The Democratic Image
is one of the most interesting blogs out there, concerned with the relations between photography, art, globalisation and democracy.
Why Mister Why?
I had the pleasure to meet Magnum photographer Geert Van Kesteren in a recent photographic symposium. His website with recent work from Iraq is a resource of information and inspiration.
Zonezero
A photographic website or magazine that promises hours of creative engagement. It celebrates, rather than scorns, the journey into the digital world. Among other things, it offers articles, work from featured photographers, a forum for discussion and a selection of international portfolios.
I Photograph To Remember
Pedro Meyer, the founder and editor of Zonezero, presents and narrates his family memories, intimate traces of his parents. I have been grateful to Pedro for his fascinating ideas and talks. This is one of his works that may have a permanent impact on you.
William Eggleston
is the legendary photographer from the American South most commonly known for bringing serious colour photography into the mainstream art world. But his life work has more to show about the blindness of the photographic obvious and generally the nature of perception.
Lee Friedlander
has such a deep impact in the development of documentary photography in the second half of last century. His unique planar vision and his personal focus on the 'social landscape' underpinned by recurring dialogues between the photographer and the subject have influenced me as no one else.
Gary Winogrand
one of the genius street photographers I wish I had met... The fact that when he prematurely died left behind him thousand rolls of undeveloped film, almost 300,000 photographs he had not seen in print, highlights for me the link between photography and performance.
Robert Frank
took his family along with him for part of a series of road trips over two years in the 1950s... Those road trips, exploring the post-war American society, ultimately opened a new road of expression for independent and critical minds with cameras. As Jack Kerouac said: "Robert Fank, you got eyes."