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SPOTLIGHT: Delphine Diallo, The Divine Feminine

The Visura Media Blog
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Editor's Note:  Delphine Diallo  is a Brooklyn-based French and Senegalese visual artist and photographer. With a focus on portraiture, Diallo combines photography with social activism to empower women, youth, and cultural minorities. Clary Estes interviewed Delphine Diallo about her life, work and vision for Visura Media’s..

A Sunday with Grammy Award Winning Rapper Residente

José A. Alvarado Jr.
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Last month I had the opportunity to spend a Sunday afternoon with the Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican rapper Residente for the NYTimes.      How Residente Spends His Sundays The Puerto Rican rapper speaks to his family on WhatsApp, drinks a beer before working out and plays a mean game of Uno.

on LinkedIn: Don't Forget to be Human.

Andrew Casper
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You do you. Why? Because your true following use you as a proxy for who they are. If you aren’t clear about who you are, and believe in yourself, they’re going to feel it. Don't Forget to be Human.  I love LinkedIn because it’s chalk full of tech talk, marketing strategies, and data, data, data. But a co-worker..

Brooklyn Eagle: Practiced patience: The photographs of Joseph Rodriguez

Joseph Rodriguez
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The photographs of Joseph Rodriguez offer a glimpse into the people and places not usually on view in gallery spaces: youth detention centers in Northern California, the gangs of East LA, sex workers in Mexico, the community in Spanish Harlem. This month, the photographer’s work will be on view at Photoville in Brooklyn. The exhibit will..

on Assignment for El Pais: Las niñas violadas obligadas a ser madres llevan su causa a la ONU

Ana María Buitrón
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Las niñas violadas obligadas a ser madres llevan su causa a la ONU Guatemala, Ecuador y Nicaragua responderán ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos por una legislación que penaliza a las víctimas. América Latina, a la cola en derecho al aborto

Pāri Mūriem shortlisted at the Unseen Dummy Award

Jérémie Jung
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Pāri mūriem are the Latvian words for Over the walls. This series is a glimpse into the everyday life of ten young men incarcerated in the juvenile detention centre of Latvia. Behind walls, they let us feel through their own eyes what it is like to wait for a sentence to expire. Together, we are switching from their claustrophobic boredom to..

PHOTOVILLE EMERGI-CUBES

Johis Alarcón
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Photoville NYC returns for its eighth year, in picturesque Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, from September 12-22 , 2019. Located in Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO beneath the majestic span of the Brooklyn Bridge— will be transformed into an immersive photography village populated by 90+ repurposed shipping containers, workshops, talks, photo walks,..

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 35 WINNERS

José A. Alvarado Jr.
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Two of my images from my personal project "La Isla Del Encanto; Borikén" were chosen for American Photography 35 !!!    AI-AP Slideshow

The Photographic Center Northwest presents its 2019 Thesis Exhibition

Michelle Dunn Marsh
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2019 THESIS EXHIBITION: GABRIELA COCIUBA, ELISABETH VASQUEZ HEIN, SELENA KEARNEY, SARAH D. KING, AND JAMES KUAN   JUNE 27 – AUGUST 18, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 27 6:00PM-9: 00 PM ARTIST LECTURE: JULY 11 6:30 PM   Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is pleased to present our 2019 Thesis Exhibition, celebrating this..

On NPR: Wushu Coaches Help Chinese Students Master Literacy And 'Become A Better Person'

Shuran Huang
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During my time at NPR, I spent two months photographing one couple's dedication to Wushu education in the U.S. as a way to connect with my roots. Thanks Coach Christophher Pei and Coach Zhang for their generous support.   Wushu Coaches Help Chinese Students Master Literacy And 'Become A Better Person' Photographer Shuran Huang..

Recent assignment for the Financial Times

Carla Cioffi
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How to spend summer in the city FT correspondents in the northern hemisphere on the pleasures and secrets of an urban August

Recent assignments for NYT and Washington Post

Yan Cong
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I got a rare chance to photograph actress Fan Bingbing, who disappeared for four months last year in a tax scandal: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/world/asia/fan-bingbing-comeback-scandal.html The Forbidden City has opened 50% to the public in the past few years. I spent a day in the former royal compound to illustrate this story:..

Interview in DOFoto magazine

Hanna Jarzabek
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I just cannot stand when people are discriminated - interview with Hanna Jarzabek by Matúš Zajac Hanna Jarzabek is very talented and perceptive author who mainly deals with communities outside of the majority.

Exhibition: 'Esencia' in CAPITIS Studios in Berlin

Raul Cañibano
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Events News Spotlight
Exhibition: June, 06 – August, 10, 2019 Cañibano´s black and white images don’t show us stereotypical Cuba with colorful house facades and American oldtimers. Since his work is closely connected to his home in Cuba, he owns a special perspective and that allows him to portray the land and its people very profoundly and..

Savoring Long Sunday Nights With Music and Meals

José A. Alvarado Jr.
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Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the charming neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens along with the beautiful establishments and communities for The New York Times! In print and online!!

»La Puente« got selected for the First FotoEvidence W-Award

Charlotte Schmitz
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Very happy to announce that my work »La Puente« got selected as the winner of the first FotoEvidence W-Award and I am very much looking forward presenting you the book later this year together with FotoEvidence. We will keep you updated!  Please read the interview here: http://fotoevidence.com/interviews/detail/63  ..
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