Brenda Ann Kenneally

(via The Brian Lehrer Show Archive)

Pictures From Home

Brenda Ann Kenneally, photojournalist, Soros Criminal Justice Fellow and author, Money Power Respect: Pictures of My Neighborhood (Channel Photographics, 2005) on photographing her Bushwick neighborhood -with Gilberto "Junior" Vicente and Andrew Velazquez, residents of Bushwick featured in the photographs

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A Conversation with Béatrice de Géa

© Béatrice de Géa

Béatrice de Géa's work came to my attention by way of The New York Times cover. I was deeply moved by an image taken by Beatrice in Tanzania of a family of women burying a still-born baby.
It was part of story & photo essay about Childbirth in Tanzania, which you can see by clicking here.
Béatrice depicts all aspects of life in her work and I was thrilled when Beatrice agreed to a conversation.


© Béatrice de Géa

NP: Tell us a little about yourself.

BDG: I was born in the French Alps and partially raised in the U.A.E. I studied Art and Fashion Design in Paris. I met my first love in an airplane flying to California and few months later told my father I wanted to go study in California. I moved to Los Angeles in 1994. My desire was to become a reporter, but fell in love with photography after my first class. It was my way of writing.


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NP: How did you discover photography?

BDG: By accident. I was under pressure to get a work permit so I had to quickly get my degree. I picked a photography class, remembering how much pleasure it was to use my mother's Foca camera when I was 13 to snap pictures of our family pets. I got an F on my first class. I didn't speak English well enough. The Depth of Field concept was first a grammatical mystery before a technical one. I met my mentor, a local photojournalist, when I was at school. He taught me a lot without telling me what to do...respecting my stubborn personality. I became very passionate about it, realizing I was really meant to do this. I felt constantly challenged and satisfied.



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NP: Where do you find inspiration?

BDG: In other people's culture and life. And the fantastic work of photojournalists around the world.


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NP: How do your projects come about?

BDG: I've been pretty spoiled. Working on staff at the Los Angeles Times for seven years took me to great places and great stories. Working in New York City as a freelancer is a completely different life. Thanks to Michele McNally and Patrick Witty of the New York Times, I got to do my latest project in Tanzania on maternal mortality. It was the assignment of my dreams. Very emotional. I will never forget it.



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NP: What’s next?
BDG: I just want to keep on trying to do my best telling great stories. I absolutely love working for newspapers, but I found myself eager to experience new avenues.

NP: Thank you so much!

To see more of Béatrice's work please visit: www.beadegea.com.

Karte Orne @ WIPNYC

Currently showcasing at Women In Photography is the documentary work of accomplished photographer Kate Orne. You can see this affecting work here.

Lauren Greenfield's Kids & Money

Horses Think led me to photographer Lauren Greenfield's site and the trailer for her new documentary "Kids & Money", which premiered Friday on HBO. The movie will be shown all through December, check HBO's schedule for showtimes.

Andrea Diefenbach @ Shane Lavalette

Head over to Shane Lavalette's Journal to see his recent post about photographer Andrea Diefenbach and her emphatic reportage about "AIDS in Odessa".

Kristen Ashburn on Perez Hilton

from I AM BECAUSE WE ARE, photographs by Kristen Ashburn, published by powerHouse Books

Another talented and dedicated NYU alum, Kristen Ashburn, was mentioned today on Perez Hilton. Kristen has been photographing in Africa extensively and also in Malawi as of recent. Her work from Africa will be published by powerHouse Books as a companion volume to the forthcoming Madonna produced documentary I Am Because We Are.

Female Icons on Ovation TV

Good thing I have TV or else I would have missed Ovation TV's schedule of Female Icons in American Culture documentaries tonight. Right now they're showing two female photographer documentaries, Sally Mann: What Remains and after will be Nobody's Here but Me: Cindy Sherman. Click here for a schedule of American Revolutionaries programming.

Upcoming:Susan Meiselas: In History @ ICP

(from ICP.org) Since the 1970s, questions of ethics raised by documentary practice have been central to debates in photography. Perhaps no other photographer has so closely and consistently represented and participated in these debates than Susan Meiselas. An American photographer best known for her work covering the political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s and '80s, Meiselas' process has evolved in radical and challenging ways as she has grappled with pivotal questions about her relationship to her subjects, the use and circulation of her images in the media, and the relationship of images to history and memory. Her insistent engagement with these concerns has positioned her as a leading voice in the debate on contemporary documentary practice. Susan Meiselas: In History will be the first U.S. overview of her work, and will be structured around three key projects: Carnival Strippers, Nicaragua, and Kurdistan. The exhibition is organized by Kristen Lubben, Associate Curator at the ICP, and will be accompanied by a catalogue including essays by Lucy Lippard, David Levi-Strauss, Elizabeth Edwards, and others.

The exhibit will open in September 2008.
To see Susan Meiselas work, head over to: www.susanmeiselas.com

Kathryn Cook

Kathryn Cook recently won Magnum's Inge Morath Award for her work "Memory Denied: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide". You can see Ms. Cook's work at her website: www.kathryncook.com.

Nancy Pastor

Nancy Pastor who has relocated to California, has a new website, check it out: www.nancypastor.com

Friends And Family Remember Alexandra Boulat

Friends and Family Remember VII founding member and conflict photojournalist Alexandra Boulat: www.pdnonline.com

Liz Kuball Interviews Susana Raab

Avid blogger & photographer Liz Kuball interviews fellow avid blogger & photographer Susana Raab. Read the interview on Liz Kuball's blog: http://www.lizkuball.com/blog/2008/04/interview-susana-raab.html

Lynsey Addario

Photographer Lynsey Addario talks about her work in general and particularly about her ongoing photographic work documenting the crisis in Dafur.
Read the interview here.

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann an extended documentary by Steven Cantor will be released on DVD on April 22, 2008.
You can see an expert from the film via the HBO website: www.hbo.com/docs/programs/what_remains

Stepahnie Sinclair Wins Alexia Grant

Stephanie Sinclair was just awarded a $ 15,000 Alexia Grant for her documentary work.
Read PDN's news item about Sinclair here.
Sinclair also is the publisher of www.photobetty.com, an award winning publication for women in photography.