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Author Archive: Cary Benbow
Book Review: Still Life: Photographs and Love Stories by Kate Sterlin
Kate Sterlin has meticulously explored the intricate relationships between individuals, families, and communities through her lens for decades. Her debut book, Still Life: Photographs & Love Stories, is a poignant testament to the power of intimacy. By seamlessly weaving together lyrically narrative photography and poetic prose, Sterlin crafts a diaristic narrative that delves into the
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Location: Online Type: Black and White, Book Review, Community, Family
Book Review: As I Found It. My Mother’s House by Russell Hart
Russell Hart’s As I Found It. My Mother’s House is a poignant visual exploration of memory’s fragility and the devastating impact of dementia. Through a collection of intimate photographs, Hart delves into the center of his mother’s fading identity, capturing the remnants of her life scattered across her home. These images serve as a poignant
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Book Review: Russian Rust Belt by Alan Gignoux
In the heart of Russia’s Ural Mountains, a forgotten world unfolds. London-based photographer Alan Gignoux embarks on a journey through a post-industrial wasteland, capturing the remnants of a bygone era. His photographs are are haunting elegies of a past world order. Gignoux’s work, a testament to the human cost of economic decline, is more than
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Interview with featured photographer Rafa Rojas
Minimal: Simplicity in the extreme, imagery made with only what is essential. Our Issue #127 features the work of Rafa Rojas. The images of his native Brazil capture bold colors, frame spare compositions and present uncluttered views of his beloved city. Ironically, his project, “Colors of a Grey City,” contains pops of bright color and
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Interview with featured photographer Dana Stirling
F-Stop Magazine is pleased to feature Dana Stirling‘s work from her project and upcoming book, Why Am I Sad for Issue #126 – Telling Stories. Dana is a photographer, and co-founder and editor of Float Photo Magazine. I have followed her personal work and Float Photo Magazine for years and was honored to speak with
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Book Review: On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues by B.A. Van Sise
On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues by B.A. Van Sise includes photographs of some of the last speakers, and new revitalizers and learners, of nearly 100 endangered languages in the United States. The images are based on single words from the languages that are difficult to translate into English. The speakers—nearly all of whom
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Location: Online Type: Book Review, Portraits
Interview with featured photographer Cosimo Campagna
Cosimo Capangna’s project ‘Buen Camino‘ aims to capture the essence of the challenges for the pilgrimage in Spain called ‘El Camino de Santiago’(The Way of St. James); one of Europe’s most renowned pilgrimages. Campagna’s work strives to explore the deep connection individuals forge with themselves through sacrifice and dedication. Campagna reflects on the relationship between the landscape and human experiences to
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Book Review: Route 1 by Caren Winnall
Route 1 by Caren Winnall was a project born from Winnall’s desire to follow the same path that Bernice Abbott took in 1954. Abbott started photographing in Key West, Florida and took Route 1 all the way up the east coast of the US to Fort Kent, Maine. Winnall lives within a mile form Route
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Book Review: Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture by Ivan McClellan
Ivan McClellan, a New York Times photojournalist and Kansas City native, has made significant contributions to the recognition and understanding of Black cowboy culture. His new book, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, published by Damiani Books, shares his dedication to documenting the unique subculture. This long-term project began during his coverage of the Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo,
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Interview with featured photographer Eric Kunsman
While I was reviewing the submissions for our Issue #124 – Cities 2024, I immediately recalled Eric Kunsman’s ongoing work in his project ‘Felicific Calculus’ and ‘Life-Lines Throughout the United States’. I know the multiple layers of this work would apply to the theme of ‘exploring cities’ (which it absolutely does), and also highlight aspects
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