Category: Photojournalism
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
Photos From Vietnam, Bronx, Iraq That Shaped A Journalist
10 Images That Shaped The Career Of A Photojournalist Who Founded The Bronx Documentary Center “If you’re committed, you went all the way.” via BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/piapeterson/10-photos-mike-kamber-career-influence Mike Kamber has had many, many lives. The founder and executive director of the Bronx Documentary Center worked as a documentary photographer for over two decades, and his…
-
The best photographs of 2021 – and the stories behind them | Photography | The Guardian
The best photographs of 2021 – and the stories behind them The photographers who shot the most striking images of the year – capturing everything from the terrifying power of nature to the human cost of war and Covid – recall how they were taken and what they tell us via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/27/the-best-photographs-of-2021-and-the-stories-behind-them The…
-
Exposed: Yunghi Kim on the Power of Women Photojournalists | PetaPixel
Exposed: Yunghi Kim on the Power of Women Photojournalists An interview with photojournalist Yunghi Kim about the power of women photojournalists and how to be successful in the field. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/11/09/exposed-yunghi-kim-on-the-power-of-women-photojournalists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29 It is difficult to quickly sum up the ongoing career of photojournalist Yunghi Kim. Yunghi simply has too much personal energy, global photojournalism…
-
Local photojournalism gets a boost from a California nonprofit – Columbia Journalism Review
Local photojournalism gets a boost from a California nonprofit CatchLight, a California-based nonprofit, was launched in 2015 to create opportunities and support for photojournalists; over the past several years, they’ve created project grants for photojournalists and partnered with local newsrooms to offer financ via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/local-photojournalism-gets-a-boost.php CatchLight Local announced that five philanthropic organizations…
-
Hong Kong Photojournalists Look Back on Photographing the 2019 Protests | Blind
Hong Kong Photojournalists Look Back on Photographing the 2019 Protests Throughout the protests of 2019, Cheng Wai Hok, Lam Yik and Alex Chan Tsz Yuk worked to photograph the event that rocked Hong Kong. Now, with the city’s National Security Law just over a year old and press freedom under attack, the three photojournalists Link:…
-
The images that tell the true story of the war in Afghanistan – Columbia Journalism Review
The images that tell the true story of the war in Afghanistan Images from Afghanistan have always revealed the truth behind the notion that the American war was on solid footing. We may have been told, since it first began shortly after September 11, 2001, that significant progress was just around the bend. But t…
-
What Gilles Peress Saw on 9/11 | The New Yorker
What Gilles Peress Saw on 9/11 The Magnum photographer looks back on capturing an “inconceivable event.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-gilles-peress-saw-on-911 A cop tried to stop me. He said, ‘You’re crazy, you’re going to die,’ and I said, ‘O.K.,’ and I bypassed him. I arrived as the second tower was falling. There were very few…
-
A Woman Journalist at Ground Zero | Blind
A Woman Journalist at Ground Zero On September 11, 2001, photographer Gulnara Samoilova was in downtown Manhattan when the World Trade Center terrorist attacks happened. Her images were awarded with a World Press Photo in 2002 and published in a book, Women Journalists at Ground Zero. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3716-a-woman-journalist-at-ground-zero-en On September 11, 2001, photographer Gulnara Samoilova…
-
Nick Oza, Arizona Republic photojournalist, hurt in vehicle accident
Arizona Republic photographer Nick Oza seriously injured in vehicle accident Nick Oza has been at the center of some of The Arizona Republic’s most important work since he joined the newspaper in 2006. via The Arizona Republic: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-traffic/2021/09/08/nick-oza-arizona-republic-photojournalist-injured-in-vehicle-accident/5771655001/ Nick Oza, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, was seriously injured in a…
-
After 9/11, Do We Prefer Images to Reality?
After 9/11, Do We Prefer Images to Reality? In three timely new books, David Levi Strauss considers the profound effects that photography, terror, and divisive politics have had on the twenty-first-century imagination. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/after-9-11-do-we-prefer-images-to-reality-david-levi-strauss/ In three timely new books, David Levi Strauss considers the profound effects that photography, terror, and divisive politics have had…
-
The Visa Pour L’image Festival Catches its Breath | Blind
The Visa Pour L’image Festival Catches its Breath After a 2020 edition without any audience, the 33rd edition of the international photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, opens its doors to the public again and continues to show the cries of the world. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/the-visa-pour-limage-festival-catches-its-breath-en After a 2020 edition held without any audience, the 33rd edition…
-
Perpignan’s Festival of Photojournalism 2021 – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
Perpignan’s Festival of Photojournalism 2021 – in pictures The 33rd international festival of photojournalism, organised by Visa pour l’Image, has more than 25 exhibitions around the French city. Available to view from 28 August to 26 September via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/27/perpignans-festival-of-photojournalism-2021-in-pictures The 33rd international festival of photojournalism, organised by Visa pour l’Image, has more than…
-
The Art of the Personal Project: Eugene Richards – A Photo Editor
The Art of the Personal Project: Eugene Richards The Art of the Personal Project is a crucial element to let potential buyers see how you think creatively on your own. I am drawn to personal projects that have an interesting vision or that show … via A Photo Editor: https://aphotoeditor.com/2021/08/05/the-art-of-the-personal-project-eugene-richards/ The town of Earle, Ark.,…
-
The Visual Failings of the Heat Dome Coverage – Columbia Journalism Review
The Visual Failings of the Heat Dome Coverage The heat wave that swept the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada in late June was an extraordinary disaster. A mass of high-pressure air over the region trapped heat there, creating a “heat dome”—a term that recurred in news coverage. In Oregon, power via Columbia Journalism Review: https://www.cjr.org/criticism/heat-dome-pacific-northwest-photography-headlines.php…