After watching that Papageorge piece, I found myself drawn to an essay he wrote, titled “Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence,” about two books that have heavily influenced the world of street photography—Walker Evan’s “American Photographs” (1938), and Robert Frank’s “The Americans” (1959). Papageoarge does a great job capturing how, and why, [...]

Tod Papageorge is one of the best street photographers ever. He was a close friend and, as he says, pupil of Garry Winogrand. They spent many many hours discussing, but more importantly, practicing their craft. In this lecture he discusses his work and how he came about becomming a street photographer. A good watch.

Today on American Suburb X there is an interesting essay about the prolific W. Eugene Smith and his work on a project called Pittsburgh Photographs, work that Smith said was “the finest set of photographs I have ever produced.”  Smith, who quit his high paying gig with Life because he was said to have wanted complete [...]

I’ve posted some new work in the Photography section. It’s stuff I have been shooting in LA over the past few months.