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by Jill Waterman · Posted
It has been said that all our knowledge begins with the senses. This is certainly the case for Martine Fougeron, who gave up a burgeoning fragrance-industry career as "the nose to the noses" to return to her roots—photography and family. What began as a personal challenge to reconnect with her creative life by photographing the inner world of her two sons and their teen tribe has blossomed into a long-term documentation of the in-between moments of daily life, from adolescence into adulthood.
Born in France, and brought up between Paris and
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Since its debut in October 2015, the B&H Photography Podcast has offered weekly conversations with insightful and entertaining guests, on topics most important to the contemporary photographer—from gear and technique to history, science, and art. To commemorate Black History Month, we present to you this compilation of episodes celebrating photographers of color who have appeared on our show.
Photograph "Looking Out" (detail) © Earlie Hudnall Jr., Courtesy PDNB Gallery,
by Jill Waterman · Posted
In his 1997 article “The Problem with Wildlife Photography,” author and environmental activist Bill McKibben wrote, “Without Kodak there’d be no Endangered Species Act.”
While viewed by some at the time as controversial, McKibben’s point has only gained traction in the intervening years. Recent news reports abound with stories of overenthusiastic shutterbugs who do harm to themselves—or worse yet, to their intended animal subjects—when attempting selfies in the wild or trying to capture a prize-winning close-up. Fueled by the power of
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Photographers are formed through myriad forces—formal schooling, technical mastery, or an empathetic connection to the people around them being just a few. This latter circumstance fueled the vision of photographer Clemens Kalischer and was likely seeded by a profound awareness of human nature he picked up as a child, observing his father at work.
Sometimes referred to as the invisible photographer, Kalischer possessed great empathy and a deep interest in the human condition. “He spent so much time with people when he photographed them, he was
by Allan Weitz · Posted
Macro photographs enable you to capture in-your-face close-ups of flowers, bugs, peeling paint, and—depending on your personal aesthetics—anything encrusted in rust. The following are 10 gift ideas designed to help you with tight close-ups of objects, rusty or otherwise.
1. Macro Lenses
Macro lenses are specifically designed to capture sharp close-up photographs. Available in
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Photographer, physicist, philosopher, horologist—these are just a few of the many facets that define the indefatigable Ming Thein. Armed with a camera since age 16, his photographic career has spanned a wide range of subjects and an even more impressive reach. His extensive musings on photography, as catalogued on his eponymous blog, amount to more than 1,800 articles, two million words, 200 hours of educational video, a hundred thousand comments, and an enviable recommended gear list, leading
by Jill Waterman · Posted
As described in our companion article that makes up Part 1 of this story, both teachers and students scrambled to face unique challenges and solve unforeseen problems with the sudden shift from face-to-face classes to remote learning in March 2020. Since a new school year is now upon us, we asked a diverse group of educators for updated tips, as well as insights about the online teaching/learning process.
In Remote
by Jill Waterman · Posted
As a former mountaineer who summitted Everest, Stefen Chow is accustomed to challenge and hardship. The year 2020 started with nothing but promise for this Beijing-based photographer and director. But, as he set off with his wife and children to celebrate the Chinese New Year with extended family in Malaysia and Singapore, little did he know that both his planned assignments and scheduled itinerary would soon evaporate.
After following Chow’s recent social media posts, it seemed that his story would provide others with some sound advice and a
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan has an elite status among groundbreaking American women. In January 1978, she was selected by NASA as part of the first astronaut class to include females. "All six of us in that first batch of women felt a self-imposed pressure," Sullivan says in a 2017 interview for the multimedia project TIME Firsts. "One of us would be the first to fly, another would be the first to do a spacewalk—which only a small group of the Astronaut Corps gets to do. We knew our performance would have a big influence on the prospects of the women
by Jill Waterman · Posted
There is nothing better for an emerging imagemaker looking to advance in a crowded field than the fresh insights and valuable contacts to be gained from a photographic portfolio review. Earlier this year, I was invited to the annual Portfolio Day organized by New York’s International Center of Photography (ICP) to view the work of select alumni and current graduates.
ICP’s one-year certificate programs in Creative
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Katrin Eismann’s fascination with the visual world started early. “When I was very young, my parents had a faceted crystal stopper on a bottle of cognac, and I would run around the house looking through it, taking pictures … in my mind,” she recalls.
She got her first real camera at 12, a little Instamatic that she earned from collecting the S&H Green Stamps her mother gave her from food shopping. “It was called a Lady Carefree Camera, and it had a lace cover and little flash cubes, she says. “But my father photographed with a Rolleiflex,
by Jill Waterman · Posted
In the words of the celebrated novelist Isak Dinesen, “There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne—bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.”
While the African safari is a bucket-list adventure for photo enthusiasts and seasoned professionals alike, the myriad exotic options available on the Internet make careful planning of critical importance for the inexperienced safari-goer with trip-of-a-lifetime aspirations.
To aid in this quest, we
by Jill Waterman · Posted
For photography lovers in New York City, the coming of spring signals more than just the promise of nature’s reawakening and added daylight hours—it heralds a chance to be swept up in the fervor of thousands of fine art photographs on view at The Photography Show, organized by The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).
Now in its 39th year, the AIPAD show has been an annual rite of passage for me since the days when it spread across two floors of the New York Hilton (from 1994 to 2005), and when its original February
by Jill Waterman · Posted
What to do with all the pictures? This is one of the thorniest questions facing an active image maker with a sizable, and probably still growing, collection of photographs and/or motion footage, plus other contributing materials that add context to a life behind the lens. In an ideal world, as pictures accumulate, a collection evolves into an archive; yet many photographers lack awareness of this concept until far too late in life. Another daunting hurdle to this process is the discipline for organizing a lifetime of visual output.
Anyone who
by Jill Waterman · Posted
Although he has spent most of his career riding the rollercoaster of emotion that comes with documenting the human condition, Doug Menuez is pragmatic about his camera gear. “I’m not a fetishist about a camera, I’m not a romantic typically,” he says. “It’s a practical thing for me.” Yet this unflappable attitude recently met its match when Menuez got his hands on a Leica SL. “As soon as I learned about it I thought it might be perfect,” he says. “Once I tried it, I was immediately sure.”
This is ninth in a