Category: Photojournalism
-
Nurturing a New Wave of Documentary Photography in Detroit – Vantage – Medium
Nurturing a New Wave of Documentary Photography in Detroit Established by old pros, a new fellowship is helping a new generation tell the stories of Motor City via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/nurturing-a-new-wave-of-documentary-photography-in-detroit-6df95db01154#.q7kq9acky Blink’s Kyla Woods spoke with the founders of Documenting Detroit, Karah Shaffer and Alan Chin, about the importance of documenting Detroit’s rebirth and of cultivating…
-
On David Butow’s “Trump Country, Michigan” – Reading The Pictures
On David Butow’s “Trump Country, Michigan” – Reading The Pictures In the territory between fact and myth, what the photo brings up is “the silent majority.” via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/10/trump-country-michigan/ As you probably know, Instagram is pretty freeform when it comes to commenting on one’s photo, even if the creator is a photojournalist and…
-
Pulitzer Center Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Photojournalism | PDNPulse
Pulitzer Center Celebrates 10 Years of Funding Photojournalism | PDNPulse The nonprofit journalism organization funding under-reported stories around the world is celebrating its 10th anniversary. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/10/pulitzer-center-celebrates-10-years-funding-photojournalism.html To date, the Pulitzer Center has given out more than $1.5 million in grants. We’ve written about many Pulitzer Center-funded projects in the pages of PDN over…
-
Ruddy Roye on the Power of Pictures | American Photo
Ruddy Roye on the Power of Pictures Ruddy Roye is a photographer who believes in busting stereotypes wide open. The self-described Instagram activist rose to prominence a few years ago while documenting the effects of Hurricane Sandy with his iPhone. Since then he has done work has for The New York Times, Time, National Geographic—often…
-
Watch This: Richard Drew Speaks About Shooting the Falling Man | American Photo
Richard Drew Speaks About Shooting the Falling Man In a new video from Time’s Red Border Films, photographer Richard Drew reflects on what it was like to capture his iconic and controversial image known as Falling Man on the morning of 9/11.
-
We Have to Save Perpignan and Soldier Leroy – The Eye of Photography
We Have to Save Perpignan and Soldier Leroy Astonishingly, some big players in this drastic change who deal with photography every day were present at Visa: Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Instagram. None of them are showing up as sponsors of Visa while they cannibalize and suck the life blood out of modern photography
-
Photo Editors’ Notebook: What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary? – The New York Times
Photo Editors’ Notebook: What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary? “It’s a difficult question for even the most seasoned photo editor to answer.” Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/insider/photo-editors-notebook-what-makes-the-image-of-omran-daqneesh-extraordinary.html?smid=tw-nytimesphoto&smtyp=cur&_r=1 Craig Allen, a Times photo editor, attempts to explain why, among the countless heartbreaking images of children and others in war-torn areas every day, this particular one stood out…
-
For 2 photographers who covered Katrina, Baton Rouge floods bring back lessons – Poynter
For 2 photographers who covered Katrina, Baton Rouge floods bring back lessons – 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/2016/for-2-photographers-who-covered-katrina-baton-rouge-floods-bring-back-lessons/426951/ “It’s always the smell that gets me, more than the sites. It’s a…
-
Should We Care Who Took This Photo? | PhotoShelter Blog
Should We Care Who Took This Photo? – PhotoShelter Blog Mahmoud Raslan’s photograph of “the boy in the ambulance” from Aleppo has struck a chord with viewers in a way that we haven’t seen since Nilüfer Demir’s image of 3-year old refugee Alan Kurdi in 2015. The photo and accompanying video of 5-year old Omran…
-
From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another – LA Times
From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another Nick Ut stood on a road in a village just outside of Saigon when he spotted the girl — naked, scorched by napalm and screaming as she ran. via Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nick-ut-adv-snap-story.html Almost a half century later,…
-
What It’s Like to Shoot the RNC and DNC… from Outside the Barricades
What It’s Like to Shoot the RNC and DNC… from Outside the Barricades Many people would agree that this year’s presidential contest is one of the most polarized and combative in living memory. For that reason, it felt via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/19/like-shoot-rnc-dnc-outside-barricades/ I am also fortunate to know a handful of other photojournalists who often cover…
-
The Future of World Press Photo Foundation — Vantage — Medium
The Future of World Press Photo Foundation By Kyla Woods. Edited by Sahiba Chawdhary. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/the-future-of-world-press-photo-foundation-f6a8e2f5c610#.4xe8u8p7v World Press Photo, one of the oldest photo organizations in existence, is now looking to new horizons. So, what’s in store? Now that the photo ethics conversation is over, Blink’s Kyla Woods speaks with the Managing Director of…
-
1,000 words — and then some: The stories behind the shots | AP Images Blog
1,000 words — and then some: The stories behind the shots Curating the most unique perspectives from some of the world’s leading photographers, “1,000 words and then some” is AP’s monthly photo series that takes a look beyond the lens and camera data at the stories behind some of our favorite shots.
-
What It’s Like to Shoot the Republican and Democratic Conventions
What It’s Like to Shoot the Republican and Democratic Conventions Now that a little time has passed I thought I would put together a post on my experiences covering “the crazy” at the recent Republican and Democratic via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/16/like-shoot-republican-democratic-conventions/ The challenge for me visually is to peel back the curtains and show my perspective…
-
The Olympics Prove the Value of a Photo Editor | PhotoShelter Blog
The Olympics Prove the Value of a Photo Editor – PhotoShelter Blog Even for the most seasoned photographers, understanding the value of a photo editor can be fleeting. Photojournalists regularly work with photo editors, but the average photographer relies on their own eyes to edit even in situations where an editor could via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2016/08/the-olympics-prove-the-value-of-a-photo-editor/ The…
-
One Startup’s Quest to Save Refugees With Virtual Reality | WIRED
One Startup’s Quest to Save Refugees With Virtual Reality Virtual reality can transport people into disaster zones. One startup wants to use it to help save refugees. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2016/07/ryot-darg-mooser-disaster-vr/ How One Vr Startup Is Capturing The 360-Degree Reality Of The World’s Most Vulnerable People
-
The Superhero Photographs of the Black Lives Matter Movement – The New York Times
The Superhero Photographs of the Black Lives Matter Movement Against the grim footage of unjust deaths, iconic images of protesters project power and will. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/magazine/the-superhero-photographs-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 As soon as the photograph of Ieshia Evans began to circulate online, people said she looked like a superhero. There she stands, slim and straight, on a street in…
-
We’re Just Sayin: Forty Five Years On…
Forty Five Years On… I sometimes wonder if our parents thought about time, and the passage of time, in the way we do. Though I can’t recall any conversatio… Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2016/07/forty-five-years-on.html It’s July 23, 2016, and being a former math major I started doing the obligatory backtracking, and realized that this week is the 45th…
-
A Photographer Disappears in Plain Sight – The New York Times
A Photographer Disappears in Plain Sight Nicole Bengiveno, who is leaving The New York Times, feels duty-bound to stay with her subjects so long that they trust her enough to let her capture authentic, intimate moments. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/a-photographer-disappears-in-plain-sight/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 Nicole Bengiveno has the rarest of skills for a photojournalist: the ability to do nothing…
-
Tips from a Photo Intern – by Christian K. Lee | The Photo Brigade
Tips from a Photo Intern – by Christian K. Lee – The Photo Brigade Photographer Christian K. Lee shares some tips that have helped him during his internship at The Washington Post. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2016/07/tips-from-a-photo-intern-by-christian-k-lee/ This summer I have done a couple things that I believe have really helped me during my internship…