Category: Photojournalism
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Photojournalism Now: Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 1st September, 2017
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 1st September, 2017 Stop press: This week Photojournalism Now was ranked number ten on the Top 50 Photojournalism Blogs in the World by feedspot.com! Thanks t… Link: http://photojournalismnow.blogspot.com/2017/09/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-1st.html The International Festival of Photojournalism, Visa Pour L’Image starts in Perpignan, France tomorrow and runs until the 17th September. All exhibitions…
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How One Photojournalist Covered Hurricane Harvey: Alyssa Schukar in Houston – PhotoShelter Blog
How One Photojournalist Covered Hurricane Harvey: Alyssa Schukar in Houston – PhotoShelter Blog Chicago-based freelance photojournalist, Alyssa Schukar (@alyssaschukar), has been covering Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath for the New York Times. We spoke to her via phone to get some insight into covering a tragedy with so many logistical challenges. You knew Harvey was…
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In Her Own Words, Photographing the Vietnam War – The New York Times
In Her Own Words, Photographing the Vietnam War While covering the Vietnam War, Catherine Leroy wrote over 100 letters home, detailing her professional and personal experiences as the only female photojournalist in Vietnam at the time. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/in-her-own-words-photographing-the-vietnam-war/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body Catherine Leroy was 21 when she arrived in Vietnam in 1966 with only a hundred…
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In Our Time: a pivotal age in photojournalism history – The Eye of Photography
Link: “For a photojournalist, the 1930s were the worst of times and the best of times. War raged in Europe and the Far East. And America moved inexorably toward its rendezvous with destiny. Against this somber backdrop, documentary photography entered its golden age. There were new picture magazines, new 35mm cameras, new Kodak films, and…
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Photographers edit photographers: The late Stanley Greene called Yuri Kozyrev’s war photography ‘lyricism in darkness’ – The Washington Post
Perspective | Photographers edit photographers: The late Stanley Greene called Yuri Kozyrev’s war photography ‘lyricism in darkness’ An American war photographer selects the work of a Russian war photographer. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/12/28/photographers-edit-photographers-the-late-stanley-greene-called-yuri-kozyrevs-war-photography-lyricism-in-darkness/ In the final installment of our series featuring the Noor agency photographers editing one another, we show 10 images by the renowned Russian war…
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The art of the fix – Witness
The art of the fix The role of the fixer is complex and secretive, but finding that special person to help gain access to subjects and situations is the vital… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/the-art-of-the-fix-6187eca450d3 The role of the fixer is complex and secretive, but finding that special person to help gain access to subjects and situations…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 27 April 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 27 April 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up part one of the Head On Photo Festival preview featuring works by Emma Hack, Jamey Stillings, Nancy Borowick, Sheila Zhao and Stuart Spence. (Featu… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-27-april-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up part one…
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A look back at Tribune photojournalist Chris Detrick’s 13-year career – The Salt Lake Tribune
A look back at Tribune photojournalist Chris Detrick’s 13-year career After 13 years of photographing news in Utah and around the world, Chris Detrick is leaving The Salt Lake Tribune. He has won multiple awards from Pictures of the Year International and World Press Association, just to name a few. Here is a collection of…
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Coupled, two Rohingya pictures prove the vitality of photojournalism – Columbia Journalism Review
Coupled, two Rohingya pictures prove the vitality of photojournalism EVER SINCE THE ARRIVAL of video as a news medium, commentators have pronounced the still news photograph obsolete. Susan Sontag led the way in 1977. She considered photojournalism dead. “The vast photographic catalogue of misery and injustice throughout the world has given everyone a certain familiarity with atrocity,…
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What is the state of photojournalism in China? – Witness
What is the state of photojournalism in China? Reviewing the brief history of photojournalism in China and the challenges facing photographers there today via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/what-is-the-state-of-photojournalism-in-china-fb398d507cf Reviewing the brief history of photojournalism in China and the challenges facing photographers there today
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Susan Meiselas: Breaching Boundaries in Photography – The New York Times
Susan Meiselas: Breaching Boundaries in Photography (Published 2018) Ms. Meiselas, a Magnum photographer since 1976, is the subject of a new book, “Susan Meiselas: Mediations,” which examines her long career and diverse body of work. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/lens/susan-meiselas-mediations.html Susan Meiselas, who joined Magnum Photos in 1976, is also the president and co-founder of the Magnum Foundation.…
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Verifying conflict: Anastasia Taylor-Lind and the eyeWitness to Atrocity app
Verifying conflict: Anastasia Taylor-Lind and the eyeWitness to Atrocity app In an age where the image is increasingly under question, how can you verify that a photograph has not been tampered with? Examples like… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/verifying-conflict-anastasia-taylor-lind-and-the-eyewitness-to-atrocity-app-84aa4add6a37 In an age where the image is increasingly under question, how can you verify that a photograph has…
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SAR Zone – Witness
SAR Zone On July 25th, we awoke to rough seas in the central Mediterranean, some 15 miles north of the Libyan city of Sabratha, in international… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/sar-zone-80715eae9c67 On July 25th, we awoke to rough seas in the central Mediterranean, some 15 miles north of the Libyan city of Sabratha, in international waters. The…
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NY Times Selects Meaghan Looram as Its New Director of Photography
NY Times Selects Meaghan Looram as Its New Director of Photography Earlier this year, the New York Times began searching for a new Director of Photography to replace Michele McNally, who announced her retirement in via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/23/ny-times-selects-meaghan-looram-as-its-new-director-of-photography/ Earlier this year, the New York Times began searching for a new Director of Photography to replace…
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CJR’s Sexual Harassment Report: It’s as Much about Photo-j Culture as the Predators | PDNPulse
Link: The report on sexual harassment in photojournalism published last week in the Columbia Journalism Review shows that not much has changed in the year since PDN reported several women photographers’ accounts of sexual harassment in newsrooms and at industry events. It’s also been eight months since Bill Frakes lost his appeal in a sexual…
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NY Daily News Cuts All Photographers
NY Daily News Cuts All Photographers The New York Daily News slashed its editorial staff in half this week, and among the casualties of the layoffs was the entire team of photographers. The via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/26/ny-daily-news-cuts-all-photographers/ The New York Daily News slashed its editorial staff in half this week, and among the casualties of the…
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Depth of Field: Staying on point in rural China – Witness
Depth of Field: Staying on point in rural China A round-up of China’s best photojournalism via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/depth-of-field-staying-on-point-in-rural-china-7fe843449386 A round-up of China’s best photojournalism
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Nat Geo: We Went ‘Too Far’ in Linking Starving Polar Bear to Climate Change
Nat Geo: We Went ‘Too Far’ in Linking Starving Polar Bear to Climate Change In December 2017, viral images of a starving polar bear in Canada captured the world’s attention. Now National Geographic is saying it went “too far” in via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/28/nat-geo-we-went-too-far-in-linking-starving-polar-bear-to-climate-change/ “[B]ut there was a problem: We had lost control of the narrative,”…
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Google’s Latest Doodle Honors War Photographer Gerda Taro
Google’s Latest Doodle Honors War Photographer Gerda Taro Google’s latest homepage Doodle is a tribute to the late war photographer Gerda Taro, who would have turned 108 today. Taro was the woman who invented via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/08/01/the-latest-google-doogle-honors-war-photographer-gerda-taro/ “Though she was tiny in stature, Gerda Taro had the heart of a giant,” Google writes. “Known as…