Category: Photojournalism
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Thomas Dworzak: Mining For Memes On Instagram
Link: Following various hashtag threads, he came upon a series of unusual links, including one with pictures of dogs and cats dressed as the Pope. And, what fascinated him was that the people posting these pictures apparently weren’t aware that other people were dressing their pets as the Pope too.
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Photojournalists’ images can speak louder than words
Link: The pictures. Photojournalism. Images that tell stories so rich you may not even need to read the words under the photos.
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Does The NY Times’ Sochi Photo “Firehose” Do Photogs a Disservice?
Link: It funnels images by Times photographers and from the paper’s wire service feeds, and evidently there will be roughly 14,000 images per day coming through the, ahem, hose.
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More Context, More Respect: On that Devastating Photo from Syria of the “Palestinian Refugee Camp”
Link: If you follow online news or social media, you are probably aware of this wrenching photo from Syria that gripped the world yesterday. This TIME headline reflected the language and the simple message transmitted by so many others: One Picture Sums Up Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
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Witness: Andrea Bruce in Damascus
Link: I had no idea what to expect when I first entered the regime side of Syria’s bloody civil war. Images from inside the city of Damascus have been scarce and journalists are rarely granted legal access.
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Amid more layoffs, Sun-Times rehires four photographers
Link: Rich Chapman, Brian Jackson, Al Podgorski and a fourth photographer whose name was not confirmed are expected to be rehired under terms of a contract settlement reached in November between Sun-Times Media and the Chicago Newspaper Guild.
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Boston’s Stanley Forman: Worst Fire Call I Ever Heard
Link: The scanner traffic was intense, actually frightening to hear. And then that long, deadly silence.
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Twenty Years After Apartheid
Twenty Years After Apartheid Joao Silva came of age as a photographer as his native South Africa was navigating a treacherous path to democracy. Twenty years later, he reflects on what has — and has not — changed. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/twenty-years-after-apartheid/ In a sprawling South African township stands a tall slab of polished stone…
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PJL: May 2014 (Part 1)
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ Is Lara Logan too toxic to return to 60 Minutes?
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Photo Editor Texts
Photo Editor Texts texts between photojournalists and their photo editors back in the office. email submissions to… via Tumblr: https://photoeditortexts.tumblr.com/?og=1 texts between photojournalists and their photo editors back in the office. email submissions to photoeditortexts@gmail.com
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PJL: July 2014 (Part 1) – LightBox
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ I see Brazil as a series of clashes — clashes of culture, ethnicity and philosophies. Clashes that generate a terrible, and yet-to-be tamed energy that has been given life to a complex society
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» Photojournalist seeks $15K to get his book about the Philadelphia Inquirer published JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2014/07/30/photojournalist-seeks-15000-for-his-book-about-the-newspaper-industrys-struggles/ Photojournalist Will Steacy, who has spent the last five years documenting the Philadelphia Inquirer’s challenges, is trying to raise $15,000 for “Deadline,” a book he hopes to have published by the end of the year
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Photographing on Ferguson’s Streets
Photographing on Ferguson’s Streets Covering the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., has proved challenging as police restrict access and, in some cases, arrest journalists. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/photographing-on-fergusons-streets/ Whitney Curtis was not surprised by the outpouring of anger and emotion after a police officer killed Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager in Ferguson, Mo. As a…
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» Philadelphia Daily News changes its cover after it’s criticized on Twitter JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2014/08/14/philadelphia-daily-news-changes-its-cover-after-its-criticized-on-twitter/ Based on reader reaction [to the cover on the left] we’re changing our front page image — so we actually do listen
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The new force in photojournalism – Thoughts of a Bohemian
Link: As we see with the events in Hong Kong, where an estimated tens of thousand people are in the streets, the first reaction was to shut down Instagram. It is a major shift. The Chinese government is now more afraid of the impact that a photo sharing site might have then a pro photographer…
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Tri-X
Link: My habit was becoming a bit expensive and I quickly learned that if I purchased the Tri-X film in a bulk 100-foot roll and hand loaded the film cassettes myself, it drove the film cost way down, doing the math I calculated it was around a penny per frame, wow 36 cents for 36…
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Have You Started Shooting Yet? A Longterm Project is Finally Complete | PROOF
Link: I’ve worked around the world for National Geographic magazine but the most elusive assignment for me has been just 50 miles from my home. In the summer of 2006 I was commissioned to create a portfolio celebrating South Carolina’s ACE Basin. It’s a special place where three rivers and a community came together to…
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Internship Perspective: Sofia Jaramillo, Jackson Hole News&Guide | The Visual Student
Link: There are many lessons I have learned while shooting this past year. One is that if you look for it, there will always be beautiful moments within tragedy and sometimes these are the most important.
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Ask the Editor: A snapshot of the changing field of photojournalism – The Frederick News-Post : Economy And Business
Link: Some things change, and some things stay the same.