Category: Photojournalism

  • Powerful Photography Hold Up: Getty Experts on Influential Images | Observer

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    Powerful Photography Stronger Than Ever: Experts On Influential Images Experts discuss the important role of photography and powerful images in today’s digital era. via Observer: http://observer.com/2017/09/powerful-photography-experts-photojournalism/ In today’s age of smartphones and Instagram, anyone can be a photographer and share images instantly. This might create the illusion that the role of the professional photographer—or professional…

  • Diversity in Photojournalism: ‘Talk Is Cheap’ – The New York Times

    Diversity in Photojournalism: ‘Talk Is Cheap’ – The New York Times

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    Diversity in Photojournalism: ‘Talk Is Cheap’ Facing the dual challenges of changing demographics and technological innovations, new groups are taking steps to broaden opportunities for photographers of color. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/diversity-in-photojournalism-talk-is-cheap/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body Over the years, Brent Lewis has stood out in media scrums on assignment or in the audience at conferences and workshops: He’s usually…

  • Stephen Crowley: a Visual Historian in Real Time – The New York Times

    Stephen Crowley: a Visual Historian in Real Time – The New York Times

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    Stephen Crowley: a Visual Historian in Real Time Stephen Crowley, who has retired after 25 years of photographing Washington and politics, on working for The Times, the changes he’s seen in the country, and on what’s next. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/stephen-crowley-a-visual-historian-in-real-time/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body After 25 years as a photographer for The New York Times based in Washington,…

  • Preston Gannaway on bringing intimacy to photography – The Pulitzer Prizes

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    {{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}} {{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} Link: http://www.pulitzer.org/article/preston-gannaway-bringing-intimacy-photography Gannaway ‘resolved to invest in a close relationship with my subject.’ That approach led to a Pulitzer Prize for her images of a mother struggling with a terminal cancer diagnosis, and an ongoing relationship with the family.

  • A photo finish: Longtime N&A photojournalist Jill Nance says goodbye | Lifestyle | newsadvance.com

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    [contentcards url=”http://www.newsadvance.com/lifestyles/a-photo-finish-longtime-n-a-photojournalist-jill-nance-says/article_7fd33ac0-73a5-11e7-b171-eb22fd771509.html”] A photo finish: Longtime N&A photojournalist Jill Nance says goodbye | Lifestyle | newsadvance.com I know, however, that these 12 years and the time I spent at other papers have shaped who I am for the rest of my life, and that will live on long after I step away from the paper.…

  • Julien Chatelin’s break from the decisive moment – British Journal of Photography

    Julien Chatelin’s break from the decisive moment – British Journal of Photography

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    Julien Chatelin’s break from the decisive moment In 2011, Chatelin, a successful photojournalist and author of the photobook Israel Borderline (2008), was sent to Libya to cover the uprising at the beginning of the war. After a few months he became frustrated with the work he was producing and decided t via British Journal of…

  • Photographer Tasneem Alsultan: Raising the Questions Americans Should Be Asking Themselves | PDNPulse

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    Photographer Tasneem Alsultan: Raising the Questions Americans Should Be Asking Themselves | PDNPulse A challenge to quit seeing Arab women as victims, American women as paragons of liberation, and other stereotypes that fail to question or enlighten. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/07/photographer-tasneem-alsultan-raising-questions-americans-asking.html Alsultan also talked to us about how her dual perspective shapes the work she’s done…

  • 2017 U.S. Photojournalism Salary Survey Results – Greg Kendall-Ball – Medium

    2017 U.S. Photojournalism Salary Survey Results – Greg Kendall-Ball – Medium

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    2017 U.S. Photojournalism Salary Survey Results It all started with a pair of blog posts. via Medium: https://medium.com/@gregkb/2017-u-s-photojournalism-salary-survey-results-4f8584ac85f8 Earlier this year the New York Times’ Lens Blog shared some thoughts from Donald Winslow, a long-time photojournalist and former editor of the National Press Photographers Association’s “News Photographer” magazine, about the “uncertain future of photojournalism.” A…

  • Finding Faith After Hurricane Katrina | PhotoShelter Blog

    Finding Faith After Hurricane Katrina | PhotoShelter Blog

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    Finding Faith After Hurricane Katrina | PhotoShelter Blog Photographer Charlie Varley shares his experience capturing Hurricane Katrina and his journey after to find one little girl. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/07/finding-faith/ We asked photojournalist Charlie Varley to share the story behind this image of a girl during Hurricane Katrina. Here’s what he said. 

  • You think Chris Christie’s beach photos were great? Just wait until drone journalism really takes off – Poynter

    You think Chris Christie’s beach photos were great? Just wait until drone journalism really takes off – Poynter

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    You think Chris Christie’s beach photos were great? Just wait until drone journalism really takes off – 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: http://www.poynter.org/2017/you-think-chris-christies-beach-photos-were-great-just-wait-until-drone-journalism-really-takes-off/465753/ Mills’ photos give us the opportunity to think about…

  • No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017

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    [contentcards url=”https://petapixel.com/2017/07/05/no-one-buy-photos-free-mosul-2017/”] No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017 My name is Kainoa Little, and I am a Shoreline, Washington-based conflict photographer. I was in Mosul in April and May 2017, documenting Iraqi forces as they fought Islamic State militants to liberate the city.

  • Photographers edit photographers: A closer look at Benedicte Kurzen’s years covering South Africa – The Washington Post

    Photographers edit photographers: A closer look at Benedicte Kurzen’s years covering South Africa – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Photographers edit photographers: A closer look at Benedicte Kurzen’s years covering South Africa NOOR photographer Alixandra Fazzina edits the work of her colleague Benedicte Kurzen, who was based in the country for six years. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/07/05/photographers-edit-photographers-a-closer-look-at-benedicte-kurzens-years-covering-south-africa/ NOOR photographer Alixandra Fazzina edits the work of her colleague, French photographer Benedicte Kurzen. Kurzen…

  • Why We Do It: Photographers on the Passion That Drives Them | Time.com

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    Photographers and Photo Editors on the Passion That Drives Them Why we do it? 13 photographers and photo editors talk about their motivation via Time: http://time.com/4839246/photographers-passion/ For this post, my last as editor of TIME LightBox, I asked 13 of my colleagues – some of the many photographers and photo editors who have influenced and…

  • Festivals: Visa Pour l’Image returns for the 29th time – British Journal of Photography

    Festivals: Visa Pour l’Image returns for the 29th time – British Journal of Photography

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    Festivals: Visa Pour l’Image returns for the 29th time The Visa Pour l’Image festival returns for the 29th time – to ‘turbulent time’, in which ‘photojournalists are obviously needed, and play an essential role which is now more important than ever’ as the co-founder and director general Jean-François Leroy p via British Journal of Photography:…

  • Inside one photographer’s powerful catalogue of the human condition – The Washington Post

    Inside one photographer’s powerful catalogue of the human condition – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Inside one photographer’s powerful catalogue of the human condition NOOR photographer Francesco Zizola selects images from his colleague, Pep Bonet’s archive. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/06/23/inside-one-photographers-powerful-catalogue-of-the-human-condition/ This installment of In Sight’s series, “PHOTOGRAPHERS edit PHOTOGRAPHERS,” pairs Francesco Zizola and Pep Bonet from the international photo agency NOOR. Italian photographer Zizola has selected images from…

  • The Persistent Conscience of Magnum Photojournalists | The New Yorker

    The Persistent Conscience of Magnum Photojournalists | The New Yorker

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    The Persistent Conscience of Magnum Photojournalists Since its origin, in 1947, the esteemed photo agency has contributed to the formation of a shared visual consciousness. via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-persistent-conscience-of-magnum-photojournalists Since its formation, in 1947, the Magnum photo agency, or, more accurately, the work of its photographers, has contributed to the formation of a shared…

  • On the closure of Roger Viollet Agency – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/19/article/159956701/sur-la-fermeture-de-lagence-roger-viollet/”] On the closure of Roger Viollet Agency – The Eye of Photography The City of Paris wants to shut down the legendary Roger Viollet Agency it inherited in 1985, following the murder of the owner by her husband and the suicide of the latter in prison

  • Rules for Photojournalism in the age of social media – Thoughts of a Bohemian

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    Rules for Photojournalism in the age of social media – Thoughts of a Bohemian The world of photojournalism has changed but photojournalists do not seem to have noticed. via Thoughts of a Bohemian: http://blog.melchersystem.com/photojournalism-in-the-age-of-social-media/ The world of photojournalism has changed but photojournalists do not seem to have noticed. Either schooled by tired teachers repeating the same…

  • Magnum Protest Photography: Capturing the Emotion of Protest | Time.com

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    Capturing the Emotion of a Protest “Sometimes change doesn’t occur immediately or directly but I am in absolutely no doubt that photography has in the past and will in the future serve to initiate change.” via Time: http://time.com/4820743/capturing-protest-emotion/ Photography’s role in this democratic exercise has changed over the years, particularly as technology has developed and…

  • Portraits from a Genocide – PhotoShelter Blog

    Portraits from a Genocide – PhotoShelter Blog

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    Portraits from a Genocide – PhotoShelter Blog Photographs act as records, and records are what the Nazis and Khmer Rouge sought to create during their brutal genocides of the 20th century. Portraits of thousands of men, women and children taken shortly before their deaths is a savage reminder of the via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/06/portraits-from-a-genocide/ Photographs…