Ever since John Maloof discovered a cache of photo world-changing photos by a nanny named Vivian Meier, who spent her entire life photographing the world while maintaining a strange obscurity, photography fans have wondered: Are there others? The answer has come from Barcelona: Yes, and her name is Milagros Caturla. Caturla was an enigmatic photographer […]
The Best of B&W Photography: Week of 4/10/17
Here are nine fantastic photos in black and white, and the people who posted them, that rose above the noise on social networks this week. Check them out and be sure to add your likes, hearts and follows! @fairplagiarism (Twitter) photograph magazine @photographmag (Twitter) Magic Black pictures @Blacwhitfoto (Twitter) Franck BERTRAND @bertrafr (Twitter) Miguel Calabria @MiguelCalabria […]
UPDATE: Winogrand Film Gets Kickstarter Funding
It went down to the wire, but the Kickstarter campaign to fund the final steps in the production of Sasha Waters Freyer’s feature documentary film about Garry Winogrand, All Things Are Photographable met its fundraising goal of $50,000 to cover production costs. With less than a day left the campaign had raised around $41,000, $9,000 short of its all-or-nothing goal. The […]
By Way of Introduction: Street Photography by Mason Resnick
Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m the editor/publisher of “I Love Black & White Photography,” which started out as a Facebook group and is now live as a full-fledged web site devoted to all aspects of digital and film B&W photography. While we’re starting out with mostly the same content that appeared in our […]
Hong Kong in the 50s in the Eyes of a Teenager
A teen named Ho Fan brought his Rolleiflex camera to Hong Kong in the 50s. The surprising result? Street vendors, rickshaw drivers and overall street life. Fan Ho would go on to become an award-winning, widely-exhibited photographer whose work has appeared worldwide.Check out these outstanding examples of street photography as part of his book “A […]
Call for Entries: Here Comes Another Street Photography Contest
As street photography continues to make a comeback, street photography competitions have been proliferating. The Passporte, an online fine-art gallery, has just announced the Henri Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize for Street Photography, a juried exhibit with prizes of $300 (Juror’s award) and $200 (Director’s award), plus honorable mentions. You can submit up to three images, at […]