The New York Times profiles Kwaku Alston

. The New York Times Lens blog yesterday featured an interview with Kwaku Alston that looks at the award-winning editorial and advertising photographer’s quest to rekindle his personal passion for photography—specifically, by shooting images on his own in his Venice, California, neighborhood. “The Venice community is a remarkable mix of people and cultures,” Kwaku explained [...]

Grey announces new division dedicated to health-related advertising

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 [...]

“The role of the photographer has already changed”

Michele McNally, assistant managing editor of The New York Times, shares her thoughts on what it now means to be a photographer.

The New York Times reviews The Black List: Vol. 2

In her review of The Black List: Vol. 2, an HBO documentary directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the Times’ Ginia Bellafante praises the film’s varied view of African-American achievement. Wryly noting that the election of Barack Obama has inspired “a frenzied eagerness by the news media to showcase the lives of prominent and well-to-do African-Americans,” Bellafante [...]

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