Sports Photography

Professionalism in Photography (by Ming Thein)

"One commonly asked (and commonly mis-answered) question on the internet these days is around the definition of what constitutes a ‘professional photographer’. The usual definition is that it is somebody who is shooting for pay, and deriving the majority of his of the income entirely from photography for photography related activities. I suppose in the strictest sense of the definition, that is true. However, it says nothing about professional conduct or skill. What I’m going to attempt to do in this article is express my own views on what I believe constitutes professional behavior in photography..." more

Born into Brothels

Diane Arbus | Annie Leibovitz | Mary Ellen Mark

• Diane Arbus: LINK
• Mary Ellen Mark: LINK
• Annie Leibovitz: LINK

LIFE Magazine

Margaret Bourke-White LIFE Magazine: LINK

Bill Eppridge LIFE Magazine:  LINK

Gordon Parks LIFE Magazine:  LINK

Alfred Eisenstaedt LIFE Magazine:  LINK

Larry Burrows LIFE Magazine:  LINK

Search LIFE Magazine Archives on Google:  LINK

Russian Chimp's Photos Earn $72,000

Russian chimp's photos earned $72,000 at auction:  Link

Margaret Bourke-White

SESION 17. Fotografía clásica: Margaret Bourke White from tucamon on Vimeo.
Margaret Bourke-White (Video en Español)

Graciela Iturbide

 Graciela Iturbide, "Suenos de Papel:" PDF

Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis

Two Newsgirls from Lyndon Lorenz on Vimeo.

• Lewis Hine: Child Labor (BBC): Link

Ken Light: Inspiration from Photographer Jacob Riis - PhotoWings Interview from PhotoWings on Vimeo.

• Jacom Riis (documentary video): Link
• Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives (photos via PitaPixel: Link
• How the Other Half Lives (Book on Tape audio recording): Link

FSA Photographers

FSA Photographers at AMoA: Rothstein Discusses Sharecropper Evictions in 1939 from Victoria Taylor-Gore on Vimeo.

FSA Photographers at AMoA: Lee Discusses Photographs of Interiors from Victoria Taylor-Gore on Vimeo.

• Russell Lee:  Link 
• Dorothea Lange: Link
• Carl Mydans: Link 
• Walker Evans:  Link
• Gordon Parks:  Link
• Marion Post Wolcott:  Link
• Jack Delano: Link
• FSA  (español): Link
• FSA Photography on Flickr: Link
• FSA Photography in Color: Link

Silver and Light: Wet Collodion Photography

Vermeer: Light and the Camera Obscura

Low Lighting Exposure

2013 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Award

Robin Hammond has been awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography for his work documenting mental health in Africa, "Condemned:" Link


CONDEMNED from Robin Hammond on Vimeo.

Spanish photographer Javier Arcenillas was also awarded a grant for his project covering Latin American Violence: Link



See past W. Eugene  Smith Memorial Fund Grant Winners: Link

The Scar Project: Portraiture by David Jay

Fashion photographer David Jay started "The Scar Project," a portrait series 
of young women who survived breast cancer: Link