Photographer Profiles

A recent Internet sensation, this series of heart-warming images expertly captures the many outdoor adventures of Kelly Lund and his best friend—a playful wolf-dog hybrid named Loki. This duo has done it all, from hiking through the woods to climbing rugged mountains. Kelly and Loki have been the perfect team for a number of years and in this interview learn how it all began and how their photos have ignited the Internet. 

For those of you who have never worked in medium format, trust me, there is a difference you can see and feel. It’s no wonder that photographers such as Douglas Sonders choose a medium format camera system over a DSLR for the bulk of their work. And in Sonders’s case, his workhorse camera system is Phase One.

Each month in this column I gather a collection of websites, sometimes with a loosely related theme. This month’s sites have little in common except an excellence of vision, proving they are not only most uncommon but the result of hard work.

A long time Seattle art photographer, Shelly Corbett’s work was primarily focused on the human figure. Corbett was recently introduced to the photo social media site Instagram, and (through a quirk of fate) was drawn into the world of toy photography.

Professional sports photography for the editorial market is an endangered species. Unfortunately, a lot of it has to do with editorial clients turning away from the professional photographer to sports enthusiasts who are willing to trade their photos for season tickets.

San Francisco, 1965. The times, they were a-changin’. If you were young, it was a time to get high, have sex, and listen to mind-blowing music that your parents might, at best, not understand and, at worst, consider obscene. If you were older (and therefore not to be trusted) it was a time to take cover; everything you believed in seemed to be under attack.

This interview with Mary Ellen Mark took place before her death on May 25, 2015, at the age of 75. Considered to be the ultimate “humanist” photographer, she will always be remembered for the honesty, compassion, and empathy she gave to everyone.