Category: Photojournalism
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Yana Paskova Reveals the Truth on Those Michael Cohen Photos – PhotoShelter Blog
Yana Paskova Reveals the Story Behind Those Michael Cohen Photos – PhotoShelter Blog Yana Paskova’s images of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen went viral. But getting the shot wasn’t as straightforward as you might think. An inside scoop plus the support of her photo editor allowed Paskova to capture Cohen in an unscripted moment outside the…
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How John Moore’s Brilliant US-Mexico Border Photos Also Migrate – Reading The Pictures
How John Moore’s Brilliant US-Mexico Border Photos Also Migrate – Reading The Pictures John Moore’s focus is not so much the US-Mexico border itself but the way the line infiltrates the lives of people in every direction. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2018/04/border-photos-john-moore/ Sure, a photograph here or there uses some other framing device, but for…
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How do you make people care? Here’s how this award-winning photographer does it. | Poynter
How do you make people care? Heres how this award-winning photographer does it. – 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/how-do-you-make-people-care-heres-how-award-winning-photographer-does-it Andrea Bruce was driving when something caught her eye. “I actually saw…
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Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism | PDN Online
Susan Meiselas: On Motivation, Her Legacy and the Future of Photojournalism | PDN Online As a new, traveling retrospective honors Susan Meiselas’s work, she speaks to PDN about the evolution of her approach to her subjects, mixing personal and assignment work, and providing opportunities to the next generation. via PDN Online: https://www.pdnonline.com/features/photographer-interviews/susan-meiselas-motivation-legacy-future-photojournalism/ The work of…
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A funeral, a photographer, an image for the ages | Poynter
A funeral, a photographer, an image for the ages – 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/funeral-photographer-image-ages A fidgeting Bernice King caught the eye of photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. This is a cropped…
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The Stories That Keep Them Going: 5 Photojournalists Share Their Most Powerful Moments – PhotoShelter Blog
The Stories That Keep Them Going: 5 Photojournalists Share Their Most Powerful Moments – PhotoShelter Blog We usually think of first responders as medical and emergency personnel, but we forget that photojournalists are often some of the first witnesses to a crisis. From grieving with a widow to being one of the first faces a…
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Why Did Garry Winogrand Photograph That? – The New York Times
Why Did Garry Winogrand Photograph That? In “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand,” Geoff Dyer picked 100 of the street photographer’s images and wrote essays about each one. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/lens/garry-winogrand-geoff-dyer.html Thirty-four years after his death, Garry Winogrand’s photographs continue to charm, befuddle and amaze viewers. A new book, “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand,” takes…
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How Tech Disrupted Photography and Made Things ‘Awful’ for News Photogs
How Tech Disrupted Photography and Made Things ‘Awful’ for News Photogs The photojournalism industry has undergone seismic shifts over the past couple of decades with photography’s move to digital and the rise of the via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/04/06/how-tech-disrupted-photography-and-made-things-awful-for-news-photogs/ The photojournalism industry has undergone seismic shifts over the past couple of decades with photography’s move to digital…
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Shocking Photos of the Floods in West Bengal – Feature Shoot
Shocking Photos of the Floods in West Bengal – Feature Shoot The photographer Ranita Roy remembers the floods of West Bengal from her early childhood. “When I was a kid, I had a lot of fun with the flowing water,” she… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/04/shocking-photos-of-the-floods-in-west-bengal/ The photographer Ranita Roy remembers the floods of West Bengal…
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Life Beyond Photography – PhotoShelter Blog
Life Beyond Photography – PhotoShelter Blog A deep passion for photography is only part of what it takes to succeed as a full-time photographer. Fewer staff positions combined with static or declining rates has led many photographers and photo editors to exit the profession in the past few years. B via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/04/life-beyond-photography/ A…
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On the front lines: Baltimore photographers recall documenting 1968 riots – Baltimore Sun
On the front lines: Baltimore photographers recall documenting 1968 riots Baltimore’s photographers were on the front lines during the four days and three nights of rioting in which six people were killed and 700 injured. Here are their stories. via baltimoresun.com: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-fe-mlk-riots-photographers-20180322-story.html Irving Henry Webster Phillips Jr. was a photographer for the Baltimore Afro-American on…
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Spotlight on Kirsten Leah Bitzer | The Image, Deconstructed
[contentcards url=”http://imagedeconstructed.com/post/spotlight-on-kirsten-leah-bitzer”] Spotlight on Kirsten Leah Bitzer | The Image, Deconstructed I initially approached a close friend’s cousin who was beginning her second round of IVF after the first failed. I pitched her the idea of following her and her husband as they underwent IVF for a second time. She thought about it for a…
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Chatting the Pictures: Emma Gonzales, Stephon Clark Protest, Sessions TIME Cover – Reading The Pictures
Chatting the Pictures: Emma Gonzales, Stephon Clark Protest, Sessions TIME Cover – Reading The Pictures Welcome to our latest edition of Chatting the Pictures. This week, we focus on one photo from Sacramento and two from Washington. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2018/04/emma-gonzales-chatting-the-pix-6/ Welcome to our latest edition of Chatting the Pictures. Streamed weekly over the…
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Dr. King’s Complex Relationship With the Camera – The New York Times
Dr. King’s Complex Relationship With the Camera The most compelling photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were neither idealized nor simplistic, but endeavored to portray his complexity and humanity. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/lens/dr-kings-complex-relationship-with-the-camera.html The most compelling photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were neither idealized nor simplistic, but endeavored to portray his complexity and humanity.
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Four to Follow #8 – Witness
Four to Follow #8 Sharing stories from across the African continent by the talented members of the African Photojournalism Database (APJD). via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/four-to-follow-8-452a201e242d From Morocco to South Africa and Uganda to Sudan, a personal and patient approach to complex stories links the work of this month’s featured APJD members. Yassine Yoriyas Alaoui Ismaili presents…
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Canon U.S.A. Lends Its Support to Women Photograph, an Initiative Created to Promote the Representation of Female Photojournalists
Canon U.S.A. Lends Its Support to Women Photograph, an Initiative Created to Promote the Representation of Female Photojournalists MELVILLE, N.Y., March 8, 2018 – In conjunction with International Women’s Day (IWD), the global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and politica via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/canon-u-s-a-lends-its-support-to-women-photograph-an-initiative-created-to-promote-the-representation-of-female-photojournalists/ In conjunction with International Women’s Day (IWD), the global day celebrating…
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Inclusion Rider This: Magazine Cover Photographers by Gender – PhotoShelter Blog
Inclusion Rider This: Magazine Cover Photographers by Gender – PhotoShelter Blog Women Photograph, the initiative to “elevate the voice of female photojournalists,” has been tracking the lead photo bylines for 8 top newspapers around the world. Here are the results for 2017: For all of 2017, @womenphotograph has been monitoring the le via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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Depicting Poverty: Matt Black Pushes Documentary Photography to its Fullest Range – Reading The Pictures
Depicting Poverty: Matt Black Pushes Documentary Photography to its Fullest Range – Reading The Pictures Creating images that double as fine art, Matt Black is mapping how poverty is a major problem today, now, this minute and every minute. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2018/02/poverty-documentary-photography/ We know what poverty looks like: unpainted boards, empty windows and…
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Susan Meiselas on how she shot Molotov men, war widows and carnival strippers | Art and design | The Guardian
Susan Meiselas on how she shot Molotov men, war widows and carnival strippers The great photographer has spent five decades capturing ordinary people caught in the turbulence of history. As a retrospective opens, she reveals the ways being a woman helped via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/07/susan-meiselas-mediations-jeu-de-paume-molotov-men-war-widows-and-carnival-strippers The great photographer has spent five decades capturing ordinary people…
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From Agony To Triumph: The Story Of Pakistan’s First Female Photojournalist – The Media Line
From Agony To Triumph: The Story Of Pakistan’s First Female Photojournalist – The Media Line Saadia Sehar Haidri’s story is one triumph over agony, a journey borne out of the emotional depths of losing her husband in a terrorist attack that reached the professional high point of becoming Pakistan’s first-ever female photojournalist. via The Media…