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Alissa J. Rubin, a veteran Times foreign correspondent, was injured Tuesday in a helicopter crash in Kurdistan and dictated this article from her hospital bed in Istanbul.
The photographs of unrest in Ferguson after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer have drawn comparisons to pictures of the Deep South in the 1960s.
Some photographers just know how to do the hard work of connecting with people, especially those on the the fringe, in pain and in need. Jeffrey Stockbridge brought an insightful and powerful body of work, Kensington Blues, to Review Santa Fe that examin
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2014/08/jeffrey-stockbridge-kensington-blues/
For the past 15 years I’ve worked as a professional photojournalist, inspired by the camera’s ability to connect human beings, document news, and capture beauty. But there is a darker side to how photography is used in our world today. Cameras are increas
via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/15/tomas-van-houtryve-a-sky-full-of-cameras/
This profession is cruel to those who work behind the curtains: The wizards of Oz that pull the essential levers of organisation, the talent sniffers that gamble on the 20 years old with cameras and dreams, the intuition filled masters of scoops, the eagle-eyed editors that spot the jewel photograph in a river of stills, the never sleeping news hungry hunters who turn a snippet of information into a world event. They are hardly acknowledged and never remembered
Reading a Philadelphia Magazine report about the decision by editors at the Philadelphia Daily News to change a cover photo in response to some outrage on social media left us wondering: Did photo editors at the Philadelphia Daily News change their minds
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/08/philly-paper-swaps-ferguson-riot-photo-right-thing.html
I had never witnessed police treat journalist like this in the four years I worked as a crime reporter in South Florida. Some officers have tried to keep me away from crime scenes, but never stopped me from covering a story altogether.
The Obama administration has prosecuted more people under the 1917 Espionage Act than all previous administrations combined. Risen called it “the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation
Eyewitness Jelani Cobb, reporting for the New Yorker: “What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear ga…
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/ferguson-police-response-a-m.html
Today the National Press Photographers Association sent a strong letter of protest to the Ferguson, MO, chief of police regarding the unwarranted arrest and detention of journalists who are coving the town’s unfolding national story, as well as the depart
via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nppa-protests-ferguson-police-tactics-disrespect-constitutional-rights
A federal judge has upheld a $1.2 million jury award in favor of photographer Daniel Morel, after determining that there was sufficient evidence presented at the trial last year to support the verdict. Morel won $1.2 million in damages after a federal jur
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/08/judge-upholds-1-2-million-verdict-morel-v-afp-copyright-case.html
Google plus photo as a stand alone app has huge potential to become the number one photo sharing app on your phone. Will Google take advantage of it ?
A news crew, clearly no threat or impediment to the cops, films from a verge in Ferguson, Missouri. A pop and a cloud of white smoke marks the arrival of a tear gas canister at their feet, and the …
via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/video-of-ferguson-police-gassi.html
Austin Tice’s parents remember their son, who went missing while reporting from Syria two years ago.
via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/13/austin-tice-two-years-later/
I am troubled by what I have seen. In recent weeks, we have witnessed terrible, on-going episodes within our borders through photos and video that speak volumes about the tragedy of race. Racism is as old as human history, and there is a long, rich histor
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/08/photography-race/
I still am in awe of how amazing San Francisco is. The city is breathtakingly beautiful, but it is the people who live here that make it so special. A fantastic mix of young and old, hip and…
via SF: The Hip: http://blog.sfgate.com/sf-the-hip/2014/08/13/streets-of-san-francisco/
Closing in on 100, John G. Morris is perhaps the best-known living photo editor — partly because photographers usually become famous, not picture editors. He edited, and was close to, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt and W. Eugene Smith.
Photos have been historically considered as a means to record history. But the proliferation of digital devices and social media have turned photography into a visual language. Photos go viral for a multitude of reasons (e.g. humor), but it’s often storie
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/08/good-stories-trump-good-photos/
Agence France-Presse, more commonly known as AFP, is in the hot seat once again, less than a year after they and Getty were ordered to pay $1.2 million to
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/13/afp-apologizes-for-syndicating-stolen-image-wired-in-by-stringer-covering-war-in-iraq/