September 1st, 2010
© Chris Burkard.
Crystal Thornburg surfing in Central California.
Surf trips come up rapidly, as quick as the swells that show up on surf maps, and the photographers and editors who cover them very seldom have a lot of time to plan their work. Grant Ellis has been the photo editor for Surfer Magazine for almost seven years. He started as a surf photographer and followed professional surfers around the world for three years, having surfed from the age of 8. Surfer works with a large number of photographers and surfers to find and produce the stunning images in the magazine.
Ellis says that he can track the swell as it moves across the Pacific or Indian oceans through the emails from his photographers around the world. And if big waves are the greatest thrill in surfing, getting an image in Surfer’s Big issue is the ambition of most surf photographers.
Because surf images reflect the many nuances of light and water, editors at Surfer do rounds and rounds of color proofing to make certain each image is just right. The wave comes through, and they do their best to catch it.
Pictured here is a selection from Surfer’s Big issue.
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Tags: Allen Hughes, Andrew Chisolm, Chris Burkard, Crystal Thornburg, Edwin Morales, Grant Ellis, Jason Childs, Java, Keala Kennelly, Kelly Slater, Lee Wilson, Pepen Hendrik, Shipsterns Bluff, Surfer Magazine, Toad Rock
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August 31st, 2010
© Pete Kelly. Courtesy Robin Rice Gallery, New York
Participant in the annual Victorian Extravaganza carnival – Llandudno, Wales, 2007.
Pete Kelly’s latest show evokes memory through strong associative, emotional and surreal imagery – stretching reality toward a timeless fantasia – with subject matter ranging from distant landmarks to ethereal landscapes to historic horse races in Tuscany. The solo show opens on September 22nd at The Robin Rice Gallery in New York and will be on view through October 31, 2010.
Tags: Penny-farthing, Pete Kelly, The Robin Rice Gallery, Tuscany, Victorian Extravaganza carnival
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August 27th, 2010
© Linda Ferrari. The Communist Congress Centre “Buzludia” in Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
Buzludia was one of the countless monuments erected in central Bulgaria glorifying the socialist ideology. This photograph is part of an upcoming book by Linda Ferrari Socialist Monuments in Bulgaria 1944-89: A Visual Introduction. See more of her work here.
Tags: Bulgaria, Linda Ferrari, Socialism
Posted 12:00 pm ET in Architecture, Books, Documentary, Fine Art, History, Landscape, Personal, Photo Galleries, Photojournalism, Travel by Khrystyna Chekhlata | 10 Comments »
August 26th, 2010
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| © Pieter Hugo. Courtesy Michael Stevenson, Cape Town & Yossi Milo, New York
Pictured here is Abdullahi Mohammed with Gumu, Ogere – Remo, Nigeria, 2007. This first exhibition of Pieter Hugo’s work in Belgium brings together his most important internationally well known series. A product of the young post-Aparthied generation, Pieter Hugo captures his country and the African continent with novelty and commitment. His unusual subjects are filled with questioning: be it South-African albinos, Botswana judges in white wigs, Ghanaese wild honey collectors, Liberian boy scouts, trainers of wild animals, or actors from Nollywood (Nigerian popular cinema) – each tells a challenging story. The exhibition, Pieter Hugo “On Reality and Other Stories”, opens at Forest, centre culturel – at the BRASS in Brussels until November 26, 2010. |
Tags: Forest centre culturel, Pieter Hugo, The Hyena & Other Men
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August 24th, 2010
© Joseph Rodriguez / GalleryStock.com
This photograph is part of Joseph Rodriguez’s book East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A. He has been documenting the American domestic environment for many years. See more of his work here.
Tags: East LA, East Side Stories, guns, Joseph Rodriguez, violence
Posted 12:00 pm ET in Books, Documentary, Fine Art, History, Landscape, Personal, Photo Galleries, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Travel by Khrystyna Chekhlata | 3 Comments »