The FADER Double Vision Photo Special
- story THE FADER
For this year’s Photo Special issue, The FADER showcased the work of Victoria Sambunaris and Peter van Agtmael, two photographers who have traveled the country extensively to document its people and places with exceptional eyes for the details that reveal the spirit of America. Sambunaris’ epic landscapes subtly focus on humans’ necessary struggle to balance preservation of the land with our need for its resources, while van Agtmael’s photos strive to bring us a transparent record of the mostly unseen people and places he’s encountered on his many travels. Although formally very different, both artists’ work is connected by a deep curiosity about this country and its people. In the Double Vision section of our site, listen to van Agtmael discuss his view on America in a randomly ordered slideshow of his photos, including outtakes from the magazine. And take an up-close look at the eagle-eye perspective of Sambunaris’ photos with Zoomify, a digital pair of art binoculars. After the jump, read a conversation between Sambunaris and van Agtmael about their approaches and the current state of documentary photography. We got them some beers before they talked, so you know it’s how they really feel.
The FADER Double Vision Photo Special
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posted on Oct 28, 2009 in ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, ART+CULTURE NEWS, Homepage Main Spotlight, Homepage Top Spotlight tags Peter van Agtmael, Victoria Sambunaris
The FADER Issue 64 Free Download
- story THE FADER
With domestic issues weighing so heavily on every American’s mind these days, it felt appropriate to focus our sixth annual photo issue inward. We started by selecting two cover stories that represent seemingly opposing factions of this country—the values of small town America via Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Bon Iver and the hard grind of big city life through South Central Los Angeles’ Dam-Funk—and found more common ground between them than most talking heads and politicians would care to know. For the feature photo story, Peter van Agtmael’s plaintive portraits of widespread citizens and Victoria Sambunaris’ landscapes of geological sites along Interstate 80 create a visual dialogue between man and land and will hopefully leave you asking questions rather than giving answers. And because the future prosperity of the US will depend on the dreams of its newest residents as it always has, we focused our fashion story on first generation Americans and new emigres living in New York’s five boroughs. Not to mention our regular selection of Gen F profiles, including Kris Kristofferson, The XX, Neon Indian, Kurt Vile, Kyle Hall and Warpaint, plus interviews with RZA, Janka Nabay, Andrew Weatherall and tons more. So feel free (because it is literally free) to check it all out, and if you make TheFADER.com your homepage you won’t miss our treasure trove of extras and outtakes from above and beyond the issue.
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posted on Oct 20, 2009 in Homepage Main Spotlight, Homepage Top Spotlight, MAGAZINE, MUSIC tags Andrew Weatherall, Bon Iver, Dam-Funk, FADER 64 PDF, Fuck Buttons, Janka Nabay, Kris Kristofferson, kurt vile, Kyle Hall, Neon Indian, Peter van Agtmael, RZA, The xx, Victoria Sambunaris, Warpaint
Peter van Agtmael’s 2nd Tour, Hope I Don’t Die
- story Phil Bicker
There is a madness to war, particularly the two current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which are filled with contradiction and question. In his first photo book, 2nd Tour, Hope I Don’t Die, regular FADER contributor Peter van Agtmael gives us deep insight into the psychological effects on the wars’ soldiers. Their faces look out, troubled and traumatized, anxious and contemplative, while their words, in the form of scrawled graffiti, offer up their innermost thoughts and lend themselves to the book’s title.
FADER 57: American Wars
- story Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
- photo Peter van Agtmael
In our current photo issue, we feature some of our photographers’ most personal work: Peter van Agtmael has been documenting American soldiers, both in Iraq and Afghanistan and as they return home, since 2006. View the slideshow from the American Wars photo essay, with commentary by one of his subjects, Iraq veteran Raymond Hubbard. After the jump, read Julianne Shepherd’s accompanying story from FADER Number 57.
Slideshow: American Wars by Peter van Agtmael
- story THE FADER
On the eve of arguably the biggest election of our lifetimes, it should be impossible to overlook what will be the most difficult task facing our new president: commanding our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Current economic woes and the election itself may have overshadowed these wars in media coverage for the last several months, but nearly 200,000 American servicemen and women remain in the two countries and thousands have returned home in various states of injury, in need of care and support, whether physical, mental or emotional. FADER contributor Peter van Agtmael has been back and forth to Iraq and Afghanistan repeatedly since 2006, documenting the lives of young soldiers as they fight and as they return home. Some of his photos appeared in our current Photo Issue, and we’ve assembled even more here in this slideshow, with narration from Iraq veteran Raymond Hubbard.
