Stories - Life Stories
Stories 545 Interviews 31
Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Selling the company, a Paris hiatus, and making a comeback in fashion
Hope for greater respect for artists and the arts in 25 years
Photographing three generations to create an archive for a child to inherit
Reflections on Jonas Mekas's diaries and documentary filmmaking
Shooting from the subject's perspective rather than the magazine's demands
Astronauts retaliating against photographers who covered a restricted survival mission
Capturing whale photographs off the coast of Bermuda for Life Magazine
Life Magazine photographers' collaborative and influential relationship with Hollywood studios
Unexpected outcome of a challenging shoot with Shirley MacLaine and her daughter
Two competing strands of underground cinema and early distribution experiences
“I consider mentoring a process of showing your scars instead of your successes. I've always been awed by how many people resonate when I tell the story of my life. Often it's the first time they've ever told anyone their own story.”
Loretta Ross
Early interest in cinematography and transition to still photography
Access and opportunities provided by working at Life magazine
Photographing Liz Taylor at the Academy Awards with her Oscar
Parks' interdisciplinary approach and deep collaboration with photographic subjects
Jonas Mekas's community-building versus Andy Warhol's ambition and the Factory
Deteriorating conditions for journalists in Syria and the decision to leave
Collaboration with a Princeton professor and reflections on community in Baltimore
Instinctive response to photographing Kennedy's assassination and the role of the camera as a psychological barrier
Documenting heroin addicts in New York City and its societal impact
Interest in funereal architecture and the psychology of built spaces
