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 and under fire for the first time. Many paid their own way.
Category: Photojournalism
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On Young Photographers and Conflict
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Cognitive Dissonance and Photojournalism
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 there seems to be an unending stream of ways journalists justify letting their actions determine their ethics.
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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…
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
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
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 had to use propaganda to unite the diverse peoples of Eritrea against Ethiopia. The warrior-photographers brief was to be both soldier and reporter, and to decide when to shoot with the camera or with the gun.
The archive chronicles the full tapestry of the Eritrean struggle: the early rebellion; the famine of the ’Eighties that Emperor Haile Selassie exacerbated in an attempt to starve the revolution into submission and the ten long years when the Eritrean guerillas were living in underground bunkers, besieged by the massive Ethiopian army.
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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…
The theme ( this years Joop Swart Masterclass ) is respect. With that in mind take a look at the photo by Antonio Bolfo, published by World Press to represent the theme
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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 with email it’s kind of silly not to. Some will respond, some won’t. Bottom line for me, is keep being curious, be a good listener and learn from your mistakes.
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Kalamazoo Gazette readers protest ‘vulgar’ T-shirt message in A1 photo
A front page photo of a young woman in a “Kiss My Ass” t-shirt
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Advice for a Freshman (Applicable to Everyone)
After talking to some current students and PJ grads, I wanted to put together some advice about starting out for a young PJ. Here are some of those thoughts – some brief, some long, but ultimately useful to anyone interested about this opportunity to learn with some amazing people. While many of the comments here are from Missouri and Ohio University students, good advice is good advice – pretty much applicable to any one, anywhere
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VII Photo Agency Brings in New Members
VII Photo Agency Brings in New Members | PDNPulse
Three months after VII Pboto announced a shakeup to its structure, the changes at the photographers’ cooperative have finally played out with the announcement today of its new members. They are Davide Monteleone, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Lynsey Addario, Joc
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/vii-photo-agency-brings-in-new-members-and-new-money.html
They are Davide Monteleone, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Lynsey Addario, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Stefano de Luigi, Venetia Dearden, Jessica Dimmock, Adam Ferguson, Ashley Gilbertson, Seamus Murphy, Maciek Nabrdalik, Tomas Van Houtryve and Donald Weber.
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VII Photo: Co-Founder Gary Knight reacts to the changes
Gary Knight, one of VII Photo’s co-founders, speaks with BJP about the changes ahead at the prestigious agency
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LIVE: VII Photo in transition [update 3]
Ten years after its creation, VII Photo is going through a period of transition, as the agency announces who is remaining with VII and who’s leaving. BJP has all the details…
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LIVE: VII Photo in transition
Ten years after its creation, VII Photo is going through a period of transition as its members are set to announce who will remain with the redefined agency. Over the next few days, BJP will provide full coverage
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14 Most Dangerous Locations for Photojournalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists recently published its 2011 Impunity Index, which ranks the perceived danger of the world’s nations based on the number of unsolved journalist murders. After the report came out, we were not surprised to find many that PhotoShelter members had photographed in these places. And we wanted to know, did they risk their lives to be there? Surprisingly, not everyone said ‘yes’, and many were quick to draw attention to the more severe danger faced by local journalists. Read below to see our photographers’ stories firsthand, in order of “most dangerous” to “least dangerous” countries.
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NPPA’s “Find A Photographer” Will Now Include Student Members
“Anything we can do to help students finance their desire to learn would be in our best interest,” NPPA board member Michael P. King said. “As a student, if you got just one freelance assignment a year through ‘Find A Photographer’ your membership would pay for itself.”
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Volume based photojournalism
Taking a cue from the succesful microstock model here is where photojournalism is heading. It is happening under our eyes, right now and in four steps.