Category: Photojournalism

News Photographer Magazine Launches Digital, Online Version ews Photographer magazine, the monthly print publication of the National Press Photographers Association, is now available online in a new digital Web version beginning today. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/news-photographer-magazine-launches-digital-online-version News Photographer magazine, the monthly print publication of the National Press Photographers Association, is now available online in a new…

Photo Agencies Test Consumer Market with Prints–and T-shirts | PDNPulse In a week-long “flash sale” intended to raise cash for operations and test new ways of engaging with audiences, VII is offering signed 8×10″ prints for $100. Meanwhile, Magnum has announced a 67-hour flash sale of its own, offering signed 6×6″ prints for via PDNPulse:…

One year after 28 Sun-Times photojournalists were laid off, where are they now? Most of them have landed on their feet, according to email and phone interviews with many of the photographers. While they were sometimes hesitant to dwell on the layoffs, the former Sun-Times staffers filled me in on how their lives — and…

You Just Never Know… – Assignment Chicago you’d be surprised at how challenging it can be – to avoid the temptation to cut bait and move on to the next assignment, to keep from becoming too comfortable or to maintain an attitude of excellence when “good enough” is the bottom line. With all the changes to…

How small screens impact photojournalism — and tips for adapting Photos are a different story. It’s difficult to feel absorbed in a photo on a device with a 4-inch screen. Zooming in and exploring a photo bit by bit is no way to appreciate the photographer’s vision.

VII Photo rises to challenges of changing photographic landscape with dynamic new agency model Independent photo agencies have been a staple of the industry for more than half a century. From Magnum and Gamma to Institute and Noor, photographers have sought to associate themselves with like-minded people, pooling their resources together to take on via…

Object Lessons J-school professor Nina Berman ’85JRN discusses the evolving state of photojournalism. via Columbia Magazine: http://magazine.columbia.edu/features/spring-2014/object-lessons A J-school professor discusses the evolving state of photojournalism — and shares evidence from her latest project.

Perpignan: Visa pour l’image 2014 – The Program The program for the 26th edition of the Visa pour l’Image festival in Perpignan was unveiled in Paris during a May 15th press conference

When Photojournalists Find a Surprising “Thing” The man next to me, grown and gray, with a bored teenage son next to him, was mesmerized. His head dipped and his eyes widened at the old films. Returning to his hometown, it looked like he was returning to being a boy watching his hero, all over again.

Instagram – a platform for professionals? Two amazing pictures showed up on my screen over the past few days. The first was from Myanmar, where a Rohingya Muslim woman was pictured holding her malnourished twins. The second captured a deadly explosion in Iraq. via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/05/01/instagram-a-platform-for-professionals/ Is the platform best left to the amateurs, to…

Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Reporting-on-a-genocide%3A-Rwanda-s-horror I watch soldiers kill off the wounded in the hospital. With bayonets. Two young men are added to the bodies already piling up all over the courtyard. The morgue is flowing over.

Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/The-pain-of-others%3A-Photographing-despair some of AFP’s photographers explain the issues and their techniques for documenting tragedy