Last year I was excited to be included in the first edition of Pause, To Begin, a competition started by David Wright and Ethan Aaro Jones. They just announced the launch of the book they produced from the project, which is available for purchase from the publisher, BookSmart Studio. While I haven’t seen it …
December, 2009 Archives
12.02.2009 by Matt Slaby
The Week in Outtakes | 12-2
out·take (outtk) n.
1.
a. A section or scene, as of a movie, that is filmed but not used in the final version. b. A complete version, as of a recording, that is dropped in favor of another version.
2. An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
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I’ve been on a nighttime kick lately. This kind of stuff …
12.02.2009 by Kendrick Brinson
Mexico: Viva la Muerte
When I first heard of El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead/ All Souls Day), I knew I must witness it at some point. I’m fortunate enough to have been to more strangers’ funerals (on assignment) than the funerals of friends or family, but I’ve always hated funerals and how sad and …
Kendrick Brinson photographed four members of Auburn University’s Risk Management Department in Alabama for The Chronicle of Higher Education. The department handles everything from hazardous waste, insurance, managing 90,000 fans at football games, to fire and safety codes during construction of new buildings and more.
12.01.2009 by Matt Slaby
Slaby Featured on Verve Photo
Geoffrey Hiller at Verve Photo just put up a short feature on Slaby’s “My Diving Bell” series. Also featured on the front page is work from Luceo friends Chip Litherland, Lance Rosenfield, Kainaz Amaria, & Ross Taylor. This month also includes the brilliant conceptual work of Phillip Toledano alongside a couple other new names …
David Walter Banks and Kendrick Brinson are leading a workshop at the esteemed Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar in Atlanta, Georgia December 4, 2009. Their “Life After Newspapers” workshops will take place at 9 am and 3:30. (Email Kendrick at KendrickBrinson@LuceoImages.com if you plan to attend their worshop, and she’ll give you a free print Friday!) …
12.01.2009 by David Walter Banks
Mexico: Beginning at the End
I sit in the cold cement room, hands shaking as I try to lift the cup of coffee my host offered me before she left the room. Sitting in a state of dazed relief, I stare at the small shrine to the Virgin Mary lit by a solitary candle which serves as the room’s …