Review: The Way I See It
Lest you be reluctant to watch another ‘political documentary’ as we steam toward Election Day (I know I was), please take note: The Way I See It is not so…
Quickie Review: Instant Dreams
Did you ever have a Polaroid camera or loved that instantaneous thrill of having the image appear in your hands? The Polaroid camera was a marvel and this quirky doc…
Review: Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
Garry Winogrand was one of the masters of street photography. He spent decades roaming New York, and later Texas and California, freezing the moments that made statements about the time…
Review: Love, Cecil
I'd known about Cecil Beaton as a photographer for decades, but had no idea the breadth of his creative talents. Love, Cecil is a beautifully crafted documentary about him that…
The Salt of the Earth
I've been a fan of Sebastião Salgado's work for decades, probably beginning with his photographs of the gold miners of Brazil's Serra Pelada in the mid-80s. Beyond being beautiful images,…
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
As a photography major in college, I studied all the "famous" photographers and their "important" images. But what we did not see were photographers of color and their important images.…