Interview: Laura Austin

The curator discusses Everyone's a Photographer, a group show of Lomography images

by Vivianne Lapointe Photographer Laura Austin has many tricks up her sleeve. Based in San Clemente, California, she got her start as the online editor for Snowboarder Magazine, a gig that gave her the chance to travel and refine her craft in some of the most beautiful mountains in the world. As the winner of Lomography‘s “Win Your Dream Space” competition, Austin has been invited …

Superstorm Sandy: See + Help

Captivating images and ways you can contribute to relief efforts

As our readers may have noticed from our limited publishing schedule this week, CH HQ has been pulled out of commission by massive power outages in the wake of superstorm Sandy. While our core team has emerged unscathed save for some extended power outage inconveniences, several thousands of people along the East Coast of the US and Canada, and in the Caribbean have been profoundly …

The Fortieth Parallel

North America's bisecting line of latitude captured by photographer Bruce Myren's large-format Deardorff camera

Massachusetts-based photographer Bruce Myren is a man with a camera, on a mission to capture the many faces of North America’s 40th parallel. Stretching East to West from New Jersey to California and crossing 11 states in between, the 40th degree of latitude bisects the United States and is reckoned to have played an integral role in the westward flow of early settlers, as well …