Category: Photojournalism
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Getty Cuts Pay for Editorial Contributors
Getty Cuts Pay for Editorial Contributors – A Photo Editor Getty announced pay cuts for editorial contributors and when PDN asked them if that was because they needed to lower their prices (here): Asked whether Getty has found itself unable to compete for low-priced business without asking for concessions from su via A Photo Editor:…
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Editorial photographers hit by latest Getty Images cuts
British Journal of Photography Getty Images has confirmed that it is asking its editorial contributors to agree to new contracts that will see them receive only 35% of all sales
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What Photographs Do And Cannot Do
Conscientious Here’s the thing, though: Unless we change at least some of our behaviour after seeing these photographs, we’ve done little more than being engaged in a contemporary version of temporarily buying ourselves out of a sin
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Tim Hetherington’s last photos
dvafoto Magnum, who now distribute Tim Hetherington’s work (not without controversy), have just made available in their archive The Libya Negs: Tim Hetherington’s Last Images. Included in the selection is an image captioned “LIBYA. Misurata. April 20, 2011. Tim’s last photograph.”
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After 42 Years At Courier-Journal, Bill Luster Retires
NPPA Luster leaves daily newspapering with an impressive list of achievements, including two Pulitzer prizes, 46 Kentucky Derbies, exclusive behind-the-scenes White House photography, and most recently, NPPA’s 2010 Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award, the organization’s highest honor.
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Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2012: Thailand!
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2012: Thailand! travel photographer Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2011/11/foundry-photojournalism-workshop-2012.html The 2012 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop will be held in North Thailand from July 29- August 4, 2012.
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CNN Lays Off 50 Staffers, Citing ‘Workflow Changes,’ Reliance On User-Gen
paidContent CNN is cutting dozens of editorial jobs following a three-year review of its “workflow” operations, TV Newser reported. According to a memo obtained by paidContent and attributed to CNN SVP Jack Womack, technology and user-gen has made the network a little less reliant on editorial staffers, particularly photojournalists.
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Photojournalist’s alleged murderer acquitted
British Journal of Photography A man accused of killing photojournalist Trent Keegan has been acquitted due to a lack of evidence
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On Young Photographers and Conflict
Lens: Though there are no hard numbers, the Libyan war appeared to draw a large number of unprepared and inexperienced photographers to the war zone. Anecdotal evidence suggests hundreds of photographers from around the world flocked to the cities of Ajdabiya, Benghazi and Misurata in the spring of 2011. Many of them were under 30…
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Cognitive Dissonance and Photojournalism
Perfesser Kev: In journalism justifications like that pop up frequently to argue why something considered unethical should be seen as okay “under the circumstances.” You’ve heard them: “magazines are different from newspapers” or “the cover is an advertisement” to explain away a breach of journalism ethics. Our ethics should determine our actions, of course. But…
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Help the world economy…give the Guardian your pics for free:
Help the world economy…give the Guardian your pics for free: — duckrabbit This is a generous offer from the Guardian….if you have any pics of the global Occupy Together movement, they will… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/10/ows-help-the-world-economy-give-the-guardian-your-pics-for-free/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 This is a generous offer from the Guardian
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The Optimists – A look back at this year’s Visa Pour l’Image festival
British Journal of Photography: Gone were the doom-and-gloom conversations at this year’s Visa pour l’Image, the world’s largest photojournalism festival, finds Olivier Laurent. Instead photographers are looking to the future and experimenting with new storytelling methods and revenue streams.
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Photographer #397: Ikuru Kuwajima
Photographer #397: Ikuru Kuwajima Ikuru Kuwajima, 1984, Japan, is a photojournalist and documentary photographer. He studied photojournalism at the University of Missouri. Af… Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/10/photographer-397-ikuru-kuwajima.html Ikuru Kuwajima, 1984, Japan, is a photojournalist and documentary photographer.
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Insights and Experiences from the 2011 Eddie Adams Workshop
The Visual Student: Each year at the Eddie Adams Workshop, students of diverse backgrounds and skill sets descend on Jeffersonville, New York, only to come away with different, yet intense experiences. Here are four alumni of the XXIV Barnstormers.
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Silver Halide Martyrs – Eritrean revolutionary archives
Greg Marinovich: Uniquely, the Eritrean revolutionaries fighting for independence from Ethiopia made a decision in the ’Sixties to assign fighters – both male and female – to record the war. They wanted to be in a position to write their own history, and not have their epic struggle distorted by the outside world. They also…
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World Press Photo Masterclass in racial stereotyping?
World Press Photo Masterclass in racial stereotyping? — duckrabbit 2011 JOOP SWART MASTERCLASS The 2011 Joop Swart Masterclass will take place from 28 October – 3 November, bringing together… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/10/world-press-joop-swart-masterclass-respect-or-racial-stereotyping/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 The theme ( this years Joop Swart Masterclass ) is respect. With that in mind take a look at the photo by Antonio…
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War Photographers in Afghanistan: The Images That Moved Them Most
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/10/07/afghanistan-the-photographs-that-moved-them-most/#1 On the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan, TIME asks 40 renowned photographers to reflect on their harrowing experiences covering the conflict—and to describe which of their own photographs moved them most.
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Photographer #393: Marco Vernaschi
Photographer #393: Marco Vernaschi Marco Vernaschi, 1973, Italy, is a photojournalist with a very distinct signature. He has covered various intense stories around the globe. … Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/10/photographer-393-marco-vernaschi.html Marco Vernaschi, 1973, Italy, is a photojournalist with a very distinct signature. He has covered various intense stories around the globe.
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Internship Perspective – The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Leah Millis, at the visual student: I think for fellow students who are looking for internships and applying: make sure you apply for a ton and don’t lose hope if you don’t get your first choice. Reach out to people who you look up to or whose work you admire and ask questions. These days…
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Kalamazoo Gazette readers protest ‘vulgar’ T-shirt message in A1 photo
poynter: A front page photo of a young woman in a “Kiss My Ass” t-shirt