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
“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
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In 1972, while a news photographer for the Livermore Independent, Bill Owens made the photographs that comprise Suburbia. Initially presented in a 1973 volume entitled, Suburbia, they have since been exhibited in museums and galleries in Europe and North America and become the classic photographic description of the American suburban dream.
From what I read and hear from people there seems to be a steadily growing discontent with the coverage of the Haiti earthquake.
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…
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There is a chance that Fabienne Cherisma could become a symbol of the Haitian earthquake and the problematic aftermath; that she become a tragic silhouette extending meaning far beyond the facts of her abrupt and unjust death.
This notion can be at once offensive and inevitable. If the visual rhetoric is going to play out as such, then if it is not Fabienne, it will be another victim.
What purpose could the emergence of a such a symbol serve?
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.
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. I got here by sheer force of will, I suppose.”
many times pictures say more about who took them than they ever do about their subjects. I’m not sure my photographs have ever revealed much about people or places that others couldn’t understand on their own without the benefit of my work. But photography has revealed much to me about myself, and the discoveries are often painful.
Link: Exposed – The Boston Globe
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Why does it matter? We all know there was an earthquake. We all know that tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. How will images that are slightly better, or slideshows that are properly edited, make…
Why does it matter? We all know there was an earthquake. We all know that tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. How will images that are slightly better, or slideshows that are properly edited, make the situation in Haiti any better?
Last week it was suggested that the disaster in Haiti was of such a great magnitude that anyone on the ground with a cellphone could make lasting images that the rest of the world would never forget. Not likely, (I…
After thousands of images, on dozens of different sites, my initial reaction was confirmed. World shocking events such as this need to be properly documented by great photographers. I’m not even talking photojournalists here. Think of Joel Meyerowitz’s work on the World Trade Center as an example.
“There’s nothing ‘in a box’ that solves our requirements,” Straight said. “NPPA’s unique Web site needs – eCommerce and our contests and editorial content – will require customized development … as well as integrating the old with the new.”
“The wrong decision about what to do with their Web site has ruined many companies,” new board member Smiley Pool said. “The most difficult task [facing NPPA] is the development challenge,” Pool said.
Link: Board Approves $1.4m Budget, Plans For NPPA’s Future, Web Site
After spending the morning clicking through the latest photos from Haiti, I can’t seems to get my thoughts off of what is going on there. The images coming back spew a long list contradictory adjectives. Beautiful. Ugly. Revealing. Tragic. Hopeful. Insightful. Disgusting. Amazing. Every click of the mouse is another rectangle that holds more human suffering within the four walls of its shape that I don’t want to ever see again, and can’t get enough of.
Reminds me of this pack of war paparazzi. I’m well aware that coverage of disasters is chaotic and involves a huge crowd of reporters. Photojournalism isn’t just one photographer out in the middle of nowhere sending back photos, but it shouldn’t be a pack of hungry wolves descending on the latest victim to emerge from the rubble. The world needs to know about disaster and it takes an army of reporters to do that. The pictures from Haiti have likely been the a driving force behind the private and public relief donations.
Link: Like moths to a flame – so many cameras in Haiti | dvafoto
“The good news is that we made it through a really rough 18 months,” Straight said. “But don’t think we’ve seen the end of this. I think it’s going to continue. The bad news is that the recovery of our industry is going to be slower than the general public’s recovery, I think.”
Link: NPPA’s Executive Director Tells New Board “Good News, Bad News”
A groundbreaking initiative that brings photographers and NGOs together to campaign for change.
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‘You must also ensure you show the effect of the NGO’s work rather than just the vulnerable members of society and their stories,’ he says. ‘Providing such context is extremely important as otherwise you are just picturing misery without suggesting a solution – which in this case is the work of the NGO.’
Photojournalists on the ground in Haiti covering the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake are struggling with logistical challenges, including housing, food, water, transportation and communications. Safety is also a mounting concern.
Link: Photographers in Haiti Face Shortages of Fuel, Water, Housing, and Food
Andrew Henderson is a staff photographer at The National in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Henderson previously worked as an intern at The Virginian-Pilot, Concord Monitor, The New York Times, and National Geographic Magazine. Henderson has a photography degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a history degree from Western Kentucky University, and studied multimedia in the graduate program at Syracuse University.
Adam Ferguson recounts his experience photographing Afghan schoolgirls while on a recent assignment for The New York Times.
Link: Photographing Afghan Girls – At War Blog – NYTimes.com
Getty Images, Inc., the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual and digital media content, today announced an editorial distribution partnership with The Washington Post. This strategic relationship provides customers around the world with access to imagery captured by one of the most respected news organizations, The Washington Post, and enables Getty Images to offer the most comprehensive editorial imagery coverage of today’s top stories.
Link: Getty Images: Getty Images Appointed as Editorial Distribution Partner for The Washington Post
It is important to get a feel for the real photo world, which is a lot different then what school, or even your own mind tells you. You need to find out if this is really for you (i.e. photojournalism, etc.). That’s what I did. I ended up being a cadet staff photographer for my local Hong Kong paper the South China Morning Post. I worked 6 days a week and did 3 – 8 assignments a day. Sometimes I would spend 5 hours just sitting around waiting for news stories.
As more and more layoffs around the country are announced, I’ve been increasingly asked for advice on how to start out and succeed at freelancing. It’s a logical segue right out of the gate because for the most part it’s mainly editorial and they’ll be in their comfort zone before moving on to other arenas of photography. The first thing out of my mouth every time is that you have GOT to be patient in every single facet of the business.
Link: The Visual Student » Freelance Advice: Thomas E. Witte