Category: Photojournalism
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the life of m: GeekFest 2008
If you’re anywhere near Florida August 1-3, St. Petersburg is the place to be. For the nominal fee of $100, you can hang out with the APhotoADay community, which is having it’s annual gathering. The weekend is jam packed with some incredible speakers. So, if you’re looking for some inspiration and motivation — don’t miss…
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Reflecting on Being a Newspaper Photographer (Or a Photographer Who Works for a Newspaper)
By Kim Komenich For me this has always pointed to the distinction that can be made between considering yourself a “newspaper photographer” versus a “photographer who happens to work for a newspaper.” Check it out here.
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The Cloud is Falling
By Vincent Laforet The challenge is to find a way to continue to produce quality original content, and to connect with your audience – not to hold on to the old, traditional way of doing things. So while the cloud may be falling – there’s plenty of blue sky above – and the possibilities are…
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Ask Sports Shooter: Getting Paid
Photographers have had a long love affair with freebies. And I’m not talking about the Canon fanny packs and Nikon Olympic pins we all love to get at big time sporting events. If only. No, I’m talking about giving away freebies. Free prints. Free portrait sessions. Free wedding photography. Free photographs to the local SID.…
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Congrats to New Magnum Members – PDNPulse
We’ve heard the names of the new Magnum Photos members who were elected at the cooperative’s meeting in Paris last week: Jonas Bendiksen, Antoine D’Agata and Alec Soth have been elected full members. Olivia Arthur and Peter Van Agtmael are new Magnum nominees. Check it out here.
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Election Violence in Zimbabwe: The Story Behind the Photo
The photograph was a stunner. Displayed across four columns at the top of Page One of Thursdays New York Times, the image showed a baby boy with casts on both legs, the apparent victim of the violence marking the presidential election in Zimbabwe. In these times of mass video delivery and saturation of visual messages,…
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Audio Slide Show: Michael Williamson Documents Rising Food Prices
It’s one thing to write about soaring food prices. It’s another thing entirely to photograph the story in a visually compelling way. But Washington Post Michael Williamson, who has documented America’s economic struggles for more than two decades, was up for the challenge. Check it out here.
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Behind the Lens with Stacy Pearsall – – PopPhotoJune 2008
Combat photojournalist Stacy Pearsall was named the Military Photographer of the Year recently for the second time. One of only two women to take home the honor, she is the first woman to take it twice. Having just finished serving as a mentor for the annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Workshop, Pearsall talked with…
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US Presswire Needs More Photogs … To Shoot For Peanuts – PDNPulse
There’s been a lot of talk lately about photographers losing jobs to others who will work for less and photographers who work for free. Check it out here.
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Longtime Oakland Tribune Photographer Retiring
Photographer Ron Riesterer is retiring after 50 years (!) at the Oakland Tribune; Check it out here.
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Was photo a racial stereotype?
“An absolutely disgusting photo,” said Darlene Tye, a transplant from California who is especially sensitive to how Southerners are depicted in the media. The missing teeth and what she described as unkempt attire reinforced a stereotype about people from the South, she said. Valerie Cox objected to the photo for other reasons. After attending the…
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James Nachtwey Opens Up At LOOK3 Festival
“When you see so much pain and so much sadness, do you feel you still have the capacity to love?” That question drew oooohs as it was asked by Time’s MaryAnne Golon to photographer James Nachtwey. His answer drew a thunderous standing ovation. “Witnessing pain and sadness is an act of love,” he said. Check…
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PHOTO HISTORIES > The Life and Times of Albert Hardy (1913 -1995)
Bert Hardy was the star troubleshooting photojournalist on Picture Post, Britain’s most influential picture magazine. But a story he shot in 1950 during the Korean war seemingly precipitated its decline and fall. On the eightieth anniversary of the launch of the mass-market weekly Graham Harrison turns back the pages of photographic history and looks forward…
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War Photog Blends Video, Stills for New Combat Views
Ziv Koren is a world-renown combat photographer whose coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has vaulted him to international acclaim. Now, he’s helping invent a whole new visual aesthetic that digitally combines still photos with moving images, seamlessly. Check it out here.
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A Photo Editor – Can Visa pour l’Image Remain Relevant?
For the past 19 years photographers and photo editors have gathered near the Spanish border in Perpignan, France for a grand festival to celebrate photojournalism. This years festival from August 30th to September 14th will mark the 20th such meeting and I have been handed an interview with Jean-François Leroy the festivals founding and current…
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Results for 2008 | The Press Photographer's Year 2008
With a 25% increase in the entries this year, the jury spent two long days working through the 7,500 photographs, both in slideshow form, and as C-type prints, laid out on the huge Olivier foyer floor at the National Theatre. A final edit of 146 photographs has been made and 13 prizes have been awarded.…
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Wandering Light: Life and death at Building D
I live in Building D. Today on my way home from dinner a tragic event came to realization. A young man committed suicide. The witnesses said he jumped from the building I live in. Check it out here.
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Bill Eppridge: A Personal Reflection on the Photographer in a Tumultuous Time
Like all of Life’s great photographers, Bill Eppridge brought to an assignment much more than the ability to take a properly exposed and well-composed photograph. He has curiosity and anticipates, he is sensitive and respects his subjects, and he is versatile. For a while it seemed that he specialized in riots and revolutions: in Panama,…
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$1.28 A Freakin' Hour – The Digital Journalist
I was in Washington a few weeks ago at the annual awards dinner of the White House News Photographers Association. It’s an annual chance to see old friends and catch up on news. It’s also a time to meet new people and see how they’re doing in the great, wide, wonderful world of photojournalism. This…
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The search for Sean Flynn continues: mensvogue.com
The first time my father told me about Sean Flynn’s disappearance, I felt as if a spider had walked down my spine. “Just gone?” I said, looking down at a picture that was taken of Sean hours before he vanished into the Cambodian countryside in April 1970 — a heart-stoppingly handsome young man on a…