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Moneta Sleet Photo Show at the Schomburg

Photo alert! There are only two days left to see the Moneta Sleet, Jr. photo exhibit at the Schomburg Center in New York City. Sleet was the staff photographer for Ebony magazine in the 1950s and 60s, and this collection of over 100 photos includes intimate portraits of African American political and cultural celebrities, powerful photojournalism shot at civil rights demonstrations in the South, and some amazing portraits of Martin Luther King and his family. Sleet was the first African American photographer to win the Pulitzer Prize, for this photograph of Coretta Scott King at Martin Luther King's funeral.

The show closes on Friday, August 30. Take your Summer Friday and go see this show. As an added bonus, there's also a big Gordon Parks photo show upstairs. The 2/3 train stops right in front of the Schomburg, so it's an easy train ride.

More Moneta Sleet photos from the show on the next page.
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Lynsey Addario's Photo Blog from Libya: "It's What I Do"

On March 16th, photographer Lynsey Addario and three other journalists on assignment in Libya for The New York Times were captured and held captive for five days. Over on the Times' Lens photo blog she has an extensive gallery of photos from her work during this period and some thoughts (different than the personal account reported earlier) about what it means for photographers, women especially, to continue working in war zones:

I will cover another war. I'm sure I will. It's what I do. It's important to show people what's happening. We have a unique access to what unfolds on the ground that helps our policymakers decide how to treat certain issues.

More on the Lens blog here.
(Photo above, Lynsey Addario for The New York Times.)

Meet your DJ - ERIC JOHNSON

When photographer Eric Johnson isn't busy photographing musicians such as R&B artist Maxwell or various Hollywood Directors by day, by night he can sometimes be found entertaining friends and out-goers by providing some of the grooviest of tunes with his turntable skills. SPD is thrilled to have him spin at our very own holiday bash this Wednesday 12/15 for our listening/dancing pleasure. His work can be viewed here.

Mark Seliger: He Always Gets His Picture

A few weeks back at the Lucie Awards at Alice Tully Hall, the Lucie Foundation celebrated photographer Mark Seliger with their award for Achievement in Portraiture. Presenting the award to Seliger was his longtime collaborator and friend, Fred Woodward. We're honored to share Fred's presentation here:

I should probably start by apologizing for all the great photographs I didn't have the good sense to run, and for all the ones I should have fought harder for....and then there are all the ones I wrecked with type....


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Goodbye, Mr. Penn

By GREG POND

How do you say goodbye to someone you never met?

I never knew Irving Penn. But I'm going to miss him. He was a constant, important presence in my life for many years.

I've looked for Irving Penn's pictures in American Vogue every month for as long as I can remember. I looked for the man himself on the street in New York too. A photographer friend once told me a story about Mr. Penn, a myth no doubt, one of those artist-as-God stories, related in a hushed voice, but I liked the story, so I chose to believe it. … MORE

New Favorite Magazine: FOAM

I'm afraid I'm a little late to the party on this one but Foam: International Photography Magazine based out of Amsterdam is simply amazing.  I was lucky enough to come across it at the NY Photo Fesitval in Dumbo--directed to it by my pal Ryan Mesina in the Real Simple Photo Department.  We were both instant fans.  Each specially themed issue feels like you've stumbled into a little photo gallery on a city street that is filled with gems the likes of which you haven't seen before.  … MORE