Category: Photojournalism
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This is a Photographer Covering the Wildfires in California
This is a Photographer Covering the Wildfires in California As dry and windy conditions cause raging wildfires in California, there are brave men and women putting themselves in harm’s way to document what’s via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/11/13/this-is-a-photographer-covering-the-wildfires-in-california/ As dry and windy conditions cause raging wildfires in California, there are brave men and women putting themselves in…
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Visual Tropes of Migration Tell Predictable but Misleading Stories
Visual Tropes of Migration Tell Predictable but Misleading Stories The photos we use to tell the stories of human migration play a major role in shaping our perceptions and our politics. We need to do better. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/11/visual-tropes-of-migration-tell-predictable-but-misleading-stories.html When mainstream news agencies report on Central American migration, they frequently use a series of visual…
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How Photographs Challenge Myths About Poverty in the U.S. | Time
A Photographer Challenges Myths About Class and Poverty in America ‘Upstate Girls’ documents 14 years in the lives of several interconnected families via Time: http://time.com/longform/upstate-girls/ Brenda Kenneally isn’t quite sure how to describe what she does as a photographer — an “outsider journalist,” a “digital folk artist,” an “undercover human being.”
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 2 November 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 2 November 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the 9th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award “Arctic: New Frontier” by Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen (NOOR) and Open Societ… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/11/02/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-2-november-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the 9th…
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The Village Voice’s Photographers Captured Change, Turmoil Unfolding on New York City’s Streets
The Village Voice’s Photographers Captured Change, Turmoil Unfolding on New York City’s Streets The Voice played an important role in promoting and publishing social documentary photography. We interviewed editors and photographers on its role. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/10/the-village-voices-photographers-captured-change-turmoil-unfolding-on-new-york-citys-streets.html Just as the photographs of Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis communicated the horrors of child labor and tenement…
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Taking the leap: Why I’m leaving TV news after 24 years | Poynter
Taking the leap: Why I’m leaving TV news after 24 years – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/taking-leap-why-im-leaving-tv-news-after-24-years I’ve been contemplating this decision for a long time now, ever since my shoulder…
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When your kid is in the school: Shooting made me rethink decades of photojournalism | Poynter
When your kid is in the school: Shooting made me rethink decades of photojournalism – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/news/when-your-kid-school-shooting-made-me-rethink-decades-photojournalism By the time the Aurora theater and Arapaho High School shootings…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 12 October 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 12 October 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the third edition of Photo Kathmandu, Everyday Climate Change and an exhibition on Cuba by Melbourne artist Helga Leunig. Breaking News: Au… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-12-october-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the third…
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The Other Side of the Camera – Witness
The Other Side of the Camera How my daughter’s injury in Gaza led me to flee my country and learn what being a storyteller is really about via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/the-other-side-of-the-camera-948a41698b82 How my daughter’s injury in Gaza led me to flee my country and learn what being a storyteller is really about
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Why David Butow’s Image of Jeff Flake Stands Out – PhotoShelter Blog
Why David Butow’s Image of Jeff Flake Stands Out – PhotoShelter Blog At the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a group of photographers captured an incredible scene of Jeff Flake, but David Butow’s stands out. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/10/why-david-butows-image-of-jeff-flake-stands-out/ Both position and timing matter in capturing a compelling and visually descriptive photo. Last week’s…
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Kavanaugh hearing highlights the power of photo editors – Columbia Journalism Review
Kavanaugh hearing highlights the power of photo editors The front page of Friday’s New York Times is dominated by two impressive photos: Brett Kavanaugh, the nominee to the Supreme Court, on the right, and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, on the left. T via Columbia Journalism Review:…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 28 September 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 28 September 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – Anthropocene, an expansive and immersive multimedia exhibition opens in Canada featuring the work of Edward Burtynsky (above), plus Getty R… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-28-september-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – Anthropocene, an expansive and…
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Get to know the 2018 Joop Swart Masterclass – Witness
Get to know the 2018 Joop Swart Masterclass What first drew them to photography, their greatest struggles as up-and-coming photographers, the advice they’d give to the next… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/get-to-know-the-2018-joop-swart-masterclass-6c606f9a7c06 What first drew them to photography, their greatest struggles as up-and-coming photographers, the advice they’d give to the next generation, and more
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 21 September 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 21 September 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up Chinese-born, Perth-based photo artist Tami Xiang’s new work Peasantography: Family Portrait and American photojournalist Chuck Fishman’… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/09/21/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-21-september-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up Chinese-born, Perth-based photo artist Tami Xiang’s new work Peasantography: Family…
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Voices of African Photography: Dancing with Casablanca’s light – The Washington Post
Perspective | Voices of African Photography: Dancing with Casablanca’s light Voices of African Photography is a 10-part series presented in partnership with Everyday Africa and the African Photojournalism Database to highlight the work of 10 African photographers via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/09/17/voices-of-african-photography-dancing-with-casablancas-light/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.311152993b26 Voices of African Photography is a 10-part series presented in partnership with the African Photojournalism…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 14 September 2018 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 14 September 2018 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up the spotlight is on New York. If you’re looking for a nostalgic view of Greenwich Village check out Village Voice staff photographer Fred W. … via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-14-september-2018/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up the spotlight…
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What Is Missing From Photography | PDNPulse
What Is Missing From Photography | PDNPulse By A.B Watson It has been bugging me for a while now, there is just something that is missing from photography. From my personal work to the majority of photographers out there. I’m talking about the photos on your feeds, be it personal to commercial. It via PDNPulse:…
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How We Came to Know His Fall – Witness
How We Came to Know His Fall In the midst of chaos, a sense of order often emerges. It finds itself in the company of calamity: as an escape plan, an oxygen mask, a… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/how-we-came-to-know-his-fall-20677d2837b6 That is, until an image came in from Richard Drew, a photographer for the Associated Press. A man…
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Celebrating 30 years of photojournalism at Visa pour l’Image – The Washington Post
Celebrating 30 years of photojournalism at Visa pour l’Image An exhibition of 30 years of photojournalism shows why photography is still powerful via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/09/04/celebrating-30-years-of-photojournalism-at-visa-pour-limage/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a6e15c338f9f Beyond the exhibitions and screenings, where hundreds of thousands of visitors can discover or rediscover some of the best of photojournalism produced around the world, Visa pour l’Image, the…
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The photographer turning oral histories into stunning images
The photographer turning Congo’s oral histories into stunning images In Congo Tales: Told by the People of Mbomo, Pieter Henket has created a visual library of personal histories, telling the story of one small town. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/pieter-henket-congo-tales-photography/ In Congo Tales: Told by the People of Mbomo, Pieter Henket has created a visual library…