Category: Photojournalism

Blogging Images: Photojournalism and Public Commentary

Blogging Images: Photojournalism and Public Commentary

Northwestern University in Evanston, IL is to host the conference ‘Blogging Images: Photojournalism and Public Commentary’ on Saturday, April 30th. Robert Hariman explains why here: &#8…

via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/blogging-images-photojournalism-and-public-commentary/

Northwestern University in Evanston, IL is to host the conference ‘Blogging Images: Photojournalism and Public Commentary’ on Saturday, April 30th

April 20, 2011
Napkins and Quarters: Curiosity, Community and a Camera

Yoon S. Byun:

This project on Globe photojournalist Bill Greene, was done to fulfill my degree requirements for a Master of Arts in Photojournalism at Ohio University. The question behind the thesis was, “What motivates a local New Englander, who has never left Massachusetts, to be such a prolific storyteller in his home community?”

Link: » Blog Archive » Napkins and Quarters: Curiosity, Community and a Camera

April 20, 2011
The Pulitzer Eddie Adams Didn't Want

Indeed, the reason for his seemingly inexplicable feelings remained a mystery until just recently. His widow, Alyssa Adams, donated his archive to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin on the fifth anniversary of Eddie’s death. The archive includes more than 50 years’ worth of material from a journalist who covered 13 wars, six American presidents and nearly every major film star. With his family’s permission, Alison M. Beck of the Briscoe Center allowed me an advance peek into the archive as the staff categorized 200 linear feet of slides, negatives, prints, audio and video materials, diaries, notes and tear sheets. Everything captured my interest, but Eddie’s journals were the gems.

Link: The Pulitzer Eddie Adams Didn’t Want: Donald R. Winslow Unravels a Mystery – NYTimes.com

April 19, 2011
BagNews Salon: Archive of “Assignment Egypt”

BagNewsSalon: Assignment Egypt – Reading The Pictures

On Sunday, March 20th, BagNewsSalon is hosting an online panel looking at the media’s visual framing of the Egypt uprising. We encourage you to listen in, recommend the discussion to colleagues and also recommend students to view this lively deconstructi

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The most recent BagNews Salon, held on March 20th in collaboration with Open-i, brought together photographers and visual academics to analyze photos of Egypt’s 18-day revolution. Watch the full archive or read salient quotes from the conversation below.

April 11, 2011
Goran Tomasevic: Tales From Libya's Frontline

Tales from the frontline

Goran Tomasevic has been covering conflict for nearly 20 years, here he talks about his latest work in Libya.

via BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-12998593

Photojournalists are under more pressure than ever to get the shots and to transmit them as quickly as possible, here Goran provides some of the back story behind a number of the pictures he took on the frontline

April 11, 2011
A Limited Lens on Ivory Coast

A Limited Lens on Ivory Coast

Jane Hahn is in an unusual position as one of the few foreign photographers in Ivory Coast. But in a dangerous situation, she’s not even looking to make great photographs.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/a-limited-lens-on-ivory-coast/

Jane Hahn, 32, has been covering the conflict in Ivory Coast since March 31. Ms. Hahn, a freelance photographer, is based in Accra, Ghana. She spoke to Kerri MacDonald late Friday afternoon from Abidjan, where she is staying at a Jordanian United Nations peacekeeping camp.

April 8, 2011
Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following Major Reconstructive Surgery

Photojournalist Joao Silva is doing exceptionally well this morning following extensive reconstructive surgery at the hands of three teams of specialized surgeons yesterday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, his boss New York Times assistant managing editor Michele McNally told News Photographer magazine this morning

Link: Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following Major Reconstructive Surgery

April 8, 2011
When the World Turned Its Back: James Nachtwey’s Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide

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In 1994 TIME photographer James Nachtwey witnessed the devastating effects of the Rwandan genocide. On the 17-year anniversary, the photographer looks back on the tragedy.

April 6, 2011
A New Way to Photograph War?

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/05/a-new-way-to-photograph-war/

An idea was born: Condition ONE, an app to provide a new form of storytelling. Dennis says it combines “the power of the still image, the narrative of films and the emotional engagement of tactile experiences to create a new language that is so immersive, it will shake viewers out of their numbness to traditional media and provide them a powerful emotional experience. Instead of opening a window to glimpse another world, we are attempting to bring the viewer into that world as an active participant.”

April 5, 2011
National Geographic's Melissa Farlow: Discovery Is What I Love

“Discovery Is What I Love” — National Geographic Photographer Melissa Farlow (VIDEO)

Farlow describes herself as a “documentary photographer.” Her work, she says, is completely dependent on others and the story she gets from them.

via HuffPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-crandell/melissa-farlow-national-geographic_b_830059.html

I’m shy. Many photographers will tell you that. And I think the camera is a reason to be some place, it’s a reason to talk to people, it’s a reason to be involved. And it gets me much closer to situations that I find interesting where I would never be there without the camera… I think people are fascinating. I’m always amazed how much they reveal to you. I’m an open person and treat people pretty openly and honestly and I’m amazed at the response I get… The camera always changes things, obviously, but my goals is to try to not let it. To be there long enough so that it isn’t really part of the mix.

April 1, 2011
Corentin Fohlen One of the new wave

I began with black and white photography in 2002. May as well be yesterday. He covered Brussels, looking for funny shots, humanistic photography. He cut classes in order to make his own prints. A little bit Tintin, very much Capa, and quickly, he settled in Paris where he was bitten by News Fever.

Link: Corentin Fohlen One of the new wave | La Lettre de la Photographie

March 31, 2011
Lynsey Addario: "It's What I Do"

Lynsey Addario: ‘It’s What I Do’

Lynsey Addario, newly released from captivity in Libya, tells why it is important that wars are covered by female photographers as well as men.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/lynsey-addario-its-what-i-do/

I was reading the feedback to the account that Anthony, Tyler, Steve and I wrote. (“Four Times Journalists Held Captive in Libya Faced Days of Brutality.”) Some comments said: “How dare a woman go to a war zone?” and “How could The New York Times let a woman go to the war zone?”

To me, that’s grossly offensive. This is my life, and I make my own decisions.

If a woman wants to be a war photographer, she should. It’s important. Women offer a different perspective. We have access to women on a different level than men have, just as male photographers have a different relationship with the men they’re covering.

March 31, 2011
Behind the Photos: the Attempted Assassination of President Reagan Revisited

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/03/30/behind-the-photos-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan-revisited/#1

Edmonds had the camera to his eye when the President started to wave, and as would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr., fired his gun, Edmonds made the famous sequence of three images that would be published around the world. “Sometimes you make your own luck, and I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and ready when this happened,” he recalled.

March 30, 2011
Adam Dean: On Covering Japan’s Devastation

Adam Dean: On Covering Japan’s Devastation | PDNPulse

Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/03/adam-dean-on-covering-japans-devastation-3.html

Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean (one of the 2011 PDN 30 emerging photographers) answered our questions about the logistical challenges of covering the catastrophe, and also wrote about the story’s emotional impact.

March 29, 2011
Emphas.is Crowdfunding for Photojournalists: From the Series Photojournalism at the Crossroads

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/03/29/emphas-is-crowdfunding-for-photojournalists-from-the-series-photojournalism-at-the-crossroads/#1

Online crowdfunding has proven to be a popular and viable means of financially supporting creative projects. Sites like Kickstarter.com have enabled individuals to appeal directly to an audience and realize a range of ideas that otherwise would have had limited chances of getting off the ground. But there hadn’t been a site for photojournalism until now.

March 29, 2011
Crowd Funding for Photography Gets Off to Shaky Start

Crowd Funding for Photography Gets Off to Shaky Start

A month after the launch of the new crowd funding platform for photojournalism, Emphas.is, one of its users reports from the road. Belgian photographer and Emphas.is fundraiser Tomas van Houtryve tells us about the good, the bad and the future of this wor

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/03/crowd-funding-for-photography-gets-off-to-shaky-start/

“Emphas.is isn’t a magic bullet that will solve every problem plaguing visual journalism, but I think it is turning out to be a good model for long-term documentary projects,” says van Houtryve. “I have a crowd of very supportive people behind me, and it is clear that they have a stake in the project’s success. It’s very inspiring.”

March 29, 2011
Photos That Come From Not Giving Up

Photos That Come From Not Giving Up

Desperate for shade from the desert sun in Burkina Faso, Paul Patrick Borhaug realized how much photography meant to him.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/photos-that-come-from-not-giving-up/

Paul Patrick Borhaug, known on his Web site simply as Paul Patrick, is 21 and lives in Oslo. His current project is “The Violence of Silence.” He spoke with Kerri MacDonald for the Turning Point series.

March 28, 2011
Tsunami Aftermath video – my response to the debate

Some of the commenters seem to think I am using news as an opportunity to make art. It is the opposite. I have been covering news for a long time and it frustrates me that people do not respond to it. I am trying to use cinematic techniques to make people connect to and care about news, not using news as an opportunity to make cinematic pieces.

Link: DSLR News Shooter | Tsunami Aftermath video – my response to the debate

March 27, 2011
Photog Reflects on Images of Oil Spill Drowning

Photog Reflects on Images of Oil Spill Drowning

Last July, while America was coming to terms with the fallout from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, China itself was dealing with the largest oil spill in its history in the city of Dalian. During the spill, a fatal act of bravery was caught on film by

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/03/photog-reflects-on-images-of-oil-spill-drowning/

“Had I not taken these picture of Zhang Liang, his sacrifice would have perhaps gone unnoticed and people would not have been aware of the extent of the oil spill,” says Lu Guang in Through the Lens: the Dalian Oil Spill, a short video produced by Greenpeace.

March 24, 2011
Regarding Parachute Journalism

Accusers of parachute journalists say, “they fly into hotspots around the globe, enter cultures they have no understanding of, work in places where they don’t speak the language, tell surface level stories of what has occurred and leave before the story has truly been completed.” Accusers say, “this style of watered-down news turns major stories that deserve in-depth, localized reporting into pop-trivia facts and catch phrases for the nightly news.”

Having just been to Egypt for their revolution, and now Japan, those comments hit me pretty hard.

Link: Regarding Parachute Journalism | Andrew Burton

March 24, 2011