Category: Photojournalism
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Thoughts on THAT Photo | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Thoughts on THAT Photo via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/thoughts-on-that-photo/ A few days ago, I wrote an article for a German newspaper about THAT Trump picture. Given the typical length of such opinion pieces, there were a few strands that I was only able to allude to. They would benefit from a longer discussion. That’s what…
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Photojournalists Are Heroes – So Why Are They Paid So Little? | PetaPixel
Photojournalists Are Heroes – So Why Are They Paid So Little? Are photojournalists remunerated fairly? via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/photojournalists-are-heroes-so-why-are-they-paid-so-little/ “We’re working our asses off before the shoot, during the shoot, and then to edit after and we put so much effort into it because we care about the image,” says the anonymous photographer. https://petapixel.com/2024/07/18/photojournalists-are-heroes-so-why-are-they-paid-so-little/
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Photographer Captures Bullet Whizzing Past Trump’s Head | PetaPixel
Photographer Captures Bullet Whizzing Past Trump’s Head It’s a one-in-a-million shot. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/14/photographer-captures-bullet-whizzing-past-trumps-head/ A member of the Washington press corps, Doug Mills, captured one of the bullets that flew past Trump’s head during the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last night. https://petapixel.com/2024/07/14/photographer-captures-bullet-whizzing-past-trumps-head/
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The story behind the powerful photo of Trump that could change the country – Poynter
The story behind the powerful photo of Trump that could change the country – Poynter The Associated Press photographer who made the now-famous photo said he never thought about the danger of the moment. He was too caught up in his job. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2024/trump-photo-blood-raised-fist-fight/ Few, if any, journalists’ names have appeared in this newsletter…
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‘Dad Loved His Country, But It Didn’t Love Him’: A Photojournalist’s Chronicle Of Life In 1980-’90s Belarus
‘Dad Loved His Country, But It Didn’t Love Him’: A Photojournalist’s Chronicle Of Life In 1980-’90s Belarus In the 1980s and ’90s, Belarusian photojournalist Syarhey Brushko documented the turbulent period of Belarus’s transition from a Soviet republic to an independent state that saw the rise of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka. via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-photojournalism-history-independence-brushko/33030894.html During perestroika…
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Survey Finds Career in Freelance Photojournalism is Unsustainable | PetaPixel
Survey Finds Career in Freelance Photojournalism is Unsustainable Some says it’s impossible to make ends meet. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/survey-finds-career-in-freelance-photojournalism-is-unsustainable/ Of the 48 photographers who were surveyed, only four of them said that, in its current state, a career in freelance photojournalism is sustainable. https://petapixel.com/2024/06/28/survey-finds-career-in-freelance-photojournalism-is-unsustainable/
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The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections – The New York Times
The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections The vote in 1994 was a time of hope — but in the weeks before, the country came close to the abyss. A photographer remembers what he witnessed. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/world/africa/violence-south-africa-1994-elections.html To my left lay Ken Oosterbroek, mortally wounded, while to my right, Greg Marinovich clutched at…
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The Associated Press Hires Its First Woman Director of Photography | PetaPixel
The Associated Press Hires Its First Woman Director of Photography Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Lucy Nicholson breaks barriers. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/03/01/the-associated-press-hires-its-first-woman-director-of-photography/ The Associated Press (AP), winner of 58 Pulitzer Prizes and one of the world’s most essential and significant news agencies, has named veteran photojournalist Lucy Nicholson its next Director of Photography. Nicholson is the first woman…
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Back in the day, Dec. 31, 2008: Photojournalist Rudy Smith retires from OWH after 45-year career
Back in the day, Dec. 31, 2008: Photojournalist Rudy Smith retires from OWH after 45-year career Rudy Smith retired 15 years ago today after a groundbreaking 45-year career at The World-Herald. via Omaha World-Herald: https://omaha.com/news/local/history/back-in-the-day-dec-31-2008-photojournalist-rudy-smith-retires-from-owh-after-45/article_56c0d17e-92de-11ee-92f9-17d2b537fe3a.html Rudy Smith, who was the first full-time Black employee in The World-Herald’s newsroom, began his career in 1963 — the…
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Outstanding agency photographers of 2023 | News photography | The Guardian
Outstanding agency photographers of 2023 Our picture editing team highlights the work of a selection of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have stood out throughout 2023 via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/18/outstanding-agency-photographers-of-2023 Our picture editing team highlights the work of a selection of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have stood out…
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The drama around a photog’s firing – POLITICO
The drama around a photog’s firing via POLITICO: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/11/17/the-drama-around-a-photogs-firing-00127843 Ernst, the pool photographer on duty that day, pushed back. He had already set up his equipment. And while he could have operated it remotely, as he saw it, there were enormous risks involved with leaving. The Oval Office was packed with staff, reporters and teleprompter…
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My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me – The Irish Times
My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me Richard Mill’s motto was ‘you’re only as good as your next photograph’. He was always working and striving to take the ultimate picture via The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2023/10/29/my-brother-was-a-war-photographer-who-died-by-suicide-his-pictures-comfort-me/ And although we’ll never know why, it doesn’t stop us wondering. And sometimes…
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Missouri Photo Workshop aims to ‘show truth with a camera’ | Local | columbiamissourian.com
Missouri Photo Workshop aims to ‘show truth with a camera’ For 75 years, the workshop has drawn photographers from around the world to tell the visual story of a community. via Columbia Missourian: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/missouri-photo-workshop-aims-to-show-truth-with-a-camera/article_6e9c89b2-5d52-11ee-a49d-a36a74459788.html Dozens of crew members arrived early Sunday at the 75th annual Missouri Photo Workshop’s headquarters carrying coffee, cameras and computer bags
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Where have the archives of Sygma photographers gone? – Thoughts of a Bohemian
Where have the archives of Sygma photographers gone? – Thoughts of a Bohemian The fate of a significant portion of the photographic collection of the Sygma news agency is uncertain. Where is it, and who owns it today? via Thoughts of a Bohemian: https://blog.melchersystem.com/where-have-the-archives-of-sygma-photographers-gone/ The fate of a significant portion of the photographic collection of…
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APP: Three Years Later | Conscientious Photography Magazine
APP: Three Years Later via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/app-three-years-later/ The Polish photographers decided that their separate work needed to come together and live in a shared space: the Archive of Public Protests (APP). In addition, the work would be shared not only online but also in physical form, as a mass-produced newsprint publication that was…
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A Haunting Portrait of Newark’s Bloody Summer of Unrest | The New Yorker
A Haunting Portrait of Newark’s Bloody Summer of Unrest The photojournalist Bud Lee captured the riots of 1967 and the human cost of the brutal police crackdown. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-haunting-portrait-of-newarks-bloody-summer-of-unrest The photographer who captured Bass, Jr., for the cover of Life was Bud Lee, a twenty-six-year-old who had spent the past three years…
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Press Democrat photojournalist Beth Schlanker on the devotion to community that drives her career
Behind the Byline: PD photojournalist Beth Schlanker on covering local stories of past decade Beth Schlanker has documented the region’s biggest disasters, crises and challenges. But a career in photojournalism wasn’t what she originally set out to do. via Santa Rosa Press Democrat: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/napa/press-democrat-photojournalist-beth-schlanker-on-the-devotion-to-community/ Beth Schlanker has documented the region’s biggest disasters, crises and challenges.…
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Photographers on Photographers: Barry Schwartz in Conversation with Jana Ašenbrennerová – LENSCRATCH
Photographers on Photographers: Barry Schwartz in Conversation with Jana Ašenbrennerová – LENSCRATCH Jana Ašenbrennerová is a Czech photojournalist currently based in San Francisco. Her specialties include social documentary and environmental portraiture. She dedicates her time to international reporting, pursuing independent projects primarily in Africa via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/photographers-on-photographers-barry-schwartz-in-conversation-with-jana-asenbrennerova/ Connecting with all kinds of people is the…
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Phoenix area photographer and former photojournalist Jill McNamara approaches family portraits like a documentary | Fronteras
This Valley photographer approaches family portraits like a documentary Family pictures have changed a lot over the years. We used to go to the mall with our families, all dressed up, to pose for a formal portrait. But now, family pictures look more like a magazine shoot. You’re in a field somewhere, laughing, walking, playin…
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LA Times Cuts 74 Newsroom Positions Including ‘Several’ Photographers | PetaPixel
LA Times Cuts 74 Newsroom Positions Including ‘Several’ Photographers ‘I’ve given my heart and soul to the company.’ via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/06/09/la-times-cuts-74-newsroom-positions-including-several-photographers/ “Found this out via this article, before getting notice from HR while I’m on my honeymoon,” he writes. “Of the photo dept members who received notice today, all are people of color, and if…