This week on the web: the tragic death of Camille Lepage, Apocalypse Now in Syria, video interviews with World Press Photo Award winners, Egyptian nostalgia from Denis Dailleux, a beautiful book for mothers on mother’s day, mystical portraits with real wild animals, and how to get on on Parisian billboards.
RIP: Photojournalist Camille Lepage killed in Central Africa
Some twenty newspapers, including Reporters Without Borders, reported the tragic death of the freelance photographer Camille Lepage, 26. Her body was found in a car in western Central African Republic on the road leading to Cameroon. A supporter of what she called “forgotten causes,” Lepage worked extensively in Egypt and Sudan before traveling to the CAR to report on the victims of the civil war. You can follow the many touching tributes being paid to Lepage on her Facebook and Instagram pages, where she regularly published her work. [1 – 2 ]
Syria, Apocalypse Now
A photographs of the ruins left behind by a bombing targeting rebel forces by President Bashar al-Assad’s army in Homs, Syria, on May 10th. By Ghassan Najjar (Reuters) [3]
Video interviews with winners of the World Press Photo Award
Last month at the awards ceremony in Amsterdam, organizers of the World Press Photo Awards interviewed the winning photographers and multimedia journalists about their work and photography in general. The 22nd interview covers the work of Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, whose photo essay Shane and Maggie, A Portrait of Domestic Violence received 1st prize in the Contemporary Issues category. See her video interview and others on the World Press Photo website. [4]
http://reportagebygettyimages.tumblr.com/
Egyptian Nostalgia by Denis Dailleux
“What I feel for this country is beyond me. It’s an attachment that overwhelms and carries me away, and which I translate into images,” says Denis Dailleux. Egypt turned this former florist into a photographer. He roams the streets of Cairo in search of a smile or a look. Based in Cairo for the past 8 years, Dailleux has photographed people who have nothing but give everything. [5 – 6 – 7]
http://onorient.com/legypte-nostalgique-denis-dailleux-5572-20140511?utm_content=bufferf40aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Happy Mother’s Day!
Photographer Jade Beall shot a beautiful series of photos just in time for Mother’s Day 2014. Titled ‘A Beautiful Body Project,’ the photo series reveals what women’s bodies look like after giving birth. Women of all ages, body shapes and ethnicity can be seen with saggy stomachs, loose skin, stretch marks and other “imperfections,” yet they look nothing but beautiful. [8 – 9 – 10 – 11]
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mothers-day-2014#
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/bodies-of-mothers-jade-beall-beautiful-body-project-photos_n_5280419.html?1399639108
Mystical Portraits With Real Animals
The Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova specializes in portraits with real animals, offering viewers a beautiful and sweet series of photographs which go back to the roots of the relationship between fauna and human. This mystical and poetic voyage was shot with two professional animal tamers. [12 – 13 – 14]
http://golem13.fr/aterina-plotnikova-animals/
Share your photos on 300 JCDecaux bus stops in Paris
Myphoto Agnecy is launching a photo contest from May 5th to June 8th on the theme “Urban Experience.” Winners will receive an exhibition of their photographs in July 2014 on 300 JCDecaux advertising locations. [15]
Keep eyes wide shut on the web, see you next week!
