Renaud Philippe’s account of making and transmitting images from a remote, earthquake-hit region of the Himalaya
Renaud Philippe’s account of making and transmitting images from a remote, earthquake-hit region of the Himalaya
Journalism is under threat from all sides. The last few years have been some of the most dangerous in history for journalists around the world; they have
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/02/26/journalists-threat-within/
When freelancers aren’t paid properly, they cut corners. Perhaps they try to work for several clients at once, or take a cheaper driver that’s not so trusted. Maybe they stay in the firing line longer, and closer, to sell more work to cover the expenses. Perhaps they don’t take out insurance because the cost would mean they don’t break even. A business model that requires journalists and local media workers, drivers and fixers, to bear the cost of producing news is not a business model at all.
The Rocky Mountain News photo team would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Breaking News Photography. The paper closed in 2009, and the archives are now kept at the Denver Public Library. Their powerful images of Columbine were published throughout the world and, to this day, Reeves said, marked a turning point in America’s relationship with mass violence.
World Press Photo juror Anastasia Taylor-Lind discusses the role found imagery
via Time: http://time.com/4234808/opinion-photojournalism-world-press-photo/
After the Associated Press withdrew the winning work of Daniel Ochoa de Olza, World Press Photo juror Anastasia Taylor-Lind argues for the use of found images in photojournalism
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/in-sin-city-with-hillary
In between big rallies, Hillary Clinton’s team invites only a handful of journalists to follow her on the campaign trail, so a group of US and international media have set up a pool system — similar to the one used to cover the White House — to split reporting duties and share output each day
It has been observed that some photography critics seem to actually rather dislike the medium, but it might equally be said that many of those who work directly with photography are prone to operat…
via Disphotic: http://www.disphotic.com/journalism-at-the-limits-of-visibility/
I am increasingly conscious of what sometimes feel like the insurmountable limitations of photography in helping to bring to light and discuss some of the things in the world which seem most vital and urgent.
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/reporting-in-the-kingdom-of-fear
Our photographer Yuri Cortez and the cameraman take out their equipment when a sandy-colored car suddenly appears and races towards us, its tires screeching. When it reaches us, the tinted driver’s window lowers slowly. Inside we see armed men glaring at us.
“What are you doing here?!” they demand.
“We are doing a story on the town’s cenotaphs,” the video reporter answers. The men start to yell, threatening us and ordering us to leave at once. Pale as death, we get back into our car and leave the shopping mall. A few blocks away, we stop so one of us can throw up.
The only formal photojournalism training Alvaro Ybarra Zavala ever received was that at a Joop Swart Masterclass in 2010. Prior, it was his grandfather’s guidance and his deep desire to document the…
Alvaro Ybarra Zavala on gang-members as fixers, corporations poisoning children, powerful enemies, and why you never own a story — you’re its devoted servant
ATHENS, GA (February 5, 2016) – Despite worry about the National Press Photographers Association’s low membership rates among younger visual journalists, a demographic that will ultimately become the future of the NPPA and the industry as a whole, the boa
“Promoting the Visual Student Blog and starting up the Student Clips Contest, both of which are happening, is a draw for students,” said Selby, whose presence on the board serves as a voice for student members. “Also just letting students know what resources the NPPA has is important. There are so many helpful links on a variety of topics on the NPPA site that some students just don’t know about.”
Legendary sports photographer Walter Iooss is one of three people to have photographed every Super Bowl along with John Biever and Mickey Palmer. This Sunday, he will photograph his 50th Super Bowl, but the streak might be in jeopardy due to the on-going
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2016/02/why-walter-iooss-streak-of-50-super-bowls-could-end/
Iooss is reportedly one of the many Sports Illustrated photographers who have refused to sign the new contract, but because he was previously assigned to photograph Super Bowl 50, he falls under the “legacy contract.” As it stands, no new assignments are being handed out to photographers until they sign the contract.
Ed Kashi talks Instagram and the changing fortunes of photography.
via The National: http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/photography/qa-with-photojournalist-ed-kashi-through-social-media-we-can-be-our-own-publishers
But we’ve lost a certain amount of care and rumination, space to think about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. I feel we’re all more than ever hamsters on a wheel – no matter what level of success or however well one might be doing, you’re just a different level of hamster.
Sara Naomi Lewkowicz’ first internship, as an aspiring photojournalist fresh out of college in 2007, was at Inside Lacrosse magazine in Baltimore. When the internship ended, Lewkowicz stayed in Charm City, working as a nanny, waiting tables, and freela
via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/b-roll/viewfinder_sara_lewkowicz.php
The photos compel viewers to wonder what they would have done in her place. For those who have never encountered such violence in real life, it’s unnerving. “If you don’t have a writer scripting it, violence is not orderly,” says Sara Naomi Lewkowicz. “Sometimes there isn’t a great solution.”
There is no argument that photojournalism is in a state of transition, but what that means for the industry is open for discussion. Some view what’s happening as a crisis, and others as an opportunity for reinvention. While there is an increasing number of photographers entering the field, there are less paid jobs and almost daily we hear stories of more newspapers and publications reducing their photography departments. But is the mainstream media critical to the photojournalist’s capacity to develop a reputation that delivers an audience and may affect change?
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/abandoned-to-anarchy-in-calais
To spend time in the Jungle — the infamous migrant camp on the edge of the French port of Calais — is to visit a place where thousands have been abandoned to anarchy.
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.
With Unpublished Black History, the Times has found a way to show images and tell stories it hasn’t before, and often those stories are about what the newspaper missed.
“I couldn’t hold myself together. I couldn’t look at his face,” says the photographer who witnessed the latest harrowing scene of drowned children
via Time: http://time.com/4202532/heartbreaking-drowned-refugee-boy-photo/
“I couldn’t hold myself together. I couldn’t look at his face,” says the photographer who witnessed the latest harrowing scene of drowned children
Panel moderated by SheKnows Media photo director and photojournalist, Tiffany Hagler-Geard. These award winning women, Nancy Borowick, Brigitte Stelzer, Jennifer Altman and Katie Orlinsky all joined the discussion on what it’s like to be a female photojou
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2016/02/women-in-photojournalism-panel-discussion/
it’s 2016, and there are extremely talented women changing the world with their powerful images, stories, and lives as photojournalists. We sat down and met four of these amazing ladies who are leading us the way and teaching the world it’s not about gender; it’s about taking a good photograph. The event was moderated by SheKnows Media photo director and photojournalist, Tiffany Hagler-Geard. These award winning women, Nancy Borowick, Brigitte Stelzer, Jennifer Altman and Katie Orlinsky all joined the discussion on what it’s like to be a female photojournalist leading the way for future generations
Photojournalism is having a bad year in Canada. There have been a number of major layoffs and murmurings of layoffs that have some people calling
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/01/26/layoffs-put-the-hurt-on-canadian-photojournalism/
there were at least 13 photographers laid off across the country in just that day
via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/chasing-a-dance-to-rest
Maybe it’s because I do so many pictures of funerals and of people being killed that I like to do something else. Maybe it’s because when I was a kid, I was a bird watcher. I don’t know. But this is the stuff I do for fun
His friends and colleagues share their birthday wishes
via Time: http://time.com/4189160/photographer-david-douglas-duncan-100/
To celebrate Duncan’s century, we’ve asked friends and colleagues to share with TIME LightBox their birthday wishes.