© Deborah Turbeville Ballerina Vera Arbuzov, in a picture from Studio St. Petersburg by Deborah Turbeville, published by Bulfinch Press in 1997 Photographer Deborah Turbeville, whose atmospheric images for Mademoiselle, Harper’s Bazaar, Italian Vogue, L’Uomo Vogue, Cacharel, Valentino and Barneys Ny were distinctive for his or her mystery and drama, died in a brand new York hospital October 24, her… Read more →
Robin Hammond Wins $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant
© Robin Hammond A mentally disabled man in Kenya, living in a locked tin shack. The picture is from Robin Hammond’s project, Condemned. Photographer Robin Hammond have been awarded the 2013 W. Eugene Smith Grant, a $30,000 prize, to assist complete his ongoing project called “Condemned–Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis.” Hammond has spent two years engaged on the… Read more →
Obituary: Photographer Bill Eppridge, LIFE Contributor, Age 75
Photographer Who Refused to Shoot Same-Sex Wedding Loses Another Appeal
Wedding photographers in New Mexico are legally barred from discriminating against same-sex couples by refusing to present them with wedding photo services, the state’s highest court has ruled. The ruling upheld three previous discrimination rulings against Elane Photography of Albuquerque. The studio’s owner, Elane Huguenin, was held accountable for discrimination in 2008 by the recent New Mexico Human Rights Commission… Read more →
Kodak To Emerge From Bankruptcy in Early September
A US Bankruptcy judge has approved Kodak’s plan for reorganization, Bloomberg News reports. The corporate, which sought chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2012, announced today that it hoped to emerge from bankruptcy by September 3. Kodak sold its photographic and consumer print business to repay debts, and cut the variety of employees from 17,000 to about 8,500. Kodak, once a… Read more →
Judge Dismisses Privacy Lawsuit Against “Voyeur” Artist Arne Svenson
The Big apple photographer who provoked controversy by photographing his neighbors through their apartment windows and exhibiting the pictures in a show has fended off lawsuit for invasion of privacy. New York State court judge Judge Eileen A. Rakower dismissed the claim against photographer Arne Svenson, ruling that the photos in question were protected by the primary Amendment. She also… Read more →