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  by Jerome D. Introduction Nick Brandt  (b. 1964, London) is one of the most distinctive and morally urgent photographers working today — a former music video director who walked away from a successful commercial career to spend two decades documenting the vanishing wildlife and landscapes of East Africa, and who has since turned his lens on the human communities most devastated by climate breakdown around the world. He studied painting and film at  Saint Martin's School of Art  in London before moving to California in 1992 to direct music videos. His commercial work was significant: he directed  Michael Jackson's "Earth Song"  and  "Stranger in Moscow" , Whitney Houston's  "I Will Always Love You" , Moby's  "Porcelain" , and videos for Jewel and XTC. It was while directing "Earth Song" in Tanzania in 1995 that his relationship with East Africa — and with its animals — began. By 2001, frustrated that film and commercial...

Everything you need to know — from the genre's legitimacy as fine art, to the world's best practitioners, the best apps, printing your work, building an audience, and selling prints. by Jerome D. Mobile Photography as a Recognized Genre For the first decade of the smartphone era, a debate raged in photography circles: could images made with a phone ever be considered serious art? That debate is now settled.  Mobile photography is a fully recognized genre , with its own competitions, publications, galleries, and dedicated practitioners whose work hangs in the world's finest institutions. The tipping point came gradually, then suddenly. In 2010, when the iPhone 4 introduced a genuinely capable sensor, photographers began documenting the world with a pocket device in ways that felt immediate, intimate, and visually compelling. Communities formed on Flickr and Instagram. Competitions like the  iPhone Photography Awards ( IPPAWARDS )  — founded in 2007, making it one of the ol...

Mark Power: The Patient Geometry of the World by Jerome D. Introduction Mark Power (b. 1959, Harpenden, England) is one of the most technically rigorous and conceptually ambitious photographers in Britain today — a full member of Magnum Photos since 2007 , a former Professor of Photography at the University of Brighton, and a photographer whose entire practice is built around the idea that a great photograph requires extraordinary patience, preparation, and precision. His path to photography was indirect. He studied Fine Art at Brighton Polytechnic (1978–1981), intending to become a painter, before travelling extensively through Southeast Asia and Australia, where he discovered that he enjoyed using a camera more than a pencil. He returned to England in 1983 and began working as a freelance photographer for publications and charities, joining the prestigious Network Photographers agency in 1988. It was chance that produced his first major body of work: he happened to be in...