Category: Video & Multimedia

How should we judge the best multimedia? An open letter to World Press Photo from Jonah Kessel

How should we judge the best multimedia? An open letter to World Press Photo from Jonah Kessel – Newsshooter

By contributor Jonah Kessel and edited by site editor Dan Chung: The World Press Photo multimedia competition is now a few years old. It seeks to recognise photojournalists and multimedia professionals for excellence in this field. The criteria used to ju

via Newsshooter: http://www.newsshooter.com/2013/10/06/how-should-we-judge-the-best-multimedia-an-open-letter-to-world-press-photo-from-jonah-kessel/

The World Press Photo multimedia competition is now a few years old. It seeks to recognise photojournalists and multimedia professionals for excellence in this field. The criteria used to judge these awards have been controversial and their definition of multimedia for the purposes of this contest has varied. After visiting their headquarters, our contributor Jonah Kessel decided to send them this open letter:

October 7, 2013
It’ll Be Better Next Year

It’ll Be Better Next Year

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/10/itll-be-better-next-year.html

“Did it rain last night?” Cash Murdock, age eleven, asks his father. “Nope, no rain,” the forty-three-year-old rancher, Casey, replies. “Maybe tonight.” With this exchange, Ashley Gilbertson and Ed Kashi introduce the small farming and ranching community in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, which was the epicenter of the Dust Bowl in the nineteen-thirties, and is presently experiencing the region’s worst drought in fifty years.

October 2, 2013
Marcus Bleasdale on Shock and Change

Marcus Bleasdale on Shock and Change

“It’s not the individual photograph, it’s what you do with it, and who you engage with it, that makes it powerful.”—Marcus Bleasdale Marcus Bleasdale has been a witness to war, a witness to heartbreak, and a herald for change. For more than ten years, he

via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/25/marcus-bleasdale-on-shock-and-change/

“It’s not the individual photograph, it’s what you do with it, and who you engage with it, that makes it powerful.”—Marcus Bleasdale

September 25, 2013
Life in a Circle

Link: Life in a Circle | The Run-on of Time

A couple of years ago I was photographing an annual report for a pharmaceutical company and ended up in a hospital in downtown Guatemala City, where I was privileged to witness one of those mostly unnoticed and un-newsworthy events that speak of how giving some people can be. Permit me to share this story with you.

September 23, 2013
Photographers’ Lessons Learned For Staying Safe & Still Getting The Story

Photographers’ Lessons Learned For Staying Safe & Still Getting The Story – PhotoShelter Blog

Veteran documentary photographer Ami Vitale and photojournalist Elizabeth Dalziel have traveled to more than 100 countries between them, and have learned some invaluable lessons when it comes to protecting themselves and staying safe. And while these wome

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/09/photographers-lessons-learned-staying-safe-still-getting-story/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29

In this live webinar, Ami and Elizabeth discuss their top lessons learned from working in potentially threatening situations. They covered everything from assessing risk, to getting a “fixer”, to how to deal with the stress and trauma of documenting difficult situations. Also included is information on:

How to properly research your destination and prepare a security assessment
How to find a trustworthy guide, or “fixer”
What to do if someone is following you, rips you off, or is taken into custody
The importance of protecting your personal information and having allies in the field

September 11, 2013
High society hairdresser’s secret life as street photographer

My secret life as a street photographer

Victor Friedman, a high society hairdresser in New York, spent his time away from the salon as a street photographer in more down-at-heel locales.

via BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23994191

By day Victor Friedman was a high society hairdresser tending to Manhattan’s moneyed matrons. But away from the salon patronised by the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, Victor spent his time in New York City’s more down-at-heel locales pursuing his passion for photography.

September 9, 2013
Albert Watson’s Advice for Aspiring Photographers

Albert Watson’s Advice for Aspiring Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog

Found this little gem of a clip from Phaidon Press. Albert Watson is a masterful photographer, who took that iconic shot of Steve Jobs…Jobs’ alleged “favorite photograph of all time.” (source)

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/09/albert-watsons-advice-for-aspiring-photographers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29

President Hollande found himself at the centre of an embarrassing debate yesterday after Agence France-Presse (AFP), the French press agency, withdrew a photograph that left him looking like a village idiot.

September 5, 2013
jean-françois leroy – visa pour l’image

Jean-François Leroy – Visa pour l’Image

Video © by Photo Raw Magazine My intent here was originally to write a whole long treatise on Jean-François Leroy. But I skipped that idea. He is of course the progenitor of Visa pour l’Image…

via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2013/09/jean-francois-leroy-visa-pour-limage/

My intent here was originally to write a whole long treatise on Jean-François Leroy. But I skipped that idea. He is of course the progenitor of Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, France. 25 years worth of photojournalism based exhibitions, lectures, seminars, and workshops. Cafe La Poste, a local bar and sidewalk cafe, is where it all comes together for discussion after a Jean-François hosted super projected evening slideshow of the work of some of the world’s greats.

September 4, 2013
Video: A Violent Thread, Life on the South Side of Chicago

Video: A Violent Thread

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/08/video-a-violent-thread.html

Through photography and video, Lowenstein depicts the experience of living on the South Side. He recently produced an experimental film that, he says, “deals with the impact of social violence. While the violence directly affects young African-American and Latino men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-six, the reality is that its reverberations cut across all ages and generations

August 30, 2013
Laughing Cameraman Compilation

Link: ▶ Laughing Cameraman Compilation || FailArmy – YouTube

August 16, 2013
Paul Hansen, The Story of a Story

Link: Paul Hansen, The Story of a Story – WorldPressPhoto

On an annual basis, World Press Photo has collaborated with the year winner to create a unique production that highlights the winner and his or her work to create a comprehensive picture of the photographer as a whole. This growing collection of productions provides insight into the life and work of the world’s top photographers.
Featuring:
2013: Paul Hansen, The Story of a Story

August 16, 2013
Peter Yang and Steven Alan discuss photography with Mark Seliger

Peter Yang and Steven Alan discuss photography with Mark Seliger – A Photo Editor

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/08/05/peter-yang-and-steven-alan-discuss-photography-with-mark-seliger/

Last Friday night a show called Blog Re-Blog featuring work by 200 contemporary photographers opened at Signal Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Its two curators, Max Marshall and Paul Paper, each chose 100 photographers, then drew names from a hat—must have been a large hat, a sombrero maybe—to pair the artists on their lists randomly. Each photographer was invited to choose an image from their partner’s portfolio, and the images were projected in tandem on one enormous wall of the gallery.

August 5, 2013
NPS can diagnose and repair a Nikon D4 in 20 minutes

NPS can diagnose and repair a Nikon D4 in 20 minutes – Nikon Rumors

Nikon Professional Services (NPS) published a new video demonstrating how quickly they can diagnose and fix a Nikon D4 DSLR camera – the total repair time was 20:42: “If you’re a pro photographer, you need a support service that gives you fast and efficie

via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2013/07/29/nps-can-diagnose-and-repair-a-nikon-d4-in-20-minutes.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NikonRumors+%28NikonRumors.com%29

Nikon Professional Services (NPS) published a new video demonstrating how quickly they can diagnose and fix a Nikon D4 DSLR camera – the total repair time was 20:42

July 29, 2013
Sebastião Salgado: The Silent Drama of Photography

Link: Sebastião Salgado: The Silent Drama of Photography | Feature Shoot

July 20, 2013
It’s the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos Infomercial

It's the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos Infomercial

It's that time of the year again, the time in which Insane Clown Posse have released their homespun infomercial for the horrorcore duo's annual Gathering of the Juggalos, held this year from August 7 through the 11.

via Gawker: http://gawker.com/its-the-2013-gathering-of-the-juggalos-infomercial-765758372

It’s that time of the year again, the time in which Insane Clown Posse have released their homespun infomercial for the horrorcore duo’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos, held this year from August 7 through the 11.

July 15, 2013
This is Shanghai, Rob Whitworth time lapse video

Link: This is Shanghai, Rob Whitworth time lapse video | Camera Obscura

Speculative… It’s a tricky concept, essentially it means working for free in the hope of being paid later. The main advantage is it allows you to work free from any restrictions or client demands. It also means no client help with regards to funding, location scouting, favours and budgeting.

July 7, 2013
Alec Soth & Roe Ethridge – Sound and Vision

Alec Soth & Roe Ethridge – Sound and Vision – A Photo Editor

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/07/01/alec-soth-roe-ethridge-sound-and-vision/

The long journey that I made at the age of nineteen in search of the Gypsies was my photography school and a school of life. They taught me that there’s always a solution, that we must never give up, that there’s always hope

July 2, 2013
New Video Interview: Magnum Photo Legend René Burri

LensCulture – Contemporary Photography

Discover and share the best in contemporary photography

via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2013/07/rene-burri-video-interview.html

Get ready for a treat from one of the greatest photojournalists of our time, René Burri. Here he talks about six of his iconic photos, providing background, context and personal insight. Brilliant.

July 1, 2013
The Making of Boogie’s Demons Project

Link: The Making of Boogie’s Demons Project | dvafoto

reveals somewhat how his massive camera works and the complicated chemistry that goes on to make the pictures happen. A cool little video that shows off Boogie’s process. The Tom Waits soundtrack and mad scientist vibe fits him too

June 27, 2013
Vid: Worst Driver Ever

Link: HEAVY DISCUSSION

This is probably the worst driver I’ve ever seen.

May 22, 2013