Category: Photojournalism
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Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Two Other NY Times Journalists Missing In Libya
Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya The Times said Wednesday that editors were last in contact with the missing journalists on Tuesday morning. via Media Decoder Blog: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/four-new-york-times-journalists-are-missing-in-libya/ The missing journalists are Anthony Shadid, the Beirut bureau chief and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting; Stephen Farrell, a reporter…
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It takes more than a camera phone
Wade Laube – Constant Updates Constant Updates via Wade Laube – Constant Updates: http://www.wadelaube.com/blog/it-takes-more-than-a-camera-phone/ A prominent Australian newspaper is experimenting with the idea of issuing reporters with camera-capable mobile phones with which they are supposed to produce photographs for their court and police stories without the involvement of an actual photographer.
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The Press Benghazi gang club
Link: It’s a slice of the lives of the war correspondants in Libya that we are publishing execptionally in spite of the weak definition of the photographs. It’s Patrick Baz, special correspondant photographer for the Agence France Presse (AFP/Getty Images) who gave us his log book in images.
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War Photographers Change Focus
Link: I have talked a lot over the years to war photographers about their work. But I had to wonder this week when it becomes too much. In several interviews, some of the best visual artists of this generation talked about how they realized it was time to step away. They’re still focused on conflict…
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Kamber response to Teru's attacks | Lightstalkers
Link: Though you were in New York, thousands of miles away from where the two were killed, you immediately publicly criticized these photographers—both with decades of experience—for their own deaths. Your Facebook post reads, “Four guys hit with the same round were too close together.” In fact, they may have been climbing into a truck…
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GeekFest, a brief history of
Link: GeekFest. The most frequently asked question is “what is it?!” Well, it’s the best little photo conference with the worst, geekiest name out there.
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bmi Voyager » Maximum Exposure
Link: “THE HUMAN MIND SHOULDN’T BE EXPOSED TO SUCH SHOCKING THINGS,” says Zed Nelson, the award-winning British photographer famous for his pictures taken in some of the most lawless areas of the world. Yet Nelson’s not talking about being arrested and locked in a hut in Sudan or even getting dengue fever with the French…
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Colorful Insights From a Press Photographer – A Half-Century Later – Assignment Chicago
Link: Gerry Souter was a photography student from the Art Institute who came to the work as a press photographer for the Chicago Tribune in 1964. He stayed two years. In that time, he had a view of photojournalism that we will never see again. Since that time, he has become a media consultant and…
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If everybody can be a photographer…
Here’s the big question: If everybody can be a photographer, what will be the function of a profes
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Hypocritical proofs
via Thomas Hawk Digital Connection |: https://thomashawk.com/2011/05/on-flickrs-change-in-data-retention-policy-and-twitters-new-photosharing-service.html I think this is great for a couple of reasons. First the leading player in the Twitter photo space twitpic is a total ripoff for photographers. When you use it you are giving them the right to sell your photos through some fine print in the TOS. Many…
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Into The Fire
Link: There is no photo worth your life! When in doubt, leave the scene. However if you do venture pass the blockade, here are some items that may help when covering fires.
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A poignant relationship to the world as a whole
Link: I found a very interesting thought about photojournalism in a short essay written by Daido Moriyama
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A Chance In Hell: Inside A Combat Hospital In Afghanistan
The Virginian-Pilot The Virginian-Pilot: Your source for Virginia breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, weather and traffic via The Virginian-Pilot: https://www.pilotonline.com Pilot reporter Corinne Reilly and photographer Ross Taylor spent two weeks this spring in Afghanistan with the staff of the NATO hospital in Kandahar. Their job is to save the most critical casualties in the…
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As They Captured History, Lenses Provided Shield For 9/11 Photographers
Link: For AP photographers working on Sept. 11, none knew the big picture of what was going on. All knew only what was happening right before their eyes, that it was part of something huge, and that it was their job to record it.
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Confirmed: Gannett has acquired US Presswire
Photo Business News & Forum and Gannett Blog have reported the Gannett/US Presswire deal, but i
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Split Legacy: How did Magnum Photos come to represent Tim Hetherington’s work?
Link: When Magnum Photos’ members met last June, they voted to become the sole distributor of Tim Hetherington’s work – a decision that has since sparked intense debate and sometimes bitter critiscism in the photojournalism community. Olivier Laurent asks Hetherington’s former colleagues and friends what happened in the months following his death.
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iPhone Hipstamatic- still bad for photojournalism?
Link: I just want some clarity on where the iPhone Hipstamatic debate stands, 10 months after the Winter controversy. So, I was wondering… – Are iPhone Hipstamatic images fully accepted now? – Do others find them as compelling as I do? – Is content still king? – Is it cheating or easier to make a…