THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Great Photography Stories

The Washington Post features Stella Kalinina’s photographs and reflections on her ancestral home in Izium, Ukraine.

As we process the news about Russia’s attack on Ukraine, I found this photo essay to be a moving and worthwhile look at one corner of this Texas-size country.

“The Ukraine I keep in my heart is much different from the strife and worry we see on the news. Where They Wait for Me, my decade-long photography project, is a meditation on memory, family and my ancestral home in Izium, Ukraine, a small town in eastern Ukraine about an hour’s drive from Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.”

The Paris Review talks to Alec Soth about his new book 'A Pound Of Pictures' and the accompanying exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York (closing this Saturday 2/26).

The urge to hold onto ephemeral moments, to preserve a changing world as we once saw it, and the physical presence of the photograph are explored in this conversation with Alec Soth:

“The way I learned to think of the medium of photography was that the whole point of taking a picture was to preserve a moment. So, throwing away a negative? I can’t conceive of it. Even damaged negatives, ones with giant light leaks, I don’t throw away.”

My Modern Met has a feature on Mitch Dobrowner’s extraordinary black and white images of tornados.

With tornado season fast approaching in the midwest, it’s a good time to look at the incredible images that Mitch Dobrowner makes of these destructive, yet sublimely beautiful weather phenomena:

“‘It's such a surreal sight,’ he admits. ‘Their stature and prominence always overwhelm and amaze me. Each one is so different and individual. The biggest challenge is to stay focused, to remain calm and ‘see' as a photographer.’”

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Do you appreciate all the great work that Black Women Photographers does to help connect black woman photographers with jobs and opportunities in the photo industry? This video by B&H is a great introduction to the founder of the organization, Polly Irungu, a creative dynamo and excellent photographer in her own right.

EQUITY AND ETHICS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ARTnews looks at a tweet about a planned NFT drop by the Associated Press that went very badly

However you feel about NFTs (and I’ll be having more to say in the coming weeks) this ARTnews report about the NFT drop gone wrong points towards at least some ways in which the new tech is stumbling into old money-driven ethical pitfalls.

“Plans for the sale went viral, with many bashing the news agency for profiting from human misery. AP’s tweet was up for four hours before it was deleted. The sale of the NFT has also been halted.”

PetaPixel has more info on the story here.

OPPORTUNITIES / CALLS FOR ENTRY

Grant Opportunity- Creatives Rebuild New York

This new philanthropic program sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation sounds fantastic - Together they’re dedicating 125 million dollars to New York State-based artists and arts organizations. 300 artists will be awarded grants of $65,000/year + benefits to focus on their practice. 2700 artists will be awarded $1,000.00/month for 18 months. And community-based arts organizations will receive grants of $25,000 - $100,000.00 a year to support their collaborations with artists. You can apply now, and applications are due March 25.

More information / Submit Work: [here]

Palm Prize Submissions Open

“Palm Photo Prize is open to photographers working in all disciplines and styles. Submit your work for a chance to be shortlisted and featured in the exhibition at 10 14 Gallery

Submissions open 15 February – 15 March 2022 | FREE to submit.

Due to high levels of submissions, entrants are limited to two images per person, any submissions over this amount cannot be considered. There are no themes and strong stand-alone images are encouraged.”

More information / Submit Work: [here]

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