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A Portrait of An Artist, Or Two In September of this year I visited Bill Jay, the pre-eminent photo-historian and critic, at his home in Ocean Beach, California. (tags: photography) Photographs, Art and Lessons, Taken From a Life Cut Short – New York Times In the summer of 1993 Dan Eldon, a 22-year-old photographer for…

A Photo Editor – Rob Haggart is A Photo Editor (tags: photography) Photographing the Life That Rockwell Depicted – New York Times Kevin Rivoli has spent the past 15 years capturing timeless moments in contemporary America (tags: photojournalism) Best Photos of 2007 – PDNPulse Now that 2007 is coming to a close, everyone seems to…

State of the Art: What Angelina Gave Brad for His Birthday It’s sort of a Leica on steroids, in that it allows precisely-focused, precisely-framed handheld 4×5 photography, with all the latter’s rich detail and beautiful defocus. The Littman VI (tags: photography equipment best) the Littman 45 Single 4×5 camera (tags: photography equipment best) Brady Thompson…

lens culture: “in between” contest winners Here are the 35 winning picks of Lens Culture’s first photo contest. The theme is “in between” moments, and the photos represent a broad range of interpretations. (tags: photography contest) jon feinstein photography. small signs photo essay – via conscientious (tags: photography portfolio) Teaching Online Journalism » Job outlook…

The Year in Pictures: Top Ten #9 – Patrick Tsai and Madi Ju Patrick Tsai is a 26 year old American who moved to Taiwan in 2003 to pursue his photography. Three years later he met a young Chinese photographer named Madi Ju (tags: photography portfolio) The 65th Annual POYi Photography Competition | Current Photo…

APhotoADay News Dallas Morning News photojournalist Mona Reeder spent three years working on The Bottom Line — mostly on gaining access to some really sensitive situations. (tags: photojournalism) Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | The Bottom Line (tags: photojournalism best) Battle of the Barytas The newest buzz word in inkjet printing paper…

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War Memoir Bares Harrowing Life of a Russian Grunt – washingtonpost.com Arkady Babchenko said his only goal was to capture the confused, fear-ridden, despairing world of a young private and his buddies where the only goal is survival. (tags: books) Bhutan, the Sacred Within: Photographs by Kenro Izu – Kenro Izu: Stillness – Art –…

Real Life – Real News (tags: photojournalism) The Times PICTURE ANNUAL 2007 (tags: photojournalism books) Object of Desire: Canon PowerShot G9 Buy it. Put it in your pocket. Hit the streets. (tags: photography equipment) Get Lost in Photographer Palla’s Kaleidoscopic Images of Japanese Cityscapes These kaleidoscopic images were created by Japanese architect and photographer Kazuhiko…

Globe-trotting photo essayist Jack Byron Fields dies at 87 Komenich and Chinn said that Mr. Fields not only taught students the craft of photography, but also schooled them in running a good business and maintaining ownership of their work. (tags: photojournalism obituary) A Photo Editor – Talking About Photography There are many ways to use…

Killings of Journalists Hit a High In 2007 – washingtonpost.com After examining reports of journalists killed in direct connection to their work, the committee found that 64 journalists were killed in 2007, up from 56 last year. (tags: journalism) The Bureau of Communication official notice – formal apology A Photo Editor – Corporate Greed Robert…

Treasures in glass :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Tom McNamee The reporter might walk up to the photo desk and ask, “Who took the fire photos?” And Kotalik would answer, “We don’t take photos, we make them.” (tags: photojournalism) A Photo Editor – Copyright And Photography On The Internet Content is king. People who steal work…

Wonderful Shot dog camera – ThisNext Ever wonder what your dog does while you’re away? Wonder what life looks like at his level? (tags: photography) Classics in Lego – a photoset on Flickr (tags: photojournalism) Death of a Loyalist Soldier on Flickr – Photo Sharing! A lego reconstruction of Robert Capa’s 1936 picture “Death of…

Baltimore Sun’s David M. Lewis, 57 As deputy director of photography, Dave was the heart of The Sun’s photo department, and its staff was his family. Affable and easy going, he could be counted on to take on any task with a smile (tags: photojournalism obituary) Flickr Stats Launched, and they are HOT! at CameraPorn…

PHOTO HISTORIES > Farewell To Greatness Paris Match had two men hidden in a tree overlooking the churchyard. As the burial took place one of the men jumped from the branches to be chased by the police, leaving his companion undisturbed to take the photograph. (tags: photojournalism) whats the jackanory ?: The little book that…

Why do editors doctor photos in corporate publications? | Article | Homepage articles A co-panelist—the director of corporate advertising at a big company—showed us the before and after versions of an executive’s profile that she retouched electronically. (tags: photojournalism ethics) A Photo Editor – Frank W. Ockenfels 3 When I think about high level photographers…

The Year in Pictures: American Pictures a book titled “American Pictures”, but after a Byzantine plot by the KGB to use the book as pro-communist, anti-american propaganda was uncovered, Jacob Holdt hired a lawyer to stop publication of the book all over the world. (tags: photojournalism books) Magnum Blog / Magnum Magnum: Antoine d’Agata by…

5B4: Enrique Metinides from Ridinghouse and The Photographer’s Gallery I have heard Enrique Metinides referred to as the ‘Mexican Weegee’ linking him to Arthur Fellig, the famous New York crime photographer of the 1930’s and 40’s. (tags: photojournalism books) Army blocks ‘narratives’ of heroism — baltimoresun.com But to date, Army lawyers and bureaucrats have blocked…

News flash: Donald Trump sells Brooklyn Bridge – Los Angeles Times The story, it turns out, was fabricated, soup to nuts, by a 4-month-old snap-and-gab site called Derober.com. (tags: journalism pranks) The Whale Hunt / A storytelling experiment / by Jonathan Harris You’ve got to see this to believe it. (tags: photojournalism multimedia best) TED…

lens culture: photography weblog German photographer Nathalie Mohadjer delivers an insightful photo-essay on the plight of some of the 2.2 million refugees still living in crowded run-down refugee camps in Bosnia (tags: photojournalism) lens culture: Nathalie Mohadjer (tags: photojournalism portfolio) The Columbus Dispatch : Candid cameraman Photographer Jim Lo Scalzo has been on assignment for…