Steve Pyke’s work is the first that made me really think about portraiture – what it does, how it works. Last year, I was invited to join a panel on portraiture, and I was extremely excited about meeting him (he was one of the other panelists) and hearing him talk about his work. I used the opportunity to ask him whether he would be available for a conversation, and much to my delight he agreed to it.
Coldplay has been accused of grabbing the rights to photographs taken during its concerts, BJP has learnt, pushing photographers to offer an alternative to music industry contracts.
Luceo’s major strength is that each photographer brings a unique skill-set beyond photography to the group, something that has helped us keep our overhead low by handling otherwise costly tasks in-house. Our photographers have specialties beyond image making, including web design, law, sales and marketing, and a variety of other creative and administrative skills.
The Appalachian Cultural Project is designed to promote the education of Western Kentucky University photojournalism students while respectfully documenting the people and the culture of the Appalachian region.
Last Sunday was one of those days. A simple game of shooting baskets with my son Sam was interrupted by the telephone. Wearing the same clothes I slept in, I grabbed cameras and headed northeast some 35 miles to join fellow staffer John White at the scene of the church shooting at First Baptist Church at Maryville, where the pastor had been shot dead while preaching his morning sermon.
The four finalists for the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2009 are Paul Graham, Emily Jacir, Tod Papageorge and Taryn Simon. The big winner will be awarded the prize of £30,000 on March 25, 2009.
Australia’s Dry Run
What will happen when the climate starts to change and the rivers dry up and a whole way of life comes to an end? The people of the Murray-Darling Basin are finding out right now.
