Archive June 2010

Katja Heinemann Shoots For Smithsonian Magazine

Aurora Select photographer Katja Heinemann went on assignment for the July/August 2010 Anniversary double issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Katja photographed MIT scientist John Ochsendorf in conjunction with his installation of an ancient vault building technique at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City.  The shoot had to take ...

Paula Lerner’s “Behind The Veil” Wins EPpy Award

Aurora photographer Paula Lerner was recently recognized for her work on “Behind The Veil”, The Globe and Mail’s in-depth multimedia series on the plight of women in Kandahar. Reported by The Globe’s Jessica Leeder with photography by Lerner and produced by Christopher Manza and Jayson Taylor over the course of ...

Todd Bigelow Image Appears in Sports Illustrated

Aurora photographer Todd Bigelow’s image appeared in the June 14, 2010 Sports Illlustrated US Open Preview Issue. Todd was asked to shoot a portrait of Jim Langley, former golf pro at Cypress Point Golf Club in Pebble Beach, CA. Cypress Point, adjacent to Pebble Beach Golf Links, site of the ...

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(Undated photo of African-American boys taken during enslavement or at time of emancipation, owned by Keya Morgan)A recently purchased photograph of two African-American boys allegedly taken around the time of slave emancipation in this country has captured the attention of many this past week. The photo is claimed to be ...

Blake Gordon Chronicles Traumatic Brain Injury for NPR

Aurora Photographer Blake Gordon was commissioned to shoot stills for an NPR short film documenting traumatic brain injury victims within the US military. The film tells the story of Sgt. Victor Medina, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during an IED explosion in Iraq in 2009. You can view the ...

Massimo Berruti Image Appears in Time

This weeks issue of TIME contains Aurora/Agence VU photographer Massimo Berruti’s photograph from his coverage of the new Afghan army. This photo and one other from Berruti’s story are also appearing in the iPad version of TIME. To see more work by Massimo Berruti, visit Aurora Photos.

Morning Manifesto

I am a feminist. By this I mean I speak out against a socially constructed system of dominance where what is identified as male in our society (a cultural construct, not the biology itself) is systematically and institutionally advantaged over that which is identified as female or not-male. I take ...

Dimitris Gavalas & Gerasimos Koilakos Capture Greek Riots for Newsweek International

The June 7th issue of Newsweek International displays the work of Aurora/Invision photographers Dimitris Gavalas & Gerasimos Koilakos from their coverage of the recent riots in Greece. Gavalas’ image above is from a demonstration in Athens against the austerity measures applied by the Greek government. To see more work by Dimitris ...

WPFW Pacifica Radio

Amy Goodman, at Busboys & Poets, gives a great talk on independent media, tells some great stories, and asks every one to tell ten people in the next week about WPFW and wpfw.org.So I am.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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