Category: Photojournalism

  • Nick Oza, Arizona Republic photojournalist, hurt in vehicle accident

    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 vehicle crash in southwest Phoenix.
  • A Woman Journalist at Ground Zero | Blind

    https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3716-a-woman-journalist-at-ground-zero-en
    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.
  • 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.
  • The Visa Pour L’image Festival Catches its Breath | Blind

    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 of the international photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, opens its doors to the public again and continues to show a world in pain.
  • Perpignan’s Festival of Photojournalism 2021 – in pictures | Art and design | 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 25 exhibitions around the French city. Available to view from 28 August to 26 September
  • The Art of the Personal Project: Eugene Richards – A Photo Editor

    The Art of the Personal Project: Eugene Richards
    The town of Earle, Ark., is disappearing. Or at least, that’s what it looked like to photographer Eugene Richards
  • The Visual Failings of the Heat Dome Coverage – Columbia Journalism Review

    https://www.cjr.org/criticism/heat-dome-pacific-northwest-photography-headlines.php
    If many images unintentionally downplayed the severity of the crisis, some photographers—especially local staff photographers and freelancers—engaged the crisis with work that rose to the occasion. Some of the most effective and widely-distributed imagery was created by Portland freelancer Nathan Howard, whose photos were published by outlets such as the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. This shot, for instance, demonstrated how even first responders weren’t physically immune to the oppressive conditions:
  • Carol Guzy Joins American Reportage – americanreportage

    Carol Guzy Joins American Reportage
    American Reportage is thrilled to announce Carol Guzy as the collective’s newest member.
  • Emilio Morenatti: ‘I would give up the Pulitzer to have my leg back. I’d even burn my work’ | Culture | EL PAÍS in English

    https://english.elpais.com/culture/2021-07-28/emilio-morenatti-i-would-give-up-the-pulitzer-to-have-my-leg-back-id-even-burn-my-work.html
    Recognized for his poignant series of images of the pandemic, the award-winning photojournalist talks to EL PAÍS about disability and the role of photography in society
  • How to Start a Photo Magazine in a Pandemic – PhotoShelter Blog

    How to Start a Photo Magazine in a Pandemic
    In January, I chatted with renown photojournalist Kenneth Jarecke who had just announced the creation of The Curious Society, a large format photo magazine featuring the work of some of the world’s best photojournalists and documentary photographers. The goal wasn’t only to publish a visual tour de force on a quarterly basis, but to also pay photographers a traditional space rate that made producing such work economically viable.
  • The Difficulties One Woman Faced to Become a Photojournalist in Somalia | PetaPixel

    https://petapixel.com/2021/07/23/the-difficulties-one-woman-faced-to-become-a-photojournalist-in-somalia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29
    Breaking through the barriers of cultural and gender norms in Somalia, Fardosa Hussein shares what it took for her to be able to practice what she is passionate about — photography, videography, and journalism — in a place where such a career is viewed with hostility and is, at times, dangerous for women.
  • Blind – Revisiting “Minamata,” W. Eugene Smith’s Final Photo Series

    Revisiting “Minamata,” W. Eugene Smith’s Final Photo Series
    The new film Minamata starring Johnny Depp explores the final chapter of Smith’s career. Here, his widow Aileen Mioko Smith recounts their extraordinary work.
  • The Media Spectacle of Suffering Surrounding India’s COVID-19 Catastrophe

    The Media Spectacle of Suffering Surrounding India’s COVID-19 Catastrophe
    The most gruesome images of COVID-19’s wrath in the Western press have originated from the formerly colonized nation and stand in contrast with an imageless COVID-19 crisis in the United States.
  • “Photographers are the ones who see everything” – Columbia Journalism Review

    https://www.cjr.org/special_report/adnan-abidi-india-delhi-covid-19.php?a=home-hero&utm_source=cjr-org&utm_content=homehero
    Sometimes people say these photos are beautiful, but I just want to show people what’s happening. Right now you don’t want to show people how good you are, with composition or whatever. What matters is how well you can convey the message through your pictures that it’s not safe out here. If people see my pictures on social, maybe they will be more cautious. Photographers are the ones who see everything—hospital, graveyards, cremation grounds.
  • Scenes from Work as Photojournalists are Increasingly Caught Up in the Protest Field – Reading The Pictures

    Scenes from Work as Photographers Increasingly Caught Up in the Protests They Cover
    That’s how AFP photographer Luis Robayo captions two Instagram posts featuring recent images of himself on assignment covering protests in Columbia (1, 2). The protests started in opposition to a tax reform bill and then quickly escalated into expressions of outrage against police violence, government corruption, a poorly handled pandemic, and increasing poverty.
  • News Corp Australia Has Laid Off the Last of Its Photographers: Report | PetaPixel

    https://petapixel.com/2021/05/17/news-corp-australia-has-laid-off-the-last-of-its-photographers-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29
    News Corp Australia has reportedly laid off the last of its staff photographers and converted fully to using freelancers according to a new report. The last eight photographers were informed last week that their positions were being made redundant.
  • ‘I’ve Had Several Breakdowns’: Photographers on Covering India’s COVID Horror

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqny8/photographers-journalists-covid-coronavirus-india-photos
    There are many ethical debates linked to portraying tragedy but it’s these shocking photos coming out of India that are pushing the world to sit up and take notice. And they come at a grave personal cost for those taking these photos. via Petapixel
  • Blind – Magnum Photos Presents “Storytelling For Impact,” an Online Seminar

    Magnum Photos Presents “Storytelling For Impact,” an Online Seminar
    In a new four-part webinar, Magnum Photos brings together Colby Deal, Jim Goldberg, and Rafal Milach along with advocates, leaders, and grant-makers to help photographers in the fight for social change.
  • Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography | 1854 Photography

    Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography
    From cutting through the oversaturated image market to combating fake news, the renowned conflict photographer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker discusses how the role – and risks – of photojournalism continue to shift in the digital age
  • Hannah Yoon’s Subtle, Powerful Photos of the Atlanta Spa Shooting – PhotoShelter Blog

    Hannah Yoon’s Subtle, Powerful Photos of the Atlanta Spa Shooting
    As the 24/7 cable news coverage receded, the Washington Post assigned Philadelphia-based freelance photographer Hannah Yoon to cover the aftermath with a more nuanced take on the lives of Asians and Asian-Americans in the local community. Her photos stopped me in my tracks because they looked and felt so different from other images I had seen.