In a wide-ranging interview, photographer Jim Graham discusses his fine art photography in the Feb/March 2010 edition of After Capture.
Andrew Cutraro – Photographer from Michael Kasino on Vimeo.
Andrew is based out of Washington, D.C.
featureshoot.com did a Q&A with Redux photographer, Mark Leong, about his work and his assignment for National Geographic Magazine entitled “Asia’s Wildlife Trade.”
Rudy Archuleta – Photographer from Michael Kasino on Vimeo.
Rudy has recently relocated to the Chicago area and is available for assignment. He’s still splitting his time with NYC so please email us or call to find out where he is.
Writer Scott Bowen first met Erika Larsen while on assignment covering an ice fishing contest for Fortune – Small Business in Walker, MN. On True/Slant, Erika and Scott join forces once again to discuss the fullbright project Erika has been working on for the last year, “Sami, The People“.
Here is an exerpt from the interview:
“I first met professional photographer Erika Larsen when I was on an assignment for Fortune – Small Business magazine in February 2008. She and I, and our videographer, FSB photo editor Katy Binder, went to Walker, MN, to spend time with about 17,000 revelers at the annual Eelpout Festival, a huge mid-February party minimally disguised as an ice-fishing contest. That story ran in the last issue of FSB this December, and you can read it on-line here (it’s now content for CNNMoney.com).
The second day in Walker, out on the 36-inch-thick ice of Leech Lake, the temperature at daybreak was -20 F. I was wearing every thermal layer I posses and a snowsuit rated to -40 F. I was doing o.k., but it was not easy, and all I was doing was interviewing people. Larsen often took off her gloves and face-covering to operate her fabulous 4×5 field camera. She showed such aplomb about her work in those conditions that she seemed to possess a deep Nordic endurance.
So I was not surprised to find out that she is half Norwegian, and I was also not entirely surprised but gladly impressed to learn back in 2009 that she had won a Fulbright grant to venture to Sweden to live among Sámi reindeer herders.
I managed to catch up with her, on-line, while she took a break from her fieldwork in Sweden, and we conducted an interview via e-mail. (Note: All photos here copyrighted to Erika Larsen Photography.)
1. What first generated your interest in the Sámi?
I wanted to live with an original hunter-gatherer-herding society in order to understand the primal drive of the modern hunter today. I also wanted to learn about natural plants, foods, and remedies that existed in the arctic landscape.
I should specify I am living exclusively with Sámi reindeer herders and my Fulbright project is only focusing on that part of Sámi culture. About ten percent of the Sámi are herders. There are also coastal Sámi, who fish, and Sámi of other lifestyles who also speak a different language.
2. In the beginning, with your Sámi host family, did you experience any moments of culture shock?
Not really. I think I was very open to learning about the Sámi culture and lifestyle and never went expecting things were going to be anything like my life in the U.S. There was an inevitable period of comparing and contrasting what I was accustomed to, in terms of lifestyle, but this has greatly tapered off.”
See the rest Erika’s interview with Scott Bowen on True/Slant.
Gina Levay is based out of NYC and is the creator of a new book of photographs “Sandhogs” published by PowerHouse Books.
Gina LeVay – Photographer from Redux Pictures on Vimeo.
Sandhogathon continues!
Gina LeVay took her voice to the airways of WNYC and The Leonard Lopate Show on Monday, January 11th. You can listen to Gina’s interview here.
From the WNYC site;
Photographer Gina LeVay and geologist/Scott Chessman talk about Sandhogs, the miners who work 800 feet below the streets of Manhattan, tunneling through bedrock to build the largest unified infrastructure project in New York City history—the 60-mile-long City Water Tunnel #3. LeVay’s book Sandhogs is a portrait of the hidden characters and systems of underground New York.
On behalf of Gina, and the rest of the Redux Pictures team, we would like to thank Leonard Lopate and congratulate him on what is his 30th year on the air.
If you haven’t checked out Gina LeVay’s magnificent project – SandHogs – be sure to do so! We never tire in singing the praises for this awe-inspiring project. In fact we’ve begun to realize we’re not alone. As a follow-up to this post, we’ve continue to spot reviews of Gina’s work all over the world wide web. In this edition we have a shout-out on the Verve Photo blog and a street-sighting of the SandHog’s book by Redux-alumn Laura Reid;
You can find the VervePhoto interview here…
SandHogs window display at McNally Jackson Books on Prince Street in Soho. Gina will be speaking and signing copies of her book on December 7th at 7pm.
Photograph courtesy of Laura Reid
Gina LeVay’s stunning book”Sandhogs” continues to garner widespread interest and praise across the world wide web. Be sure to check out these galleries and two interviews with Gina in the links below;
First, FLYP Mag, an outstanding destination for web publishing, has an even better interview with Gina. Come for the pictures, stay for the audio!
Second, long the crown-jewel of print photojournalism, LIFE.com has emerged as a buffet for photo-lovers with their sharp captions and outstanding edits. In this gallery they turn their pens and loupes upon Gina’s project.
Finally, head over to Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s interview with Gina at ARTmostfierce. In it she discusses the effect her work had in raising awareness in the invisible, vital role the Sandhogs play on a daily basis below ground. Vital, yet deadly.
On behalf of the staff of Redux Pictures, we’d like to congratulate Gina on an outstanding and historic project and thank the writers and editors at all the linked-to blogs for their efforts in promoting this outstanding young artist!
Check out Kevin Miyazaki’s Q&A over at Feature Shoot! where he discusses his personal project ‘Camp Home’, his switch to digital 35mm from 4×5, and the intimacy his lens reveals in empty spaces and still object’s.