AMISH ON VACATION
There’s a tendency in photojournalism, documentary and even editorial photography to seek out the sensational, particularly to document the strife that’s part of current events and history.
However, even in these turbulent times, most people spend their time performing commonplace tasks and engaging in routine activities. For example, their lives—our lives—are focused on things like their children’s grades, paying bills or what to make for dinner.
The renowned Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt once told me years ago, “I’d like to see photographers shoot duller things and make them interesting. I don’t mean like wilting lilies or flower arrangements, but human stuff. Stuff that doesn’t jump out at you. Life is not only misery and hysteria, it’s also everything in between.”
The projects of Ukraine-born, New York-based editorial photographer Dina Litovsky epitomize the “everything in between” approach.
She finds daily life a bottomless treasure trove of photographic opportunities. It’s why magazine photo editors seek Litovsky out when looking for a photographer to fill their pages with penetrating images that depict the more subtle moments of
