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Stanley Greene: A Long Moment of Silence

Brightness. A crowd of people. Canons. Nikons. Lowepros. Big Love. The room goes dark. To those of us familiar with the violently authentic illustrations of Stanley Greene’s world comes a sudden realization that we are about to witness an even darker moment. The air is quiet. And then Siri speaks. The stadium-size screen hovering over [...]

David Doubilet: “My favorite picture is the one I haven’t taken yet.”

David Doubilet’s opening talk at the LOOK3 festival placed the bar high: very high. This advocate for ocean preservation—dubbed by festival curator, Vince Musi, as the underwater Henri Cartier-Bresson with influence beyond the pages of National Geographic—showed his riveting work and amused the crowd with his satirical charm. His beautiful tales from the Hopkins Islands, [...]

Stanley Greene — INsight Conversation

The first INsight conversation of LOOK3 2012, with Stanley Greene, begins in a few minutes. Stanley Greene has called a camera in the right hands the most powerful weapon ever made. Greene’s hands are definitely the right ones. Over the last two decades, he has brought back haunting images from troubled places like Croatia, Rwanda, [...]

Benjamin Myers: First Impressions

Although Corbis photographer Benjamin Myers has been in Charlottesville for only minutes, he is already beginning to capture the early, positive vibe. A beautiful day welcomes wonderful photography, and we’re LOOKing forward to seeing more!

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

It is that time of the year that we all look forward to… spending a few inspiring days in friendly Charlottesville with hundreds of our photography friends at LOOK3. Walking down the mall this morning, everything seemed uncannily familiar—the lovely shops and cafés, the greetings from complete strangers, the stunning photography hanging in the trees [...]