[ BOOK LIVES ] Exploding into Life by Dorothea Lynch & Eugene Richards

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Post published:October 20, 2022
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This pristine copy, very hard to find, was given to me by my good friend, Darren Soh, who found it in Melbourne many years ago.
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Concrete Mama by Ethan Hoffman & John McCoy

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Post published:September 29, 2022
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Ethan Hoffman and John McCoy first met as colleagues at the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin newspaper in 1977 and spent quite a fair bit of their rookie days covering the Washington State Penitentiary. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Love & Lust by Donna Ferrato

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Post published:September 22, 2022
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I first saw some of the images in this book in the 90s at the judging of a competition, and I remember the reactions of the judges very well. (more…)

Remembering Tohoku 311

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Post published:August 6, 2020
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Remembering Tohoku 311

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake devastated homes and lives in the Tohoku region. (more…)

Is Photojournalism Still Alive?

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Post published:July 21, 2020
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Today, and everyday that I am in the company of new and old believers, I feel an urge to go out and change the world with photography. And believe me, in each of our own small way, we can make a difference.

In June 2002, as one of the four masters at the inaugural Asia-Europe Workshop for Young Photographers, I presented a talk on the state of photojournalism. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] 精神病院 Mental Patients in China by 袁冬平 Yuan Dong Ping

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Post published:July 21, 2020
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I have heard quite a bit about Yuan Dong Ping before actually meeting him in Beijing in 2007, and he struck me as really humble and sincere. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Photographers International 摄影家 45 链 The Chain: Chien-Chi Chang Monograph

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Post published:July 20, 2020
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A Taiwanese bimonthly photography magazine founded by Juan I-Jong and Nathalie Juan, it was one of the first to have published Chien-Chi Chang’s famous series. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Living With The Enemy by Donna Ferrato

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Post published:July 20, 2020
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A book that confuses me. Cannot understand why love can be so violent. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES] Political Theatre by Mark Peterson

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Post published:July 11, 2020
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There must have been hundreds of photographers who were on the scenes during the 2016 US Presidential Elections but I personally looked forward to the gritty images by Mark Peterson. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Telex Iran by Gilles Peress

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Post published:July 11, 2020
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This book, and this image above in particular, really blew my mind away when I first saw it in my school library.

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