Author: Trent

  • 12.7.2007

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    TheStar.com | Business | Taking aim at Congo for using gold profit on guns VII’s Marcus Bleasdale: “If you look into somebody’s eyes, that will tell you a lot more about how the person feels than showing a hacked off limb.” (tags: photojournalism) composites ::: patrick winfield polaroid composites – via WoosterCollective (tags: photography portfolio)…

  • 12.6.2007

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    Teaching Online Journalism » Appreciation for a great interview I showed this to my students last week, and apparently most of them agreed with me — this is not your average Soundslides. (tags: multimedia) Through a Different Lens: Female Photographers Depict Their Iran – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News A unique photography exhibition in…

  • 12.5.2007

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    Photojournalism: A Small World Photojournalism is made up of a small number of photographers. Everyone knows everyone else. Everyone talks to everyone else. (tags: photojournalism) Quik Pod :: Home (tags: photography equipment) Missouri Announces The Angus & Betty McDougall Center For Photojournalism Studies MU photojournalism chair David Rees called the center “an unparalleled documentary photojournalism…

  • 12.4.2007

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    Q. Sakamaki Portfolio (tags: photojournalism portfolio) Shooting the Midway – – PopPhotoNovember 2007 The quality of her prints has much to do with Kramer’s meticulous, old-school darkroom technique, which involves a Jobo drum processor that she bought at a swap meet and repaired herself with skateboard parts. (tags: photography) American Carnival Portraits | Photographs by…

  • 12.3.2007

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    the life of m: Why-oh-Why What is wrong with us? I say us. We. Photojournalists. I am not exempt. Why does it seem like we’re never truly happy? Never fully satisfied? (tags: photojournalism) Self-published books (Conscientious) The photography book market has been steadily expanding, and people know it. As far as I know, most photo…

  • 12.2.2007

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    SHANE LAVALETTE / JOURNAL » Blog Archive » Contemporary Dialogues: Michael Schmelling Recently I spoke with Brooklyn-based photographer Michael Schmelling about the curious stories behind two of his most recent projects and about his relationship with photography in general (tags: photography) the life of m: The Beauty of Film The excitement of seeing those images…

  • 12.1.2007

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    The Panoramist: VRMag relaunch issue online Marco Trezzini and the crew at VR Way Communications, a Switzerland-based company have published a new issue of VRMag, which is chock-full of panoramas, information and ideas, both commercial and journalistic. (tags: photography) vrmag – issue 28 in FullScreen QuickTime VR Virtual Tours (tags: photography) Nigel nails it! –…

  • 11.30.2007

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    Blueeyes: Portfolio, by Landon Nordeman (tags: photojournalism portfolio) Blueeyes: First Look: Stuff I Gotta Remember Not to Forget, by Darin Mickey Darin Mickey’s first book is a personal document of his father’s life and work. A family memoir as much as portrait of a salesman and the suburban midwest, Stuff I Gotta Remember Not to…

  • 11.29.2007

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    The Man From Fallujah Bilal Hussein began his Associated Press career with a burst of jarring pictures from Fallujah. (tags: photojournalism)

  • That's My Girl, Asshole!

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    This is hands down, my new favorite blog. I know it’s a one-note joke, but it’s perfect.  Guy responding to Craigslist Missed Connections ads with those simple four words. With a mouthful of Baby Ruth and water, I nearly choked to death when I burst out laughing and half the candy bar went into my…

  • Interview: Ryan Heshka

    Interview: Ryan Heshka

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    Juxtapoz: Ryan Heshka is an old soul trapped in the body of a 36-year-old. A Vancouver transplant via Manitoba, he has spent the better part of the last decade painting canvases featuring pin-up girls fighting space invaders, giant creatures battling for dominance, and outlandish landscapes that look like they were torn out of a 1930’s…

  • Denying Genocide in Darfur — and Americans Their Coca-Cola

    Denying Genocide in Darfur — and Americans Their Coca-Cola

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    Washington Post: Karl — a.k.a. John Ukec Lueth Ukec, the Sudanese ambassador to Washington — held a news conference at the National Press Club yesterday to respond to President Bush’s new sanctions against his regime. In his hour-long presentation, he described a situation in his land that bore no relation to reality. Genocide in the…

  • william albert allard

    william albert allard

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    great piece on david alan harvey’s blog, talking about William Albert Allard. Allard is a pure photographer. I first saw him speak in 1989 and I could probably recite several choice Allard quotes from memory eighteen years later. A great read: the first words i ever heard out of william albert allard’s mouth were “why…

  • Burnt Ramen: show review…of sorts

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    dead time pacifies: I went to Burnt Ramen in Richmond. Burnt Ramen reminds me a lot of 924 Gilman circa 1991. I am not a big fan of that place. It is in a poor neighborhood which serves to keep away the more normal weekender kids that all go to Gilman these days, but it…

  • Judd Apatow’s Family Values

    Judd Apatow’s Family Values

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    From the NYT Magazine: The more we talked over the following 18 months, however, the more painful his adolescence began to sound. Apatow was always small for his age, and he grew adept at making fun of himself before others could. He began audiotaping “Saturday Night Live” when he was 11, transcribing the show and…

  • Two from Netflix

    Two from Netflix

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    Every Sunday I go through the list of new releases on Netflix. Here are two that I’m sure you’ll soon be renting: Drive Thru (2007) Nothing ever happens in the tiny Orange County, Calif., town of Blanca Carne, but that’s about to change. Hella Burger’s evil mascot, Horny the Clown (Van De La Plante), is…

  • Canon Professional Network

    Canon Professional Network

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    There are profiles of six photographers on Canon Europe’s professional website. Most interesting to me was the profile of Swedish photojournalist Per-Anders Pettersson, who has been doing fascinating work from the Congo (that’s his photograph above), where millions of people have died in conflict since 1997 with almost no international attention. You can read Pettersson’s…

  • Redlights and Redeyes

    Redlights and Redeyes

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    I’ve been staring at this photo by Florida photojournalist Chip Litherland for a few days now. I kept a browser window with his blog open, intending to post it. His blog always has something cool on it. Link: Redlights and Redeyes

  • My Life as a Diplomat

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    Nuruddin Farah, in the NYT: My subsequent meetings with the Islamists and their sympathizers were equally frustrating. There was no discussion of the peace plan that had brought me back to Somalia. Instead, the discussions centered on matters they deemed important: whether theaters should be open; whether girls could be permitted to wear jeans or…

  • A New Piece By Banksy?

    A New Piece By Banksy?

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    From Wooster Collective: BiPed spotted this new piece yesterday in South London. While it hasn’t been confirmed, it has Banksy written all over it. BiPed writes: “The photo is quite misleading as the stencil is actually about 9ft high -you can just make out the top of a security fence on the left.” Here.