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Category: Featured Photographers
Photo essay / Oct 20, 2016
In Praise of Shadows by Michael Dees
Guest post today is by California based photographer and lover of Philosophy, Micahel Dees.
Photo essay / Oct 11, 2016
The Box is the Message: How Wombat is Pushing the Distribution of Good Photography Forward
Editor’s Note: We’ve seen exhibits, slideshows, and photobooks but Laurent came up with something new with Wombat: “Photoboxes”. Today Eric chats with Laurent about Wombat, his work ethic, and working with Magnum. At the …
Photo essay / Sep 13, 2016
Mixing Prose and Pictures: An Interview with Stephen Leslie on His Latest Photobook, “Sparks”
Editor’s note: Last time Stephen was on the blog was over 5 years ago. So it’s nice to welcome him back! This time he shares with us his latest work,a photobook titled Sparks. He also shares …
Photo essay / Sep 12, 2016
Pushing Belgian Photography Forward: Interview with BSPF 2016 Head, Daniel Oshi (and BSPF contest reminders)
Editor’s Note: Today we have Daniel Oshi of The Brussels Street Photography Festival. It promises to be a great Photography event highlighting the beautiful city of Brussels and a special insight to Belgian Photography. …
Photo essay / Aug 23, 2016
How Ola Billmont Spends His Day at the Races: Interview by Eric Kim
(Editor’s Note: Eric interviews Ola Billmont about his process, experiences, and lessons learned in making his new book A Day At The Races. All photos by Ola Billmont) Eric: Hey Ola, long time no chat. Tell …
Photo essay / Jul 17, 2016
Traveling Scared to Death and That’s OK: Interview with John Milton
(A.g.’s note: Today’s interview is probably an interesting one. John Milton is a citizen of the world. His travels has brought him to some of the most uncommon places for travel. He answers Eric’s …
Photo essay / Jul 5, 2016
The Most Predictable Path to Quality by Vincent Tam
(A.g.’s Note: Today’s guest post on the blog is by Vincent Tam. He’s an inquisitive and persistent photographer. He’s sharing with us his insights and research on how to produce quality work and how …
Photo essay / Apr 14, 2016
Kaushal Parikh About His New Book, Leaving Something for His Son, and Running A Collective
Kausal Parikh is one of the names the pops up when talking about contemporary street photography in India. Being the founder of the Indian Street Photography collective That’s life  and balancing that with the responsibilities of …
Photo essay / Mar 10, 2016
One Week In A One Mile Radius: Some of the Things I Have Learned by Maarten Rots
Words and Photos by Maarten Rots. Maarten: I thrive under restriction; I like it when things are closed off. By (temporarily) taking away many of the variables of everyday life I create room to focus …
Photo essay / Mar 7, 2016
Mark Alor Powell Opens Up About His New Photobook: “Open At Noon”
Mark Alor Powell chats with Eric and talk about Mark’s book Open at Noon. They explore making meaning, photobook making, and going through that process of making a photobook. (Photos by Mark Alor Powell, …
Photo essay / Feb 25, 2016
Observations Vol. 1 No. 1 by the Observe Collective Out Now
(Cover Photo by Oguz Ozkan) We’ve always love the hard work that Observe Collective puts out. They understand that photography is not just shooting but also showing your work. Presenting your observations if you …
Photo essay / Feb 11, 2016
Intensely Proud: Checking Back with Dayv Mattt and his Latest Book
Interview by A.g. De Mesa. All photos by Dayv Matt. Last time we talked with Dayv, he just finished his first book, High Street Low Street: Seoul and was in the process of making his follow …
Photo essay / Jan 6, 2016
Staying True: Interview with Jonathan Higbee
Interview by A.g. De Mesa, Photos by Jonathan Higbee A.G.: Any creative pursuit, especially photography comes with anxiety and a whole lot of uncertainty. We all have our ways of dealing with them but …
Photo essay / Dec 2, 2015
Poetry and Photography: How Rainer Maria Rilke Is Relevant To Being A Photographer
“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the …
Photo essay / Nov 13, 2015
The Edginess of Harvey Stein
Interview by A.g. De Mesa, photos by Harvey Stein The thing about any creative pursuit, specifically photography, is that it is easy to pick up but only a few can stay with it let alone …
Photo essay / Nov 8, 2015
The Top 10 Things I Learned in the New Orleans Workshop by Simon Jacobs
Simon: I recently took part in Eric’s workshop in New Orleans and during one of our daily critique sessions Eric asked if I’d like to write a post about the top 5 things I learnt. …
Photo essay / Sep 29, 2015
The Street Project by Steve Simon
(Editor’s Note: Words and Photographs by Steve Simon. Steve is a very passionate photographer, author, and an educator that has traveled the world shooting for various brands, companies, and organizations. His work focuses on …
Photo essay / Sep 8, 2015
The benefits of printing your work by Maarten Rots
(Words and photos unless otherwise stated is by Maarten Rots.  Maarten is an artist working with photography based out of Amsterdam. In his photographs you can see a sense of abstraction and surrealism found in …
Photo essay / Aug 24, 2015
A Real and Unique Pleasure by Pierre Belhassen
(Words and Photos by Pierre Belhassen) I’m Pierre Belhassen. I started photography 10 years ago. After studying cinema, I was given a camera. I wanted to discover New York City. It became a revelation in …
Photo essay / Jul 14, 2015
Of Raising Dogs And Pursuing Reflections: An Interview With Siri Thompson
(Interview by A.g. De Mesa. All photos by Siri Thompson) Siri Thompson is a photographer based in Toronto, Canada. She constantly photographs her city in a manner inspired by her photographic heroes while putting her …
Photo essay / Jul 13, 2015
Creative Constraints are Freedom: Abstract Street Photography by Maarten Rots
Restricting to open up. How less can be more when going out to shoot. I am strongly convinced that creating restrictions leads to more freedom and development when it comes to creativity. This may …
Photo essay / Jun 15, 2015
Interview with bigheadtaco on Instagram, Street Photography, and Life
Inspired by Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” I interviewed bigheadtaco, a local Vancouver-based street photographer driving around. Take (his real name) gives great practical advice on Instagram, branding, street photography, life, and following your …
Photo essay / Jun 2, 2015
“Be True to Yourself; Great Things Will Come”: Interview with Daniel Arnold
I’m very excited to share this recent interview I did with Daniel Arnold. You might have heard about Daniel and his work through the controversy of him getting kicked off Instagram for showing nudity on …
Photo essay / May 26, 2015
“Photography is Photography, a Photo is a Photo”: Interview with Neil Ta
I just had a recent chat with my manager and good friend Neil Ta. Neil is a professional photographer based in Toronto (shoots wedding and commercial work), and his passion is photography. He has …
Photo essay / May 18, 2015
Interview with Karl Edwards on Starting StreetShootr, Street Photography as a Harmonica, and How to Shoot with a Leica
I just did a fun interview with my good friend Karl Edwards (he runs StreetShootr) and has a blast chatting about his start in street photography, his tension between shooting film and digital, practical …
Photo essay / May 1, 2015
Lost in the Theatre of Life: Interview with Ximena Echagüe
Eric’s Note: I am excited to feature the work of Ximena Echagüe, a street photographer based in Brussels, Belgium. I’ve been doing online 1:1 lessons with her the last year, and have been amazed with …
Photo essay / Apr 15, 2015
Jared Krause: Inspired by Light and Colour
(Editor’s Note: Words and Photographs by Jared Krause) I started shooting in June of 2009. I had causally been thinking about photography and decided to buy a camera. I started posting to a photo …
Photo essay / Apr 14, 2015
Dissecting the Layers of Portland: An Interview with Nick Gervin
(Editor’s Note: Interview by Eric Kim. Photographs by Nick Gervin.) Eric: Hey Nick great to have you. Can you start off by telling us a (brief) life story and how you first picked up a camera? …
Photo essay / Feb 21, 2015
Video Interview with Blake Andrews from In-Public (#2)
In 2011 I did a video interview with Blake Andrews, and a lot has changed since then. I recently did an interview on Blake’s blog (Q&A with Eric Kim) and wanted to see what …
Photo essay / Jan 13, 2015
Monkeying around with Tavepong Pratoomwong. Interview by Clifton Barker
(A.g.’s Note: Today we have Clifton Barker chatting down with his friend and award winning photographer, Tavepong Pratoomwong from Thailand. Have a laugh and enjoy this one! Interview by Clifton Barker. All photos are by …
Photo essay / Dec 20, 2014
Video Interview with Joe Aguirre in San Francisco (Volume #2)
Recently I had time to meet up with my good friend Joe Aguirre in SF. He was able to show me his new place, projects he is working on, and we talk about some …
Photo essay / Nov 14, 2014
Interview with Ola Billmont in Stockholm #2
Check out this fun little interview I did with Ola Billmont in Stockholm. We talk about where he is with his street photography, his projects, and a little tour of his sweet apartment! Related …
Photo essay / Nov 11, 2014
Streettogs Academy Interview: Arnold Despi
(A.g.’s notes: Out of the 4 Assignments we have finished over at Streettogs Academy group, Arnold Despi got into the Honorable Mentions list 3 times. He is a very active photographer always shooting and …
Photo essay / Nov 5, 2014
Damien Vignol Street Photography Video Interview in Stockholm
In Stockholm I had the chance to catch up with Damien Vignol, a street photographer who has traveled through Europe, Asia, and now is in Stockholm. See my past interview with Damien here, and …
Photo essay / Sep 25, 2014
“Who Do You Take Pictures For?” by Sven Kraeuter
A.g.’s Note: Here we have another guest post from Sven Kraeuter. He previously shared to us a story of his interesting encounter while shooting medium format film. He’s back sharing his experience during a …
Photo essay / Sep 18, 2014
Video Interview with Kile Brewer, Photojournalist and Street Photographer from Missouri
I met Kile Brewer at the Magnum workshop here in Provincetown. He is a 24-year old working photo-journalist, who attended the University of Missouri’s Journalism program. He was one of the under-30 scholarship winners, …
Photo essay / Sep 17, 2014
Video Interview with Karl Edwards on Leica M-E & Street Shootr
Today I went for a lovely 6am walk with Karl Edwards in Provincetown. Karl Edwards is a street photographer based in Toronto, and is also doing the Magnum workshop with Constantine Manos. We have …
Photo essay / Sep 5, 2014
The World of GlassWeegee (NSFW)
(A.g.’s note:Â Some of the photographs in the article are for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion is advised. Words by A.g. De Mesa. Interview and questions by Eric Kim. All photographs are the respected copyright …
Photo essay / Sep 3, 2014
Change film, meet people, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the pause
A.g.’s note: Here’s a guest post for Sven Kraeuter that was originally posted in his blog. He shares to us an encounter he had while shooting around his neighborhood with a medium format camera that …
Photo essay / Sep 2, 2014
Experimental Color Street Darkroom Prints by Sean Lotman in Japan
Sean Lotman is a street photographer based in Kyoto. I recently met up with him in Kyoto and he showed me his beautiful 8×10 color darkroom prints. I was amazed by the colors, poetry, …
Photo essay / Aug 30, 2014
The Vibrant Street Light of Sydney by Greg Marsden (Ho Hum)
Greg Mardsen (Ho Hum) is a street photographer based in Sydney, Australia. I’m Greg, an LA-born, Sydney-based photographer. I’ve had a number of life experiences that have shaped how I see the world and …
Photo essay / Aug 27, 2014
The Loose Documentary of Andy Kochanowski
(A.g.’s note: Eric interviewed Andy Kochanowski. Check out his origin story, Life as a Burn My Eye Member, and his interesting advice to photographers. All photographs are the respected copyright of Andy Kochanowski.) Eric: …
Photo essay / Aug 13, 2014
Interview with Bellamy Hunt (Japan Camera Hunter) and Tour of His Office in Tokyo
I recently had the chance to catch up with Bellamy Hunt (Japan Camera Hunter) in Tokyo. In this video he gives us a tour of his office, shares why he does what he does, …
Photo essay / Aug 1, 2014
Stories Behind The Photos: Dimitris Makrygiannakis and Kaushal Parikh
A.g.’s note: We previously had the chance to feature That’s life street photography collective members Dimitris Makrygiannakis and Kaushal Parikh. Dimitris treated us with his Transformative Experience of shooting street photography abroad and an interview …
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2014
The Quick Straight Right of Sye Williams: Interview by Chris Stoltz
A.g.’s Note: Chris Stoltz shares to us one of his favorite photographers he got the privilege of shooting with, the L.A. based Sye Williams. Sye shares some of his inspirations, personal work, Photography Origins, …
Photo essay / Jul 18, 2014
Producing or Evoking Myths: Street Photography by Peter McCollough
Peter McCollough is a photographer based in Oakland, California. Peter: The inspiration for these images is manifold but films would be at the root of it all. While going to school for photojournalism my …
Photo essay / Jul 10, 2014
Be Cool: The Photography of DAYV MATTT
(A.g.’s note: I’ve been a long time fan and follower of DAYV MATTT on tumblr. He is such a great person to interview and is the type of person who tells it like it …
Photo essay / Jul 10, 2014
Video Interview with Brian Soko in Chicago
This is a video interview I did with Brian Soko in Chicago about a year ago. Enjoy his images and a transcript of the interview below!
Photo essay / Jul 7, 2014
Video Interview with Steve Simon, “The Passionate Photographer” in Dubai
When I was in Dubai, I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Simon who wrote an incredible book titled: “The Passionate Photographer“. We talk about working on projects, finding passion, and advice for aspiring …
Photo essay / Jun 29, 2014
Interview with Ibarionex Perello from “The Candid Frame”
Ibarionex Perello is a photographer, writer, educator as well as the host and producer of The Candid Frame photography podcast. He is the author of 5 books including “Chasing the Light Improving Your Photography …
Photo essay / Jun 27, 2014
Reflections on Tijuana by Eric Labastida
(Editor’s note: The following are words and photographs of Eric Labastida. These are his thoughts and reflections during his time photographing Tijuana from 1992 to 2002) When I started this project and photographing in …
Photo essay / Jun 11, 2014
Street Photography Interview with John Goldsmith in Vancouver
Funny story– Take Kayo was interviewing me in the streets of Vancouver when John Goldsmith (in my opinion the best street photographer in Vancouver) pops out of some bushes and starts photographing us. We …
Photo essay / Jun 9, 2014
Video Interview with Take Kayo in the Streets of Vancouver
I recently had the pleasure bumping into Take Kayo (aka Bigheadtaco), a prolific street photographer and blogger based in Vancouver. Funny story: I was having an espresso and blogging at Revolver, and out of …
Photo essay / May 8, 2014
Art Need Not Be Confined to a Gallery Wall: Interview with Andrew Quilty, Curator of The Elizabeth Street Gallery in Sydney
THE ELIZABETH STREET GALLERY Philanthropy need not be the domain of the rich. Art need not be confined to a gallery wall. Permission need not be begged for nor granted. This is a gift. …
Photo essay / May 4, 2014
Capturing the History, Culture, and Light of Istanbul: Video Interview with Elif Suyabatmaz from the Tiny Collective
Elif Suyabatmaz is a street photographer part of the Tiny Collective and currently based in Istanbul. My friend Oguz Ozkan introduced me to her beautiful black and white work — which is all shot on her …
Photo essay / Apr 29, 2014
Video Interview with Joe Aguirre in San Francisco
Warning: Some of the photos in this video are NSFW Today I had the chance to interview a good friend of mine, Joe Aguirre — a street photographer based in San Francisco. I just …
Photo essay / Apr 25, 2014
Self-Expression Comes From Within: Interview with Street Photographer, Artist, Musician, and Skater Tim Kerr
Tim Kerr is a street photographer, artist, musician, and skater from Austin, Texas. He is a prolific artist, and doesn’t put on restrictions on his creativity and forms of self-expression. Read about how he …
Photo essay / Apr 23, 2014
Video Interview with Hector Isaac from the Strata Collective
Earlier this year I met up with Hector Isaac, a street photographer originally from Cuba who moved and started shooting street photography in Miami, and now is based in LA. He is a part …
Photo essay / Apr 22, 2014
Capturing the Emotional Connection to People, Places, and Objects: Interview with Christophe Agou from In-Public
Christophe Agou is a street photographer from France, currently based in New York. He is a part of In-Public, and his published works include “Life Below: The New York Subway” and his newest book: …
Photo essay / Apr 11, 2014
Interview with Jesse Marlow from In-Public on His New Street Photography Book: “Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them”
Jesse Marlow is a street photographer based in Melbourne, and a member of In-Public. He recently published his book: “Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them.” The images were shot over a 9 year period on …
Photo essay / Apr 7, 2014
Street Photography Interview with Justin Vogel from HCSP & Burn My Eye in NYC
I recently had a chance to catch up and grab a coffee with Justin Vogel and Matt Stuart while I was in NYC. I did a quick video interview with Justin about his feelings …
Photo essay / Apr 2, 2014
Moving Quietly Along the Flock, Invisibly: Interview with Igor Rudenko from Kiev, Ukraine
Igor Rudenko is a street photographer who captures poetic and timeless monochromatic images from Kiev, Ukraine. This interview is by Mehdi Bouqua, a street photographer from Downtown LA.
Photo essay / Mar 29, 2014
Observe Collective Interview #5: Fadi Boukaram
OBSERVE is an international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. This week’s feature is Fadi Boukaram, a street photographer currently based in Broumana, Lebanon.
Photo essay / Mar 28, 2014
Capturing Space, Color, and Light in Sao Paulo: Street Photography by Gustavo Minas
Gustavo Minas is a street photographer based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and part of the Street-Photographers and the SelvaSP collective. Gustavo: Hi there, I’m a 32 years old guy born in Cassia, a small town in …
Photo essay / Mar 27, 2014
“The Culture”: Documenting the Life of a Korean Tattoo Artist by Josh White
This guest blog post is by JT White, a street photographer currently based in Seoul, Korea. JT: Eric and I often talk about projects as we work on them. We often help each other …
Photo essay / Feb 27, 2014
“Global Wandering”: Colorful Street Photos from Around the World by Daniel Kramer
Daniel Kramer: These images are part of a street photography book in progress that I’m working on and which I’ve tentatively titled “Global Wanderings.” I’ve gone through one round of editing with Mike Davis and …
Photo essay / Feb 24, 2014
Observe Collective Interview #4: David Horton
Eric’s Note: ​OBSERVE is an international photography collective focused primarily on the practice of candid street photography. This week’s feature is David Horton from Boston, Massachusetts. David Horton: I’m a graphic designer by day, street photographer by …
Photo essay / Feb 23, 2014
Photographs are Everywhere: The Extra-Ordinary Street Photography of Haris P (Xaris P)
Eric’s Note: Haris P (Xaris P on Flickr) is a street photographer from Crete in Greece. I was blown away by his surrealistic images — and wanted to feature his work on the blog. …
Photo essay / Feb 22, 2014
22 Interview Questions with the “Street-Photographers” Collective
Eric’s Note: I am excited to share this interview with the “Street-photographers” collective. I sent them 22 interview questions, and the members shared their personal answers opinions below. See their superb images and insights …