Bill Pierce
Well-known
In 2011 Mike Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center. You can find more about it at
http://bronxdoc.org/ Here is Mike’s brief bio from the site -
Michael Kamber has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. Between 2002 and 2012 he worked for The New York Times covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo and other countries. He has also worked as a writer and videographer for the Times. His photos have been published in nearly every major news magazine in the United States and Europe, as well as in many newspapers. In 2011, Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center, an educational space dedicated to positive socials change through photography and film. Kamber is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the winner of a World Press Photo award, the Mike Berger Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award, American Photo Images of the Year and is a member of The New York Times team that won the 2003 Overseas Press Club award. The New York Times has twice nominated Kamber’s work for the Pulitzer Prize.
I gave Mike an old Hasselblad that I wasn’t using. A number of photographers gave the BDC gear. What Mike and the BDC have done with that gear is amazing. I encourage you to read the Oct 2 NY Times Lens Blog to see what he has done. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ That Hasselblad is now doing something more important than I ever did with it. I hope you check out the Times article. (Being a news photographer is an education that changes you. If you think the picture was powerful, you should have been there.)
http://bronxdoc.org/ Here is Mike’s brief bio from the site -
Michael Kamber has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. Between 2002 and 2012 he worked for The New York Times covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Sudan, Somalia, the Congo and other countries. He has also worked as a writer and videographer for the Times. His photos have been published in nearly every major news magazine in the United States and Europe, as well as in many newspapers. In 2011, Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center, an educational space dedicated to positive socials change through photography and film. Kamber is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the winner of a World Press Photo award, the Mike Berger Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Award, American Photo Images of the Year and is a member of The New York Times team that won the 2003 Overseas Press Club award. The New York Times has twice nominated Kamber’s work for the Pulitzer Prize.
I gave Mike an old Hasselblad that I wasn’t using. A number of photographers gave the BDC gear. What Mike and the BDC have done with that gear is amazing. I encourage you to read the Oct 2 NY Times Lens Blog to see what he has done. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/ That Hasselblad is now doing something more important than I ever did with it. I hope you check out the Times article. (Being a news photographer is an education that changes you. If you think the picture was powerful, you should have been there.)
Kwesi
Well-known
Thank you.
Lately whenever I'm in NYC I try to visit the Bronx. Now I feel like I have a better understanding.
Lately whenever I'm in NYC I try to visit the Bronx. Now I feel like I have a better understanding.
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Wonderful images, and such a great example of a disappearing culture.
~Joe
~Joe
BillBingham2
Registered User
NYC is a wonderful place with examples of so much diversity.
Thanks for sharing Bill, a great piece. Shots in the second half or so were MUCH more powerful than the early ones but over all good stuff.
I wonder if the government would ever open up the archives to all the work done by the WPA-era. It might open up peoples eyes to where we came from and provide a bit of hope for the future. The internet can be a great tool to show photographs of history that is often forgotten. This man's work is a wonderful example of just that. Mostly marginalized people, trying to scrape by that most of us drive past at 70 MPH if they can.
Thanks again.
B2
Thanks for sharing Bill, a great piece. Shots in the second half or so were MUCH more powerful than the early ones but over all good stuff.
I wonder if the government would ever open up the archives to all the work done by the WPA-era. It might open up peoples eyes to where we came from and provide a bit of hope for the future. The internet can be a great tool to show photographs of history that is often forgotten. This man's work is a wonderful example of just that. Mostly marginalized people, trying to scrape by that most of us drive past at 70 MPH if they can.
Thanks again.
B2
Chuck Albertson
Well-known
Good lessons learned by the kids doing that project, engaging the people they were photographing, being accepted by the community, and being careful with the number of frames they shot. Where will all those people move to?
BTW, the Library of Congress has had most of the FSA archive on-line for a few years now:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/
BTW, the Library of Congress has had most of the FSA archive on-line for a few years now:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/