Photography

May 27, 2017

Interview: Intimate Underwater Portraits of Humpback Whales by Jem Cresswell

In Giants, a striking series of portraits, Australian photographer Jem Cresswell explores the awe-inspiring behaviors and undeniable anthropomorphism of the humpback whale. Captured over the course of 3 years in the southern Pacific Ocean, the series offers an intimate glimpse of the “gentle giants” as they complete their annual migration to Tonga. Each photo shot by Cresswell—who fittingly describes himself as a visual artist—exhibits his artistic approach to underwater photography.

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May 24, 2017

New Digital Archive Features Over 2 Million Photos from the First 100 Years of Photography

In the age of the Internet, the digitization of historical materials has proven to play a crucial role in the preservation and proliferation of cultural heritage. In addition to major museums and large-scale libraries, archives around the world have adopted this practice. This phenomenon has been made particularly apparent by Europeana Collections, an online platform that has digitized over 53 million “artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe.

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May 16, 2017

Interview: Composite Photos Reveal Everything That Happens in One Spot Within 2 Hours

Through his ongoing series titled Selected People, photographer Pelle Cass creates a visual symphony by photographing one location over several hours. By selectively omitting figures, and keeping others, the resulting composite photos are examples of ordered chaos. When we think of composite photography, we often think of the photographer manipulating the image. But here, Cass makes a distinction that “nothing has been changed, only selected.

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