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Alphabetical by series

12 ON PORTRAITURE [12 photographers writing about what makes a good portrait]
Viktoria Sorochinski 6.16.11
Timothy Archibald 6.7.11
Cori Pepelnjak 5.25.11
Anastasia Cazabon 5.20.11
Margo Ovcharenko 5.14.11
Shen Wei 4.21.11
Lucas Foglia 4.12.11
Jess T. Dugan 4.5.11
Susan Worsham 3.31.11
Steve Davis 3.21.11
Elinor Carucci 3.17.11
Mark Powell 3.13.11

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP RECAP [summaries of Flak Photo Books Facebook Discussions of Essays in Gerry Badger's "The Pleasures of Good Photographs"]
It's Art, But Is It Photography? 7.24.12
Elliptical Narratives 7.10.12
The "Quiet" Photograph 6.17.12
John Gossage 6.6.12
Walker Evans 5.22.12

CLASSROOM [mentorship program photographers receive feedback on their work from mentors]
Andrés Sánchez 1.12.15
Margartia Valdivieso 7.30.14
Aura Lambertinez 4.29.14
Mónica Lorenza Taborda 12.20.13
Juliana Henao Alcaraz 10.31.13
Edwin Ochoa Vélez 8.10.13
Natalia Lopera 6.3.13

DIALOGUES, FROM AFRICA  [Juan Orrantia conducts Q&As with photographers based in Africa] 
Matt Kay 5.25.15
Monique Pelser 12.16.14
Vincent Bezuidenhout 10.10.14
Musa Nxumalo 8.8.14
Alexia Webster 6.25.14

EDITING [conversations on the physical process of editing images]
Vincent Delbrouck 4.6.17
Mariken Wessels 10.13.16
Zora J Murff 5.13.16
Daniel Coburn 5.20.15
Amy Wolff 5.17.15
Jessica Dean Camp and Cole Don Kelley 5.13.15
Aya Takada 5.315
Kevin WY Lee 4.16.15
Miska Draskoczy 4.8.15
Jeff Rich 10.7.14
Ashley Kauschinger 8.19.14
Rob Haggart 8.15.14

EMERGING MEXICAN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS SERIES [a series curated by Mark Powell and Tom Griggs on emerging young street photographers in Mexico City]
Alfredo Moreno 5.13.11
Irving Cabrera Torres 5.9.11
Jair Cabrera Torres 5.7.11
Fermín Guzmán Martínez 5.5.11
Nayeli Cruz Bonilla 5.3.11

ESSAYS
Having Conversations on Photographing Others 6.7.16
On Mediocrity and Projects 4.30.16
"Eventually Also Add Text:" The Decontextualized Language and Photography of Lisa Holzer by Chelsey VanderVliet 12.28.15
Online Exhibitionism: Exploring the Snapshot Culture and Internet Poetry of Julie Örtegon by Lin VanderVliet 12.23.15
Closed Eye Photo by Anna Hegelson 12.20.15
Justine Reyes' Contemporary Take on "Vanitas" by Lin VanderVliet 6.16.15
The Meaning of Film's Decline 4.10.15
Connotation, Denotation, and Transience within Jo Ann Callis's "Ballast" Series by Chelsey VanderVliet 4.2.15
The Golden Paradox 3.11.15
Trends and Movements 2.25.15
The Fiction of Content 2.4.15
The Photographer Pulled From the Trash 1.13.15
The Body of the Photograph 12.22.14
Untangling Roles of the Vernacular Within Contemporary Photographic Practice by Lin VanderVliet 12.10.14
The Critique 11.16.14
How Do We Understand a Photograph? 6.24.14
Mexico Notebook: Contemporary Photography in Oaxaca by Jessica Hubbard Marr 6.2.14
The Autopanopticon and the New Hot and Cool 5.29.14

Etc. [one-offs, oddball and humor]

EXCHANGE EDIT: [Two photographers select images from each other's work to form a new edit]

f100 [50 photography world figures select two photographers deserving more recognition]

GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY
GUIDES [basic information and tips for events and spaces]

HOW TO DEVELOP A PROJECT [12 photographers give advice for developing a project once its already under way]

HOW TO START A PROJECT [16 photographers give advice for starting a project]

THE IMAGE [photographs accompanied by writing from the photographer about the image and its context]

INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOKS [a series of interviews by Antone Dolezal with photographers about their independently published books]

INTERNATIONAL SITE PROFILES [a look at internationally-based online magazines, blogs and pages]

INTERVIEWS
Guadalupe Ruiz 4.26.17
Harit Srikhao 3.31.17
Margarita Valdivieso 3.17.17
Al Palmer of Brown Owl Press 8.18.16
Ananké Asseff by Jessica Hubbard Marr 10.30.15
Ignacio Acosta 10.15.15
Ioana Cîrlig and Marin Raica 9.30.15
Genesis Báez 9.11.15
Interview: Romke Hoogwaerts and Grace Leigh of Mossless Magazine on the Making of "Issue Three: The United States (2003-2013)" 6.11.15
Jiehao Su 6.1.15
Argentina Notebook: Interview with Guillermo Srodek-Hart 5.22.15
Francesco Merlini 5.11.15
Phil Jung 4.29.15
Argentina Notebook: Interview with Sofía López Mañán 4.27.15
Argentina Notebook: Interview with Jorge Piccini 3.31.15
Argentina Notebook: Interview with Fabián Goncalves Borrega 3.24.15
Michael Sherwin 2.13.15
Carolyn Drake 11.21.14
Jonathan Blaustein 9.13.14
Mexico Notebook: Interview with Adam Wiseman by Jessica Hubbard Marr 9.4.14
Mexico Notebook: Interview with Ramón Jiménez Cuén by Jessica Hubbard Marr 8.21.14

LATAM f100 [50 photography world figures select two Latin American photographers as a starting point in both English and Spanish for exploring contemporary Latin American photography]
Mara Sánchez Renero selects Liz Tasa and Alicia Vera 5.13.20
Gael Almeida selects Víctor Zea and Mariceu Erthal 5.12.20
Charlotte Schmitz selects Lucía Morón and María Gutiérrez 5.6.20
Álvaro Laiz selects Florence Goupil and Victor Zea 5.5.20
Isadora Romero selects Eli Farinango and Mayeli Villalba 3.27.20
Sofia Ayarzagoitia selects Alfredo Káram and Nelson Morales 6.3.19
Jon Espitia selects Mateo Gómez García and Sofía Ayarzagoitia 4.29.19
Joana Toro selects Juan Diego Reyes and Jorge Eliecer 3.28.19
Efrem Zelony-Mindell selects Roberto Tondopó and Martin Wannam 3.13.19
Stella Johnson selects Eva Lépiz and Iaritza Menjivar 3.8.19
Erik van der Weijde selects Fabiano Lemos and Thales Pessoa 3.4.19
Eder Chiodetto selects Eustáquio Neves and José Diniz 10.10.18

LECLAIR RESIDENCY [collaboration with Larissa Leclair on placing photographers in her residency project for female photographers in Washington D.C.]
The Leclair Residency in D.C. 3.27.17

MICROGRANTS

NEW IDEAS IN PHOTOGRAPHY [Five photographers selected in response to an initiative by Colin Pantell and Joerg Colberg]

OUTTAKES [Interviews with contemporary photographers on alternate versions of some of their most celebrated images; from photographer Joshua Dudley Greer]

PHOTOGRAPHERS ON PHOTOGRAPHERS [photographers writing about the work of another photographer]

PHOTOGRAPHY IN LATIN AMERICA 2012 [100 images curated with Christy Karpinski of F-Stop Magazine]

PORTFOLIO [a group of photographs from a single body of work]
LimaFotoLibre Collective on Street Photography in Perú: Claudia Lüthi, motoperu and Nuptunia 9.15.15
LimaFotoLibre Collective: Handrez García Gonzales and Carlos Díaz 9.10.15
Natan Dvir, Sandy Now and Then 11.5.13
Matt O'Brien, No Dar Papaya 10.25.13
Matthew Swarts, BETH 10.1.13
Lana Z Caplan, Out of This Body 5.16.13
Mark Strandquist, Some Other Places We've Missed 3.15.13
Oliver Schneider, 10.4.12
Patricia Lay-Dorsey, Falling Into Place: Self Portraits 4.24.12
Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Short Stories III 2.23.12
Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Short Stories II 2.16.12
Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Short Stories I 2.14.12
Stella Johnson, New Work From Greece Part II 5.1.11
Stella Johnson, New Work From Greece Part I 4.29.11

PROJECT SHORTLIST [listings of recommended photography projects to explore]
Project Shortlist 11.9.12

PROFILE [an extended look at a person, group, or entity in the photography community]
100 Ojos Latinos 2.10.14
In the In-Between 6.27.13
Fotografía Colombiana 6.10.13
One, One Thousand 4.17.13
Cienojos 2.8.13
We Are the Youth 9.7.12
Stag & Deer 5.21.12
MONO, Volume 1 4.2.12
LUCEO Images 3.1.12
ONWARD '12 Selected Photographers 2.2.12
Statement Images 11.21.11

PROJECT RELEASES [new photography projects]
Juan Orrantia, The afterlife of coca (and its) dreams, 10.14.13
Antone Dolezal and Lara Shipley, Devil's Promenade 9.23.13
Timothy Archibald, Stereoscopy Photographs 9.17.13
Margo Ovcharenko, Furious like a child 4.15.13
Jackie Nickerson, TERRAIN 3.11.13
Phil Jung, A Different Nature 7.27.12
Shane Lavalette 5.14.12
Stephen Tomasko First Place and Our Congratulations 4.6.12
Alejandro Cartagena Car Poolers 2.26.12
Gregory Halpern A 9.23.11
Rory Mulligan Cindy Timberwolf 5.16.11
Kate Greene Anomalous Phenomena 4.27.11

PUBLISHER Q&A [questions for the editors and publishers of a range of online and print publications]
Christy Karpinski, F-Stop Magazine 2.27.12
Alec Soth, Little Brown Mushroom 1.19.12
Daniel Augschoell, Ahorn Magazine 1.9.12
David Bram, Fraction Magazine 1.8.12
Jason Fulford, J&L Books 12.22.11
Lee Grant and Tom Williams, Timemachine Magazine 12.19.11
Bryan Formhals, LPV Magazine 12.16.11
Barry W. Hughes, SuperMassiveBlackHole 12.12.11
Jeffrey Ladd, Errata Editions 12.8.11
Ray Potes, Hamburger Eyes Photo Magazine 12.5.11
Michael Itkoff, Daylight Magazine 12.2.11
Shane Lavalette, Lay Flat 10.14.11

PUBLISHER Q&A2 [a second installment of the Publisher Q&A series]
Valentina Abenavoli and Alex Bocchetto of Akina Books 12.3.13
Paul Schiek, TBW Books 10.23.13
Qiana Mestrich, Dodge & Burn 9.5.13
Conor Risch, Senior Editor of PDN 8.29.13
Heidi Romano, Unless you will 8.27.13
Harsha Vadlamani, Galli Magazine 8.20.13
Aline Smithson, Lenscratch 8.9.13
Curt Holtz, Prestel Publishing 5.4.13
Hannah Watson, Trolley Books 3.18.13
Luca Desienna, Gomma Magazine Ltd. 2.15.13
David Schoerner, Hassla Books 2.14.13
Éanna de Fréine, The Velvet Cell 11.29.12

Q&A [short interviews]
Argentina Notebook: Q&A with Fernando Di Sisto 11.3.15
Argentina Notebook: Q&A with Marcela Magno 5.28.15
Argentina Notebook: Q&A with Sebastián Szyd 5.1.15
Argentina Notebook: Q&A with Karina Azaretzky 3.27.15
Ralf Brück by Martin Brink 12.20.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Ana Ayarzagoitia 9.8.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Luis Mercado 9.1.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Ray Govea 8.28.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Eduardo Jiménez Román 7.14.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Claudia Arechiga 6.23.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Nahatan Navarro 6.6.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Aglae Cortés 5.21.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Maria José Sesma 5.11.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with César Rodríguez 5.5.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Nora Gómez 4.25.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Melba Arellano 4.21.14
Mexico Notebook: Q&A with Jorge Taboada 4.9.14
Victoria Holguín of fotomeraki 3.14.14
Lisa Kereszi 9.13.13
Harvey Benge 3.19.13
Nicholas Nixon 7.6.12

A QUESTION ABOUT [experts respond to a question in their field]
The Photographic Series [respondent Eileen Rafferty] 7.11.14
Childhood Genius in the Visual Arts [respondent Dr. Hilary Levey Friedman] 10.29.13
Provoke [respondent Marc Feustel] 12.13.11
Tyler Hicks and the Qaddafi Album Part II [respondents Patrick Lee Plaisance and Stephen J.A. Ward], 12.1.11
Tyler Hicks and the Qaddafi Album Part I [respondent Bill Reader11.29.11

READING SHORTLISTS [listings of recommended readings]
Reading Shortlist 11.19.17
Reading Shortlist 6.29.16
Reading Shortlist 3.3.16
Reading Shortlist 9.22.15
Reading Shortlist 1.20.15
Reading Shortlist 12.4.14
Reading Shortlist 11.7.14
Reading Shortlist 6.13.14
Reading Shortlist 2.13.14
Reading Shortlist 12.18.13
Reading Shortlist 10.2.13
Reading Shortlist 9.12.13
Reading Shortlist 7.19.13
Reading Shortlist 1.29.13
Reading Shortlist 12.4.12
Reading Shortlist 10.31.12
Reading Shortlist 8.14.12
Reading Shortlist 4.13.12
Reading Shortlist 3.2.12
Reading Shortlist 2.12.12
Reading Shortlist 1.24.12
Reading Shortlist 11.27.11
Reading Shortlist 11.11.11
Reading Shortlist 10.31.11
Reading Shortlist 10.3.11
Reading Shortlist 8.21.11
Reading Shortlist 8.16.11

REVIEWS
"Kleine Fotoenzyklopädie" by Guadalupe Ruiz 5.14.18
"January 1" by Andrea Modica (L'Artiere Editions) 4.8.18
"My Last Day at Seventeen" by Doug DuBois 4.1.16
"From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires" by Jaime Permuth 9.8.15
Roger Ballen at Alonso Garcés Galería 6.5.15
Alec Soth's "Songbook" by Adam Bell 2.9.15
Paul Graham, "Does Yellow Run Forever? 11.10.14
"We Make the Path by Walking" by Paul Gaffney 8.1.14
Reflections on LOOKbetween 2014 by Jessica Hubbard Marr 6.30.14
"Ad Infinitum" by Kris Vervaeke 5.15.14
"Suburban Dreams" by Beth Yarnelle Edwards 5.1.14
José Pedro Cortes' "Costa" by Adam Bell 4.22.14
Katie Murray's "All the Queens Men" by Carl Gunhouse 3.6.14
Stephen Shore's "A New York Minute" iBook, by Martin Brink 11.27.13 
Martin Kollar's "Field Trip" by Adam Bell 11.20.13
Making Pictures of People, 10.6.13
Carolyn Drake's "Two Rivers" by Adam Bell 9.6.13
Found Photographs: Snap Noir / Photo Brut, by Jaime Permuth 8.26.13
Amani Willett's "Disquiet" by Adam Bell 7.6.13
Looking at the Land, 11.17.12
Erika Diettes, "Sudarios" 11.8.12
Sophie Calle at the Museo de Arte Moderno Medellín 4.19.12

SELECTS [Photography world members recommend portfolios not heavily circulated online]
Jennifer Schwartz 2.16.15
Margaret Adams 1.16.15
Yoav Horesh 8.26.14
Dan Abbe 6.8.14
Barry W. Hughes 4.10.14
Yumi Goto 12.17.13
Mark Peter Drolet 11.13.13

STUDENT PORTFOLIOS [from university programs in Medellín]
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015: Mónica Lorenza Taborda 9.4.15
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015: Angélica María Restrepo and Alba Bran 9.3.15
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015: Edwin Ochoa and Andrés Sánchez Muñoz 9.2.15
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015: Aura Lambertinez and Natalia Lopera 9.1.15
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015: Margarita Valdivieso and Juliana Henao Alcaraz 8.31.15
Medellín Student Photographers + ACMV 6.1.13
Santiago Rúa Henao 11.10.11
Juliana Henao Alcaraz 11.1.11
Mónica Lorenza Taborda 8.5.11

WORKSHOP REVIEWS [A recap of fototazo workshop initiatives]
fototazo Mexico Workshops 2019 8.2.19
fototazo Book Dummy Workshop 4.24.19
fototazo Mexico Workshops 2017 12.11.17
Medellín Foto Camp 2016 8.31.16
Mono-colectivo US Trip 2015 7.18.15

YEAR REVIEW [An annual look back on the past year and ahead at the coming year for the site]
2019 Ninth Year Review
2018 Eighth Year Review
2017 Seventh Year Review
2016 Sixth Year Review
2015 Fifth Year Review
2014 Fourth Year Review
2013 Third Year Review
2012 Second Year Review
2011 First Year Review