Baldwin Lee

[warden]

“The best street photography focuses our attention on what we have trained ourselves to ignore. Even decades after he took them, the stunning photos of Baldwin Lee have the power to open our eyes. To teach us to see.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/opinion/baldwin-lee-photography-black-america.html

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

If we create an free account there, are we then able to read this article? Thanks!

 

[warden]

I have no idea Andrew, sorry.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I have no idea Andrew, sorry.

No worries. It says if you make an account, some articles are available for free. Cheers!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I just made a free account, and the article is available. Only an email is required. Thanks, warden! Off to read it now...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Some powerful image, for sure! Interesting how he studied under both Minor White and Walker Evans. How lucky. The last image is quite a powerful visual.

 

[warden]

Just filling in with an article and podcast interview, both from fall 2022. The conversations about Walker Evans are interesting.

(No paywalls)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2022/09/23/baldwin-lee-photos-american-south/

Episode 53 | Baldwin Lee — Magic Hour

Recorded in: New York City Episode Length: 1:03:28 Air Date: October 26, 2022 Produced by: Jordan Weitzman Edited by: Ellen Payne Smith It was a privilege to get to speak with Baldwin Lee recently in New York. With his new self-titled monograph published by Barney Kulok’s Hunter’s Point Pre

magichourphoto.org

 

[revdoc]

One more article about Baldwin Lee.

‘It stunned me that people had to live like this’: Baldwin Lee on his rediscovered images of the deep south

In the 1980s an unknown photographer from New York travelled through the US capturing life in black communities. Now these mostly unseen pictures have made him a star

www.theguardian.com