Category: Photojournalism

  • On the Ground in Darfur

    On the Ground in Darfur

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    Mario Ruiz, from the Digital Journalist: I was told I would have five days in Iridimi. We would arrive by plane via a United Nations cargo jet on Monday and leave Friday morning, giving me only four days to shoot at the camps. I had no idea whether that would be enough time to get…

  • Invisible in Baghdad

    Invisible in Baghdad

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    Christoph Bangert, from the Digital Journalist: There are maybe eight or nine foreign photographers still trying to cover this conflict from the civilian side. I am by far not the bravest, most committed, talented nor longest-serving of these photographers; I am just one of them. The majority of the pictures that are coming out of…

  • New Group Unites Six Women Photojournalists

    New Group Unites Six Women Photojournalists

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    From PDN: With the guidance of photographer Gary Knight of the VII agency, the six women have formed a new group called EVE Photographers to create and promote social documentary photojournalism. They will collaborate on projects and post their best work on a group web site. The photographers are Marizilda Cruppe (in Brazil), Agnès Dherbeys…

  • On the Lifeline

    On the Lifeline

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    From The Digital Journalist (link to gallery at bottom of page): Rick Loomis says that survival skills he learned as a boy in Loxahatchee help him at the front. Zucchino observed that, “Raised in rural south Florida, Loomis is comfortable around guns, knives, fast cars and motorcycles. In other words, he’s part redneck. On a…

  • Blood Spilled in Kathmandu

    Blood Spilled in Kathmandu

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    Brian Sokol, from The Digital Journalist: Twenty minutes later the calm broke when a volley of rocks and bottles began to rain down on police and protesters alike. Suddenly the air was again full of tear gas and I wiped feverishly at my eyes, trying to shoot frame after frame as figures darted in and…

  • Into the Heart of Unrest

    Into the Heart of Unrest

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    From PDN: Photojournalist Tomas van Houtryve has been covering political unrest in Nepal for years, from the rise in power of King Gyanendra Shah to the secretive Maoist insurgency. This spring, when popular outrage against the monarch reached a boiling point, he knew he had to return to Kathmandu. “When we arrived in the neighborhood…

  • Eugene Richards joins VII photo agency

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    From Journal of a Photographer: “The work of Eugene Richards is a cornerstone of contemporary documentary photography and filmmaking. All of us at VII welcome Eugene and look forward to his comradeship and creative spirit.”, says James Nachtwey, president of VII. “I am very pleased to be a part of this very creative group of…

  • The Great Disconnect: Chapter 2006

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    Photographer David Burnett, from SportsShooter.com: Sadly, with so much photographic talent in one place (or more correctly, several places) that we photographers must necessarily take a back seat to lousy TV, well, it’s beyond stupid, and beyond tragic. Here.

  • Nervous, sweating and dark. Backstage at the Oscars

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    USA Today photographer Robert Hanashiro, from SportsShooter.com: “Remember to stay out of the way of the crew and for GOD’S SAKE, stay out of sight! If the producer or director sees your ass on one of the monitors everyone’s outta here,” a voice from a show rep says into his ear. “But do your work…

  • Abbas, Afghanistan

    Abbas, Afghanistan

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    From Magnum Photos, Abbas portfolio from Afghanistan Today in Afghanistan, girls go to school and to the university; the burqah is not compulsory for women who can walk the streets unaccompanied; they are not executed in public for adultery; men are not whipped for not sporting a fist-long beard. The influx of UN and NGO’s…

  • History's First Draft Looks Much Better With Pictures

    History's First Draft Looks Much Better With Pictures

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    From the New York Times: In photojournalism, the subject is considered more important than the aesthetics of the image. While clarity, composition and exposure have always been taken into account, it is news value that drives the profession. But in the 1980’s and 90’s, photographers like James Nachtwey and Gilles Peress established distinct visual styles…

  • The Web This Morning

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    Photography – Photojournalist Toby Morris shot in Iraq: “Even after he was shot, Morris continued taking photos of the medics tending to his injuries” Photography/Celebrity – How Hollywood’s bold-faced names secretly steer the celebrity news machine

  • The Web This Morning

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    BBC – Civil War in Iraq NYT – Sectarian fury in Iraq in wake of shrine blast NYT – Saudis, Egypt reject US request to cut off aid to Hamas NYT – Iran pledges financial aid to Hamas-led Palestinians Photography – Vincent Laforet and Apple’s Aperture at the Olympics Photography – AP cancels photo coverage…