The Photo Issue Archives

Black and white portrait of Rolling Stone magazine photographer Emma Reeves smiling slightly at the camera while leaning back against a wall.

May 12, 2023

Interview with 2023 Photo Contest Judge, Emma Reeves

By Whalebone

Long Live Print With Rolling Stone’s Emma Reeves

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Photo taken from the crowd at a music festival. The large crowd is backlit by the streaming purple, pink and yellow lights illuminating the stage. A person in the crowd is holding up a glimmering disco ball.

May 9, 2023

Storytelling Through a Sustainable Lens With MPB

By Whalebone

Good for Creators and Good for the Planet

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Photo of Donal Boyd standing waist deep in stagnant water in the middle of the murky green forests of Borneo. He is turned to the side and is looking through the viewfinder of the large black camera in his right hand.

May 8, 2023

Interview with 2023 Photo Contest Judge, Donal Boyd

By Whalebone

Captured in the Wild With Conservation Photographer Donal Boyd

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Cutout images of a film camera, digital camera, iPhone, and polaroid. They all have a photo effect on them to make each a black and cream color and a textured shadow background. The cameras are all in a line on a cream-colored solid background.

May 4, 2023

What the F-Stop

By Whalebone

A quick, not comprehensive, list of ways to improve your photo skills. Witten by Brittany Norris Odds are good not everyone reaching this page…

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May 1, 2023

I SPY with Accidentally Wes Anderson

By Whalebone

There are 3-6 “things” hidden in each image. We mixed up the list of hints for you to solve. Have fun and good luck. …

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Four people standing in the snow smiling for a picture holding a rectangular banner that reads "AWA Antarctica" on it. The group are all wearing bright read snow jackets, long pants, and snow boots. They all have backpacks on their backs and have large cameras slung around their necks. There are red hiking poles sticking out of the snow on the left side and behind the group are snow covered mountains in Antarctica.

April 28, 2023

Interview with 2023 Photo Contest Judge, Wally Koval

By Whalebone

The Search for Symmetrical With Founder of Accidentally Wes Anderson Wally Koval Photos by @MarjorieBeckerPhotography It is likely fair to assume that if you…

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March 24, 2023

Diving in with Ben Thouard

By Whalebone

Feels like rain.

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May 24, 2022

Anywhere But Here: Baja Blast

By Gunner Hughes

We’ve taken Gunner to Mexico before, highly recommend it. But left to his own wandering devices seems he made his way to the coast….

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May 17, 2022

A Not Really Brief History of the World of Photography

By Whalebone

Taking Pictures from Past to Present .

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Cyanotype print of butterflies placed in a symmetrical kaleidoscope pattern printed on canvas material

May 13, 2022

How to Make a Cyanotype with Amy Saville

By Whalebone

The color cyan might ring a bell or two if you think of it in terms of some of the earliest settlers of the…

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Ben Thouard Surfer on wave silver surfer

May 11, 2022

Whalebone Photo Contest 2022: Judge’s Interview with Ben Thouard

By Whalebone

Under The Surface Ben Thouard couldn’t win in 2022 because Ben was a judge. But Ben has in fact been a previous finalist of…

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Andrew Reynolds Classis FS Flip Atiba Jefferson Photo

May 4, 2022

Whalebone Photo Issue 2022: Judge’s Interview with Atiba Jefferson

By Whalebone

On Deck With Atiba Jefferson It’s more than likely that you’ve seen photographer Atiba Jefferson’s work— portraits of impactful humans, every inch of skate…

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