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American photographer Roger Ballen has been living and photographing in South Africa since the late 1970s. His photographs have caused international controversy and debate ever since his book, "Platteland", was published in the 1990s. "Platteland" was filled with raw, direct, disturbing photographs of poor white people in South Africa whose lives had been marginalized by the Apartheid government. Since that "bombshell" of a photobook hit the scene,…
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British Photographer Simon Roberts chooses to embark on long-term, in-depth visual studies of people and the places they live. He describes his work as socio-documentary photography recording signs of visual anthropology. His first year-long study of contemporary Russia and Russians in 2005 was published in 2007 as the highly-acclaimed photobook "Motherland". For his second multi-year project, he chose to focus on the idea of "Leisure" in all corners…
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French photographer Klavdij Sluban talks about the photography workshops he leads for teenagers who are imprisoned in juvenile jails around the world. 8 min, 30 sec. This is the first in a series of video interviews with photographers for Lens Culture, an international online magazine about contemporary photography — lensculture.com
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The Iranians document their Green Movement 123 images chosen and commented by Paolo Woods
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© Jock McDonald 2008 www.jockmcdonald.com via www.lensculture.com
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