14 Years After War’s End, Ethnic Divisions Once Again Gripping Bosnia – washingtonpost.com:
the international campaign to transform Bosnia into a pluralistic democracy is still limping along with no end in sight. The struggle serves as a cautionary example for U.S.-led efforts to rebuild much larger nations hamstrung by ethnic and religious factions, such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Markus Klinko and Indrani File for Bankruptcy:
The duo, who were formerly a romantic couple and remain business partners, have photographed such A-listers as Will Smith and Beyoncé and shot work for major clients including Nike and Vogue. The photographers are scheduled to star in an upcoming reality show on the Bravo network called “Double Exposure.”
Do we ever go back? | uncommons:
Routine is something photojournalists do not have often. Assignments change daily, as do the locations we work in and the people we meet. I’m working an early morning spot news rotation, but two days last week I joined an overnight police ride-along. Hours that normally start at 6:30 am ended again at 6:30 the following morning. It’s exciting, if not tiring; yet always rewarding. We’re adapted to constant change, and that change often is the fuel that keeps us moving.
Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Me Away » THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS:
I remember sitting on a chair, trying to clear my head and thinking: “It’s a Friday night and I’m in Oklahoma at a prison rodeo. And I just got hit by a horse. WHAT?”
Yeah. Hit by a horse.
In South Korea, Freed U.S. Journalists Come Under Harsh Criticism – NYTimes.com:
The accusations stem from a central fear repeated in newspapers and blogs here: that the notes and videotapes the journalists gathered in China before their ill-fated venture to the border fell into the hands of the authorities, potentially compromising the identities of refugees and activists dedicated to spiriting people out of the North.
How to get your D3X to play space invaders: | duckrabbit – we produce beautifully crafted multimedia:
It’s quite ridiculous really, but hidden away deep in the bowels of the Nikon firmware is none other than a version of the arcade classic Space Invaders
Photojournalism Legend Angus W. “Mac” McDougall, 92:
McDougall set standards of excellence in photography, photography editing, and photojournalism education. As a Milwaukee Journal photographer, he was an innovator in the use of high-speed strobe technology and in using multiple pictures to tell stories. He tested his theories of visual communication and formed many of his principles of picture editing as associate editor of International Harvester World, a Chicago-based corporate magazine.
Help photographers in need | dvafoto:
Seven days after asking for donations for vital medical care for his wife, St. Petersburg Times photojournalist Stephen Coddington has raised nearly US$8,000, but he still needs help. On April 1, 2008, Stephen’s wife Marian suffered a brain aneurysm. What followed was 6 months of intensive hospital care, care at one of the best rehabilitation centers in the US, and then what has become a year-long struggle against the CIGNA health insurance company. Steve has become his wife’s sole caregiver, the insurance company having denied crucial in-home nursing care and other necessary treatment; they have decided that Marian hasn’t made sufficient progress in her recovery to justify further expenditure. This is a travesty. Now, Steve is asking for help from his community and the larger worldwide community of photographers in his family’s hour of need, all trying to care for his two children and retain his newspaper job. Help Save Steve’s Family.
Photojournalist Enters ‘Surreal’ North Korea in Ruse – TIME:
In 2007 and 2008, photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve visited North Korea by infiltrating a communist solidarity delegation. In the first of a three-part TIME.com series, he reports on the elaborate ruse that is required to enter the world’s most isolated country.
Rafal Pruszynski – riverside | burn magazine:
Riverside is a chapter in a larger on-going project entitled “Marooned”. Marooned of course refers to being stuck on an island. South Korea, though not technically an island, is still cut off from the rest of Asia by North Korea, a barrier more difficult to cross than any sea or ocean. It is therefore a de facto island, an island I have been living on for the last 8 years. “Marooned” is my look at the island that has been my home for nearly a decade, a home that even after 8 years is still a bit of an awkward fit for a foreigner who isn’t quite as immersed as he could be, though it wouldn’t really be possible for a foreigner to immerse himself completely in what is still a rather conservative society.
PDNPulse: Photo of Average-Size Woman Astonishes Glamour Readers:
The latest issue of Glamour features a photo by Walter Chin showing 20-year-old model Lizzie Miller. In the picture (seen here at right) the model appears radiant, beautiful, and (shock!) a little curvy in the tummy and thighs.
Showcase: The Bang Bang Club (Part 2 of 2) – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
In the second of a two-part series on the Bang Bang Club — a group of four young photographers who unblinkingly chronicled the upheaval in South Africa in the 1990s — Greg Marinovich recalls the torment of watching deadly violence unfold before him. In an instant, he had to decide whether he could do more good by intervening personally or by chronicling the moment to let the world know what was happening. His pictures of a man being burned alive won a Pulitzer Prize in 1991. Readers are cautioned that this scene and several others in the audio slide show are quite disturbing.
Flickr v. Free Speech. Where Is Their Courage?:
One thing I’ve learned over the years is this – screwing over your users while yelling “the lawyers made me do it!” rarely ends well. Particularly when the lawyers are just being lazy, and free speech rights are at stake.
Flickr really stepped in it this time. And they’ve sparked a free speech and copyright fascism debate that is unlikely to cool down any time soon.
10 years of The Week in Pictures – msnbc.com:
“The Week in Pictures” begins its second decade of publication, we take a look back at the best images published in The Week in Pictures and the Year in Pictures since the slideshow began October 1998.
via APhotoADay Blog
miss kim by eric lafforgue…. | burn magazine:
Miss Kim is a guide in the War Museum in Pyongyang, North Korea. She speaks perfect French as she lived in Algeria when she was a kid. So in 2008, she took care of the 25 French tourists who came in her museum.
Showcase: The Bang Bang Club (Part 1 of 2) – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:
Though legendary in photojournalism circles, the Bang Bang Club never formally existed. It was really more of a bond among four young photographers — Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva — united by their ideals, their photography and the historical events unfolding in South Africa in the 1990s.
lens culture: Dana Popa:
Photographer Dana Popa travelled to the Republic of Moldova to document, through photography and collected stories, the experiences of sex-trafficked women and their families. ‘Natasha’ is the nickname given to prostitutes with Eastern European looks. Sex trafficked girls hate it.
AMC – Blogs – SciFi Scanner – John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design:
Stormtrooper Uniforms
They stand out like a sore thumb in every environment but snow, the helmets restrict view (“I can’t see a thing in this helmet!” — Luke Skywalker), and the armor is penetrable by single shots from blasters. Add it all up and you have to wonder why stormtroopers don’t just walk around naked, save for blinders and flip-flops.