Category: Photojournalism
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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…
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Photojournalist’s Final Moments Revealed After His Missing Camera Resurfaces After 16 Years | PetaPixel
Photojournalist’s Final Moments Revealed After His Missing Camera Resurfaces After 16 Years The photographer’s final moments were captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning image. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/04/26/photojournalists-final-moments-revealed-after-his-missing-camera-resurfaces-after-16-years/ On September 27, 2007, veteran Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai was taking photos of anti-military protests in Yangon, Myanmar at the height of the Saffron Revolution — when he was…
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Discusses Capturing Iconic Trump Arrest Photo | PetaPixel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Discusses Capturing Iconic Trump Arrest Photo The first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/04/06/pulitzer-prize-winning-photographer-discusses-capturing-iconic-trump-arrest-photo/ On April 4, 2023, former President Donald Trump arrived at the Manhattan Criminal Court for his arraignment. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Michael Santiago was there waiting and he shares his…
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Photojournalist Mary F Calvert Has an Exciting Story
Photojournalist Mary F Calvert Has an Exciting Story Photographer Mary F Calvert shares with us an incredibly exciting story about how she got into photography and so much more. via The Phoblographer: https://www.thephoblographer.com/2023/03/22/photojournalist-mary-f-calvert-has-an-exciting-story/ Photography is a universal language and a powerful tool for positive change. My job is to make people care by providing a…
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A photojournalist follows a mother’s rebuild after escaping domestic violence – Poynter
Link: One of those photos stayed with Phelps. It shows a barefoot Stanley seated on the concrete hallway floor just outside the motel room, cellphone in her left hand, cigarette in her right. She appears to be deep in a conversation. The bruising under her left eye is black. A foot or two away is…
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Farshid Tighehsaz: “In Iran, Photojournalism is Not Recognized” — Blind Magazine
Farshid Tighehsaz: “In Iran, Photojournalism is Not Recognized” — Blind Magazine The Iranian photographer Farshid Tighehsaz is the winner of the 6Mois Photojournalism Prize. His project entitled Labyrinth reveals the intimacy of an Iranian youth fighting against poverty, depression and prohibitions. A decade of photographs that foresh via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/farshid-tighehsaz-in-iran-photojournalism-is-not-recognized/ For 10 years, the…
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Pete Souza’s Obama Book Cuts Obama Out of the Picture – The New York Times
An Obama Book That Cuts Obama Out of the Picture Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/us/politics/pete-souza-obama-book.html Craighead had been hired as chief photographer days earlier and “was freaking out about logistics,” he recounted. “She had no credentials or, you know, anything for the inauguration.”
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The Midcentury Photographers Who Balanced Reportage with Artistry
The Midcentury Photographers Who Balanced Reportage with Artistry From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, Olivia Laing considers the tensions between record and metaphor in the 1950s and ’60s. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-midcentury-photographers-who-balanced-reportage-with-artistry/ From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, photography in the 1950s and ’60s was alive with the tensions between record and metaphor.
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The Woman Who Changed the History of Italian Photojournalism
The Woman Who Changed the History of Italian Photojournalism An artist and humanist, Lisetta Carmi exposed the public to the realities of marginalized communities, from dockworkers to sex workers. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-lisetta-carmi-changed-the-history-of-italian-photojournalism/ An artist and humanist, Carmi exposed the public to the realities of marginalized communities, from dockworkers to sex workers.
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Photographer Follows Pregnant Homeless Woman in LA Over 4 Years | PetaPixel
Photographer Follows Pregnant Homeless Woman in LA Over 4 Years Over four years in the making. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/07/27/photographer-follows-pregnant-homeless-woman-in-la-over-4-years/ PetaPixel spoke to staff photographer Christina House who was part of a three-person team that also included reporter Gale Holland and videographer Claire Hannah Collins. The long-read article that the team created is entitled: Pregnant, homeless,…
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Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women – The New York Times
Donna Ferrato’s Camera Is a Weapon for Women Best known for unmasking domestic violence, the pathbreaking photojournalist has a show timed to coincide with the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/arts/design/donna-ferrato-photographs-holy.html Best known for unmasking domestic violence, the pathbreaking photojournalist has a show timed to coincide with the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Thomas Hoepker Looks Back at Six Decades of Photojournalism — Blind Magazine
Thomas Hoepker Looks Back at Six Decades of Photojournalism — Blind Magazine The Magnum Photos member revisits his storied career in a new exhibition and monograph. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/thomas-hoepker-looks-back-at-six-decades-of-photojournalism/ After receiving a 9×12 camera from his grandfather in 1950, Hoepker became obsessed with photography. By the end of the decade, he was working as…
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Opinion | It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore. – The New York Times
Opinion | It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore. The surviving people in war photographs, especially the children, must somehow go on. We are not symbols. We are human. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/opinion/kim-phuc-vietnam-napalm-girl-photograph.html That picture will always serve as a reminder of the unspeakable evil of which humanity is capable. Still, I believe that…
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Marcus Yam: From Aspiring Astronaut to a Pulitzer Prize in Photography | PetaPixel
Marcus Yam: From Aspiring Astronaut to a Pulitzer Prize in Photography A look at the life and work of LA Times photojournalist Marcus Yam, who won a Pulitzer Prize in Photography for his work in Afghanistan. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/05/29/marcus-yam-from-aspiring-astronaut-to-a-pulitzer-prize-in-photography/ PetaPixel spoke with Yam to learn about his journey from growing up in Malaysia and studying…
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How Photography Can Help Restore Confidence in Journalism — Blind Magazine
How Photography Can Help Restore Confidence in Journalism — Blind Magazine Since 2005, nearly 2200 newspapers across the United States have shuttered, and newspaper jobs have plummeted nearly 57%. Photojournalists have been hit hard by the cuts. But now a new business model is hoping to reverse the trend—and not just support pho via Blind…
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Calling All Women Photojournalists Looking To Up Their Game – PhotoShelter Blog
Calling All Women Photojournalists Looking To Up Their Game – PhotoShelter Blog Are you interested in taking your work in visual journalism to the next level? Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) are hosting their 2022 Seminar and Portfolio Review on April 30th, and they’re here to help. This will be their 11th time doing the…
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Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers” | The New Yorker
Revisiting the World of “Carnival Strippers” Susan Meiselas’s intimate view of a sex-industry subculture remains a remarkable document of its time. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/revisiting-the-world-of-carnival-strippers Susan Meiselas was twenty-four years old when she began photographing the women of carnival strip shows, in 1972. The following three summers, at small-town fairgrounds on the East Coast,…