Robert Capa, born October 22, 1913, 100 years ago today. After all these years I get to hear Capa’s voice! Follow the links to listen to an extraordinary interview with the man himself as he plugged his book, ‘Slightly Out of Focus’.
Magnum Photos
The Magnificent One: Philip Jones Griffiths by Donna Ferrato
A wonderful insight into the extraordinary Philip Jones Griffiths by Donna Ferrato:
The Magnificent One: Philip Jones Griffiths from donna ferrato on Vimeo.
Josef Koudelka in Vogue
Wonderful interview and video with Magnum Photo’s Josef Koudelka:
The World From My Front Porch by Larry Towell/ Magnum Photos
Photographer Marc Riboud – A Film by Phil Putnam Spencer
A charming film about lost images of Leeds by one of Magnum’s greatest photographers, Marc Riboud.
Contacts: Josef Koudelka
A wonderful insight into one of my all time favorite photographers:
Magnum and the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing – The Literate Lens
A revealing blog post about Magnum’s long-time master printer, Pablo Inirio,
by Sarah Coleman at The Literate Lens:
Advice to Young Photographers: Wear Good Shoes
Austria. 1948. © David Seymour/Magnum Photos.
After being asked if he had any advice for young photographers, Magnum photographer Alex Soth thought it would be cool to email his Magnum colleagues with the same question. The 35 different responses was published on the Magnum Photos blog in 2008. I thought it inspiring enough to revisit it here.
Links:
Magnum Photos PDF of article
Magnum in Motion
Magnum Photos
Alec Soth’s Little Brown Mushroom Blog
Valparaiso: Sergio Larrain
It was while discussing photography books with photographer Martin Parr when he encouraged me to seek out the work of his colleague at Magnum, Sergio Larrain. His classic book, ‘Valparaiso’ may be difficult to find, but at least you can get some idea as to how extraordinary this work is here:
Links:
Magnum Photos: Sergio Larrain
5B4: The books of Sergio Larrain
No Worries: Martin Parr – FotoFreo 2012
FotoFreo 2012 Photographic Project: Magnum photographer Martin Parr was brought to Western Australia by FotoFreo Festival Director Bob Hewitt to photograph three major port cities, Fremantle, Broome and Port Hedland. I went along to document the Broome and Port Hedland legs of the project.
Links:
Our Ports of Call – The West Australian
ProPhoto Article by Alison Stieven-Taylor
DAVID DARE PARKER 