Ashley Gilbertson photograph heads Opinion in today's NY Times

The New York Times Opinion

January 14, 2022

Ashley Gilbertson photograph heads Opinion in today's NY Times

 

Stanley Forman, photographer behind iconic Pulitzer-winning images hangs up his lens

 Via The Forward

January 12, 2022

‘The Soiling of Old Glory’ won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Photography. In it teen Joseph Rakes (L) uses an American flag to attack civil rights lawyer and activist Ted Landsmark (R) during protests over the Boston busing crisis, Apr. 5, 1976.

©Stanley Forman

Gallery photographer Stanley Forman has retired after 55 years cruising the streets of Boston in search of breaking news.

"If there’s a definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, it’s “The Soiling of Old Glory” — Stanley Forman’s spot news winner for the Boston Herald American in 1976. In it, a youth turns an American flag into a weapon to use against a Black man at a school busing protest.

Then again, make that two definitive photos: The year before, Forman also won the Pulitzer for spot news with a harrowing image of a woman and her goddaughter falling out of the sky in his photo, “Fire Escape Collapse.”

Forman, 76, who began in newspapers in 1966 and switched to TV news videography two decades later, spent 55 years cruising the streets of Boston in search of breaking news, much of that time in a gas-guzzling Mercury Monarch. He retired on Dec. 31.

Or so he says.

“I have a great home life,” he said by phone from his home in Boston’s northern suburbs on the first weekend of the rest of his life. His primary plan is providing daycare for his four-month-old grandson, adding: “And I can do a limited amount of chasing on my own.” 

Read full article here   Jewish photographer who won Pulitzer retires – The Forward

Bronx Documentary Center Exhibit "Storming of The Capitol" Includes Nina Berman's January 6 Photographs

 

Via Bronx Documentary Center

©Nina Berman: Inauguration platform breach, The Capitol, January 6, 2021

Featuring:

Nina Berman, Gabriela Bhaskar, Victor J. Blue, Balazs Gardi, Adam Gray, Shuran Huang, Christopher Lee, Luke Mogelson, Mark Peterson, and others.

On view January 29 - March 20, 2022  Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451

On January 6, 2021, for the first time in American history, an angry mob stormed the halls of Congress. Protestors destroyed federal property and assaulted police officers.  Five people died as a result and more than 150 were injured. The mob successfully halted the 2020 election certification as they rampaged through the Capitol building, searching for legislators and narrowly missing members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence as they were rushed to safety.

If the mob had nullified the popular state-by-state vote and forced the electoral process into the House of Representatives, as some planners hoped, 200 years of American democracy would be at an end.

Through photographs, video and multimedia, the Bronx Documentary Center’s exhibition, Storming of the Capitol, examines in detail the events of January 6th, 2021, seeks to put forth a historical record of events, and sheds light on the deep cleavages in our nation. 

Full details here.

Monroe Gallery exhibition "January 2021 - One Year Later"

BRINK: Virtual conversation and book signing with photographer and author David Butow

 

David Butow: January 6, 2021, Washington, DC. Supporters of President Trump battle law enforcement on the West steps of The Capitol

Santa Fe, NM -- Monroe Gallery of Photography is pleased to announce an exclusive event with David Butow, photographer and author of the new book “BRINK”.

On January 20, 2022, the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration, at 5 pm MST (4 pm PST, 6 pm CDT, 7 pm EST) David Butow will be in conversation with Steve Appleford, a contributing writer and video producer with the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and other publications. BRINK chronicles the dynamics that unfolded during the 2016 presidential election and led, finally, to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. 

From a dingy motel room in the swing state of Michigan, to the Oval Office, BRINK chronicles dynamics that unfolded during the 2016 presidential election and led, finally, to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Photographer David Butow moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington, D.C. in 2017 to document what he knew would be a chaotic time in U.S. politics. “While I expected the incompetence, I underestimated the treachery,” he says in the book’s Endnotes. 

Fine art prints and signed copies of BRINK will be available. 

January 20, 2022, 4pm PST/7 pm EST

RSVP for virtual Zoom Conversation

505.992.0800

info@monroegallery.com

Accompanying exhibitions open at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism on January 31, 2022 and RIT City Art Space in Rochester, New York on February 4, 2022.

Exhibition Details:

January 31, 2022 – March 31, 2022

UC Berkeley School of Journalism

121 North Gate Hall

Berkeley, California 94708

February 4, 2022 – February 20, 2022

RIT City Art Space

280 East Main Street, Sibley Tower, First Floor

Rochester, New York 14604

For further information, please call: 505.992.0800; E-mail: info@monroegallery.com

Punctum Press: David Butow : Brink

 Via The Eye of Photography

January 5, 2022

"From a dingy motel room in the swing state of Michigan, to the Oval Office, BRINK chronicles dynamics that unfolded during the 2016 presidential election and led, finally, to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Photographer David Butow moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington, D.C. in 2017 to document what he knew would be a chaotic time in U.S. politics. “While I expected the incompetence, I underestimated the treachery,” he says in the book’s Endnotes."

David Butow

January 1, 2022 Lead Editorial in The New York Times Features Nina Berman Photograph

 

Nina Berman/Redux

The January 1, 2022 New York Times editorial features am image by Nina Berman from the January 6, 2021 insurrection. "Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now" -  Full article here.

2021 through the lens: Gabriela Campos

 

Via The Santa Fe New Mexican

December 31, 2021

New Mexican staff photographer Gabriela Campos shares her favorite images from 2021.

Monroe Gallery of Photography is pleased to represent fine art prints by Gabriela Campos.

Nina Berman on WORT Radio "A Public Affair"

 Via WORT Radio, Madison, Wisconsin

This Thursday, 12/30 on WORT’s noontime ”A Public Affair”….

APA’s guest will be NINA BERMAN, the award-winning documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. We’ll be discussing, among other topics, her recent film documentary, “When Jets Fly,” — a look at the impact on civilians living near airfields currently being used for Air Force training exercises from Whidbey Island, Washington to Burlington, Vermont, current site of a 20-plane squadron of F-35 attack jets.

Noon to 1:00 (Central), 12/30,  “A Public Affair” WORT 89.9fm, Madison. Listen online, live and archived at: https://www.wortfm.org/news-talk/talk/public-affair/

A Public Affair is WORT's daily hour long call-in talk program. It aims to engage listeners in a conversation on social, cultural, and political issues of importance. The guests range from local activists and scholars to notable national and international figures.

How to listen

First in a series: 2021 in 5 photos Features Ashley Gilbertson's January 6 Photograph of Eugen Goodman

 Via Axios AM

December 27, 2021

First in a series: 2021 in 5 photos

Ashley Gilbertson

Above: Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman stands firm as rioters push toward the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 siege in the United States Capitol.

Why it matters: "Goodman’s selfless and quick-thinking actions doubtlessly saved lives and bought security personnel precious time to secure and ultimately evacuate the Senate before the armed mob breached the Chamber," the Senate said in awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Goodman and others who protected the Capitol.

"I want my photos to convey is truth as I see it" --David Butow

 Via Photojournalism News

December 22, 2021

David Butow: January 13, 2021, US Capitol, defenders of democracy, Washington, DC

Interview: Nezih Tavlas / December 22, 2021

"Photojournalism News: What drew you to photojournalism?

David Butow: I got interested in photography when I was about 12 years old. My dad was a good amateur photographer who would develop and print his own pictures and I was inspired in part by looking through photo magazines that he kept. In high school I got interested in current events and then I learned you could combine the two. The idea of seeing historical events first hand, and taking pictures of them seemed like an exciting job. It hasn’t disappointed."

David Butow's photographs were featured in the exhibition "Present Tense" this summer at Monroe Gallery of Photography.