Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Platon's Portraits of Power




The New Yorker magazine has an interactive portfolio of portraits by Platon of world leaders along with commentary by the photographer on every image. Viewing images in print form is better than viewing images on a computer, but this portfolio along with the commentary is extremely conducive to the computer platform. Platon, a staff photographer for the New Yorker set up a tiny studio off the floor of the General Assembly this past September when most world leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations and worked to hustle as many of them in front of his lens as possible. I'm sure this was a very intense project for any photographer but I think Platon nailed it by looking at his portraits...they are great, and the commentary he has with the images are fascinating and add to the portrait viewing experience. See it HERE at the New Yorker. Platon's web site HERE.

Monday, February 16, 2009

World Press Photo of the Year_2008


Photographer Anthony Suau shot this photo for Time magazine and won World Press Photo of the year. The photo was part of an assignment depicting the effects of the economy in Cleveland, Ohio. The officer must ensure that residents have moved out of their foreclosed home. See all winners HERE. Ironically the photographer himself seems to be suffering from the effects of the economic crisis, saying the only job he has had in the past two months is an assignment shooting the presidential inauguration, see story at PDN HERE.