This week’s highlights from other photo blogs

. Verve Photo, which is devoted to documentary photography, highlighted the image by young Belgian photographer Bieke Depoorter, along with a story about it written by Depoorter. Here’s an excerpt: “I took this picture during my second trip through Russia in the winter of 2008/2009. I met the woman a few days before, in the [...]

Congratulations to the photography winners at last night’s National Magazine Awards

Last night was the big ASME ceremony here in New York announcing the winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards. Some highlights: National Geographic was named Magazine of the Year; in the General Excellence category, Women’s Health won in Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines, while Los Angeles emerged victorious among Special Interest Magazines and New [...]

Lauren Greenfield wins Art Directors Club award. Plus: Kathy Ryan on photographing for the NYT Magazine.

We’re thrilled to announce that Lauren Greenfield has won a Gold award for photography in this year’s Art Directors Club Awards. Lauren was honored for her “Fashion Show” work for New York magazine. (See “Lauren Greenfield on shooting spring fashion for New York magazine.”) Congratulations, Lauren! . . The ADC Awards gala is coming soon—May [...]

Congratulations, Nadav (updated)

… Last night at the Lucies, Nadav Kander was presented with the International Photography Award for Photographer of the Year in the editorial category. Well done, Nadav! … UPDATE: I just received some great photos of that glittery night… … … …. …. … … ……                   [...]

Janet Froelich, just two years ago

… Real Simple is set to debut its redesign in the November issue—Craig Cutler, in fact, is one of the contributing photographers—so it seemed like a good time to look back at the career of Janet Froelich, who left a two-decades-plus career at The New York Times Magazine earlier this year to join Real Simple [...]

The British Journal of Photography interviews Nadav Kander about his “epic commission”

The May 13 issue of The British Journal of Photography devotes nine pages to an interview with Nadav Kander and features a diverse selection of his portraits from over the years. In “Nadav on Obama,” writer Diane Smyth speaks with Kander about his experience shooting the New York Times Magazine feature “Obama’s People.” That series [...]

Nadav Kander photographs President Obama for the Sunday cover of the New York Times Magazine

Nadav Kander, who photographed the groundbreaking 51-portrait “Obama’s People” feature published in The New York Times Magazine earlier this year, made another appearance this Sunday. Kander photographed President Barack Obama for the cover of the magazine. It’s an intense portrait that captures both the gravity of the challenges the U.S. is facing, as well as [...]

Nadav Kander talks about the making of “Obama’s People”

In January of this year, The New York Times Magazine published “Obama’s People,” Nadav Kander’s unforgettable 52-image series of portraits of the new administration’s top support staff. Kander talks about the making of these historic photos in a candid interview with lensulcuture.com, touching on everything from his influences in conceiving the project (Bernd and Hilla [...]

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