Dina Litovsky

1 week ago | dinalitovsky.substack.com | Dina Litovsky

Welcome to In the Flash, a weekly, behind-the-lens dialogue on photography. To join the conversationI’ve been quiet for the last two weeks, catching up up with the busiest time in my editorial career. I’ve had 11 shoots in the past 14 days, and my Memorial Day weekend was spent editing every night to hit Tuesday morning deadlines for three different assignments. I’ll share some of those stories in the next couple of newsletters.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brian Seibert |Dina Litovsky

Before he served in Iraq, Román Baca was a ballet dancer. Now he helps other veterans deal with their trauma - through dance. When Román Baca was serving as a Marine in Iraq in 2005, he didn't tell many people what kind of work he had done before the war. He had tried that in boot camp, and it hadn't gone well. So when his best friend in the platoon asked him why he seemed so interested in local dance practices, he hesitated before admitting the truth: He was a ballet dancer.

1 month ago | dinalitovsky.substack.com | Dina Litovsky

Welcome to In the Flash, a weekly, behind-the-lens dialogue on photography. To join the conversationThis April, I spent four weeks circling Christopher, Hudson, and Bleecker streets, looking for West Village girls for a cover of New York Magazine. The first challenge of this tricky shoot was identifying who fit the profile written by Brock Colyer. These were the visual markers I was looking for.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Salamishah Tillet |Dina Litovsky

"The place where Elphaba and I meet is empathy and advocacy for justice," said Lencia Kebede, who is the first Black actress to play the role full time on Broadway. Credit... The last time Lencia Kebede lived in New York, in 2015, she was a 21-year-old college intern at the United Nations, taking and translating notes for the ambassador from Guatemala, who was working on an anti-poverty initiative. What a difference a decade can make.

1 month ago | zeit.de | Dina Litovsky

17 Stunden ist Patrick Lipscomb-Jefferson bereits auf den Beinen, als er am Donnerstagabend den Broadway in Manhattan mit Tausenden anderen Menschen Richtung Süden entlang marschiert. Vor ihm wird getrommelt, hinter ihm gebrüllt. "This is what democracy looks like!" Und immer wieder "This is what democracy looks like!" Müde? No, no, no. "Ein Gewerkschafter ist doch nie müde", sagt der 40-Jährige. Sein Lächeln verrät, dass er den Satz, anders als seine Hingabe, nur halb ernst meint.