Photographer Ted Pushinsky

While working on another post today I came across the work of documentary photographer Ted Pushinsky which I was not familiar with before. It caused me to take a detour and explore some of his images. I enjoyed his photographs and related well to most of his subject matter. The fact he photographed with Garry Winogrand on the street and photographed Andre the Giant in the ring definitely makes me a fan.

This is a quick post to give some links to his work so others can also discover his work.

It started with this Mother Jones article on Garry Winogrand with a Pushinsky photograph of Winogrand on the street photographing.

From there I went to his website which is a little rough in design but showed the range of his work.

I also found this KQED article which is memorialized his passing in 2018.

Recent Discoveries on the Web - Unauthorized Image Use

I make it a habit to Google search my name from time to time to see what is out there, especially everytime I see a traffic spike to my web site. Here are a couple interesting recent finds which occureed in 2020.

The first images were used in a paper titled “White/Black: A tale of two epidemics Historical Trauma and Addiction in the Black Community” by JOSEPH PHIPPS, BA & IAN MCLOONE, LPCC, LADC (ST. PAUL, MN SEPTEMBER 11, 2020) who are students at The University of Minnesota.

The paper is professional although I do not agree with every opinion the authors have. I will say they have good taste in images and I loved the pairing of my images with photographs by Mary Ellen Mark and Eugene Richards. Also props to them for a photo credit linking back to my website. Normally I would expect someone using my photographs to reach out to me before doing so, especially since I have a tab for “Licensing” on my header, but given the nature of their project I think I understand why they didn’t take the time to do that.

PPD-031 #31A (7/6/85) Officer Gary Capuano with subject giving Denver Blood's gang signs.

The second image used was this one above in a blog post titled Valentine Bloods. After reading the blog I have no idea how the image really ties in to the post other that a Valentine was the photographer and the subjects were a couple of Denver Lane Bloods. To be completely truthful I couldn’t figure out anything in that blog post. Jihan Pink was good enough to again give me an image credit and for that I am thankful. Absolutely no idea how Jennifer Esposito figured in to that blog post either, but at least I could see some tie in with Melissa del la Cruz’s “Bloody Valentine” book covers. Sadly this blog post will be the only time I will ever be linked to Jennifer Esposito.

I get licensing requests somewhat often, lately mostly for use in documentary film projects. If there is ever any a question as to whether you can use an image, please refer to the licensing page on my site and reach out to me. I retain the copyright on all my photographs, and I always consider the integrity of the image compared to how it will be used when reviewing a licensing request.