THE SONIC BLOG Fotografie ist Kunst | Photography is Art

As already mentioned in the article below the photographer Achim Lippoth, who is specialized in photography of children, won the Lead Award 2007 silver within the category fashion. His portfolio site is worth a visit. Specially the series “Rage Attack”, “Together” and “Album de Famille”.

The New York-based architect Edmund Leveckis got the LeadAward 2007 within the category photojournalism for his excellent photo series „Tales from the Underground“. In the photography section of the LeadAwards 2007 are worth a look as well: Will McBride, Mirko Borsche, Erwin Wurm and Achim Lippoth. Just select the names in the LeadAwards 2007 laureates list to see the related work.

Recently I visited my local book store and skimmed through some photo books. “The Helsinki School: New Photography by TaiK. Volume 2″ was one of my discoveries. Specially Maarit Hohteri.

Street photography and law: The German photographer Andreas Herzau has been sued by a person he photographed on the streets during the World Cup Soccer 2006. The picture was published in Herzau’s book “Deutsch Land”. The case has been cleared out of court finally (Herzau paid a fee of 1000 Euro). I use this occasion to discuss the legal aspects of street photography in general, because it seems to be an international problem. General information regarding photographers rights and photography privacy advice for USA and other countries can be found here.

Joerg Colberg did an interview with Peter Bialobrzeski about German photography and the influence of the “Düsseldorf School”. Beside other stuff they speak about the discourse within in the German art world and the German education system.

Michael David Murphy from the very informative weblog 2point8 linked a worth seeing video with Garry Winogrand on Vimeo from 1982 with Bill Moyers.

Weegee’s legendary pictures of New York from the thirties and forties recorded a city marked by unemployment, poverty and mob violence. He was the first news photographer allowed a police radio in his car. Racing through Manhattan’s streets after midnight, he often beat the cops to the scene of the crime to shoot the pictures which would scream from the pages of the Daily News and the Daily Mirror next morning.

=> Weegee’s Story @ C/O Berlin – bis 06. Mai 2007

Everyone loves rankings. But more often than not rankings are a little bit boring. Not boring at all are the top lists of emerging photographers from Getty Images (New Photographers 2007) and Photo District News (PDNs 30).

The weblog “Journal Of A Photographer” by Martin Fuchs went online one year ago. The blog describes the career of Martin Fuchs on his way to be a photojournalist. The blog became an inspiring resource for young photographers worldwide.