Category: Photojournalism
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Parents Capture Daughter’s Experience With Brain Cancer « CBS Minnesota
Parents Capture Daughter’s Experience With Brain Cancer
For two well-known Minneapolis Star Tribune photographers, a picture is worth so much more than a thousand words. Liz Flores and David Joles, of Minneapolis, say it’s the only way to measure their love for their daughter during a time they found themselve
Link: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/03/02/parents-capture-daughters-experience-with-brain-cancer/
For two well-known Minneapolis Star Tribune photographers, a picture is worth so much more than a thousand words. Liz Flores and David Joles, of Minneapolis, say it’s the only way to measure their love for their daughter during a time they found themselves in their toughest assignment yet.
“I never ever thought I would be on this side of the camera,” said Liz Flores.
Their daughter, Gracie Joles, was recently diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumor, just before her 8th birthday. -
Financing Photojournalism by Subscription: Emphas.is May Help Fix What's Broken – NYTimes.com
Financing Photojournalism by Subscription
Photojournalists can either complain about the withering of financial backing for their projects, or scrape it together themselves. Emphas.is may offer hope.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/financing-photojournalism-by-subscription/
“We believe photojournalism has a large and enthusiastic following that would be willing to contribute financially when given the right incentive,” the founders declared on their Web site. “Emphas.is offers this incentive in the form of exclusive access to top photojournalists carefully selected by a board of reviewers composed of industry professionals.”
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A Photo Editor – I Didn’t Choose My Gender- But I Have Chosen To Be A Photojournalist
I Didn’t Choose My Gender- But I Have Chosen To Be A Photojournalist – A Photo Editor
Harry Benson responds to the Laura Logan assault in Egypt by writing “the last place for a young, attractive woman to be is in the middle of an extremely dangerous situation” (here) prompting this response from photojournalist Julie Dermansky “when on the
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/03/04/i-didnt-choose-my-sex-but-i-have-chosen-to-be-a-photojournalist/
“We believe photojournalism has a large and enthusiastic following that would be willing to contribute financially when given the right incentive,” the founders declared on their Web site. “Emphas.is offers this incentive in the form of exclusive access to top photojournalists carefully selected by a board of reviewers composed of industry professionals.”
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At an Eerie Crossroads in Tripoli: Moises Saman in and Around the Libyan Capital – NYTimes.com
At an Eerie Crossroads in Tripoli
In Tripoli, Libya, Moises Saman is learning to expect the unexpected.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/at-an-eerie-crossroads-in-tripoli/
The amazing thing is that we’ve been seeing a lot. We thought that we’d be extremely managed by the government and we’d only be seeing what they wanted us to. But they’ve been taking us to places where the fighting has been happening. Today, they took us to Zawiyah, about 30 miles west of Tripoli, which is completely under the control of the opposition. This is really bizarre. They took us right into the opposition side.
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In Libya, Scott Nelson on Photographing the Rebellion – NYTimes.com
On the Ground in Libya
The photographer Scott Nelson has been moved by the welcome he has received by the Libyans he has encountered.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/on-the-ground-in-libya/
Scott Nelson and Ed Ou photographers on assignment for The New York Times, crossed into Libya from Egypt on Tuesday, with a Times reporter, Kareem Fahim. Along with the staff photographer Tyler Hicks they have been reporting from eastern Libya. On Friday morning, James Estrin interviewed Mr. Nelson by e-mail.
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Noor partners with Nikon for free workshops – BJP
The Amsterdam-based photo agency Noor is offering, through a partnership with Nikon, a five-day workshop for aspiring Eastern European documentary photographers with veterans Stanley Greene, Philip Blenkinsop and Pep Bonet
Link: Noor partners with Nikon for free workshops – British Journal of Photography
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“Picture Head”, a response from Donald Weber | dvafoto
In essence, it’s time we recognize our solipsistic viewpoint of only one way to record and document what we deem “photojournalism.” For far too long we have been held hostage by our own stringent rules, guidelines, methodologies and processes of making and distributing what was supposedly photojournalism. To discount Wolf’s work as anything less then what we all do is a rather fearful and, as quoting Lippman, a “democratic defect” in the pursuit of what really should be an egalitarian form of documentation. We cannot thrust upon the public or ourselves an outline of a “proper way.”
Link: “Picture Head”, a response from Donald Weber | dvafoto
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The Online Photographer: Dispatches from Egypt: Peter Turnley in Cairo
Dispatches from Egypt: Peter Turnley in Cairo
The turning point in the Egyptian Revolution, Tahrir Square, Cairo, February 11th–13th Exclusive to The Online Photographer Words and Photographs by Peter Turnley I’ve witnessed and photographed many of the most important moments of geopolitical change of
via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/02/peter-turnley-in-cairo.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29
I’ve witnessed and photographed many of the most important moments of geopolitical change of the past thirty years: the fall of Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution in Prague, the overthrow of Ceausescu in Romania, the end of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the Tiananmen Square uprising and military crackdown in China to name the most important ones. After following daily from afar the uprising in Egypt, and being inspired by the wonderful and courageous photographs made by many of my colleagues who were already there, I decided last Wednesday to board a plane for Cairo. I was well aware of the potential dangers for journalists covering this story.
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Dispatches from Tahrir Square – British Journal of Photography
Two autocratic regimes have fallen in just two months, attracting dozens of photographers to report from the dangerous frontline. But, for some of these photojournalists, this story is just the beginning
Link: Dispatches from Tahrir Square – British Journal of Photography
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Epilogue: The judges reflect on the WBD entries – The Society for News Design
Epilogue: The judges reflect on the WBD entries
Now that the winner has been announced, the judges reflect on what they have seen over this long weekend in Syracuse.
via The Society for News Design – SND: http://www.snd.org/2011/02/overview/
Amid all our positive observations, we became concerned about the state of photojournalism in the pages we saw. We missed emotional photographs. Glossy magazines and newsprint pages with vast, luxurious expanses of space were largely devoid of powerful photojournalism.
The lack of strong, documentary images puzzled us. We wondered if this has something to do with reduced investment. The industry has lost so many positions for picture editors and others, and yet great photographs can’t be made without time, care and commitment. Perhaps in places where the work is being done, print space to showcase it is no longer available.
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Vietnam-era journalists see new dangers today
During the Vietnam War, there were no “embeds,” journalists implanted with well-armed troops, like those who cover wars today from Iraq to Afghanistan. But neither were there snipers, police or troops targeting journalists — who are being killed today at a far greater rate
Link: wn_020711a.html
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PDN » Photojournalist Giles Duley Gravely Injured in Afghanistan
Photojournalist Giles Duley Gravely Injured in Afghanistan | PDNPulse
The New York Times has just reported that British freelance photographer Giles Duley lost both legs and an arm after stepping on an improvised explosive in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. The incident occurred February 7 while Duley was on a foot pa
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/02/photojournalist-giles-duley-gravely-injured-in-afghanistan.html
I have stayed away from much of the online discussion of the use of camera phones and apps in photojournalism largely because I have not wanted to be seen as an advocate for their use and because I have wanted to avoid any appearance of endorsing any particular product or technique — which I absolutely do not. It was never my intention for these photos to be seen only in the context of the tool by which they were made.
Having said that, I will always stand behind these photographs and am confident in my decision that this was the right tool to tell this particular story.
Any discussion about the validity of these images comes down to two basic fundamentals: aesthetics and content.
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What Not to Bring to Tahrir Square: Stephen Farrell Learns to Pack a Smaller Camera Kit – NYTimes.com
It is rare that the most important piece of equipment in your bag is the bag itself, even more rare for that bag to be a black plastic trash sack slung over your shoulder as you walk past pro-government thugs on a bridge over the River Nile. The trash bag’s purpose, of course, is to conceal your large nylon camera bag, which is likely to get you grabbed off the street by the aforementioned thugs.
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What is a newspaper photograph? – Picture Editor : Mike Davis
In the professional photography realm, newspaper photographers tend to fall in the middle to lower levels of quality – though there are some incredibly talented newspaper photographers.
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Chris Hondros on the Madness in Tahrir Square — BagNews
Chris Hondros on the Madness in Tahrir Square – Reading The Pictures
The only way I can describe the situation today is that it was totally old school, just people with rocks, sticks and fists. It felt almost historical. It was probably more like how the American Revolution was fought. Or a fight in 683 BC. Just thousan
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/02/chris-hondros-on-the-madness-in-tahrir-square/
I had a chance to talk to Getty photographer, Chris Hondros, on the phone from Cairo in the early evening yesterday, several hours after he escaped from the absolute chaos in the central square. Below is a my transcript of his comments accompanying this slideshow of photos he took, the images published at several major news sites:
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We're Just Sayin: To Photography, and Photographers
To Photography, and Photographers
I’m in Amsterdam, participating in the jury process for this year’s World Press Photo awards, probably the Premier awards in the field of ph…
Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2011/02/to-photography-and-photographers.html
As they started to get aboard, I realized there would probably not be room, but that made no real sense to me, as I was working for TIME, and did absolutely NOT want to lose this scoop to the others there. They represented the main news organizations, Henri Huet of AP, Kent Potter of UPI, Larry Burrows from LIFE, and Keisaburo Shimamoto from Newsweek. Between them something like 35 years of experience in Viet Nam. So I kept trying to harangue the VN Army major who’d been tasked with taking care of the journalists. And the clearer it became that I might not get on that bird, the more worked up my pleas.
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The Future of Documentary Photography – A Picture's Worth | PhotoShelter
This week we sponsored a panel discussion on the future of documentary photography, produced by the photographers of Luceo Images in conjunction with their Altered States gallery exhibition. The panel included photojournalist James Estrin of the New York Times LENS Blog, TIME Magazine Deputy Photo Editor Paul Moakley, director of CLAMPART Brian Paul Clamp, and Bess Greenberg of 25CPW.
The conversation focused heavily on seizing new opportunities as a visual journalist and creating a sustainable living as a photographer. The panelists indicated that there’s no “magic bullet” here. However, they each shared some extremely thought-provoking insights and inspiring words, well worth your time and consideration.
Link: The Future of Documentary Photography – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter