Category: Photojournalism

By the end of the week, we learned Harvey was a “1000 year” flood, not just a “500 year” one. Educated by the outstanding ProPublica-Texas Tribune project, “Hell and Highwater,” that was published in March 2016, we sensed from the beginning that Harvey would be physically, socially and politically devastating. Our weekly social media roundup usually offers a wider sweep. This week though (starting from radar maps on Thursday, August 24th, to be specific), we were fixed on this one historic event.  We tracked Harvey on Twitter and Instagram, and we did an article for Columbia Journalism Review yesterday looking at key social and political photos. Here, culled from our social media feeds and starting from the beginning, we offer you the 12 most powerful photos of Harvey you were least likely to see.

Indispensable pointers from women photojournalists who’ve seen and done it all

The International Festival of Photojournalism, Visa Pour L’Image starts in Perpignan, France tomorrow and runs until the 17th September. All exhibitions are free and there is once again an amazing diversity in the works on show. 

Here is a curated selection of what’s on offer. Congratulations to Jean-François Leroy and his team for another amazing festival program. But most importantly, thank you to the extraordinary, dedicated photojournalists who bring us these stories often at great personal cost.

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 link between discovering and getting the story.

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. (Featured image: Emma Hack).

Reviewing the brief history of photojournalism in China and the challenges facing photographers there today

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 Spanish rescue ship Open Arms, belonging to the NGO of the same name, pitched and rolled on the open water, making us believe that that day there would be no rescues to be made — it seemed impossible that a single dinghy could have launched from the Libyan coast in those winds.

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 paper, which called itself “New York’s Picture Newspaper” for over 70 years, now has zero staff photographers.

A round-up of China’s best photojournalism