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Coincidences - A New York City Street Photography Series By Jonathan Higbee
Photographer Jonathan Higbee spent years painstakingly documenting fleeting juxtapositions on the streets of New York. These intersections of passers-by, street signs, billboards, and more take on new meaning and life through the lens of Higbee’s camera: as a dancer on a stage of trash, graffiti unfurling from a backpack, to even a giant casually walking the streets of the city. Each photograph captures the wit, joy, and surrealism of everyday life in a sometimes chaotic world.
Coincidences - Anthology
Coincidences Jonathan Higbee Photographer Jonathan Higbee spent years painstakingly documenting fleeting juxtapositions on the streets of New York. These intersections of passers-by, street signs, billboards, and more take on new meaning and life through the lens of Higbee’s camera: as a dancer on a stage of trash, graffiti unfurling from a backpack, to even a giant casually walking the streets of the city.
23 Amazing Candid Coincidences That I Captured On The Streets Of New York
I moved to New York almost a decade ago (from Los Angeles, and Detroit before that, and Kansas City before that). By that point in my life -- after moving around so much -- I found the best way to get to know my new hometown was through art and creativity. While living in Los Angeles I discovered my passion for photography, so that was my favored way to familiarize myself with New York. If you've never been to New York, its hallmarks are chaos and energy.
The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer - Photographs by Amani WillettReview by Alexander Strecker | LensCulture
Photography is so often understood in terms of empathy, connection, seeing the world from another person’s eyes. But there is a different strand of photography: one defined by solitude, individuality, reverence, contemplation. Along this path, the camera can point outwards and often takes the form of landscape work; the figure-less expanse creating a space for the photographer’s perspective to be examined on its own terms.
Stage of Light - Photographs and text by Tan Kraipuk | LensCulture
“We all have to walk through the shadow in order to find the light.” I am a person who uses street photography to better understand myself and my life. Every picture that I have photographed reflects my emotions, my feelings, and my experience at the moment it was made. At first, I practiced street photography randomly. I just went out and photographed as part of my routine. Slowly, I found myself being attracted to people who were walking alone.
Lonely Verses: The Rhythm of a City - Photographs and text by Sergio García Gavaldà | LensCulture
I like to see the city as something alive, a beast that breathes and observes us in silence, that plays with us, creates fantasies of light and shapes that appear and disappear in a fraction of a second. This project talks about how the city, without mediating a word, whispers in our ear brief verses. Words where the meter, the cadence, the lights and the shadows tell us short stories where we can find ourselves. This project was singled out for distinction in the Street Photography Awards 2017.
Anything with a Shape Will Eventually Be Gone - Photographs and text by Shinya Masuda | LensCulture
Back when I was young, I had no doubt that some things would last forever. But one day, my grandmother told me, “Anything with a shape will eventually be gone.” This saying has remained in my mind since then. “Shogyo Mujyo” is a Buddhist term that combines two phrases: “shogyo” encompasses every bit of every phenomenon in this world; “mujyo” means nothing lasts as it is—everything constantly changes. Memory has no physical form. People rely on material things when they try to recall their memories.
The International Language of Photography - Interview with Elena BoilleBy Alexander Strecker | LensCulture
While much of the world despairs at the state of print media, important exceptions stand out and give us hope. The Italian magazine Internazionale is one of those bright spots. Founded 25 years ago by a group of four friends, the publication carries on its original mission of translating the best journalistic stories from around the world and bringing them to an Italian-speaking audience. Today, Internazionale continues to thrive.
Solo Yo Se Que Existo - Photographs and text by Luis Botana | LensCulture
This series attempts to show the loneliness of our individual souls—the inner invisibility and solitude that we all feel. Of course, it is also necessary to make a distinction between loneliness and solitude. In loneliness, I suffer my suffering, while in solitude, I live my joy. But either way, in the end, life’s vital moments are experienced alone. Indeed, only I know that I exist.
“All Colors Agree in the Dark”—Voyeurism and Observation on the Street - Interview with Jonathan Higbee | LensCulture
I am conducting a series of interviews titled “You Can Shoot. Can You Talk?” The set is composed of 20 unconventional yet simple questions; some of them apply purely to the art of photography, while some strive to get to a deeper emotional level. My interviewees are gifted and accomplished visual artists with a keen interest in the documentary, situational, candid, travel, and street genres.
A Pulitzer-Prize Winner Speaks on the Art of Photojournalism - Video interview with Renée C. Byer | LensCulture
This riveting video interview begins with a story from Byer’s childhood—a potentially traumatic experience involving her father (a police chief) and bullets fired at their home—that catalyzed her interest in becoming a “witness for the world.” At her home in California, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist spoke with LensCulture about how she captures an authentic portrayal of her subjects’ lives. “It’s not about what I think their life is, or what I think the story should be,” she says.
This is What NYC Street Photographers Sometimes Experience
All words and images by Jonathan Higbee. Used with permission. Let me tell you about my day. It was odd and saturated with adrenaline thanks to an ambitious group of security personnel who are now schooled in civil rights! A gang of security guards outside the Time Warner Center decided it was a good use of their time and mine to harass, intimidate and threaten me.
Duck Dynasty Star Willie Robertson Agrees With Dad Phil That Gays Are Going To Hell
In the face of Duck Dynasty's plummeting ratings (which many attribute to Phil Robertson's anti-gay, racist GQ interview), Willie Robertson has reiterated his dad's decision to damn gays to hell. CNN's Kyra Phillips goes over the Corinthians Bible verse paraphrased by Phil in 2013 before asking Willie what he thinks. "I believe what the Bible says," Willie says. "And so that’s what he says to put those in. You have to read the Bible and make up your own mind. God will ultimately decide that.
President Obama Issues LGBT Pride Month Proclamation
In keeping with the Obama Administration tradition, the White House over the weekend issued a proclamation celebrating LGBT Pride month starting today. As progress spreads from State to State, as justice is delivered in the courtroom, and as more of our fellow Americans are treated with dignity and respect -- our Nation becomes not only more accepting, but more equal as well.
Survey: German Men Are The Worst Lovers. So, Who Are The Best?
A poll published by OnePoll.com surveyed 15,000 women around the globe to rank countries with the best and worst male lovers. According to the survey, Germany got the lowest scores because the men are "too smelly." Rounding out the top five are the English ("too lazy"), Swedes ("too quick to finish"), the Dutch ("too rough"), and Americans ("too dominating"). On the other side of the sex spectrum, Latin countries unsurprisingly favored well in the survey.
UK Students Union Passes Policy Banning Gay White Men From "Acting Like Black Women"
News fit for the Onion comes out of the United Kingdom today, where the National Union of Students (NUS) has officially banned gay white men from "appropriating black female culture." Yes, this is a real thing that has happened.
Heart Or Hate It: Men Are Dyeing Their Beards Vibrant Colors In 2015
If you thought we reached peak beard in 2014, you were wrong. As facial hair fans continue to proliferate, bearded dudes feel the need to up their game. In 2015, this will mean dyed beards, a nascent but explosive trend that's catching on in and adjacent to hipster enclaves.
CBS' NFL Commentator Deion Sanders Doesn't Condone Being Gay, Thinks It's A Choice
Despite admitting that he has a cousin who has "been gay since we were kids," NFL commentator Deion Sanders doesn't "condone it," and thinks that being gay is a choice. The hateful remarks came during a recent interview on Larry King Now. King asked Sanders how he feels about Michael Sam, the openly gay football player who was just released from the Dallas Cowboys. "I'm not saying I condone it, but I don't condemn it," Sanders answers.
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