Between October 1973 and March 1974, the OPEC cartel oil embargo caused problems or residents of Portland, Oregon. The US fuel shortage led to problems for motorists in finding gas that was available and affordable. Theft from cars left unprotected was commonplace. Many added locks to their vehicle’s fuel’s caps and pumps. Other, … Continue reading "The Portland Oregon Gas Shortage of 1973-75 – Photos" The post The Portland Oregon Gas Shortage of 1973-75 – Photos appeared first on F...| Flashbak
“I started looking down from buildings and bridges to see how cars looked. It’s not uncommon to see the carpoolers, but I had never seen them from that perspective” – Alejandro Cartagena, Carpoolers In his series Carpoolers, Mexican photographer Alejandro Cartagena shot from an overpass in Monterrey, Cartagena, recording pickup trucks during the … Continue reading "Carpoolers: Workers On The Morning Commute In Monterrey" The post Carpoolers: Workers On The Morning Commute In...| Flashbak
Pro Photo Mag: Nigel Hicks is marking his thirty-fifth year as a professional photographer with a look back at a varied and incident-filled career that has seen major changes, not just on the technical front but also in terms of the sharing and distribution of work and the inevitable challenges to copyright.| Professional Photo
Dagenham in East London doesn’t hit the news cycle all that often. It did when US motor company Ford moved its car plant to Dagenham and again when it was closed. Posters bearing the town’s name appeared when the singer Morrissey released the song Dagenham Dave in 1995. The cover showed a picture of Dagenham-born … Continue reading "A Spot Of Business And Walk Around Dagenham In The Early 1990s" The post A Spot Of Business And Walk Around Dagenham In The Early 1990s appeared first on Fl...| Flashbak
“The very existence of AI has rendered both history and facts infinitely elastic. Simultaneously, everything is true, and nothing is true. We are at a cultural turning point. Our relationship with images and the idea of images as truth have fundamentally changed.” – Phil Toledano Phil Toledano uses AI to make new histories, … Continue reading "Another America: AI-Generated Photos From the 1940s and 50s Tell New Stories Of The Country’s Past" The post Another America: AI-Genera...| Flashbak
“Every face is an experience; in particular, the rather unremarkable, unattractive ones gain an unforeseen beauty” – Helga Paris, Women At Work In 1984, German photographer Helga Paris (21 May 1938 – 5 February 2024) spent several weeks at the state-owned clothing factory VEB Treff-Modelle in East Berlin photographing female employees and their … Continue reading "Helga Paris: Women at Work – The ‘Unforeseen Beauty’ of East German Factory Workers In 1984" The post Helga ...| Flashbak
Pro Photo Mag: Celebrated US photographer Tom Zimberoff has a host of great stories to relate, from his first portrait subjects being Lennon and Marx – John and Groucho that is – through to the time he stowed away on a dictator’s flight to get a scoop, and we caught up with him to find out more.| Professional Photo
In April, ICE agents stopped Juan Francisco Méndez and his wife, Marilú Domingo Ortiz, while they were driving, saying they were looking for someone named Antonio. The couple showed the agents their documentation to prove they had the wrong person. Marilú began recording the interaction, and then, the agents broke through the car window with The post How an ICE arrest changed a Massachusetts family appeared first on Report for America.| Report for America
Award-winning photographer David Swanson describes the chaos in Los Angeles. 'Have I been shot at? Oh God, yeah.'| PetaPixel
From Trump's bloody ear and dangerous migrations to injured children Gaza and the impending climate crisis, this year's edition captures a turbulent zeitgeist| 1854 Photography
The Italian photographer spent years in Iraq focusing on its Shia communities and complicating the idea of ‘social Islam’| 1854 Photography