Category: Photojournalism
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Photo-J Slide Show: Perpignan's Greatest Hits
Next month, a discordant crowd of photographers and editors will squeeze into the small city of Perpignan, France. It will be the 20th year of Visa Pour l’Image, an ambitious photo festival that has grown into a huge annual reunion for photojournalists. Check it out here.
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Photojournalist's Testimony: Photographs By Jerry Dantzic
Jerry Dantzic (previously reviewed here in April 2003) was a lifelong photojournalist, whose long career documented the arts, music and the vast diversity of New York life. He freelanced for the New York Times and Life and Look magazines, among other major publications. He also taught photography at Long Island University and the Columbia University…
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Mostly True: The Cover That Never Was
David Burnett and I were comissioned by a high-profile magazine to make a cover image of Michael Phelps. Actually it was David who they wanted. David to his credit and as a testimont to his experience suggested that both of us do the shoot at the same time. It was a pretty smart and somewhat…
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Magnum Photos – Susan Meiselas – Photography – New York Times
Susan Meiselas is looking a bit shaken. She has just heard that her trip to Guinea, scheduled to start the next day, has been canceled; her driver there has been assaulted and is fleeing the country. She is working with Human Rights Watch photographing child domestic workers, and clearly someone didn’t like it. Her assignment…
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We're Just Sayin: And With a Tear in My Eye
David Burnett: Then the show started, Amazing, fantastic. All my adjectives fall short, as do my pictures. The creative minds which cobbled it together must have been extraordinary. The one thing I can tell you for sure: this operation was NOT put together by a bunch of consultants using their Blackberrys. In the last few…
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Poynter Online – Looking Through the "Girl in the Window"
A 7-year-old girl, unable to speak or feed herself, discovered in a filthy, roach-infested room, her diaper overflowing and her body covered with bites. How do you tell a story like this? Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times responded by clearing its Sunday features section and devoting six ad-free pages to a 6,500-word narrative and haunting photographs of the girl…
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Canon Professional Network – Brent Stirton
“It took me a while to get over being ‘the baby guy’, now I’m known as ‘the gorilla guy’.” Brent Stirton, senior staff photographer at Getty Images and four times a World Press Photo winner, talks to CPN’s Mike Stanton about celebrity portraiture, dancing with his camera – and how he gained access to one…
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Photos You Can't Print in China – PDNPulse
Newsweek’s “Countdown to Beijing” blog has this amazing piece of reporting about the tense business of editing photos at Chinese newspapers. Check it out here.
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Martin Parr: Why Photojournalism Must "Get Modern"
British photographer Martin Parr, whose work straddles documentary and fine art photography, argues that photojournalism “has to get modern” to regain the attention and support of mainstream magazines. In this month’s “State of the Art Report: Photojournalism Survival” (PDN August), Parr asserts, “You have to disguise things as entertainment, but still leave a message and…
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John Moore – The Digital Journalist
View the “Pakistan” Feature Gallery by John Moore View the “Iraq” Feature Gallery by John Moore View the “Pan-American Highway” Feature Gallery by John Moore View the “Afghanistan ‘Frontline Helmand’” Movie by John Moore View the “Iraq ‘Camp Cropper’” Movie by John Moore View the “Zimbabwe – Photographer’s Journal” Movie by John Moore Check it…
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John Moore – The Digital Journalist
If the photojournalism community can be said to be a network of extraordinary witnesses, it is interesting to see one of those individuals rise to prominence within the community itself. Such is Getty photographer John Moore, who in his second decade of international work has emerged as one of the finest photojournalists of his generation.…
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the life of m: GeekFest 2008
If you’re anywhere near Florida August 1-3, St. Petersburg is the place to be. For the nominal fee of $100, you can hang out with the APhotoADay community, which is having it’s annual gathering. The weekend is jam packed with some incredible speakers. So, if you’re looking for some inspiration and motivation — don’t miss…
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Reflecting on Being a Newspaper Photographer (Or a Photographer Who Works for a Newspaper)
By Kim Komenich For me this has always pointed to the distinction that can be made between considering yourself a “newspaper photographer” versus a “photographer who happens to work for a newspaper.” Check it out here.
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The Cloud is Falling
By Vincent Laforet The challenge is to find a way to continue to produce quality original content, and to connect with your audience – not to hold on to the old, traditional way of doing things. So while the cloud may be falling – there’s plenty of blue sky above – and the possibilities are…
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Ask Sports Shooter: Getting Paid
Photographers have had a long love affair with freebies. And I’m not talking about the Canon fanny packs and Nikon Olympic pins we all love to get at big time sporting events. If only. No, I’m talking about giving away freebies. Free prints. Free portrait sessions. Free wedding photography. Free photographs to the local SID.…
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Congrats to New Magnum Members – PDNPulse
We’ve heard the names of the new Magnum Photos members who were elected at the cooperative’s meeting in Paris last week: Jonas Bendiksen, Antoine D’Agata and Alec Soth have been elected full members. Olivia Arthur and Peter Van Agtmael are new Magnum nominees. Check it out here.
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Election Violence in Zimbabwe: The Story Behind the Photo
The photograph was a stunner. Displayed across four columns at the top of Page One of Thursdays New York Times, the image showed a baby boy with casts on both legs, the apparent victim of the violence marking the presidential election in Zimbabwe. In these times of mass video delivery and saturation of visual messages,…
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Audio Slide Show: Michael Williamson Documents Rising Food Prices
It’s one thing to write about soaring food prices. It’s another thing entirely to photograph the story in a visually compelling way. But Washington Post Michael Williamson, who has documented America’s economic struggles for more than two decades, was up for the challenge. Check it out here.
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Behind the Lens with Stacy Pearsall – – PopPhotoJune 2008
Combat photojournalist Stacy Pearsall was named the Military Photographer of the Year recently for the second time. One of only two women to take home the honor, she is the first woman to take it twice. Having just finished serving as a mentor for the annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Workshop, Pearsall talked with…
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US Presswire Needs More Photogs … To Shoot For Peanuts – PDNPulse
There’s been a lot of talk lately about photographers losing jobs to others who will work for less and photographers who work for free. Check it out here.