Earlier this year, the photography community lost a beautiful artist, Elsa Dorfman. Elsa passed away in May of this year at 83 years of age. Elsa's passion was portraits taken on the Polaroid 20x24. A few moments spent on her website will give you a view of Elsa's personality right away, but if you want to get to know this photographer even better, then definitely give The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography a watch - you can find it on Netflix. Here's the
Out of Chicago Live Online Photography Workshop Weekend!
Hey gang! Looking for some new ways to take advantage of a global pandemic that's got you stuck inside instead of out on the street? Here's a great online event coming up soon. The Out of Chicago In-depth Photography Workshop Weekend is guaranteed to get you motivated and to amp up your photography skills. Our friend Valérie Jardin (who will also be teaching topic of unleashing the power of limitations with Chris Marquardt for four hours) describes it this way: "30+ advanced sessions from
View Photography’s Last Century at the MET Online
This exhibition will celebrate the remarkable ascendancy of photography in the last century, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee's magnificent promised gift of over sixty extraordinary photographs in honor of The Met's 150th anniversary in 2020. The exhibition will include masterpieces by the medium's greatest practitioners, including works by Paul Strand, Dora Maar, Man Ray, and László Moholy-Nagy; Edward Weston, Walker Evans, and Joseph Cornell; Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, and
PPAC Presents Teen Photo 2019-2020
The Philidelphia Photo Arts Center has been putting on the Honickman Teen Photo Program for 10 years now. Teen Photo is an afterschool program that's free for Philadelphia public high school students. Here's how PPAC describes the program: Students are provided with a DSLR camera, and meet weekly with friends and mentors. Over eight months, they learn to take, edit, and print photographs, experiment with forms and genres, and explore the city through museum visits and photo walks. As the teens
The July 2020 issue of Street Photography Magazine is now available
LACP Online Class: Creating Personal Breakthroughs with Ibarionex Perello
As the pandemic stretches on, some of you may still be bummed about cancelled summer workshops and travel plans. Fortunately, many photographers and organizations have taken their classes online. Here's one that stood out to us as an amazing learning opportunity: Creating Personal Breakthroughs with Ibarionex Perello Here's what you can expect to gain from Ibarionex's course (as explained by LACP): · Understanding the different between wanting and needing to make photographs ·
The June 2020 issue of Street Photography Magazine is now available
Street Photography During the Pandemic Town Hall Replay
Earlier this week we held an excellent live discussion on Zoom with street photographers Valérie Jardin, Lauren Welles and Jens Krauer about the state of street photography during the Coronavirus pandemic. As promised here's a replay of the discussion posted on our YouTube channel.
Online Street Slam with the DC Street Collective May 29
I know this might be last minute, but what else can you do on a Friday evening right now. The Washington DC street collective is holing a virtual Street Slam photo critique Friday May 29 from 4:00 - 6:00 PM EDT via Zoom. It's totally free and you are invited. It is BYOB of course. Members of the DC Street Photography Collective will critique and judge select street photography images that were submitted by the Focus on the Story photo community.This is an excellent opportunity to learn
“Stokey on Lockdown” by Alex Amorós
Alex Amorós is at it again, this time with a beautiful project called "Stokey on Lockdown". Here's how he describes the project: " "'Stokey on Lockdown' is a photo project carried out on the streets of Stoke Newington, shot on my daily walks during the lockdown. The collection tells a story of what has happened during the global pandemic; with local businesses shutting shop and our key workers continuing to work hard for others. I wanted to show how the community has become less individualised
The evolution of a Street Photographer with Deborah Cole
Although Debby Cole, a former business owner and corporate executive from Austin Texas, spent spent most of her adult life as a landscape photographer she never considered street photography until she attended (almost by accident) a workshop with Valerie Jardin in Paris. Debby says it changed her life. Since then Debby has traveled the world to connect with people and sharpen her skills. Even during the height of the pandemic, Debby ventures out almost daily to discover new things to