Category: Photojournalism
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‘When the heart gets filtered up through the camera’: Vietnam War photographers on how to cover COVID better – Columbia Journalism Review
‘When the heart gets filtered up through the camera’: Vietnam War photographers on how to cover COVID better On February 29, Washington State health officials announced what they believed to be the first death due to the novel coronavirus in the United States. By March 31, the official national death toll stood at 3,173. It…
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‘I felt like the pandemic was being censored.’ Photographing the fight for life – and grief of death – in COVID-19 Britain | National Geographic
‘I felt like the pandemic was being censored.’ Photographing the fight for life – and grief of death – in COVID-19 Britain This photojournalist documented two little-seen front lines in the UK’s war against coronavirus. Her images reveal intensive care of every kind – amidst a… via National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/photography/2020/07/i-felt-like-the-pandemic-was-being-censored-photographing-the-fight-for-life I wasn’t allowed in until…
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Boyd’s Station and American Reportage Launch AMERICA REIMAGINED – americanreportage
AMERICA REIMAGINED – americanreportage As communities and individuals, we are enduring the initial phase of the COVID-19 infection and the horror of the loss of over 140,000 lives, only to also be launched into a period of political unrest and turmoil sparked by multiple deaths of unarmed blac via americanreportage: https://americanreportage.com/tw-portfolio/america-reimagined/ [BOYD, KY July 18,…
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Mt. Rushmore; Gun Waving St. Louis Couple; Racial Protest Self Portrait – Reading The Pictures
Chatting the Pictures: Trump Mt. Rushmore; Gun Waving St. Louis Couple; Racial Protest Self Portrait – Reading The Pictures This webcast looks at the Trump Mt. Rushmore rally, the St. Louis couple that pointed weapons at demonstrators, and a racial justice self-portrait. via Reading The Pictures: https://www.readingthepictures.org/2020/07/rushmore-guns-couple-self-portrait/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28Reading+The+Pictures%29 Welcome to the latest edition of Chatting the…
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What lockdown looks like in Afghanistan : A photographer’s view
What lockdown looks like in Afghanistan : A photographer’s view For photographer Andrew Quilty, a pandemic in Afghanistan seemed terrifying. But the reality was an entirely different story. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/war-and-peace-what-lockdown-looks-like-in-afghanistan/ For photographer and writer Andrew Quilty – an immigrant living in war-torn Kabul – the prospect of Covid-19 was panic-inducing. But the reality…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 3 July 2020 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 3 July 2020 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the tenth anniversary exhibition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award. Also, a reminder to check out the new via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-3-july-2020/ This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the tenth anniversary exhibition of the Carmignac…
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A conflict photographer’s guide to shooting protests
A conflict photographer’s guide to shooting protests Photographer Cengiz Yar has spent years working on stories around situations of unrest and conflict; from the wars in Iraq and Syria to protests in Thailand and Ferguson, MO. As the Black Lives Matter movement spreads around the world, photographers have via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/conflict-photographer-protests-black-lives-matter/ Plan ahead, pack well,…
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WATCH: Safety for Photojournalists Attending Protests – PhotoShelter Blog
WATCH: Safety for Photojournalists Attending Protests – PhotoShelter Blog Since May 26th, there have been 291 recorded incidents of police attacks on journalists covering the George Floyd protests around the country. That amounts to a staggering average of 19.4 events per day. We have seen journalists wrongfully arrested, shot via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/06/safety-for-photojournalists-attending-protests-recorded-webinar/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Joined by…
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Mental health in lockdown: What now for… photojournalists?
Mental health in lockdown: What now for… photojournalists? Kiana Hayeri’s professional routine has always been stressful. The Iranian-Canadian photojournalist has been working for the past six years in Kabul, Afghanistan, where security protocol is rigorous. Every job requires calculated risk. Now, with the added via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/what-now-for-photojournalists/ Huck is exploring the impact that the…
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Free Webinar: A Discussion About Safety for Photojournalists Attending Protests – PhotoShelter Blog
Free Webinar: A Discussion About Safety for Photojournalists Attending Protests – PhotoShelter Blog Freedom of the press is a foundational value of the United States’ democracy, enshrined in the First Amendment along with the right to assemble peaceably. In recent days we have seen journalists wrongfully arrested, shot with rubber bullets and pepper spr via…
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Dorothea Lange and the Afterlife of Photographs – Aperture Foundation NY
Dorothea Lange and the Afterlife of Photographs A new exhibition reveals how Lange’s concern for the dispossessed has never been more relevant. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/dorothea-lange-moma-exhibition/ Confronting the economic crisis of the Great Depression, Lange produced some of the most influential photographs of the twentieth century. A new exhibition reveals how her concern for…
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In a pandemic, many photojournalists face an impossible choice: Stay safe or get out there to pay the bills? – Poynter
In a pandemic, many photojournalists face an impossible choice: Stay safe or get out there to pay the bills? – Poynter Many photojournalists are still on their own with procuring protective gear they need to keep safe. But the NPPA is helping. And so are some news outlets. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2020/in-a-pandemic-too-many-photojournalists-face-an-impossible-choice-stay-safe-or-get-out-there-to-pay-the-bills/ “Being a photojournalist right…
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John Moore on documenting epidemics at home and away – British Journal of Photography
John Moore on documenting epidemics at home and away Special Correspondent for Getty Images John Moore was one of the first photographers to cover the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. “I learned a skill set that I never expected to use in my hometown,” he says, as he reflects on the process of covering the…
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Photojournalists Struggle Through the Pandemic, With Masks and Long Lenses – The New York Times
Photojournalists Struggle Through the Pandemic, With Masks and Long Lenses Assignments have dried up for many photographers. Others risk going into the fray to capture images of a changed world. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/media/photographers-coronavirus.html Assignments have dried up for many photographers. Others risk going into the fray to capture images of a changed world.
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Context Matters When Viewing COVID-19 Photos – PhotoShelter Blog
Context Matters When Viewing COVID-19 Photos – PhotoShelter Blog Since mid-March, various policies have been implemented at the state and federal level in the U.S. to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Photojournalists initially covered long lines at big box stores then vanishin via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2020/04/context-matters-when-viewing-covid-19-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Insofar as…
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My job was to cover the coronavirus pandemic, until I became part of it – News – Austin American-Statesman – Austin, TX
My job was to cover the coronavirus pandemic, until I became part of it I know how to prepare for a disaster.My first job as a photojournalist was in Florida, where on top of weathering hurricanes, I covered them. When the via Austin American-Statesman: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200403/my-job-was-to-cover-coronavirus-pandemic-until-i-became-part-of-it?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=statesman My first job as a photojournalist was in Florida, where…
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Getting creative to fund and engage audiences on under-reported stories
Getting creative about funding and engaging audiences on under-reported stories. Sean Gallagher, a British photographer who’s been based in China since 2006, has a policy that he works on one larger story every year… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/getting-creative-about-funding-and-engaging-audiences-on-under-reported-stories-d670fcaa0591 “It’s difficult to say, ‘I want to change X number of minds on this issue or make a…
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Photojournalists Publish Guidelines for Editors During COVID-19 Crisis
Photojournalists Publish Guidelines for Editors During COVID-19 Crisis Certain genres of photography have come to a screeching halt during the coronavirus pandemic, but there are still countless photographers on the front via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/03/31/photojournalists-publish-guidelines-for-editors-during-covid-19-crisis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Juntos Photo Coop, made up of photographers Noemí González, Laura Saunders, Ash Ponders, and Caitlin O’Hara, has published an open letter…
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Every Inch of Earth – Guernica
Every Inch of Earth Sebastian Meyer and Kamaran Najm co-founded a photo agency in Iraq and teamed up to document a new era in Kurdistan, a region with a long history of suffering. Until Kamaran was captured by ISIS. via Guernica: https://www.guernicamag.com/every-inch-of-earth/ Sebastian Meyer and Kamaran Najm co-founded a photo agency in Iraq and teamed…
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FotoEvidence — The First Decade – Witness
FotoEvidence — The First Decade Alison Stieven-Taylor via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/fotoevidence-the-first-decade-8605b88f2b7f Ten years ago, Bulgarian photojournalist Svetlana Bachevanova invested her savings to launch FotoEvidence, then a web platform and photobook award competition dedicated to promoting photographic stories of social inequality. Twenty-seven printed books and seven digital monographs later, FotoEvidence has evolved as the only publishing imprint solely for…