Category: Photojournalism

Obama, Ortiz and White House Photo Access: When You Can’t Handle Your Own Pitching

Obama, Ortiz and White House Photo Access: When You Can’t Handle Your Own Pitching – Reading The Pictures

But, where’s the real substance here, with the White House so exercised that selfies are facing a ban?
It has to do with two things, visual filibustering and this Presidency’s obsession with popular and commercial culture.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/04/obama-ortiz-and-white-house-photo-access-when-you-cant-handle-your-own-pitching/

If the media sphere and the White House were all fired up over the David Ortiz/Samsung stealing of the President’s mug, that wasn’t the only “Samsung-ing” of the Obamas last week. If less celebrity wattage kept the second capture somewhat under the radar, Michelle was “Samsung-ed” too.

April 10, 2014
One million Rwandans left Zaire. One photographer followed them to Rwanda.

One million Rwandans left Zaire. One photographer followed them to Rwanda.

Following violent attacks by Hutu extremists inside refugee camps, nearly a million Rwandans began to leave the camps and head back home.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/03/a-photographer-covers-the-exodus-of-rwandas-refugees-from-zaire/?wprss=rss_world

We asked Carol Guzy about her two trips — she went in 1996 and again in 1999 — and put together a gallery of some of her most stunning photography from Rwanda.

April 3, 2014
11 powerful photos from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide

11 powerful photos from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide

A week after killings began, Washington Post photographer went to the border between Rwanda and Tanzania.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/02/11-powerful-photos-from-the-aftermath-of-the-rwandan-genocide/?hpid=z8

Six days after Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated and the killings began in Kigali, Washington Post photographer Michael S. Williamson arrived at the hillside in Ngara district in Tanzania, at the Kigera River border crossing with Rwanda

April 3, 2014
PDN Video: Lens Blog’s James Estrin’s Career Tips for Photojournalists

PDN Video: Lens Blog’s James Estrin’s Career Tips for Photojournalists | PDNPulse

Jim Estrin: 6 Tips for Emerging Photojournalists from PDNOnline on Vimeo. James Estrin, founder and co-editor of Lens, the popular New York Times photography blog, talks about how to launch a successful career as a photojournalist. His tips and insight co

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/04/pdn-video-lens-blogs-james-estrins-career-tips-photojournalists.html

James Estrin, founder and co-editor of Lens, the popular New York Times photography blog, talks about how to launch a successful career as a photojournalist. His tips and insight cover how to choose meaningful projects, the importance of photojournalistic process, and practical advice about portfolios, mentors, and relationship-building with editors and peers.

April 2, 2014
Revisiting the Rwandan Genocide: How Churches Became Death Traps

Link: Revisiting the Rwandan Genocide: How Churches Became Death Traps | PROOF

On a summer afternoon in 1994, David Guttenfelder took a taxi from the Rwandan capital Kigali to the nearby region of Bugesera. He walked inside the Ntarama Church and began taking photographs of people who had been murdered by their neighbors

April 2, 2014
Finding Chris Hondros

Link: Finding Chris Hondros

Whenever Chris Hondros returned to New York City after a long assignment, it was like a roving professor holding office hours. One meeting at Caffe Reggio in Greenwich Village would morph into drinks or dinner with out-of-towners visiting Brooklyn. Friends came and went, but the discussion was always rich and lively. That’s what I miss the most about him.

April 2, 2014
The Tower of David – Venezuela’s “vertical slum”

The Tower of David – Venezuela’s “vertical slum”

Although squats or “occupied spaces” are common in downtown Caracas, the “Tower of David” has literally taken the phenomenon to whole new levels. The 45-story block was intended as a financial centre but abandoned after its developer died and the banking

via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/04/02/the-tower-of-david-venezuelas-vertical-slum/

I have wanted to photograph life inside Caracas’ Tower of David – also known as “the vertical slum” – for years now. At times, it became something of an obsession; it was a story I had to tackle.

April 2, 2014
Released From Captivity In Syria, Ricardo García Vilanova Recovering In Barcelona

Released From Captivity In Syria, Ricardo García Vilanova Recovering In Barcelona

“I am a war photographer, and I need to start working again,” freelance photojournalist Ricardo García Vilanova told News Photographer magazine today, only two days after he was released by his kidnappers in Syria.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/released-captivity-syria-ricardo-garc%C3%ADa-vilanova-recovering-barcelona

BARCELONA (April 1, 2014) – “I am a war photographer, and I need to start working again,” freelance photojournalist Ricardo García Vilanova told News Photographer magazine today, only two days after he was released by his kidnappers in Syria.

April 1, 2014
After being robbed at gunpoint in Congo, I witnessed a homecoming in Rwanda

After being robbed at gunpoint in Congo, I witnessed a homecoming in Rwanda

A Rwandan rebel returns home to his mother for the first time in 15 years.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/01/after-being-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-congo-i-witnessed-a-homecoming-in-rwanda/?wprss=rss_world

Editor’s note: Jahi Chikwendiu is a Washington Post photographer who traveled to Congo in 2009. There, he met a Rwandan Hutu rebel who for the first time in 15 years was going back home. Chikwendiu followed the rebel from Congo to Rwanda.

April 1, 2014
Marco Casino, From Train Surfing to Townships

Link: Marco Casino, From Train Surfing to Townships | PROOF

For Marco Casino, the idea began when he came across an amateur video about the world’s 10 most dangerous sports. Train surfing, which is literally surfing on top of trains, was the first sport featured.

April 1, 2014
Revisiting the Rwandan Genocide: Origin Stories from the AP

Revisiting the Rwandan Genocide: Origin Stories From The Associated Press

Photographer Jean-Marc Bouju was one of the first journalists to drive into Kigali, Rwanda twenty years ago this month, upon hearing of growing ethnic unrest in the area. It was unclear what was happening at the time, and there was no way of knowing that

via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/31/revisiting-rwandan-genocide/

Photographer Jean-Marc Bouju was one of the first journalists to drive into Kigali, Rwanda twenty years ago this month, upon hearing of growing ethnic unrest in the area. It was unclear what was happening at the time, and there was no way of knowing that within the next 100 days, nearly one million people would be slaughtered with machetes and farm tools in what would become known as the Rwandan genocide.

March 31, 2014
‘If you step into Crimea I’ll break your camera’

Correspondent

via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/If-you-step-into-Crimean-I-ll-break-your-camera

We hear gunshots, then well-trained fighters swiftly invade the base. They’re in camouflage, wearing masks and carrying kalashnikovs — and they don’t hesitate to point these at us. The atmosphere is incredibly tense, several Ukrainians get punched.

March 28, 2014
Gary Hershorn Leaving Reuters Photos

Gary Hershorn Leaving Reuters Photos

Gary Hershorn, the global sports picture editor for Reuters News Pictures, has announced his departure from the picture service. Hershorn says that the company told him that due to “changes in coverage” his position has been eliminated. His last day with

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/gary-hershorn-leaving-reuters-photos

“That had a huge impact on my job,” Hershorn said. “I think the simple fact that Reuters is covering less sports in the States created less of a need to have a sports picture editor. There’s no doubt in my mind that the two are tied together.” When Reuters inked a deal with USA Today Sports Images, the agreement included the fact that Reuters staff photographers in North America can not cover sporting events. And that took away Hershorn’s ability to shoot here.

March 26, 2014
VII Photo Announces 5 New Photographers in its Mentor Program

VII Photo Announces 5 New Photographers in its Mentor Program | PDNPulse

VII Photo announced today that five emerging photographers have been selected to join the photo agency’s mentor program. This year’s roster of photographers were chosen from 150 applicants. Over the next two years, VII photographers will mentor the five e

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/03/vii-photo-announces-5-new-photographers-mentor-program.html

Poulomi Basu, based in New Delhi, who will be mentored by Stefano DeLuigi
Maika Elan, based in Hanoi, who will be mentored by John Stanmeyer
Ali Arkady, based in Khanaqin, Iraq, who will be mentored by Ed Kashi
Arthur Bondar, currently based in Moscow, who will be mentored by Donald Weber
Cristobal Olivares, based in Santiago, Chile, who will be mentored by Christopher Morris

March 24, 2014
News photography – going wider

News photography – going wider

At Reuters we are presently carrying out workshops with our photographers about The Wider Image, the name for Reuters’ branded, long-form, storytelling photojournalism. Our goal is to explain how to balance the need for quality, breaking-news pictures wit

via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/03/21/news-photography-going-wider/

At Reuters we are presently carrying out workshops with our photographers in the United States and South America about The Wider Image, the name for Reuters’ branded, long-form, storytelling photojournalism. We have already done the same thing in the Middle East and Africa, Europe and Asia.

March 21, 2014
Northern Short Course: Still Curious, After All These Years

Link: Northern Short Course: Still Curious, After All These Years | NPPA

And the faces are the students again. Around the periphery the veterans, still curious after all these years.

March 15, 2014
Pricing Your Work, Tip #4: Fees & Expenses in Magazine Photography

Pricing Your Work, Tip #4: Fees & Expenses in Magazine Photography – PhotoShelter Blog

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts exploring pricing your work from our 3 free guides written with Bill Cramer, CEO of Wonderful Machine. We’ve been sharing tips via the blog all this week on how to price your magazine photography, corporate & i

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/pricing-work-tip-4-fees-expenses-magazine-photography/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts exploring pricing your work from our 3 free guides written with Bill Cramer, CEO of Wonderful Machine

March 13, 2014
Faces of Romania’s past

Faces of Romania’s past

Inside the monumental task of cleaning and digitizing the damaged archives of Romanian First World War photographer Costica Acsinte.

via Reuters: http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2014/03/13/faces-of-romanias-past/

Romania is proud to have produced a man thought by many to be the world’s first war photographer – Carol Popp de Szathmary, from the city of Cluj, who took photographs of the Crimean War in the 1850s.

March 13, 2014
Pricing Your Work, Tip #1: Fees & Terms to Expect as a Photojournalist

Pricing Your Work, Tip #1: Fees & Terms to Expect as a Photojournalist – PhotoShelter Blog

This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring pricing your work from our 3 free guides written with Bill Cramer, CEO of Wonderful Machine. We’ll be sharing tips via the blog this week on how to price your magazine photography, corporate & industri

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/pricing-work-photojournalism-fees-terms-expect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29

This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring pricing your work from our 3 free guides written with Bill Cramer, CEO of Wonderful Machine. We’ll be sharing tips via the blog this week on how to price your magazine photography, corporate & industrial photography, and photojournalism

March 10, 2014
PJL: March 2014 (Part 1)

LightBox | Time

Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time

via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/03/10/pjl-march-2014-part-1/

Imagine a gadget that attaches to a professional DSLR camera and sends photos directly to a live blog, almost as fast as you can snap them. Taras Slawnych did—and then he built one. Slawnych, visuals editor at the Toronto Star, is still tinkering with his game-changing gizmo. But Star photographers are already using a prototype in the field, one of which zapped pictures from the Olympics in Sochi to Toronto in record time.

March 10, 2014