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The International Center of Photography (ICP) has announced the appointment of five new members to its board of trustees, including renowned photographer Cindy Sherman. Sherman will act as creative advisor for the center’s upcoming 50th anniversary in 2024.

Joining the board alongside Sherman are Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Africa Center in Harlem; Toronto-based gallerist Jane Corkin; real estate developer and philanthropist Robert Fribourg, of New York; and Wall Street veteran Jonathan R. Furer.

In an email to the New York Times, Sherman said, “I sensed that the organization, in asking me to participate, wanted to branch out from its more traditional roots and be seen in a broader sense of how photography is being used today,” she said.

“Everyone with a smartphone can relate to photography,” she said, “much more so than even 25 years ago, and that is why it’s more relevant than ever and why more people should discover I.C.P.”

ICP’s new Executive Director (as of 2021) David E. Little told the NY Times, in an interview, that partnering with artists like Sherman and executives like Iweala (who is also a writer and filmmaker) would help the center extend its reach beyond documentary photography and into the fine art world. 

They met in middle school… and according to Becky, she fell for him right away and “it took a bit of chasing for him to notice me, but once he did we were inseparable.”

And so their middle school relationship began. But when Becky’s family moved away, their relationship at the time couldn’t go the distance (they had *not* having their licenses to thank for that).

Years later, on Kenny’s 21st birthday, he texted Becky to say hello… completely out of the blue. They talked that entire night. A few days later, she was out with friends when she randomly saw Kenny’s face on a poster, advertising an upcoming event he’d be playing guitar at. Having just spoken with him, then seeing his face on that poster, she decided that was the sign she needed to go see him play.

As you can imagine, the rest is history… they hit it off and it was like no time had passed at all. <3

A few more years of dating later, and it was just before the holidays when Becky was slammed at work, managing three accounts from sun up to sun down. When Kenny got back from work, he told her he was surprising her with a dinner out to her favorite restaurant because he knew how stressful her week was. She was reluctant at first to go because of her workload, but Kenny managed to convince her. On the way to what she *thought* was the restaurant, Kenny pulled over and said he wanted to give her a Christmas gift. Just then, she noticed they’d stopped in front of their middle school. As they walked up to the school, Kenny started with “I’ve loved you since we were 13” and proceeded to get down on one knee and ask Becky to spend forever with him. To which she responded an “obviously yes” !!!

EVERYONE is counting down to this long awaited day in store, next summer at The Farm at Eagles Ridge and I’m so honored to be the one to document it all!! For now, enjoy a few of my favorites from their engagement session! Xo

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Fabiano Dossantos is a Brazil-born nature photographer currently living in Boston, Massachusetts – USA. In his words about nature photography “I’ve Always loved nature and being outside. Birds, animals, beaches, mountains, forests are an attraction to my eyes. Over the years, I realized that this love for nature, made a perfect marriage with my love for photography. The sunrise and sunset are a divine painting. Photographing nature is a kind of connection with our creator. I am a religious person, and that’s how I fell when I am photographing Nature.”

Thanks, Fabiano for accepting our invitation. Please read on…

#1 Few words about you?

My name is Fabiano Lacerda Dos Santos. I am 48 years old, married and I have two children. I was born in Brazil, in the city of Criciuma, state of Santa Catarina (south, near Argentina). Since i was a child i have always lived in an environment where family members worked in the construction industry. Today I live in Boston, Massachusetts – USA. I have a company that provides services in the construction area.

#2 How did you develop your interest in photography?

My mother has always been passionate for photography. She was a seamstress, but in her spare time, she liked to photograph me and my sister. She was always positioning us correctly, so that, the photo had a good composition. When I was 8 years old, an uncle came to live with my family. He was a professional photographer, and turned his own bedroom into a Darkroom Lab. That’s when my interest in photography started to spark.

For me photography was “magic”, where a piece of paper that was deposited on a tray containing liquids, which I didn’t know what it was, soon turned into an image. This was very fascinating to me. Since then, photography has always been something I enjoyed doing.

#3 How did you get interested in nature photography?

I’ve Always loved nature and being outside. Birds, animals, beaches, mountains, forests are an attraction to my eyes. Over the years, I realized that this love for nature, made a perfect marriage with my love for photography.

The sunrise and sunset are a divine painting. Photographing nature is a kind of connection with our creator. I am a religious person, and that’s how I fell when I am photographing Nature.

#4 What is that catches your eyes to produce such wonderful photographs?

The color, the shadow, glow, the combination of light and colors. Sometimes, I like to photograph what goes unnoticed, what not all eyes perceive. I like to see a beauty where it didn’t exist before the photo.

#5 Could you please share your post-processing techniques?

For every photo, a different situation. I don’t have a strict line of post-processing techniques. Most of my photos are edited in Lightroom. I always try to lower the highlights and shadows and increase white, sometimes color saturation for vibrant colors. That’s all, nothing too special.

#6 Your favorite photographers?

Sebastiao Salgado and Serge Ramelli

#7 One thing you have learned through photography, you would want to share with our readers?

I learned that photography is magic, is Art. We are not only photographers, but Artists, we create Art with what is already an Art. A different way to transform a moment in life into an image.

#8 What is the best compliment you received so far?

To be honest, it’s very gratifying to receive compliments, but the ones that cheer me up the most are when someone says: ” This photo looks like an Art painting”, or ” You should work for a magazine”.

#9 Any favorite photography books?

Photography essentials: A visual Guide. By Serge Ramelli.

#10 What’s your personal motto?

Beauty can be in all things. Transform beauty into Art, the Art of recording a moment in life that will never be repeated.

#11 Other than photography, what are your hobbies and interests?

I like to cook. Just like photography, I think cooking is an open window to invention. I also like to hike, travel and visit new places, but also to return to places already visited that attract me for their beauty.

#12 Thanks again for providing 121 Clicks with this opportunity to interview you. Any final thoughts for our readers?

Photograph everything that you think is beautiful. Your way of seeing the world is peculiar, is your way, not mine. Try to make something peculiar, something that is yours in a new scene created by you, by your angles, your compositions, because this moment will not be repeated. You have the power in your hands to freeze this moment forever.

Copyrights:
All the pictures in this post are copyrighted Fabiano Dossantos. Their reproduction, even in part, is forbidden without the explicit approval of the rightful owners.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Retired Freeman photographer Bob Haines died Friday, Nov. 4. He was 82.

Haines retired from the Freeman in 2006 after a 39-year career capturing the ups and downs both in Kingston and the Mid-Hudson region, starting in 1967 when the newspaper was still headquartered in a historic building at the foot of Broadway that now houses Mariner’s Harbor Restaurant and apartments.

During his career, Haines photographed everything from local business ribbon cuttings to the Bill Clinton-Boris Yeltsin mini-summit in Hyde Park in 1995. He shot photos of movie stars including Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange who were in Ulster County filming the movie “Tootsie”, and of Barbra Streisand and Walter Mathou, during the filming of “Hello Dolly.” He even got the opportunity to photograph his childhood idol, Mickey Mantle, lamenting that he didn’t think to ask anyone to take a photo of him with the baseball great.

It all started one night when we heard of cheap flight deals expiring at midnight. After a few minutes spent googling things like “Where is Guadeloupe” “Is Guadeloupe safe?” we were somehow on the phone with Norwegian Airlines confirming our booking. Shocked by our own spontaneity and still in disbelief IT WAS HAPPENING (and still not even 100% sure how to pronounce it), we immediately marked our calendars for Guadeloupe and started counting down!!!

Things I never wanna travel without: Perfect Bars. @vanessashenk. (The 50 lbs on my back I could do without though…)

Other things I don’t wanna travel without: A straight from HEAVEN open middle seat on our flight that had us momentarily feeling like we weren’t the cheap travelers we truly are.We arrived late that night to our Airbnb, thanked the Lord for safe travels and complimentary bathrobes/hotel slippers to call our own (practically wore them the whole week straight)… and went to bed completely oblivious to what awaited us the next morning…… The viewzzzz that *nearly* made a morning person out of me.Wanted to be besties with our Airbnb host Murial from the moment she willingly stood out by the road late at night to help us find our way there (lol). But the best part: her place is brand new so she deeply discounted our stay in exchange for a good review. SIGN US UP and yes we still talk weekly about this place we miss sooo much.Considered bringing goat cheese in our backpacks bc we’d miss it that much (don’t worry we refrained). The first day we’re gathering food for the week at a tiny grocery store and nearly fell to the floor when we spotted a block of cheese with a ???? on it… GUADELOUPE WE LOVE YOU.Glad we rented a car because you’ll wanna have the ability to pit stop for all the *local attractions.*… TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. (And also don’t miss Pointe des Chateaux !!)Always the girls hiking in sandals. Maybe we’ll learn by our next trip??I’m having a moment bc these pics make me so nostalgic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Seeing Guadeloupe for the first time made me view God’s glory in creation in a completely renewed way… and made me excited to get home to the land I *already* know and love, and notice the things that may have grown mundane around me as ACTUAL real life miracles and artwork right before my very eyes.Pictured below is the photo that was *almost* our last alive here on this earth… you think I’m being dramatic… read on in Vanessa’s words…

“We were walking back to our car from the beach when Caroline and I see a large stray dog (take our word for it) following closely behind us and as it picked up it’s pace so did we… I’m telling Caroline (and myself) to stay calm, just ignore it, but it keeps getting closer as Caroline keeps turning around and looking at it while I’m now YELLING at her “Don’t make eye contact!!! It will think you wanna play!!!” Too late… Caroline is darting back and forth on the road (said she was trying to “lose” the dog) then next thing I know she’s running up to a car full of people who don’t speak English saying “CAN YOU HELP ME? I’m kind of afraid of dogs!!!” To which they shrug, most likely confused by her panic as I’m now hunched over and losing it. Happy to report we’re fine and the dog was most likely harmless but… American girls will be American girls. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

But we lived to tell the tail. (Hahahaa aren’t you glad you’re reading this blog post right now.)Thankful for: a BFF who’s willing to fill her backpack with the important things like: endless snacks, a portable DVD player, and her collection of One Tree Hill DVDs from high school. Because these are the memories I wanna remember forever.Also thankful for: the best quiche maker in the world as my travel companion.… Aaand an Airbnb we loved so much we had to convince ourselves to venture out of every day… #homebodiesAsked around town for directions to the nearest currency exchange (picture this: me holding up a twenty dollar bill, smiling, and saying “EURO??” … like any tourist would) we were told in broken English to go down to the “PMU.” Following direction and hoping for success, we arrived… once again holding up our $20 and repeating the process. Next we were met with a firm no and stern head shake. And of course being as desperate as we were, I smiled kindly and said… “Mmm… yes??” But again, met with a “no” more loudly and inconvenienced this time. We were sooo sure that we were sent to the right place and wondering why this man at the currency exchange refused to help us, we asked one last time as we turned to the left to see a group of people huddled around what we *thought* was a currently exchange machine but immediately realized what we were actually sent to use our money for was to bet on horse races. Americans………. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Honestly expected Tarzan to come leaping out at any second when we were at Cascade aux Écrevisses.Back to civilization/sweat dripping down my back.And back to loading on the goat cheese/never wanting this week to end.Plz note Vanessa wiping away the laughter tears when recounting our memories from the day. (At least *we* think we’re funny.)We really fell into a routine at this place and my only complaint is that we couldn’t stay for longer (ok and that these chairs didn’t fit in my backpack home).The kind of drives you actually never want to end, where every convo is interrupted with a “LOOK AT THAT VIEW.” (Or… “Watch out for that car!!!!!!”)Love u bff <3This is the point of the blogpost where I really have to squint my eyes as I write these captions because I can’t look through these pics without my heart aching a little. (I’m a drama queen, I’m well aware.)Though it was nearing the end of our trip, the biggest adventure awaited!! …Not pictured: Hugo, our fearless boat captain. Who 30 minutes prior was probably chilling at home with his feet up thinking he was in for the night, when his phone lit up and his buddy asked if he was available to take two random American girls on his boat.

Flash back to that afternoon, we were combing the entire town (sweating and sulking) desperately trying to find a sunset tour, but NOTE TO ALL: they do not exist. Thought it was a lost cause until we asked one last person… “for sure no.” they said. But our follow up “You don’t even have a friend that could take us?” was the ticket to the best memories and our forever favorite Guadeloupean: Captain Hugo <3 (Read the whole story here.)LOVE U MISS U HUGO !!Thanks for forcing us to be brave and showing us the Guadeloupean sea-life…And for being a great paparazzi.We owe it all to you for the best memory of our trip (no, our LIVES).A memory we’d be shocked to hear our *own* daughters live someday but PROMISE WE WERE SAFE, MOM!And hereeee I thought I was your favorite, Hugo…Still in shock we got the boat ride of our dreamz and that we somehow managed to communicate our “GOAT CHEESE” pizza order to our waitress… hand signals/goat sounds and all.Sat out here on our last morning and genuinely thought about supergluing our rear ends in these chairs so we were stuck here 4evz.And our Airbnb host Murial once again wowed when she told us she wanted to meet us at 6am to “see us off” … <3 (Probably to make sure we didn’t try the superglue idea, let’s be real.)Thanks for the mems, Guad…… and Lucas.The one thing that kept the tears from flowing… the hope of CHIPOTLE when we landed on U.S. soil.Little did we know, one final adventure awaited us… I’ll let Ness tell that story though…

“Just another reason I will remain loyal to Apple until my dying day. On our train ride home from JFK to Lancaster, I left my phone on the seat as the train took off (along with visions of finally sleeping in my own bed after 13 hours of travel) and we found out it would be stopped 45 minutes away, so we frantically and very safely drove to Harrisburg, using the Find My iPhone app on Caroline’s phone to see it was stopped at that train station. Picture two girls (one on the verge of tears??) running inside a very quiet train station asking if anyone found a phone. An *angel* officer helps us search the train and no luck. I’m about to break down and accept the defeat, coming to the realization that I’ve probably just lost all my pictures along with my Chipotle app login, when I hear him tell me “it’s probably stolen” as Caroline whispers “it is NOT stolen” so I open the app again and see that my phone is ON THE MOVE. We find out it’s on a different train (apparently in a kind-hearted effort to help us, this angel officer had us searching the wrong train) and my phone was “on the train back to Lancaster.” Long story short (oh wait lol) our new friend asked police at the Lancaster station to search the train for my phone in the 60 seconds it was stopped, and you can imagine the uproar and obnoxious scene Caroline and I caused when we heard through the phone “touchdown!!!” and we drove back to Lancaster to find my phone, just where I left it.”Gotta close this post with the video Vanessa made that I can’t stop watching. <3333

This day was A DECADE in the making and it’s days like these that I find myself feeling SO grateful to get to do what I do. To be welcomed into such a sweet day, capture love, and document the legacy relationships that surround a couple on their wedding day… it’s all so close to my heart.

Andy & Lindsay truly are as kind, classy, gracious, and genuine as you may think and my only sadness is that this day has come and gone so quickly! But I am SO excited to share with you their unforgettable Waterworks wedding. <3

Enjoy a few of my favorites from their beautiful wedding full of so much love and be sure to read more of Andy & Lindsay’s love story here! Xo

Vendor Credits:
Photographer | Caroline Logan Photography
Second Shooter | Vanessa Shenk
Bridal Prep | The Kimpton Palomar Hotel
Venue | Waterworks
Floral Design | Petals with Style
Band | Bachelor Boys Band
Hair & Makeup Artist | Unfading Beauty by Kristen
Invitations | Sweet Invitation Co
Wedding Gown | Paloma Blanca // Van Cleve
Lighting & Draping | Beautiful Blooms
Bridesmaids Dresses | Sorella Vita // Van Cleve
Catering | Cescaphe
Cake | Cescaphe

For Photographers: Love creamy skintones & soft colors? Learn to edit light & airy here!