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Bob Shell: Family of Photographers

Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #29 . FAMILY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS . Maybe photography is in the genes. My father was an avid photographer, and my sister and I both got the bug. One of my great uncles, Hank Jewell, was pretty famous as a photographer in southwest Virginia in the late 1800s and early 20th … Read more

Repost: Larry Fink – Interview

. LARRY FINK: INTERVIEW . Editor’s Note: Larry Fink: The Boxing Photographs is presently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from August 11, 2018 – January 1, 2019. The interview between Tony Ward and Larry Fink took place in January of 2013. . TW: Taking pictures for Conde Nast titles such as Vanity … Read more

Bob Shell: Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make

     Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #27 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . Photography by Julie Chu, Aja Butane, Katherine Jania & Zoe, Copyright 2018 . Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. We’ve all heard that old saying, but where does it come from? It’s the … Read more

Ed Simmons: Jay Adams Local Hero

. Photography and Text by Ed Simmons, Copyright 2018 .   JAY ADAMS LOCAL HERO . This town, “Venice_90291”, is a tolerant town, a town that gives you room to grow.  I made my way to Venice, California for the first time in 1968.  Throughout the years I’ve gotten to know so many interesting people. … Read more