From doug menuez 2.0:
My son had begun saying inconvenient things like, “Daddy, don’t go,” each time I headed out the door to another far-off assignment. It broke my heart of course. And at that point in my life, not much could get through my field-deadened emotions. And that meant I could no longer ignore the needs of my family for my career.
From Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights:
Domestic Photography Winner: “Too Young to Die” by Carlos Javier Ortiz, freelancer: Featured in Ebony Magazine, this series examines the epidemic of gun violence which not only plagues lower-income, urban neighborhoods, but youth from all walks of American life. Ortiz’ artistry and sensitivity delivers a powerful look at a tough subject.
International Photography: “Birth and Death”, Carol Guzy, Washington Post: With one in eight women dying in childbirth, Sierra Leone has the world’s highest rate of maternal mortality. Carol Guzy beautifully and movingly captures the pain, desperation and grief experienced by family members dealing with the loss of a young mother, a child, or often both. She amplifies the need for adequate medical care and supplies to stem the avoidable deaths. Guzy is a multiple RFK Award winner.
via APAD.
From Defining Moments:
Holding a camera is not work. If someone that actually WORKS at the newspaper won an award, that would be NEWS.
via Ashley
From Mostly True:
it doesn’t take long before these photographers stop even trying to make good pictures and just concentrate on the crap their editors want.
From under the influence « shooting from the hip:
As my career moved along, I took more and more creative chances. I started using my wide angle lens exclusively and began to admire the work of documentary photographers. I began to understand that there was more to photography than sports and spot news.
From RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog:
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.
From NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Web Site Winners:
1st Place, Single-page News
The Virginian-Pilot, Martin Smith-Rodden
From NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Web Site Winners:
1st Place, Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year – INDIVIDUAL
The Dallas Morning News, Brad Loper
As newspaper photo staffs around the country suffer severe cuts, time invested in video production is taking a hit. Many newspapers are “retrenching” as they make their last stand. I still embrace the radical idea that video has a future at newspapers. The few remaining producers at my publication continue to carry the torch by serving up compelling multimedia for our Web site viewers. The grand experiment of video at The Spokesman-Review is not dead – it’s just taking a breather. This economic downturn will end. Video’s influence on the Web and at newspapers is not going away.
Over the last year, reports have been that the situation in Afghanistan was getting worse. When I hear that I say to myself, “…getting? It already was worse.” From my first visit to Afghanistan in 2006, I felt that the situation had already started its downward spiral; however, all eyes and most journalistic resources were elsewhere. I returned in 2007 and few publications were interested in Afghanistan. It was like a major war was on and nobody was really interested. I went again in 2008 and found myself in the midst of one of the most violent times the country had seen since 2001. It was the peak of what many call the fighting season, a time beginning in the spring when the weather improves and the fighting picks up over the summer.
After being nominated by a VII Member, each selected photographer will work with a senior member of VII for two years to build and polish necessary skills and to expand his or her own professional practice.
I never understood why a magazine, that prided itself on producing original content, would use Getty’s work.
I missed the shot. I started to think about it. Was I disappointed with myself for turning and running away? The situation turned out fine but it could have been much worse.
I came across this photograph here in The Guardian. I am deeply ambivalent about it. On the one hand I can nearly feel the burden of pain and sadness reflected in Neeson’s posture. I recognized the feelings immediately. On the other hand, what the hell was the photographer Mike Groll doing there? When my son Jeff died, his older brother (then 17) nearly punched news reporters who’d camped out at his mother’s house. Yes it is the photographer’s job. But there are jobs one might turn down, right?
“I do this as a regular pastime,” says Susana Raab of her practice of seeking funding for her personal projects. Her “Consumed” series, which documents America’s fast food culture and was featured in “Exposures” in March, has been supported by grants from The Puffin Foundation and the White House News Photographers’ Association.
