Photographer Videos - The Documentary Network

Flo – Photographer continues to work despite blindness, multiple sclerosis, and lung cancer

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:16:48 +0000

Despite blindness, multiple sclerosis, and lung cancer, photographer Flo Fox continues to shoot the streets of New York City. No longer able to hold a camera, she instructs her aides to take photos for her. She’s an incredible woman with a feisty spirit, sharp wit, and dirty sense of humor. Festivals & Awards: Grand Jury Prize, Shorts Program, DOC NYC 2012 Best Documentary Short, LES Film Festival 2012 Best Documentary Short, Ashland Independent Film Festival 2013 Official Selection, Hot Docs 2013 Official Selection, Rooftop Films 2013 Official Selection, Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013 Official Selection, DC Shorts Festival 2013 Official Selection, Camden International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection, Hamptons International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection, Starz Denver Film Festival 2013 Official Selection, SF DocFest 2013 Official Selection, Documentamadrid 2013 Official Selection, Northside DIY Film Competition 2013 Official Selection, DocuWest Festival 2013 Official Selection, Tacoma Film Festival 2013 Official Selection, Dam Short Film Festival 2014 Official Selection, Annapolis Film Festival 2014 Official Selection, Bradford International Film Festival 2014 Runner-up, Hammer to Nail Contest Summer 2013

Is Photoshop Remixing the World?

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:44:19 +0000

Photoshop has completely revolutionized our visual culture. Artists now use Photoshop to create complex imagery that would have been impossible 20 years ago. It has also profoundly changed the art of photo retouching, turning a labor intensive process into an artful and often controversial digital workflow. But possibly the most current and expressive influence can be seen in meme culture online. With the ability to alter any image in the media landscape, everyday people now have the means to critically comment on culture and spread their ideas virally, leveling the playing field between traditional media creators and consumers. Photoshop has changed the way we communicate, the way we express ourselves, and the way we view the world and each other. Featuring: Jeff Huang, Art Director & Illustrator Laurent Le Moing, Picturehouse NYC Don Caldwell, Know Your Meme Photographers Featured: Matt Jones Chris Buck Robert Maxwell Txema Yeste Matthias Vriens

Photographer Patrick Brown Documenting Asia’s Illegal Animal Trade

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:34:49 +0000

We visited photographer Patrick Brown to talk about his forthcoming book, Trading to Extinction, which documents the illegal trade of endangered animals in Asia. We then travel with Brown to Guangzhou, China, where he finishes his decade-long project. Support the book and find out more about Patrick Brown's project by visiting his Emphas.is page here: http://bit.ly/Trading_to_Extinction Photos courtesy of Patrick Brown / Panos Pictures.

Snap Snap Snap: Documentary about United States Air Force Photojournalist

Hannes Kreuzer — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:50:58 +0000

Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane is a United States Air Force photojournalist and was deployed to Afghanistan twice. In this film he shares his experiences as a photojournalist in a combat environment as well as the mental and physical toll it takes on him. He says: "It's really hard to just, when you're on a patrol with you know a hundred other people to stop and just say "I wanna take a picture for just 30 minutes"... You don't have that luxury. You are walking in your unifrom with these people so you have to constantly be moving while taking pictures so I don't have the luxury of always looking through the lens I don't have the luxury of stopping in getting these photos that I want. It's really hard, you learn you can torture bodies in certain ways. You learn to pretty much never look through the viewfinder of the cameram, you just don't have time... ...As unprofessional or bad it may sound, a lot of times my photos are me sticking my camera way up in the air are way down lower way out to the side and just you know, just praying and praying and hoping I get something." For more of his amazing work visit his website:

Ricky Powell – Photographer

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:26:03 +0000

This film meets Ricky Powell, a native New Yorker whose photographs of iconic people such as the Beastie Boys, Keith Haring and Cindy Crawford made him a pivotal figure in the downtown party scene during the '80s and '90s. Now 50, Ricky’s lust for photography and music is still strong. Through his eccentricities such as his love for a transistor radio and feeding squirrels in the park, we gain an insight into his everyday life. Retrospective of New York City and how it has changed over his lifetime, he shows us around the city and contemplates what the future holds.

The World’s Most Downloaded Man

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:38:28 +0000

Today publishers and newspapers spend more and more money on stock images instead of hiring a photographer. Fernando Martins travelled to Denmark to meet the king of stock images: Jesper Bruun. He is always with you, everywhere you go. He is omnipresent: He is The World's Most Downloaded Man. A strange meeting of a model and a photographer. While there is no confirmation of Jesper Bruun being really top 1 stock model, we like idea of the film (actually more than the film...).

Light Painting

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:28:31 +0000

Light painting dates back to Man Ray, but contemporary photographers are taking the practice of “painting light” onto long-exposure photographs to a new level. Patrick Rochon and Aurora Crowley, two light painters in love with color, form, and the expressive possibilities of light, discuss their work and their unique process.

Kitty & Lala – 80 Impression

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:52:17 +0000

80 Impression illustrates the diverse, personal, and emotional role that technology plays in the everyday Visual Life of two young Chinese wedding photographers - Kitty and Lala.

Twin Towers: The View from New Jersey

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:43:15 +0000

Simon Leventhal, a dentist in New Jersey for 30 years, is an accomplished amateur photographer who has photographed nature and animals in the wild. But his favourite subject is the World Trade Center, of which he has captured 50,000 images.

Brian Duffy: The Man who Shot the Sixties

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:19:23 +0000

Duffy together with David Bailey and Terence Donovan is recognized as one of the innovators of "documentary" fashion photography, a style which revolutionized fashion imagery and furthermore the fashion industry. So influential were their images that in 1962 the Sunday Times dubbed Duffy, Bailey & Donovan the "Terrible Trio" and Norman Parkinson further added to their notoriety by naming them "The Black Trinity". Together they dominated the London photographic scene, constantly pushing each other to new heights. Even socially they would spend many hours together talking, living and breathing photography.

Streetphotographer Bruce Gilden

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:58:26 +0000

Bruce Gilden is best known for his merciless and indiscriminate use of the flash on the street. His major tool for his portraits is spontaneity. Trailer "Head On"

The Sartorialist – Fashion Blogger Scott Schuman

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:16:51 +0000

The Sartorialist is a fashion blog by Scott Schuman in New York. After leaving a fashion sales position to take care of his daughter in 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around on the streets of New York City, taking pictures of people who had dressed in some way that caught his eye, and then posting them to his blog, sometimes with comments about what he finds. He pioneered fashion photography in blog form. (Text from Wikipedia)

The Well: Covering Capitol Hill

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:33:58 +0000

A rare glimpse into the way press photographers cover the politicians of the United States Congress and the problems they face. Leading political photographers in Washington talk about the perills of the 24/7 news cycle and the increasingly sparce access.