Category: Photojournalism

  • The New Economics of Photojournalism: The rise of Instagram

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    The New Economics of Photojournalism: The rise of Instagram Instagram, the brainchild of software engineers Kevin Systrom and Michel Krieger, was launched in October 2010 to almost little notice. At the time, the iPhone app was competing against Hipstamatic, which enjoyed particular popularity even in the photojou via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/report/2202300/the-new-economics-of-photojournalism-the-rise-of-instagram Instagram has…

  • One Problem with Running Your Own Photo Agency: It Takes a Lot of Time

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    One Problem with Running Your Own Photo Agency: It Takes a Lot of Time | PDNPulse When LUCEO, the photographer-run cooperative agency, issued a press release last Monday announcing it had redesigned its web site to be more “client centered” and highlight the agency’s multimedia work, the announcement was overshadowed by news that three via…

  • 2012 Summer Olympics – A collection of remembrances

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    Link: 2012 Summer Olympics – Nhat Meyer Of this whole cool scene, my favorite moment was when we were all taking cellphone pictures at the same time of the divers entering the water. I was thinking – “I’m taking cellphone pictures with Kluetmeier and Burnett, how cool is that!” Link: 2012 Summer Olympics – Al…

  • Instagram and Murder

    Instagram and Murder

    —

    by

    Trent
    in , ,

    Instagram and Murder – Reading The Pictures There has been quite a bit of discussion about the Instagram photos of shooting victims at the Empire State Building yesterday, with as much debate on the actual photo threads as off. Much of the discussion involves propriety, with suggestions in media th via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/08/instagram-and-murder/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29…

  • Behind the Lens with Matt Eich

    Behind the Lens with Matt Eich

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Behind the Lens with Matt Eich – The Photo Brigade In this edition of “Behind the Lens”, Alex Federowicz interviews documentary photographer Matt Eich after his recent decision to leave Luceo Images, a collective he co-founded. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2012/08/behind-the-lens-with-matt-eich/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThePhotoBrigade+%28The+Photo+Brigade%29 A while back I had the opportunity to sit down and spend a little…

  • New York Times posts ‘intense and graphic’ Empire State Building shooting photo

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    Link: New York Times posts ‘intense and graphic’ Empire State Building shooting photo | JIMROMENESKO.COM It is an extremely graphic image and we understand why many people found it jarring. Our editorial judgment is that it is a newsworthy photograph that shows the result and impact of a public act of violence

  • How news websites handled graphic images of Empire State Building shooting

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    Link: How news websites handled graphic images of Empire State Building shooting | Poynter. When today’s deadly shooting occurred in the heart of Manhattan, thousands of witnesses were nearby and many used cameras to quickly document the scene. Some of the images posted to Twitter, Instagram and Flickr included graphic photos of the shooting victims. News…

  • Prime Collective looking for new members

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: APPLY FOR PRIME MEMBERSHIP | Prime Collective We are looking for forward-thinking photographers with vision and self-direction who share the goals and ethics of Prime Collective to apply for membership.

  • LUCEO Announces New Trajectory

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: LUCEO Announces New Trajectory | Luceo Images Here are a few things you should look for in LUCEO 2.0

  • David Griffin – What it Takes

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    Link: David Griffin – What it Takes – The Photo Society There are many people taking photographs. There are some who are very good. But there are only a few who are great. Your first task is to move yourself from the many, to the few, since NGM only works with the latter. To become…

  • Covering the DNC and RNC? NPPA has a handy legal and practical guide for the conventions and protests

    —

    by

    Trent
    in ,

    Link: Covering the DNC and RNC? NPPA has a handy legal and practical guide for the conventions and protests | dvafoto The National Press Photographer’s Association has a handy guide that covers the basics of covering both conventions, ranging from what to do if you’re arrested to how to stay safe in a crowd to…

  • Homai Vyarawalla: India’s First Female Photojournalist

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: Homai Vyarawalla: India’s First Female Photojournalist – LightBox Besides capturing the last days of the British Empire, Homai Vyarawalla was one of the key visual chroniclers of the post-independence era, tracing the euphoria and disillusionments of a new nation as India’s first female photojournalist. For years her vast archive chronicling three decades of Indian history…

  • iPad Photo Mag Once Shuts Down Due to Funding, Technology

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: iPad Photo Mag Once Shuts Down Due to Funding, Technology | Raw File | Wired.com Sometimes good ideas fail. That seems to be the case for Once, the innovative photojournalism magazine that launched its pilot issue last summer with big hopes of capitalizing on the iPad as a new publishing tool.

  • At ‘New York’s Picture Newspaper,’ photographers trade dark looks

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: At ‘New York’s Picture Newspaper,’ photographers trade dark looks | Capital New York When Alexander Hitchen assumes his new post as photo editor of the Daily News, he will inherit a small fleet of freelance photojournalists who feel as if they’ve just had the wind knocked out of them.

  • What will the Hipstamatic Foundation for Photojournalism do for the industry?

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: What will the Hipstamatic Foundation for Photojournalism do for the industry? – British Journal of Photography As Hipstamatic prepares to launch its Foundation for Photojournalism, as revealed last week by BJP, photographers, editors and agency directors share their views on how the San Francisco-based company could impact photojournalism

  • The Power of Tragic Photos

    The Power of Tragic Photos

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    The Power of Tragic Photos – PhotoShelter Blog When I was a kid, it seemed like TIME magazine was filled every week with images of starvation from Ethiopia. I didn’t find myself connecting with those photos because 1) I didn’t have the emotional experience to contextualize suffering, and 2) Ethiopia s via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/07/the-power-of-tragic-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29…

  • NPPA Board Discusses BOP Contest, New Web Site Progress

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: NPPA Board Discusses BOP Contest, New Web Site Progress “We discussed – at length – a detailed plan for the revitalization of the Best of Photojournalism competition,” said president Sean D. Elliot. He added that details on the changes will be promoted later this summer. The Board also – for the first time – was shown…

  • When Tragedy Hits, Photojournalists Balance Reporting and Emotion

    When Tragedy Hits, Photojournalists Balance Reporting and Emotion

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    When Tragedy Hits, Photojournalists Balance Reporting and Emotion Earlier today photojournalist Barry Gutierrez made a photo of Tom Sullivan as he came running over to the media waving a black and white photo of his son Alex and asking frantically if anyone had seen him. The photo Gutierrez made of Sullivan has now been via…

  • Repost: They All Follow Us

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Link: Repost: They All Follow Us « Perfesser Kev I first published this post on the tenth anniversary of the Columbine shootings. It’s been rolling around among the knots in my stomach today, after a yet more devastating and senseless shooting in metro Denver. I am constantly rerunning these events in my head once again.

  • Hipstamatic plans launch of Foundation for Photojournalism

    —

    by

    Trent
    in

    Hipstamatic plans launch of Foundation for Photojournalism Synthetic, maker of the popular Hipstamatic application for iPhone, is expected to launch, later this year, a pack of digital lenses and films dedicated to photojournalists to raise funds for its newly created Hipstamatic Foundation for Photojournalism. T via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2193262/hipstamatic-plans-launch-of-foundation-for-photojournalism?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=Hipstamatic+plans+launch+of+Foundation+for+Photojournalism Hipstamatic plans to open…