7 Days: 27 November - 03 December 2023
Photography
After burying a family member, one last portrait of everyone, together.. A Chinese funeral in San Francisco, started with a parade of musicians and mourners through Chinatown. Colma, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 2002
Blind: Larry Fink, Photographer of the American Society, Dies at 82 | by Miss Rosen
Blind: Elliott Erwitt, Master Photographer from Magnum Photos, Dies at 95 | by Jonas Cuénin
The Eye of Photography: Steidl: Evelyn Hofer: Dublin
Blind: Miron Zownir - An Unsparing Look at the Brutality of Fascism | by Miss Rosen
Designboom: Peter Ash Lee - the last mermaid by peter ash lee is a visual tribute to jeju island's fearless female divers
Huck: Meet the next generation of South Korean Seawomen | text and photos Louise Krüger
VU: Lys Arango
i-D: Daniel Arnold’s life in photos | by Zoe Whitfield
Metal: Gail Thacker - Fearlessly Alive | by Charlotte Macchi Watts - Portrait Alice O’Malley
AnOther: Evelyn Richter’s Photos Reveal the Reality of Life in East Germany | by Lydia Figes
UNP: Audio: RIP Ross McDonnell 1979-2023
PhMuseum: Louise Amelie’s Missing Member - Kyrgyzstan. A Country On The Move
The New Yorker: The Dead Children We Must See | by Jay Caspian King
BJP: ‘With a documentary, you’re beholden to the truth’: Director Paul Sag on telling Tish’s story | by Ravi Ghosh
Huck: New exhibition Meeting at the Volta celebrates the revolutionary energy of youth across generations. - photos by Sanlè Sory, Kyle Weeks | text Miss Rosen. Exhibit extended to 22 Dec at David Hill Gallery/London
The Guardian: Michael Spry - master printer obituary | by Laurie Lewis
Aperture: Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later
Magnum: Three Voices From Palestine Curated by Myriam Boulos
Leica Camera Blog: Lys Arango - The River Ran Black
Fraction: Larry W. Cook - Horizons
Aperture: An-My Lê on Vietnam, the Chaos of War, and the Tangibility of Memory by Hilton Als
Lens Culture: Living in the Transition | Photographs by Shunta Kimura
Text by Magali Duzant
AP: The year in photos: AP’s most memorable photos of 2023
Culture, Art and Design
Two shoppers check out the TVs and programs in Costco. Omaha, Nebraska. Photo Robert Gumpert 21 December 2021
The Oxford American: Coding and Decoding Dinner | by Todd Kliman
Nautilus: What Should We Do With an Old Sea Shanty? | by Katy Kelleher
The New Yorker: The Twilight of Prestige Television | by Michael Schulman
Hyperallergic: Artists Won’t Give Up the Fight as New Chinatown Jail Looms | by Jess Zhang
It’s Nice That: The Sow AR app exposes companies and brands with strong ties to industrial meat farming, taking over six locations across the UK. | by Liz Gorny
Print: Design Matters - Dario Calmese (artist-photographer-writer) | by Chloe Gordon
JSTOR: Maps, Power, and Identity | by Jon Felt
BBC: Turnip Prize 2023: Spoof arts award finalists announced | by Louis Inglis
Creative Boom: Bjoern Altmann's new book celebrates the overlooked beauty of manhole covers | by Dom Carter
Metropolis: Brooklyn Museum Presents an Exhibition of Artist-Made Zines | by Joseph P. Sgambati III
AnOther: Wayne McGregor’s Compelling Adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy | by Sophie Bew, Photos Mary McCartney
Print: The Daily Heller: Looking at Now to Predict the Future Then
Hyperallergic: Frederick Wiseman’s Bucket List Included Making a Restaurant Doc | Interview
The New Yorker: Frederick Wiseman in Paradise | by David Denby
Texas Monthly: Two Texas-Style Joints Near D.C. Are Practicing Barbecue Diplomacy | by Daniel Vaughn
Peta Pixel: Photographer Made a Working Instant Film Camera Out of Gingerbread | by Matt Growcoot
Huck: The London Cultural Institution Under Threat of Closure | text/photos Mia Cordova
LA Times: A forgotten amusement park made by famous artists reemerges | by Todd Martens
Other Stuff
Edhi Center Mental “institution” just outside of Karachi. Operated by the Edhi Center, a national private social service organization in Pakistan. Photo Robert Gumpert 1988
The Guardian: Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard | by Luba Kassova
AP: Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails | by Gary Fields
SF Chronicle: These Bay Area Ghost kitchens are out of control, neighbors say | by Georgia Freedman
TPM: Trump Judges Decimate Voting Rights Act After Supreme Court Bat Signal | by Kate Riga
The Atlantic: Photos: The Growth of Solar-Power Stations
El País: Money imposes its law on OpenAI | by Miguel Jiménez
Bidoun: The Work of Sport in the Age of International Acquisition | by Alexander Provan
Washington Post: Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star | by Joel Achenbach
In These Times: The Rise of the Far Right Is a Global Phenomenon | by Alberto Toscano
Science: Materials-predicting AI from DeepMind could revolutionize electronics, batteries, and solar cells | by Robert F. Service
NY Times: Elon Musk Is Making a Giant Mistake … Unless? | by Peter Coy
Labor
Rëşt ôf Wǒrld: Sri Lanka tech workers demand pay in dollars or euros after rupee crashes - Entrepreneurs say local talent is too expensive and are outsourcing to countries like Peru. | by Dimuthu Attanayake and Zuha Siddiqui
In These Times: NY Supreme Court Blocked Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325, From Voting on a Pro-Palestine Resolution | by Maximillian Alvarez
The Guardian: ‘It should never have happened’: death of boy, 16, at sawmill highlights rise of child labour in US | by Eric Berger
Le Monde: Indian workers are rescued from tunnel after 17 days
NY Times: U.A.W. Announces Drive to Organize Nonunion Plants | by Neal E. Boudette
CPJ: Israel-Gaza War
When the Headline is More Than Enough
Rolling Stone: Good Riddance - Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
SF Chronicle: Who won the Newsom DeSantis debate? Unhinged male rage
NY Times: What’s Next for George Santos? Court Dates and, Maybe, Reality TV
Podcast
Design Matters: Debbie Millman interviews Pete Souza
BBC-The Reith Lectures: Professor Ben Ansell “Our Democratic Future”
Photowalk: #410 Empathy and a fascination for people with Roger Hutchens (2 parts: 1st starts at about 32:30, 2nd starts at about 1:29:00)
ProPublica: We Don’t Talk About Leonard | by Andrea Bernstein, Andy Kroll and Ilya Marritz
The Conversation: Why are brown and Black people supporting the far right?
Books
Family search about in the ruins of Sutro Baths at Point Lobos. San Francisco, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 3 January 2021
Aperture: Announcing the Winners of the 2023 PhotoBook Awards
PhMuseum: Photobook Review: Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography | by Colin Pantall
The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023
Photo-eye: 2023 Favorite Photo Books
Social Issues
Winter grocery shopping in Omaha, Nebraska. Photo Robert Gumpert 24 December 2015
Texas Observer: Braving “La Bestia” | by Jordan Vonderhaar
The Dial: The Law of the Sea | by Surabhi Ranganathan
Mountain State Spotlight: West Virginia to pay $4 million to settle lawsuit over conditions in Southern Regional Jail | by La Shawn Pagán
48 Hills: Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote | by Tim Redmond
KQED: Emails Reveal SF Officials’ Coordinated Efforts Against Unhoused People | by Juan Carlos Lara
Bitter Southerner: Chefs on Boats: Finding the Feeding Waters | by Boyce Uphold, photos Rory Doyle
Texas Monthly: What Can Public Transit Deserts Learn From Paris, Texas? | by Joelle DiPaolo
Metropolis: The Past, Present, and Future of Public Outdoor Space | by Nigel F. Maynard - Rebecca Greewald
Division Street
Home in Pacific Heights where the home price distribution is from about $3.9m to $35m. Median rent for 1 bedroom apartment: 3200/month. San Francisco, California. Photo Robert Gumpert 15 March 2023
Washington Post: Where we build homes helps explain America’s political divide | by Andrew Van Dam
High Country News: Has Montana solved its housing crisis? | by Susan Shain
Mountain State Spotlight: West Virginia’s growing Eastern Panhandle is becoming too expensive for its poorest residents | by P.R. Lockhart
The Dial: Karachi 2060: The road to the city of the future: evictions, demolitions and land reclamation. | by Alizeh Kohari
dezeen: "The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates” | by Anna Minton
dezeen: "'Housing for dirty people' is back and I welcome it” | by Rory Olcayto
Metropolis: Are Shipping Containers the Future of Affordable Housing? | by Sam Lubell
LA Times: L.A. police search for assailant in fatal shootings of homeless people | by Ruben Vives, Richard Winton, Jeremy Childs, James Queally
ABC News: 3 men experiencing homelessness fatally shot by potential serial killer in Los Angeles: Police
SF Chronicle: I just saved someone’s life on San Francisco’s streets. I wish I didn’t have to. The city’s failure to create a cohesive response to its overdose crisis means that everyday citizens have to step up
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