One Year, One Pandemic, One Community A Visual Journey Through The Confined, Shared Existence Of One Neighborhood Few will argue that the Covid-19 pandemic was an international story of epic proportions. But I’m one of them. To me as a photographer, Covid was the most hyper–local crisis of my photojournalism career. It just…
My wife, kneeled at the base of the American Immigrant Wall of Honor on Ellis Island and scraped her pencil back and forth furiously before the name began to appear: Ermenegildo Simonetti. This was her grandfather who emigrated from Italy in 1938 to America. My great grandfather, Joseph Dotolo, who I knew as a…
At Home On The Mountain: A Photographer’s Visual Journal Photographs & Story by ©Todd Bigelow/Contact Press Images. Images registered with US Copyright Office. For licensing, please contact info [at] ToddBigelowPhotography [dot] com It’s tough growing up in the shadow of a legend; the lesser known neighbor linked to fame through backcountry…
Black Lives Matter Finds Love & Support In LA’s Mostly White Suburbs Photographs & Text by Todd Bigelow/Contact As the BLM movement reaches new heights, several national media outlets have taken notice of a substantial difference from previous Black Lives Matters support: White suburbia is joining in. “As crowds have surged through American cities…
With the Covid lockdown mandated in March, 2020, I immediately began photographing Erin and her two kids as they navigated a new pandemic life. Like so many others, their lives were severely disrupted. Erin’s two, socially gregarious kids were suddenly isolated with one another and attending school on Zoom from their suburban home. PE was…
The New Underground Economy LA’s ‘Safer At Home’ Order’ Gave Birth To A New Economy Where Businesses Secretly Stayed Open To Avert Financial Disaster Photo Essay & Reporting by Todd Bigelow/Contact Press Images Published by Politico Los Angeles’ “Safer At Home” order was thrust to the center of national politics when the Department…
Life Under The Coronavirus Lockdown: A Neighborhood Portrait Published by NBC News For An Updated Version Of This Story, Please See “One Year, One Pandemic, One Community” As a photojournalist, I’ve covered disasters and conflicts around the world, yet never have I seen a disaster where everyone worldwide is simultaneously facing the same…
Graduation season is here which means that student photographers across the country are donning their well earned caps and gowns, strolling across the stage and entering a brand new phase of life as a professional photographer. Congratulations! It’s time to paaaaaarty! My friendly, unsolicited suggestion is to party for a couple days and enjoy…
Allowing for unlimited use “in original context” permits publications to openly seek and engage in new distribution platforms like Apple News+. It also allows for the photographer to retain the opportunity to earn a little bit of licensing revenue for additional use of the photographs at a time when expansive use is growing along with new platforms. In other words, it’s a fair compromise and one that every photographer should seek.
It’s with mixed emotions that I throw my laptop bag into the back seat, grab a coffee and head down the 405 to start each workshop. On the one hand, I’m always excited as hell that photographers are interested enough to learn about the business side of freelancing that they’ll give up an entire…