Portrait Archives - Page 63 of 102

Thomas Gardiner: Untitled USA (2011-2012) by Aline SmithsonJanuary 30th, 2014

I don’t know what it is about large format work (in this case and 8×10). There is another level of emotion, of light quality, of detail that makes photographs more evocative.

Gerard Gaskin: The CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography by Aline SmithsonJanuary 29th, 2014

Every two years, the Duke University Center of Documentary Studies offers the CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography.

Marieke van der Velden: A Monday in Kabul by Aline SmithsonJanuary 27th, 2014

Afghan men are good horsemen. At Gharga Lake they can rent a horse. They gallop as fast as they can along the beach, trying to outdo each other when making their horses rear.

Dave Jordano: Early 35mm Work from Detroit 1972 by Aline SmithsonJanuary 26th, 2014

The wonderful Dave Jordano has been a long time observer of Detroit, the city where he was born and traversed with a 35mm as a student, onto a 4×5, and today uses digital capture to doc

Christine Osinski: Shoppers, Chicago, and Swimmers 1980-1996 by Aline SmithsonJanuary 24th, 2014

Staten Island ©Christine Osinski

When I first encountered Christine Osinski’s Staten Island work at Photo Nola last year it was love at first sig

Louis Draper: Retrospective 1950-1990 by Aline SmithsonJanuary 23rd, 2014

©Louis Draper

Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, VA recently opened the first retrospective exhibition of the mid-century African-American photographer, Louis Draper (1935-2002) that

Bill Yates: Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink 1972-1973 by Aline SmithsonJanuary 21st, 2014

Bill Yates shares a project that is 40 years old but feels just as compelling as contemporary work.

Seth Hancock: 10 Minutes with a Stranger by Aline SmithsonJanuary 19th, 2014

Photographer Seth Hancock set out on a cross-country journey to meet and photograph random
strangers to explain why we need to get out from behind our computers
and back in each other’s fa

Mike Spitz: Medicated for your Protection – Portraits of Mental Illness by Aline SmithsonJanuary 5th, 2014

One of the truest things a photographer can do is to capture is the world that he or she is familiar with.

Alexa Torre: Mexican Utopia by Aline SmithsonDecember 28th, 2013

Alexa Torre, La Mística,2013

I had the great pleasure of meeting Mexican photographer Alexa Torre at Paris Photo.

Emer Gillespie: Picture You, Picture Me by Aline SmithsonDecember 27th, 2013

I discovered Emer Gillespie’s terrific work when jurying Critical Mass and I was happy to see that she went to have her work recognized as on of 2013 Top 50 portfolios.

Jessica Shyba: In the land of Nod by Aline SmithsonDecember 24th, 2013

On Christmas Eve, when children around the world go to sleep with dreams full of what’s to come, I wanted to share some wonderful photographs by mother, writer, blogger,and photographe