Archive for the ‘ Documentary ’ Category
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Jackie Nickerson - Faith
I’ve been an admirer of Jackie Nickerson’s Faith series for a while now. Her subjects are consumed in their life and unaltered by Nikerson’s pressence - It’s as if she was a Mary statue with a camera. There’s a sense of politeness and a delibrete absence on the photographers part. As a photographer should, she [...]
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Beauty is a Tactic - The War Photographs of Norfolk and Nachtwey
This is a guest post by Ottawa photographer Tony Fouhse. I featured Tony’s impressive series USER a while back and since then, I’ve been following his work. I also enjoy following his blog and I’m happy he’s agreed to contribute to Slightly Lucid.
James Nachtwey and Simon Norfolk take their cameras to war, not exclusively, but [...]
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Peter Beste - True Norwegian Black Metal
Peter Beste’s series on Norwegian heavy metal music is ironically very poetic. Heavy metal is not a genre of music that I’m inclined to listen to and would possibly leave me to have stereotypical judgments towards the scene. However Beste’s extensive work on Norwegian black metal extends to express very creative and artistic subjects. There [...]
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Rich-Joseph Facun - Sonoran Desert
Rich-Joseph Facun is a captivating documentary photographer. He has an impressive list of portofolios on his website, a wide range of subjects and all equally stimulating. I had a hard time picking a single image, there are many stunning ones to choose from. This shot is from his series Sonoran Desert.
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Jesse Marlow’s Street Work
I’ve been a fan of Jesse Marlow’s work for a while now. You can find his work at In-Public. So when i saw that The F Blog did an interview with the Australian photographer, i was really excited. you can check it out here.
There’s somegthing about the imagery of street photographers from Australia. and i [...]
