MetaFilter posts tagged with photoessay

Next time around, I'm going to stay in bed!

miss lynnster — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:58:04 -0800

He must specialize in a dozen fields...

Slarty Bartfast — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:00:34 -0800

In 1948, W. Eugene Smith, best known for his brutally honest war photography, traveled to Kremmling, Colorado to document the life of a small town country doctor. The result, a splendid piece for Life magazine, has been hailed as one of the first photo essays of the modern photojournalism age. Magnum Photos slideshow A mention of the 60th anniversary of the piece in the Journal of Family Practice (scroll down).

Hate's Haberdasher

ooga_booga — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:16:25 -0800

Aryan Outfitters - a photo and audio essay from Mother Jones magazine about a day in the life of a 58-year old seamstress who caters to the Ku Klux Klan.

Busted in Jena.

chunking express — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:48:06 -0800

Busted in Jena. My path crossed the Jena Six by chance. The BBC broadcast a documentary called “Race Hate in Louisiana” in May 2007. When I watched a copy of it in June, I was dumbfounded. I quit my job a week early, packed the car with my cameras, and drove to Jena.

RFC on eight or more sane cults

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:17:11 -0800

Eight of the craziest cults evar. An honorable mention is being considered for the Taiwanese chicken cult.

A dust storm overtakes Lubbock, Texas

jonson — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:00:13 -0800

A dust storm overtakes Lubbock, Texas

Meet the bureaucrats.

js003 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:48:18 -0800

Meet the bureaucrats. The unnerving similarity of bureaucrats' offices.

and i know a few things about photo essays

tsarfan — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:01:31 -0800

The best political photo essay i've ever seen. A cheeky look at Bush's flip flops in the form of a shoe catalogue.

beat-generation photos

lilboo — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:07:05 -0800

Still romanticizin' the beat generation? Lovely shots from the Venice West Picture Essay - a photo chronicle of the beat generation in venice west, california circa 1958….from the out-of-print "the holy barbarians" by lawrence lipton

servicemen Iraq

thedailygrowl — Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:16:49 -0800

One year later "It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's a lot harder to face them when they come home"

Photo London

plep — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:03:40 -0800

Photo London. Images of London life over the years.

Fashion photography of yesteryear

tcaleb — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:42:30 -0800

The Decline of Fashion Photography; An argument in pictures. Inspired by Karen Lehrman's photo-essay about the poor state of contemporary fashion photography, I went looking for vintage goodness. Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Irving Penn are two of the photographers she mentions, but it would be a shame to miss (to name a few) Frances Pellegrini's, Erwin Blumenfeld's, and Herman Landshoff's contributions to the genre.

Makola Market

plep — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 03:20:25 -0800

Makola Market. 'West Africa's markets are legendary and none more so than the famous Makola market in Ghana's capital, Accra. Run by powerful women traders who sell in the market, Makola is a place where you can buy anything you need - manufactured and imported foods, fresh produce, tools, medicines, shoes, pots and pans etc etc. It's also a place that's good for the soul; its humour and energy will recharge your batteries. If you aren't lucky enough to be in a West African city, you can still imagine you're there. Whether you are in New York, Paris or Sao Paolo, Johannesburg, Nairobi or Cairo, click on the link and join Ofeibea Quist Arcton on a stroll through Makola Market. It will do you good. '
Via allafrica.com's photo pages.

username — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:17:43 -0800

Manhattan and Brooklyn photos. Ultradio photos of the scene. Too much mental fantasy today. I can't cover up my fear and terror with anger anymore. Back to reality. I'm going to try to not follow any more political topics and threads for a while.

JackthaStripper — Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:06:49 -0800

extremely good photographs non graphic, but so excellant in showing many facets of this disaster.