Category: Photojournalism
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The Fall: 20 Years Later | dvafoto
Link: Today is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There are a number of great reports on this occasion popping up right now but I wanted to point to two web presentations that I think are worth a look.
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Magnum / Georgia | dvafoto
Link: Magnum’s Georgian Spring is an incredibly interesting project, and possibly a turning point in photojournalism and agency work. This book, print, web and ‘multimedia’ project is a collaboration with the Georgian state itself, funded by the Ministry of Culture and arranged by photographer Thomas Dworzak with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, and independently curated by…
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Truth With a Camera Workshop
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Dirck Halstead's DigitalJournalist.org May Shut Down
Link: “So, at this point we are asking you, our loyal readers, who number more than 10,000, to help us,” Halstead wrote. “Effective immediately, we have set up a Paypal link on The Digital Journalist and urgently ask for pledges so that we can continue our work which will help you all. We have never…
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Gratitude | Luceo Images
Link: My life has changed so much since I left my life as a staff photographer at a daily newspaper in late February.
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The Visual Student » Coming Soon: Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar
Link: I was in my early 20’s the first time I went to the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. Times were different – we shot film, jobs were available, newspapers were robust, and my hair weave was rocking. Fast forward 15 years – film is almost obsolete, newspapers are hurting and my weave – well, lets pretend…
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Canon Professional Network – Volker Lensch unveils his Editor's Choice selection
Link: Volker Lensch, photo editor of Stern magazine, has picked a tightly edited shortlist of images from the photographs submitted to the fourth edition of Editor’s Choice – an entry that showcased the talents of emerging photojournalists and the power of black and white imagery.
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The Visual Student » Learning As You Go: Ryan C. Henriksen
Link: It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to be named the 64th College Photographer of the Year. So far, it has been a very surreal experience and I am not quite sure what to expect. Winning CPOY was something I had never really thought much about, because it seemed beyond my grasp and an…
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An Inifinite Influence: Robert Frank & The Creation Of Photography « The Spinning Head
Link: Robert Frank’s The Americans may actually be the only book that can safely claim to have influenced the work and inspirations of most any photographer, documentarian and photojournalist born and working since the 1950s. There isn’t a Most Influential Photographers Of The Century list that will not list Frank’s name. This is truly one…
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It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 2) – Opinionator
It Was All Started By a Mouse (Part 2) The conclusion of a closer look at a child’s toy among bombed-out ruins, and at what it’s like photographing a war. via Opinionator: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/it-was-all-started-by-a-mouse-part-2/ BEN CURTIS: So there should be 19 pictures, numbered 101 to 119. Basically, I spent the whole day out and then came…
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Finding a new voice… « IPA
Link: As a photojournalist, I felt like I was using my gift for good. I was giving a voice to the voiceless. As a wedding/commercial/gun-for-hire photographer I’ve started to feel like a sell out.
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Supporting Photojournalist Causes in Haiti « Perfesser Kev
Link: Haiti could be the story of the year, and scores of international photojournalists are there now, more than a week after the devastating earthquake. Their work has been powerful and has unquestionably influenced the amount of aid headed there in the aftermath.
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: "Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand's Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World?" (1991)
Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand’s Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World? Part II (1991) Whenever I see it, I immediately hear a voice singing, “Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.” Yes, it is a sexist work. But that is a fact about Winogrand we must…
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Wonderful Machine » Haiti From Our Photographer’s Eyes
Link: My arrival in Haiti was shocking…the amount of people in the streets, people wandering around wounded from the earthquake (broken limbs, open head wounds etc.)…people were now living on the streets for fear of another earthquake or due to the loss of their homes.
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On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles – Lens
On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles Yemen is a fascinating and daunting place for a Western photographer, as Michael Kamber learned. There are plenty of subjects; just not the ones you want. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/assignment-25/ It’s New Year’s Eve in Dakar when the call comes from the editor in New York. A Nigerian man, Umar…
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The Motorbike Diaries – Tet | Luceo Images
Link: A few days ago I ventured out of the city with a photographer friend of mine named Quinn Mattingly. Our intention was to drive north to Tay Ninh near the Cambodian border for the day. But once we hit the town of Cu Chi, I became tired of driving on the highway with the…
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Entertainer, Photographer Drew Carey Joins NPPA Board Of Directors
Link: “If I wasn’t a comic or television star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist,” Carey told Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch in 2005 as the photographer and his cameras followed the United States Men’s National Soccer Team.
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Essay: Too Many Angles on Suffering? – Lens
Essay: Too Many Angles on Suffering? At one point there were almost certainly too many photographers in Haiti. But which point? Patrick Witty and several leading photographers wrestle with the issue. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/essay-13/ At one point there were almost certainly too many photographers in Haiti. But which point? This question is scarcely new.…
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NPPA To Spend ACA Funds On Advocacy, Education, Information
Link: First and foremost on the board’s list of priorities was NPPA’s advocacy effort. The board saw advocacy as the most effective way to help the greatest number of photographers. Therefore the board approved a large increase in NPPA’s advocacy budget. The committee, along with the NPPA’s general counsel, Mickey H. Osterreicher, will spend 2010…