Category: Photojournalism
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Shadows in São Paulo – The New York Times
Shadows in São Paulo Obsessed with an image of four men on a rooftop in Brazil, the author went on a quest to find its origins. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/shadows-in-sao-paulo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Are they gangsters? Are they bankers? There are certain photographs that seem to have been pulled out of the world of dreams. ‘‘Men on a Rooftop,’’ by…
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November 7, 1991: “Magic Johnson might have AIDS” | You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story
November 7, 1991: “Magic Johnson might have AIDS” By the Fall of 1991, I was firmly established as The Bakersfield Californian’s “night photographer,” working the evening shift exclusively. The shift was not popular with the othe… via You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story: https://johnhartephoto.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/bakersfieldnovember-7-1991-magic-johnson-might-have-aids/ Getting called to work early was…
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SF Police Ask Public for Help in Solving DSLR Robbery
SF Police Ask Public for Help in Solving DSLR Robbery In the San Francisco Bay Area, pricey camera equipment is becoming one of the favorite targets of robbers. In 2013, the New York Times reported that via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/15/sf-police-ask-public-for-help-in-solving-dslr-robbery/ Police say that a newspaper photojournalist was walking on Bryant Street at 11am on July 23rd…
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Graduate student drawn to postwar photojournalism | USC News
Graduate student drawn to postwar photojournalism Doctoral dissertation chronicles the innovations in visual culture that followed World War II. via USC News: http://news.usc.edu/84943/graduate-student-drawn-to-postwar-photojournalism/ After making a reputation for themselves covering WWII, the most important moment in the careers of these photojournalists was over.
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On the Photo Coverage of the One Year Anniversary of the Ferguson Crisis and the Death of Michael Brown — BagNews
On the Photo Coverage of the One Year Anniversary of the Ferguson Crisis and the Death of Michael Brown – Reading The Pictures I was looking and hoping for imagery that got underneath the more stereotyped depiction of violence, anger and despair. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/08/photo-coverage-anniversary-ferguson/ In surveying yesterday’s photo coverage, what I was…
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Reality Is the New Fiction in Our ‘Hall Of Mirrors Information Era’ — Vantage — Medium
Reality Is the New Fiction in Our ‘Hall Of Mirrors Information Era’ If future journalism is to serve our global village, bold design and digital innovation labs are key via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/in-a-versailles-hall-of-mirrors-information-era-1c9346623775 If future journalism is to serve our global village, bold design and digital innovation labs are key
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The decisions behind the New York Magazine’s Cosby cover | Poynter.
The decisions behind the New York Magazine’s Cosby cover The magazine had to navigate a range of ethical, journalistic and design challenges. For instance, is it fair to publicly accuse a person when he/she has not been charged? How would the magazine portray the women in still photographs? Even subtle decisions such as lighting, makeup…
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Instagram debuts discover for Web, which can help publishers find user-generated content | Poynter.
Instagram debuts discover for Web, which can help publishers find user-generated content The first half of 2015 saw some high-profile uses of Instagram from news organizations.
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In Bleak Ukraine City, a Duo’s Odd Experiments Win a Niche Online – The New York Times
In Bleak Ukraine City, a Duo’s Odd Experiments Win a Niche Online As Luhansk’s prospects worsened, Pavel Pavlov and Aleksandr Kryukov emerged as quirky but candid guides to a war zone, an Internet voice for locals. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/world/europe/in-bleak-ukraine-city-a-duos-odd-experiments-win-a-niche-online.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Mr. Pavlov and his partner, Aleksandr Kryukov, 32, are natives of Luhansk, a sprawling, industrial city of…
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We’re Just Sayin: That Water Movin’ Underneath the Bridge
That Water Movin’ Underneath the Bridge I know it’s a cliché to think of your own life as a whirling tempest of “en passant” events. We all think that things pass too quickly, bu… Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2015/07/that-water-movin-underneath-bridge.html It’s all gone too, too soon. Just yesterday I was reflecting on the total impossiiblity that 46 (that would…
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Whipped by the sharia police – Correspondent
Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/indonesia-religion-islam-sharia-whipped-by-the-sharia-police Public canings for “immoral acts” have been on the rise in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia allowed to implement Islamic sharia law. Nurdin Hasan offers a first-hand account of one such caning in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.
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No Superhero – Thoughts of a Bohemian
No Superhero Their role is not of a superhero seeking to rescue every single victim. These are for the all-volunteer policemen, firefighters, military. The photojournalist is a reporter who’s role is to prevent our society from creating more victims, one photograph at a time.
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Good Eye — Vantage — Medium
Good Eye Meridith Kohut is one of the most sought-after and prolific photojournalists in the world, and she almost missed her calling. via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/good-eye-3baf4f9e0872 Meridith Kohut is one of the most sought-after and prolific photojournalists in the world, and she almost missed her calling.
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A photojournalist finds new purpose – Columbia Journalism Review
A photojournalist finds new purpose It was the longest David Guttenfelder had been away from North Korea in four years. Last June, the Iowa native and former chief Asia photographer for The Associated Press joined National Geographic and returned to the US to start the second act of his via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/the_feature/a_photojournalist_finds_new_purpose.php It…
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New App Uses GPS Data To Turn Anyone With An iPhone Into A Photojournalist – Forbes
New App Uses GPS Data To Turn Anyone With An iPhone Into A Photojournalist A mockup of Fresco’s GPS-driven tool to find local users for a breaking story. Image via Fresco. Fresco wants to change the way the news is made. The New York-based company’s app creates a feed of news stories connected to photos…
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What Is Transjournalism? — Vantage — Medium
What Is Transjournalism? Making the Case for Storytelling Across Diverse Platforms via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/what-is-transjournalism-6989a1d47ce3 Making the Case for Storytelling Across Diverse Platforms
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The Man Who Saw America – The New York Times
The Man Who Saw America Looking back with Robert Frank, the most influential photographer alive. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/magazine/robert-franks-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Looking back with Robert Frank, the most influential photographer alive
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Clamouring for cash on the streets of Athens – Correspondent
Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/greece-eu-debt-clamouring-for-cash-on-the-streets-of-athens We knew there would be ugly scenes, as Greece said it was opening its beleaguered banks for three days to allow elderly people to draw cash. People shoving, yelling in anger at hapless bank employees. In six long years of crisis, we have seen images like this any number of times.…
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Women in Photojournalism – The New York Times
Women in Photojournalism Ruth Fremson takes a look back at the women — and men — who helped open the door for female photographers. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/women-in-photojournalism/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Today, women have distinguished themselves covering stories that not too long ago were dominated by men. Some still are. Yet it made me wonder how my colleagues…
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Embedded in Mali – Correspondent
Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/france-military-embedded-in-mali But it’s a simple equation. Without the army we wouldn’t be here. Northern Mali has become too dangerous to venture without protection. Two of our colleagues from RFI were kidnapped and murdered while reporting in Kidal in November 2013. No story is worth the risk of getting killed, or spending three…