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The Meteoric Rise and Fall of a Wave-Ridernew

Rising San Diego surf star Chris O'Rourke died from cancer in 1981. He was so good, surfing photographer Kirk Lee Aeder recently wrote book about him.
San Diego Reader |
Joe Deegan |
06-14-2012 |
Sports
In Defense of Copyrightnew

Because there's no real punishment for those who steal my work
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Joeff Davis |
01-26-2012 |
Commentary
A Photographer Seeks to Emancipate the Modern Slavenew

For most of Middle America, black men are little more than the images projected from popular media outlets—a tattooed, incarcerated (and unintelligible) Lil Wayne, irresponsible fathers on Maury, and faceless men that fill prison beds at an alarmingly high rate. But for one gay white man, the black man is a source of elegance and beauty and a reminder of our larger cultural history.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Darren White |
07-13-2011 |
Art
Exploring Atlanta's Modern Ruinsnew

A new subculture finds beauty in decay
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Wheatley and Scott Henry |
06-30-2011 |
Recreation
African Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS Let the World Innew

The program The House is Small But the Welcome is Big allows women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa to tell their own stories, and to gain empowerment, through the experience of creating art.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-19-2010 |
Art
Lawrence Hislop Makes Climate Horrors Look Heavenlynew

Lawrence Hislop’s photographs, accompanied by short videos he shot and narrated, chronicle life in three Arctic regions — Shishmaref, Alaska; Uummannaq, Greenland; and Lapland, Norway — and in the Republic of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
The Georgia Straight |
Robin Laurence |
12-28-2009 |
Art
Gene Trindl's Photos Give Glimpses of the Golden Age of Televisionnew
Best-known for producing more than 200 covers for TV Guide, Trindl shot an overwhelming number of Hollywood's elite during his lifetime.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
12-17-2009 |
Art
Philly's Stewart Ebersole is Searching for the Meaning of Your Black Flag Tattoosnew

Ebersole hopes compile a book about the people across the country who wear the simplistic, clean Black Flag tattoo and to answer two questions: What do Black Flag, and the Black Flag tattoo, mean to people? He plans to call the book Barred for Life.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Andrew Thompson |
09-22-2009 |
Culture
San Francisco Bay Guardian's Photography Issuenew
Changing faces, surprising places, and wild paces -- the Guardian's third annual salute to Bay Area photography.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff |
08-05-2009 |
Art
Tags: San Francisco, photography
The Photographer's Art of Imposing on Her Subjectsnew
No matter what the subject, Sylvia Plachy expresses an awkward intimacy through her lens.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
06-10-2009 |
Art
Tags: Sylvia Plachy, photography
Photographer Andy Cook Documents the People Behind the Grim Economic Statisticsnew

Cook recently found himself in the same position as a growing number of Americans -- unexpectedly out of a job. He turned his predicament on its head and the result is Faces of the Recession.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
04-21-2009 |
Art
Photo Exhibit Reveals Unseen Alabamiansnew
The familiarity of the faces that fill each frame in "Just Down the Road" accounts for most of what makes this photo exhibit so engaging.
Birmingham Weekly |
Glenny Brock |
04-14-2009 |
Art
The Alibi's Sixth Annual Photo Contestnew
Is photography simply the capturing of a moment, or is it the creation of it? Don't look at us; we got nothing. Instead, look at the work submitted by Alibi readers to our annual snapshot shindig.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
04-14-2009 |
Art
Tags: photography, Albuquerque
One Woman's Quest to Celebrate Cancer's Scarsnew
Despite breast cancer's pervasive impact, mastectomy scars are an alien concept to most of us. On behalf of those who have battled breast cancer and the hundreds of thousands who soon will, Devon Williams, is on a mission to celebrate them publicly as marks of strength, perseverance, femininity and beauty.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-30-2009 |
Art
Double Exposure: Michael P. Smithnew

The work of cultural photographer Michael P. Smith, who died last year, is exhibited in two New Orleans venues, with one creating digital reproductions of rarely or not before seen images.
Tags: photography, Michael P. Smith