An evening with Lauren Greenfield

October 5, 2011 – 7:39 am

. Lauren Greenfield will be speaking at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles next Thursday, October 13, as part of the museum’s IRIS Nights Lecture Series. Here’s the official description: “Lauren Greenfield will screen and discuss the digital feature she directed as part of the BEAUTY CULTURE exhibit. The 30-minute documentary explores our [...]

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Grey announces new division dedicated to health-related advertising

September 21, 2011 – 4:25 pm

In a limping economy, when downsizing or going bust are the norm, it’s uplifting to hear that a company is expanding. Grey announced today that it is adding a new global division “that will specialize in advertising for health-related products and services — not only prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, but also anything intended to [...]

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Lauren Greenfield’s child beauty queens featured in People

September 16, 2011 – 10:35 am

I have my own opinions on the practice of giving little girls fake tans, dolling them up in makeup, and teaching them to believe that beauty (if you can call it that) is a worthy quality to be ranked by. So I was especially gratified to see that a mainstream magazine like People is questioning [...]

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New York Times Magazine revisits 9 classic images from its archive

August 24, 2011 – 11:47 am

For a new online feature titled “Time Lapse,” the editors of The New York Times Magazine selected nine photos from the upcoming book The New York Times Magazine Photographs and had the subjects rephotographed, as well as interviewed. It’s fascinating to see how these people changed in the years since their photos were taken for [...]

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Portfolio: The joys of “Summer”

June 24, 2011 – 1:31 pm

. Is there any other time of year that feels as uplifting and free-spirited as those splashy, sunshiny months from June to August? Dive into “Summer”—which features photos by Kwaku Alston, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Lauren Greenfield, Ruedi Hofmann, Steven Lippman, Jeff Lipsky, Michael Muller, Tom Rafalovich, and Luca Zordan—and tell us what you think… [...]

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Video: An interview with Lauren Greenfield on “Beauty CULTure” and her work

June 20, 2011 – 12:03 pm

. This is well done. Lauren in her own words. Definitely worth a watch: . . .

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Call for entries: PDN’s The Look, the IPAs, and the APA/NY Photo Contest

June 10, 2011 – 10:46 am

. Several notable photo competitions, PDN‘s The Look, the IPAs, and the APA/NY Photo Contest, are accepting submissions, and the deadlines are drawing ever nearer. Read on for details… . . PDN‘s The Look: Where Fashion Meets Art Deadline: June 20. Categories: Advertising; Editorial/Celebrity; Still Life/Accessories; Personal Work/Fine Art; Runway/Street Scene; Beauty; Debut [Student/Emerging]. Prizes: [...]

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“Beauty CULTure” attracts press, celebs. Plus: A video interview with Lauren Greenfield.

May 24, 2011 – 10:57 am

“Beauty CULTure” opened last week at the Annenberg Space for Photography, attracting a constellation of celebrities to the reception and inspiring what will no doubt be months’ worth of press. Meanwhile, the Annenberg has posted extended video interviews with each of the exhibition’s four featured photographers, one of whom is Lauren Greenfield, who directed a [...]

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Annenberg exhibition looks at how we define female beauty

May 18, 2011 – 10:03 am

. How do we define female beauty? The exhibition “Beauty CULTure,” which opens Saturday at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, examines some of the prevailing answers through a wide range of images, from portraits of celebrities who are worshiped for their looks to photos documenting a desperate need to conform to a [...]

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Anne Telford of Communication Arts on interviewing Lauren Greenfield

May 16, 2011 – 3:17 pm

I often do behind-the-scenes stories about photo shoots, but this time I thought it’d be interesting to get the backstory on a magazine article—specifically, the story behind Anne Telford’s feature on Lauren Greenfield in Communication Arts’ May/June issue, which happens to be the Illustration Annual. The feature is titled “Lauren Greenfield: Capturing the Zeitgeist.” (Get [...]

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