A photograph can freeze time. Can it also mobilize human action?

Posted on 12 May 2024 by vaillantmartien

Guardians of The Ice hopes to do that.
Because climate change is no longer just a prediction.
Glaciers support life on Earth.
The glaciers are melting.

The Guardians’ goal: “A world where humanity is mobilized to learn about, contribute to, advocate for, and invest in regenerative solutions to heal our planet and all its living systems.”

Guardians of the Ice is an alliance of artists, alpinists and research scientists
Legendary mountain climber and Guardians’ founder, Jim Elzinga, grew up in the Canadian Rockies and once dreamed of producing a book that could capture its grandeur and majesty. But technical issues were daunting. Climbing with an 8 x 10 view camera wasn’t feasible.

The images are carefully curated out of the growing portfolio that Roger and Jim have been capturing. https://www.meltdownphotography.com/book
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A photograph can freeze time. Can it also mobilize human action?
more at phase one

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The Remarkable Winners of the All About Photo Awards 2024 Revealed

Posted on 12 May 2024 by vaillantmartien

The winner and Photographer of the Year 2024 is Roberta Vagliani (Italy) with ”The right to know”

Nelson Mandela said, Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
This image was taken in a school in Zanzibar, where there are no desks, chairs or school supplies. All these little girls own is a notebook and their memory. Knowledge is passed on to them by a single master. In every person there is the possibility to transform the world.
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The Fith Place Winner is Victor Wong (Hong Kong SAR China)

During the busy camel fair happening yearly in Pushkar India, there are thousands of tourists and camel buyers gathering around in this normally deserted region of the earth. There would also be varieties of programs, camel races and talent shows by individual street performers to attract people from all over India. The whole event is colourful and joyful.
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The Third Place Winner is Lieven Neirinck (Belgium) with ‘Orchestrated Friendship’

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Particular Merit Award Gallery, Andre Hidayat (Indonesia)

One of the largest floating solar panels in Asia, located in Indonesia above the Cirata reservoir. is Indonesia’s commitment to clean and renewable energy for a better world.
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Particular Merit Award Gallery, Guillaume Petermann (France)

Due to its isolation, Socotra island has become a treasure house of biodiversity: on the 825 plant species identified, 307 are endemic, a rarity on a global scale. The most famous gem is called “Draceana cinnabari”, aka dragon blood tree. This kind of tree is a vestige of a prehistoric flora. It is famous for its blood-red sap, used in dyeing, in cosmetics, or as a medicinal remedy. With its woven foliage in the shape of a giant parasol, the dragon blood tree is impressive. It is very resistant and can live up to a thousand years.
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The Remarkable Winners of the All About Photo Awards 2024 Revealed
more at all about photo

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Regards Parisiens

Posted on 12 May 2024 by vaillantmartien

In the Spring of 2022, the Swiss-based photographer Henry Freitag wandered through the streets of Paris, inspired by the work of Garry Winogrand and Joel Meyerowitz.

Many famous photographers have taken on the challenge of prowling through the streets of the French capital. During a longer stay in the metropolis, Henry Freitag took the opportunity to capture fresh perspectives with his Leica M10-P and an Elmarit-M 28 f/2.8 Asph. “The thing that drives me to go out every day is curiosity about the unknown. It’s just about walking through the streets with eyes wide open, so that you can react in the decisive moment,” Freitag explains, speaking of his series.
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Regards Parisiens
by Henry Freitag
more at lfi-online

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Above it All

Posted on 12 May 2024 by vaillantmartien

Soaring above the earth, Frank Siteman captures our imagination with his view from above New England. These vibrant abstracts engage our imagination with what is and is not to scale.

Frank Siteman was born in St. Louis in 1947. He attended Tufts University, where he majored in chemistry. Already immersed in photography, he shot portraits of the entire college faculty in exchange for his tuition. He soon received an assignment to photograph an annual report for a Boston area rehab hospital, and taught in a Boston youth project. Following his graduation from Tufts, where he launched the photography department through the Experimental College, he began teaching at the Roxbury Latin School, the Orson Welles Film School, Simmons College, and the Art Institute of Boston. During this time, he discovered the world of stock photography. Over the next several decades, he worked steadily shooting stock and completing commercial assignments, shooting the world while traveling. His photographs found their way into agencies, which sold them for a myriad of uses in magazines, advertising, annual reports, multi-media shows and textbooks. He continues to photograph the world and the people around him, living alternately in Winchester, MA and the White Mountains of NH.
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