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Monday Inspiration.
Vice Picture Perfect: Chloe Dewe Mathews
I wasn’t familiar with her work before seeing this. Really lovely stuff.
This month, in our annual Photo Issue, The FADER is publishing a feature on the epidemic of youth violence in Chicago, photographed by Daniel Shea. It’s no exaggeration to say this has been one of the most fulfilling projects that Daniel and I have ever worked on.
The feature is live online today. Over the duration of the week four extended edits will be posted along with conversations between Daniel and I.
This essay was a deviation from past photo issues. Instead of publishing preexisting work we decided to commission one large essay with ambitious goals. Our choice to shoot on the ground in Chicago stemmed from the idea that the violent rhetoric that permeates contemporary rap music has a human cost that is too often overlooked. The FADER and many other magazines covering new music feature musicians that propagate cultures of violence (like Chief Keef, who Daniel shot for The FADER’s cover less than a year ago). With the magazine’s audience of young people in mind, we wanted to face that head on.
What resulted is 16 pages of photographs and a Q&A with veteran Chicago reporter Alex Kotlowitz. We aimed to depict what life in the South Side is like for young people, through individuals affected by violence, those participating in it and the grassroots effort to curb the spread of retaliatory crime which seems to have no end.
I would like to personally thank Daniel, my friend, for his incredible effort and determination working on this project, as well as the staff and publishers of The FADER for believing in it and to the men and women of CeaseFire who opened countless doors for us. Please spread the word and consider donating to their incredible effort.
Nothing more to say other than LOOK AT THIS AND READ IT.
(via imaphotoeditor)
Food and farming activist Kelvin Graddick in Georgia. Shot for Modern Farmer.
Some outtakes from a day I spent crawling around on my knees for the NYT photographing dual language immersion programs in Utah public schools. Kids are real funny to me.
Billionaire and future space landlord Robert Bigelow for Bloomberg Businessweek.
A Las Vegas billionaire plans to build a real estate empire in space. seriously.
Photographer: Michael Friberg
Photo Editor: Diana Suryakusuma
Story / issue: Interstellar Landlord —- on newsstands now!
I’ve never had so much fun shooting 1/32 scale models of ANYTHING.
(Source: imaphotoeditor)
early crowd outtakes.
i’m heading out west for a week… hopefully i’ll be able to post some stuff from the road.
THESE ARE OUT TAKES?!?!?!
