Category: Photojournalism
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A Learning Experience; Brooks Student Covers The Jesusita Fire
Troy Harvey says: I received a phone call in the late afternoon hours of May 6, informing me of a fire in the hills of Santa Barbara. Not knowing the exact details of the fire, I quickly packed my things and headed for the flames.
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A Forced New Beginning
Brian Blanco says: Interestingly enough, turning in my company-owned equipment wasn’t the hardest part. Nor was it saying good-bye to my friends and colleagues at my farewell potluck held in the section of empty cubicles that, in the not-so-distant past, had been bustling with activity and decorated with family photos of the employees who once…
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World Press Photo: 470,214 Pictures Later
World Press Photo: 470,214 Pictures Later says: I wonder if World Press Photo is peeling away from reflecting the media as it is, and is rather reflecting the media the way we wish it were. Of the 376 images awarded prizes this year, I would be curious to know how many have been published in…
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S BLOG – News Photographers Association of Canada
Steve Russell says: I have to give a little credit to the people who edit my file. Believe me sometimes I get angry with them for making me look a little less than perfect. Sometimes I even let them know it. Sometimes I use bad words to describe them.
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Collective Vision photo blog gets some ink
City Limits says: Collective Vision, the new photo blog by the staff of the Austin American-Statesman, was featured in a two-page spread in Sunday’s Statesman. We are really excited about our photo blog, and we invite you to check it out.
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World Press Award Interviews
World Press Photo says: Each image awarded by World Press Photo tells its own story. But there is much more to tell. About what it was like to work in a war zone, or what restrictions were placed on a photographer at a major sports event. Or about what happened before and after a winning…
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On Assignment: Moments Between Life and Death
James Estrin, Lens Blog says: After the explosion, with very little cover, Tyler Hicks ran with Specialist Soto downriver to a creek bed. Five minutes later, they made a run for safety and attempted to ford the river as gunfire rang around them. Mr. Hicks’s armored jacket, helmet and camera equipment together weighed over 40…
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Lens Blog
Lens Blog – NYTimes.com says: Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print,…
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Mostly True: A Little More on Hugh Van Es
Ken Jarecke says: This should be required reading for anyone picking up a camera (or a pencil) with the hope of making the world a slightly better place.
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Photographer Stuart Franklin's best shot – The Guardian
Stuart Franklin says: It was odd: at the beginning, the Tiananmen Square demonstrations had an upbeat, almost rock festival feel. But then as the army moved in, it turned ugly. So the following morning, I was on the balcony in my hotel room on Chang’an Avenue in Beijing, about 150 metres from Tiananmen Square. I…
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Photographer Linsey Addario Injured in Pakistan
State of the Art says: Linsey Addario, whose pictures have appeared regularly in the New York Times in recent years, was injured in a car wreck in Pakistan on Saturday. According to Times Assistant Managing Editor Michelle McNally, Addario was returning to Islamabad after visiting efugee camps.
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S BLOG – DAY 3 – IAN WILLMS
NPAC – News Photographers Association of Canada says: “There’s a time and a place for everything… and it’s college.” Listen up, students. This post is all for you. Photojournalism is still quite new for me, but I have already learned some key lessons along the way. I’d like to share a bit of that insight…
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State of the Art: A Few Wise Words About Photojournalism
Eliane Laffont says: “Photojournalism” is a word that evokes heroic stories and the call of adventure. It is a mirror of the world and a witness to its time. When Jean Pierre and I—along with our French partners — created the photo agencies Gamma in 1968 and Sygma in 1973, we wanted to redefine the…
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Worth a Look: “Our World At War” by the photographers of VII and the International Committee of the Red Cross
dvafoto says: VII and the International Committee of the Red Cross have just unveiled their globe-spanning project documenting current humanitarian crises, “Our World At War.” The work includes: Lebanon by Franco Pagetti, Afghanistan by James Nachtwey, Haiti by Ron Haviv, Caucasus by Antonin Kratochvil, Liberia by Christopher Morris, Colombia by Franco Pagetti, Philippines by James…
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Jarecke's photos boil down to purity
BillingsGazette.com says: Every photo begs a question. How’d he shoot that? How’d he survive that? Why is she still smiling? To capture delicate moments in the lives of others is an art that Joliet photographer Kenneth Jarecke has spent almost three decades perfecting.
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Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad. on Vimeo
Anthony Suau – Visual Nomad. from leica camera on Vimeo. Filmed only a week before leaving for Amsterdam to receive the 2008 World Photo Press Award, Leica joined photojournalist Anthony Suau as he used his camera on assignment in Spanish Harlem to document the Feed the Children Drive in his ongoing coverage and interest of…
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Teaching journalists in Kabul – big plans and how you can help
RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog says: In 2001, world-renowned photojournalist Reza Deghati (known simply as Reza by most) founded Aina, an international non-profit organization based in Afghanistan that cultivates a well-trained independent media in order to promote democracy and to help heal post-conflict societies. In this post he outlines the organization’s successes and ways…