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Picture Black Friday

jlange — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:15:20 +0000

Plans permitting, I always try and submit to the Picture Black Friday project every year. It is an issue I believe in exposing, rampant consumerism, retail hell, America at its best and worst, and I love working with the other folks who submit to create a one day picture of the country. This year, PBF has made it to the Aperture blog along with the photo above in the number 2 spot.

Thanks again to John Saponara for organizing this great project and stay tuned to the PBF website for more photos and plans from this year’s submissions.

Coming March 2012

jlange — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:18:51 +0000

Since I got going in the photo business, my sister and I have talked about collaborating in some way. The idea came and went as we went about our own careers and paths.

Last year that idea came to fruition in the form of the above book about architecture criticism that will be published by Princeton Architectural Press in March 2012. She wrote the text and I shot the photos. When the book is released I will write a bit more about the process, and show many of the photos that are in the book and outtakes, both here and on the new tumblr, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, order your copy here and wait with bated breath for it to arrive

Food Aid for the AARP Bulletin

jlange — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:19:23 +0000

Charles and Laureen Braxton worked hard all their lives, but after retirement, Mr. Braxton has some medical problems that put them behind on bills and life’s other expenses. When they were nearly unable to pay for food one month, they headed to Catholic Charities which helped them stretch their budget. 61 percent of North Carolinians older than 60 have incomes that are low enough to make them eligible for the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) program, which is part of the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, an updated model of the former food stamps program.

A few weeks ago, new client AARP Bulletin sent me out to the Braxton’s home to spend the day with them and illustrate some of what senior couples go through to make ends meet. It was a lovely way to spend a day, talking about jobs past, looking through family albums and watching Mrs. Braxton work on hand sewn dolls that she hopes to sell at local markets to supplement their income. Just want to thank the Braxtons for their hospitality and Michael Wichita and Ilene Bellovin at AARP for the work. Read the article here for more info and check out a few more photos below.

Low Nicotine Tobacco for the New York Times

jlange — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:13:17 +0000

Spent a while last week on the campus of NC State with Dr. Michael Moynihan, the 22nd Century Group, looking at experimental tobacco plants that his company, in partnership with the university, is developing to help smokers quit by reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes by as much as 97%. An interesting experiment, especially to someone who used to smoke. Hope it helps.

Article here, more photos in the archive

Photo(s) for the Day | Pacifica

jlange — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:39:19 +0000

Pacifica Co-housing community | Carrboro, NC | 2011

Triangle Land Conservancy

jlange — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:37:47 +0000

check out this week’s Independent for a story I shot that questions the logging policies of the Triangle Land Conservancy. It a long, good read.

NC Teaching Fellows for the New York Times

jlange — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:05:48 +0000

Went back to 5th grade last week for the NYT, it still smells the same, antiseptic fear, for a story about the NC Teaching Fellows program, which gives high achieving high school students free in state college tuition in exchange for a 4 year commitment to teach in the public school system. The program has been a great success, with 60% of the program’s teachers remaining in the public school system 20 years later.

I spent the day with John Williams and his 5th grade class, through science, math, reading, spanish and recess, just taking in the atmosphere and remembering how hard, important, and at times thankless, being a elementary school teacher can be.

Thanks for the hospitality.

Preschool Wars for Time Magazine

jlange — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:10:19 +0000

So a couple of days before my birthday, I got a call from Time Magazine asking if I was free for a day or 2 shoot. Yes, I was, and excited too, I have never done an assignment for Time before, only had a photo run as stock years ago. The story was about some NC politicians trying to cut funding for public Pre-K programs even though it has been shown over and over that Pre-K is incredibly important for kids, especially those from at risk communities or households.I would be going to Project Enlightenment in Raleigh and spend the day, it did end up being my birthday, with a class making lit, reportage photos of daily activities. Turned out great and they ran 4 photos, including one on the table of contents page, a full page, and 2 half page spreads which you can see below.

A few more photos are below and I want to take a moment to thank Kim Jackson for welcoming me into her classroom and Natalie, and everyone else, at Time for being great to work with and trusting me to do the shoot in the way I saw fit. A pleasure all around.

website gallery

New Gallery on the Website

jlange — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:46:17 +0000

SAS: A Different Kind of Company

XIU XIU | part 2

jlange — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:49:08 +0000

Another photo from the promo work I did for Xiu Xiu has come out, and it is one of my favorites form the day, so enjoy. More to come soon I hope as this is one of the more painful parts of doing work like this that will not be seen for months and months, the anticipation.