NPPA’s Words On Pictures: Kim Komenich In this episode of Words On Pictures, the National Press Photographers Association’s new audio podcast, photojournalist Kim Komenich shares his thoughts on his early photographic influences that helped shape his vision as a young shooter growing up in Man via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nppas-words-pictures-kim-komenich In this episode of Words On Pictures,…
Link: Revolution Revisited Revolution Revisited is a project by 1987 Pulitzer Prize winner photographer Kim Komenich, now a professor at San Jose State University. In 2011, Komenich began relocating the subjects from his spot news winning essay from the People’s Power Revolution which overthrew Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and put Corazon Aquino in power. The…
As popular revolts rapidly depose or threaten one autocrat after the next, there could scarcely be a better time for “Revolution Revisited,” an exhibition of the work of Kim Komenich. But the timing of his show is not directly related to the convulsions in the Arab world. Instead, it is intended to mark the 25th…
Komenich locked the would-be robber up from behind with a bear hug–a “well-intentioned bear hug,” he says–and held on until police to arrive. Link: PDNPulse: Kim Komenich: Pulitzer Winner, Superhero. What Next?
Kim Komenich: Which brings us to the reason for this piece. Recent reports of overzealous edge-burning and the removal of extraneous limbs in backgrounds caused the editors of Sports Shooter to put out a call for opinions. Here’s mine: I think that directing the reader’s eye “in the moment”, like Cartier-Bresson, is always preferable to…
