Coming to the Table with Lincoln Barbour

It’s nice to check in with our favorite photographer friends and see how the year’s been treating them. And also to get some scoops about what work they’ve been making, and how they’ve been making it. Enter Lincoln Barbour, who’s working out of Portland, Oregon, and making some delicious new pictures. I asked him about his pics and processes.. read away.

Jason Lindsey on the Beaches of Fort Myers-Sanibel

Photographer Jason Lindsey recently sent me news of his award-winning campaign for the Beaches of Fort Myers-Sanibel, and I cajoled him into telling me a little bit about how it was produced, and some secrets of the shoot.

Chris Leaman’s Freshman Class

Chris Leaman is the staff photographer for Washingtonian Magazine, and recently was able to shoot Congress’s freshman class for the magazine. The results are amazing and somewhat hilarious, as many of these freshmen are political newbies and not particularly guarded (or for that matter, groomed).

Q+A: Manjari Sharma

Manjari Sharma has had a great year. A breakout star with her highly lauded and publicized Shower Series, she’s been shooting commercially, working on a new project, and is now having a solo show at Kopeikin Gallery.

APB Interview: Garen Barsegian (Take Two).

We checked in with up-and-comer Garen Barsegian a few weeks ago, and we have a follow-up interview today, talking about how he’s getting his start in the industry. Enjoy!

From the Mailbag: Dylan Coulter

Dylan Coulter sent over an email the other day to tell me about the work he’s been doing with Nike and the “Oregon Project” (Sounds like it involves Jason Bourne, no?) and we got to chatting. I thought I’d share the conversation.

Dear Edward Burtynsky, What is your working process?

I was interested to come across Edward Burtynsky’s interview the other day on Big Think, and thought I would share a snippet about his creative process. It’s enlightening.

How’d You Light That, Timothy Devine?

You ever see a picture in a magazine and think, “wow, now that’s a tricky assignment”. Me too. I had that x 100 when I saw Timothy Devine’s image for New York Magazine’s “Come Here Often?” column last week.

The wrangling for this thing alone would leave me in tears.

APB/Profoto Interview: Hikida Sayaka

As we do every month, we’re going to check in with one of the winners of Profoto‘s Assistant Contest. As you may notice, Profoto helps support this outfit, and we like to check in on what they’re doing. This month we chat with Hikida Sayaka.

You may notice a bit of a language-gap, but I’m guessing we’ll all find it charming.

APB/Profoto Interview: Erica Simone

As we do every month, we’re going to check in with one of the winners of Profoto‘s Assistant Contest. As you may notice, Profoto helps support this outfit, and we like to check in on what they’re doing. This month’s winner is Erica Simone.