Category: Photojournalism
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adjustment layer: Edward Linsmier
Edward Linsmier Edward Linsmier is my first guest blogger, he is a photojournalist based out of southern florida. Edward has spent a lot of tim … Link: http://adjustmentlayer.blogspot.com/2010/02/edward-linsmier.html Edward Linsmier is my first guest blogger, he is a photojournalist based out of southern florida. Edward has spent a lot of tim working and shooting in…
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: "Standing on the Corner – Reflections Upon Garry Winogrand's Photographic Gaze – Mirror of Self or World? Part II" (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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Haiti Photo Workshops Face Online Backlash | Raw File
Haiti Photo Workshops Face Online Backlash Images of luxury cruise liners docking at the Haitian port of Labadee immediately following the earthquake raised an uproar. Now the decision of two photographers to hold workshops amidst the chaos and death are stirring online debate on the ethics of pho via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/02/haiti-photo-workshops-face-online-backlash/ Images of luxury cruise…
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Cappuccino and Cameras, in the Hands of a Master – The Digital Journalist
I’d also seen samples of his work from a dozen stories, as varied as a LIFE photographer’s world could be, including one of the first sets of pictures of the ‘Great Cats of Africa.’ It was another time altogether from the world we know today, and so I was all the more pleased to be…
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Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin
Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin | Photography review The great war photographer Don McCullin talks to Sean O’Hagan ahead of the major retrospective of his work in Manchester via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/07/don-mccullin-shaped-war-review “The day I came across that boy was a killer day for me. There were 800 dying children in that schoolhouse.…
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Why Not Images of Haiti — By Haitians? – The Digital Journalist
What was missing from this reportage—both still and moving—was the opportunity for Haitians to tell their own stories. One blogger stated on Internet site Newspaper Death Watch, “When Diane Sawyer arrived on the scene she got to practice her O-Level French but, apart from that, there was nothing she said that could not have been…
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Thoughts of a Bohemian » Photojournalism’s boutiques
What happens when photographers cannot sell images anymore ? What do they do if magazines do not pay for their coverage? Well, they turn around and start selling to other photographers. Not images, but workshops. Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Blog Archive » Photojournalism’s boutiques
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PDNPulse: Haiti Aftermath Coverage: A Live Chat
Photographers Chris Hondros, Timothy Fadek and Willie Davis will share images they shot in the first week after the Haitian earthquake and discuss press coverage of the disaster during a live chat hosted by BagNewsNotes, the politics and photography blog, this Sunday from 3 to 4:30pm EST. Link: PDNPulse: Haiti Aftermath Coverage: A Live Chat
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Nervous, humbled and excited.
Gerry McCarthy has been doing some prep work for Vancouver that he has come up with all on his own, including gaff taping large storage bags of ice to his crotch. Link: Nervous, humbled and excited.
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To Hear Or See An Haitian Once The Party Has Died Down « The Spinning Head
The hoards of photographers and wanna-be photographers, most eyeing each other and copying each other so that they may not get ‘left behind’, that have descended on Haiti since the devastating earthquake there remind me why I have felt so alienated and disconnected from this entire craft. The specious justifications of ‘bearing witness’ or that…
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ZORIAH – Photojournalism Workshops – Haiti Earthquake Intimate Group Workshop
Photojournalism Workshops – Haiti Earthquake Intimate Group Workshop I have decided to offer a special small group workshop in Haiti focused on photographing the aftermath of the earthquake. Subjects covered will be working in disaster zones and other difficult and dangerous situations, survival and logistics in difficult via ZORIAH – A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND WAR PHOTOGRAPHER’S…
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PDNPulse: Colin Finlay Discusses Working in Haiti on LinkedIn (Feb. 4)
Link: PDNPulse: Colin Finlay Discusses Working in Haiti on LinkedIn (Feb. 4)
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The Online Photographer: H.C.-B.: The Invisible Man
H.C.-B.: The Invisible Man By Jim Hughes More than any other practitioner, I think, Henri Cartier-Bresson has defined the art of small-camera photography. Defying categorization (that bane of any true original), H.C.-B., neither photojournalist nor documentarian, seemingly traverse via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/01/hcb-the-invisible-man.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29 “You must not photograph me!” he shrieked, his English suddenly crystal-clear. “No…
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PDNPulse: Verve Fee Policy Sparks Debate About Blog Business Models
A couple of weeks ago photographer Adam Patterson touched off a discussion on Lightstalkers about Geoffrey Hiller’s Verve documentary photography blog charging a new $50 administrative fee to photographers to include work on the site. Link: PDNPulse: Verve Fee Policy Sparks Debate About Blog Business Models
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PDNPulse: Photog's iPhone Lights Birth in Haiti: The Rest of the Story
USA Today photographer Jack Gruber posted on his Facebook page on Jan. 23 that “the light from his iPhone helped deliver a baby in the totally dark outside triage area of Port au Prince General Hospital last night.” Link: PDNPulse: Photog’s iPhone Lights Birth in Haiti: The Rest of the Story
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: Bill Owens – "Suburbia" (2000)
Bill Owens – ‘Suburbia’ (2000) “The photographs for Suburbia weren’t done by accident. I put together a shooting script of events that I wanted to photograph… Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Birthdays, et cetera.” By Cynthia Morrill, Ph.D. In 1972, while a news photog via AMERICAN SUBURB X: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/01/theory-bill-owens-suburbia-2000.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americansuburb+%28AMERICANSUBURBX%29 In 1972, while a news photographer…
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Haiti and Photography – Conscientious
From what I read and hear from people there seems to be a steadily growing discontent with the coverage of the Haiti earthquake. Link: Haiti and Photography – Conscientious
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Fabienne Cherisma « Prison Photography
Fabienne Cherisma PART ONE OF A SERIES OF POSTS DISCUSSING PHOTOGRAPHERS’ ACTIONS AND RESPONSES TO THE KILLING OF FABIENNE CHERISMA IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI ON THE 19TH JANUARY 2010. “The question is not… via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/fabienne-cherisma/ There is a chance that Fabienne Cherisma could become a symbol of the Haitian earthquake and the problematic aftermath;…
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The Visual Student » NPPF Announces New Scholarship
The National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) officers and board are pleased to announce the addition of a new scholarship in the memory of Seattle Times photographer Jimi Lott. Link: The Visual Student » NPPF Announces New Scholarship
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The Visual Student » Working Abroad: M. Scott Brauer
Brauer: “I’m currently based in China, working on various long-term publications. I’m represented by Invision Images in Europe, Aurora Select in the US through a partnership with Invision, and Wonderful Machine in the US, as well. I get by selling stock, periodic assignments, corporate shoots now and again, and some web design on the side. …