Melilla, the Southern Frontier in Europe’s Migrant Crisis
Melilla is a modern-day fortress that holds the promise of better lives for migrants
Melilla is a modern-day fortress that holds the promise of better lives for migrants
Google also started pointing users searching for photographs (of a celebrity, for example) to large high-definition images presented in an easy-to-scroll-through carousel. Photo agencies such as Getty Images, which had its own photo search engine, saw their traffic plummet. Even worse, some Getty clients stopped paying to license pictures because they could easily copy them off Google. “Google became the No. 1 source for the piracy of images,” says John Lapham, general counsel at Seattle-based Getty, which became an official complainant to the EU antitrust case in June.
Jack Simon has worked as a psychiatrist for four decades. Ten years ago, he began a personal journey in photography, and these days he rarely goes
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/10/pictures-that-tell-stories-the-street-photography-of-jack-simon/
When St. Louis Post-Dispatch photojournalist David Carson ran into reporter Paul Hampel last night in Ferguson, Missouri, the two agreed that something felt off on West Florissant Avenue as the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death drew to a close.
“We both agreed that it was the best time to put on our vests at that point,” Carson said.
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via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-stock-photo-model-47cb22f2dce8
The Defense Department’s new manual on the law of war could severely hinder the work of journalists covering armed conflicts.
Philip Montgomery’s scenes from Baltimore, Ferguson, and Newark are reference points in a much longer lineage.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/flash-points-ferguson-baltimore-newark
My arrival was six weeks after the earthquakes; the initial emergency and rescue operations were over, and the flock of parachute photojournalists had left as Nepal fell from the front pages. But the story continues, the less dramatic saga of cleaning up, rebuilding homes and entire villages, as well as healing the wounds of trauma, fear and uncertainty.
I was looking and hoping for imagery that got underneath the more stereotyped depiction of violence, anger and despair.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/08/photo-coverage-anniversary-ferguson/
Today, I am sharing an interview that photographer and blogger, Ken Weingart conducted with photographer Jill Greenberg. Ken has been producing interviews for his Art and Photography blog, and he has kindly offered to share a few with the Lenscratch audi
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2015/08/ken-weingart-interviews-jill-greenberg/
I used to believe that photojournalism represented a platonic ideal of veracity, but this naïve notion has eroded. The cause of this loss of innocence isn’t limited to the high profile manipulation that has dogged the industry, but also the realization th
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2015/08/bruce-gilden-the-absence-of-empathy/
How much the use of the online mobile app actually translates into sales is still up for debate.
A bee hive with a lot of colourful boxes? A collection of mailboxes in a multi-family dwelling? A photograph in the tradition of serial art? Or a score, based on the model of the “synaesthetic” keyboard of Alexander Skrjabins?
The first associations you
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/projects/132842-aedes
In the heart of Johannesburg, mere minutes away from the city’s central train station, an enigmatic sign looms: “MOTH.”
Although hundreds and thousands of people pass it every single day, most have no awareness of what goes on inside. In fact, it is a
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/projects/132910-moth-building
Australian photographer, Trent Parke photographed the series “The Camera is God” on an Adelaide street corner last year. “The Camera…
Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/the-camera-is-god-by-trent-parke
Here’s a 3.5-minute video by Seeker Stories that explores how photography has affected the way people feel about wars over the past couple of centuries.
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/06/how-photographers-change-peoples-views-on-war/
David Molina Heroes [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2015 FINALIST ] “Heroes” is a personal body of work about my family and how my uncle’s heroin addiction and his death from overdo…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2015/08/david-molina-heroes/
Of course, we would hope that the migrant diaspora in our media diet would reflect the greatest realism, but that’s a whole different thing than the migrant telling his or her own story, taking his or her own pictures, and controlling his or her own narra
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/08/the-main-thing-the-insta-migrant-had-going-for-it/
An important part of Nashalina Schrape’s past belongs to her German roots. Born in Berlin, her grandmother burned all the photos of her grandfather in his SS uniform (“Schutzstaffel” meaning protective echelon founded by Adolf Hitler in 1925) before the i
via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/08/dark-mystical-portraits-reveal-a-fairy-tale-world-based-on-old-german-legend/
Stacey Baker has always been obsessed with how couples meet. When she asked photographer Alec Soth to help her explore this topic, they found themselv…