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The Portraits Of Phil Pantano: His “American Worker” Series
Jim Corbran  |  Apr 07, 2014  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2014  | 

The idea for Phil Pantano’s photographic series, “The American Worker,” walked into his office at a local steel mill in Lackawanna, New York, where Pantano holds a day job as a computer analyst. The man who came through the door was Jay “Elvis” Borzillieri, a fourth-generation steelworker whose father died in the mill. It doesn’t matter to the story what Elvis stopped in for that day, but when Pantano looked into his face a flash went off in his mind.

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Tough Beauties: Photographing New York's Oldest & Largest Women's Motorcycle Club
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 11, 2018  | 

Inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s quote, “I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it,” photographer Mandira Bahl set off in early 2017 to document the lives and rides of Sirens MC, New York City’s oldest and largest women’s biker group. We recently caught up with Bahl to find out more about the project and how she became interested in telling the story of these “Tough Beauties.”

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Watch This Photographer Turn Bullied Kids into Superheroes (VIDEO)
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 01, 2018  | 

There are some photo projects that are beautiful, some that are revealing, and some that are enlightening. But here’s one that is just plain awesome.

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Wild Horses: Lisa Cueman Celebrates Their Survival
Jay McCabe  |  Jun 12, 2014  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2014  | 

To photograph the wild horses of the Outer Banks of North Carolina you have to deal with the fact that they are indeed wild and thus not particularly welcoming of a photographer’s attention.
But first you have to deal with the Outer Banks, a 200-mile stretch of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. “It’s important to have an awareness of time, tide, and weather,” Lisa Cueman says of the location. “You can get into your photography, but not so much that you lose a sense of your surroundings.”

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Wilhelm Scholz: Shooting Travel Images for Advertising
Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2005  | 

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Just talking to photographer Wilhelm Scholz on the phone inspires wanderlust. "It's all location work," he explains, "But it can be applied to automotive, cigarette, apparel and many other industries." Scholz has the enviable job of traveling to exotic places to shoot images that are used for advertising here in...

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