts as I did to reading the words “White Slavery Week”: Really, there w..
Photographer Interview: Chester Higgins Jr – Part 1
Part one of a two-part interview with Chester Higgins, Jr, the first black staff photographer of The New York Times.
PhotoEspana PHE2011 Festival
PHotoEspaña, International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, set out to become a Festival generated by popular demand in 1998, and ..
Chinese Photographer Chi Yin Sim Added to The VII Mentor Program
Chi Yin Sim is a photographer based in Beijing. A fourth-generation overseas Chinese, Sim grew up in Singapore. She studied history and in..
Dayanita Singh at Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
The cinematic work of Indian photographer Dayanita Singh is on view in the primary ex..
Photography Master: P.H. Polk
Prentice “P.H.” Polk in his studio at his 4×5 enlarger.
Prentice Herman “P.H.” Polk (1898-1985) is not a name you’d hear in a ..