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Documentary Photography

Angelo Merendino’s Latest Assignment for The New York Times

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Angelo Merendino’s latest assignment for The New York Times shines a light on a pernicious problem and the group of teenagers and non-profits who are doing something about it in their …

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Paul Aresu in Vietnam and Cambodia

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Paul Aresu felt an immediate sense of adventure the moment he woke up in Saigon and looked out his hotel window. It was 6:30 A.M. and the city was already bustling. …

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Ilanna Barkusky’s Under The Surface

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Ilanna Barkusky’s new short film is called Under The Surface and features two-time US Olympian and artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez. In 2022, Anita made global headlines after losing consciousness in the pool …

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Saverio Truglia At The Palos Meltdown.

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As the popularity of the sport of mountain biking grows to encompass a more diverse group of riders, photographer/director Saverio Truglia finds that there is enough mud for everyone.  An …

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Photographer Jordan Rathkopf Documents His Wife’s Fight Against Breast Cancer.

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New York Photographer Jordan Rathkopf has been telling the stories of women who are battling breast cancer, including his own wife Anna. It was a devasting diagnosis, but as photographers they were determined …

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William DeShazer Covers the Kentucky Derby

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Photographer William DeShazer was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. And if you’re from Louisville, there are three things that you identify with regardless of your personal relationship to them: bourbon, baseball …

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Photography Latest Additions

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This new group of photographers are an exciting mix of storytellers and conceptual artists.

Geoff Johnson Gives Us a Feel for Farming

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Geoff Johnson‘s latest shoot for Bayer Corn and Soy is a stunning portrait of American farmers and the beautifully textured environment in which they go about their work.      

Photography Latest Additions

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Check out these latest photographers to join Workbook.

Dennis Welsh and the Coal Miners of West Virginia

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Photographer Dennis Welsh always thought photographing individuals who mine coal for a living would make for an an interesting portrait series. But when he explained to the various communities he contacted …

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Scott Thompson, Photographer and National Guardsman

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Until about month ago, Scott Thomson was traveling the country shooting for Google. In the course of six weeks  he visited twelve states shooting video and stills to report on businesses that …

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Tim Llewellyn Crisscrosses Costa Rica to Document Its Thriving Public Healthcare System

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Tim Llewellyn traveled with a team from Ariadne Labs, which is a collaboration between the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, for his latest …

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Working Out at the Austin Boxing Club

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Doug McGoldrick captured all the determination, courage, and pure grit of his subjects in this ongoing series. Doug’s use of high-contrast black-and-white photography serves to enhance everything about the Austin Boxing Club: its stark environment, the tension …

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Honoring the Blues

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When we looked a little deeper as to the origin of this image, we found a gritty and beautiful body of work that captures the uniquely American culture of the …

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Peter Barrett Salutes the Coast Guard

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In light of all the recent natural disasters, Peter Barrett reminds us the men and women of the US Coast Guard are on a mission. They are a unique branch of …

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Jonathan Chapman Focuses on What it Takes to Save a Life

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Jonathan Chapman created a beautiful and affecting film focused on the team of professionals who work to save children’s lives on a daily basis. Jonathan and his crew came away from the experience …

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The Lawnmower Racers of Southern Maryland

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On his way through Southern Maryland, Baltimore photographer Brian Schneider noticed something from the road and stopped to investigate. It was then and there he discovered the the Lawnmower Racers, who later became the …

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Markku Takes In the Circus

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Photographers are naturally more aware of their surroundings than most people. As visual artists, they tend to notice the things most people miss.  Case in point: Markku Lahdesmaki and his latest project photographing …

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Saverio Truglia’s Party People

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American politics has never been more tribal, and over the past year, Chicago photographer Saverio Truglia made it his mission to document the growing “esprit de corp” among the followers of two candidates: Bernie Sanders …

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Girls at The Rodeo

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Sara Forrest describes the Flint Hills of Topeka, Kansas as a wide open “sea of green and sky” as well as where she calls ‘home.’ And on a recent visit, she …

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Tim Klein for Presence Health

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Tim Klein has just finished his work on a campaign for Presence Health through Downtown Partners. The result is a series of compelling  documentary style, black-and-white images that capture the …

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Fernando Decillis in Haiti

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Fernando Decillis was recently contacted by a friend who works at CNN to collaborate on an investigative story concerning the Haitian immigration crisis on the island of Hispañola in the …

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