While police hunt the remaining Boston Marathon suspect on the streets and Watertown, Massachusetts, our thoughts on the media’s presentation of the real and imagined bombing suspects.
Photographer Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini brings us more great work from the forefront of the Syrian conflict, this time showcasing women from an all-female fighting unit of the Free Syrian Army based in Aleppo. Strong and with conviction, the women stan
We emailed Art Buyers and Art Producers around the world asking them to submit names of established photographers who were keeping it fresh and up-and-comers who they are keeping their eye on. If you are an Art Buyer/Producer or an Art Director at an agen
In a very exciting bit of news for photographers who live and breathe in the low-light world, Sigma today announced a 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM lens. A constant f/1.8 zoom lens is one and a third stops faster than the f/2.8 lenses that we normally consider a “f
Link: As origens do fotojornalismo no Brasil | Le Journal de la Photographie
The work retraces the history of photojournalism in Brazil through the pages of the magazine O Cruzeiro. First published in 1928, O Cruzeiro became one of the country’s most influential magazines in the 1940s and 1950s, playing a key role in the spread of photojournalism there
Ernie Paniccioli cuts an impressive figure, both for his activism and for his documenting of hip-hop’s biggest names going back to when they were teenagers looking to change the world.
One could suggest that a camera with character is simply the sum of its quirkiness. But, that’s not the whole story. It’s also those little features or controls that one discovers days or weeks after having read the manual, shot hundreds if not thousands of frames, and when they’re uncovered, one is pleasantly surprised.
Pictures of the aftermath of the bombings at the Boston Marathon started a debate among news organizations about when images are too horrifying to display.
The images following the Boston Marathon bombing were difficult to look at, but vitally important in telling the story of death and disability as well as heroes who raced into danger. But disgusting may be the first word that came to mind when a digital b
Jim Colton: As the Assistant Managing Editor for Visuals at the Appeal, could you give our readers a basic breakdown of how many photographers, photo editors and staff you have working on visuals at the paper…including the online version as well?
Link: Daily News won’t comment on why it altered photo from Boston explosions | Poynter.
The Daily News seems to have digitally altered a photograph of someone wounded during the explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday. A wound on the person’s leg disappeared in the version of the photo the Daily News ran.
Link: NY Times portfolio review Dave Jordano | Le Journal de la Photographie
I began looking at the various neighborhoods within the city and the people who live within them. This human condition, while troubled, struggling, and coping with the harsh reality of living in a post-industrial city that has fallen on the hardest of times, does thrive, and demonstrates that Detroit is not the city of death and decay that everyone was reporting in the media, but one that shows signs of human activity and movement.
Link: NY Times portfolio review Ivan Forde | Le Journal de la Photographie
Through digitally manipulated self-portraits, I distort the human body to explore notions of sight, perception, and perspective both inward to the self and outward onto the physical world
Link: NY Times portfolio review David Emitt Adams | Le Journal de la Photographie
In the piece 36 Exposures, I used 35mm film canisters discarded by my “Introduction to Photography” students as the metal base to hold their collodion tintype portraits