photography
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The Rumpus Interview with Scot Sothern
LA-based photographer Scot Sothern talks about his decades-long career taking photos on the streets, and how his portraits of sex workers advocate on behalf of an often marginalized and misunderstood community.
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Taking Pictures of Street Harassers
Every woman—at least the ones living in big cities—has a response to street harassment, whether it’s flipping the catcaller the bird or ignoring him completely. Photographer Hannah Price’s reaction is different from most: she takes pictures of her harassers, sometimes…
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The Most Terrifying Art Project in the World
Here’s a totally normal thing that exists: a lake with a pH so far to the base end of the scale that when birds crash-land in it, they not only die but also calcify. Of course, like any everyday person…
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The Rumpus Interview with April Flores and Carlos Batts
Carlos Batts, an award-winning photographer/director, and April Flores, a model/actress plus-sized adult film star, chat with us about their collaborative book, Fat Girl.
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August Kleinzahler and Alec Soth in SF
Bay Area readers won’t want to miss this City Arts event with poet/essayist August Kleinzahler and photographer/publisher Alec Soth. They’ll be at the Nourse Theater in November, talking with award-winning San Francisco writer Steven Winn about the latest in their…
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Cross-Culture, Cross-Century Cross-Dressing
At the intersection of Eastern and Western culture, male and female, past and present, lies a rich and bewildering confluence of identities. Chan-Hyo Bae explores that nexus in his photography series Existing in Costume, pictures from which are currently featured on Slate‘s…
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Allen Ginsberg, The Photographer
Ginsberg is not typically remembered for his photography, but from 1950 to 1990 he captured hundreds of photographs documenting his life, family, and friends. In “The Photography of Allen Ginsberg,” Roslyn Bernstein discusses going to Ginsberg’s poetry readings during her youth,…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jamel Shabazz
For over thirty-five years, Jamel Shabazz has photographed the pulse of New York urban life. Dating back to the early days of hip-hop and B-boys, to the arrival of crack cocaine and the HIV/AIDs epidemic, and to the global commoditization of…
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A Different Breed of Family Portraits
Check out Slate’s new photo blog Behold and its showcasing photographer, Leon Borensztein, who has a humorous and unsettling portfolio of portraits. Originally from Poland, Borensztein’s portraits are a sarcastic take on the American Dream, and although the series was shot…
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Storm-Torn Relics
“That red convertible we were so proud of looks as though it is about to be struck by a meteor. And every moment — the prom, the dance recital, the snowman’s construction — is painted now with bright yellows and…
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Sense of Place #3: Stephanie Ann Whited, Grace Church
In Grace, all utterances, including movement or thought, resound and therefore must be performed with intention.
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Sense of Place #2: Christopher Beha, Washington Square Park
At some point, the neighborhood — and these walks around it — seeped into the story.