Today marks the Opening Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and Stoddart hopes that his exhibition Perspectives will open up more awareness of global issues that are in stark contrast to the caliber of health that the athletes showcase. The exhibition starts today at one of London’s prime South Bank sites and will run from 25 July – 11 September, throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Seventy-eight of Stoddart’s black and white pictures will form a free, open-air display at More London Riverside, between City Hall and HMS Belfast.
What’s it like to witness a mob attack, a starving child or the aftermath of a bomb, and take a photograph instead of stopping to help? As two journalists are under fire for recording rather than intervening in a sex attack in India, we ask people who know
Gideon Mendel, along with David Gere, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, created a participatory photography project that encourages people who are H.I.V. positive to tell their stories. Over the last four years, they have put cameras in the hands of 72 people living with H.I.V. in six cities across the globe.
Dutch freelance photographer Jeroen Oerlemans, contacted by telephone in Turkey, described a harrowing ordeal during which he and his captured colleague, British photographer John Cantile, were held at a camp in Syria by a group of several dozen foreign jihadis, who kept them hooded and blindfolded and repeatedly threatened to kill them.
These images reflect what I found at this place and time amongst these people. I think many people, me included, find themselves in difficult circumstances in the current state of society. I realized through this work that we have seen desperation and violence in our own lives, regardless of which community we call home. The viewer may come to different conclusions from these images, but that is what I think a good photograph accomplishes; it opens a dialogue with the viewer.
When I write reviews I may be enthusiastic but one thing I am not is dry and dull. When my excitement is there it shines through these pages and extrudes out to you. That is when you know I feel a camera is REALLY exceptional. The RX100 is exceptional for what it is. It is not an M9, it is not a OM-D, it is not a DSLR. It is a camera that many will buy in addition to their DSLR or larger kit. $650 is a bargain for what you get here as this is a camera that will get massive amounts of use, at least for me it will
This is “How to Break into Travel Photography with Andrew Rowat” by PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Like most photographic specialties, travel photography is littered with the unknown: Can I pitch the same story to multiple clients? How can I back a light travel bag that still has all the equipment I’ll need? Do I need a model or property release for everything I shoot? Can I even get paid for doing this?
Fortunately, travel photographer Andrew Rowat was ready and willing to answer all the above questions and more. The following video is a recording of a live webinar with Andrew and PhotoShelter Chairman Allen Murabayashi
Always happy with Nikon’s camera bodies in-past, the new D4 left Matt bothered by what seemed to be a step backwards for Nikon in the form of a green lcd screen that made colour difficult to judge. After hearing much praise about Canon’s new 1DX camera, Matt decided to buy both and compare them
Alexey Bednij is a 28-year-old photographer who manipulates photos of people and animals in oder to make these unique shadow portraits that he refers to as ‘collages’. He is based in Russia.
As Hipstamatic prepares to launch its Foundation for Photojournalism, as revealed last week by BJP, photographers, editors and agency directors share their views on how the San Francisco-based company could impact photojournalism
The debate over whether iPhone and/or Instagram photos are real photography is stale and pointless. As pointless as whether one needs to use a certain type of camera or lens to make a photo worth looking at.
For a lot of professional photographers, iPhone photography is kind of like masturbating. They do it all the time, but they’re too embarrassed to talk about it.
Adding to this perfect storm of confrontations is the worldwide proliferation of cell phone cameras capable of taking high quality photographs and audio-visual recordings. These photographs and recordings can easily be wirelessly uploaded to the Internet. This has led to an exponential increase in citizen journalism. But as freelancers or bloggers, they may lack the legal support to defend themselves against police intimidation or even litigation aimed at preventing this type of newsgathering.
In a time of technology and terrorism, citizens and photojournalists throughout the world have risked — and in some cases given — their lives to document governmental activities. Sadly, what is viewed as heroic abroad is often considered as suspect at home.
The update to the policy resparked a debate about the AP’s restrictions on retweeting information. The policy says staffers should go out of their way when constructing each retweet to make it clear they’re not expressing a personal opinion or endorsement.
AP Social Media Editor Eric Carvin got a lot of questions on Twitter about the retweet policy from counterparts at Reuters (Anthony De Rosa), NPR (Eric’s brother, Andy Carvin), and The Wall Street Journal (Neal Mann).
The 99th Tour de France cycling race began on July 1, as 22 teams of nine riders raced through Belgium, Switzerland and France. The entire tour covered a distance of 3,497 km (2,173 mi). Sky Procycling rider Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain became the first Briton ever to win the tour on Sunday, July 22. Gathered here are images from the second half of the 2012 Tour de France. [42 photos]
After remaining stable for most of human history, the world’s population has exploded over the last two centuries. The boom is not over: The biggest generation in history is just entering its childbearing years. The coming wave will reshape the planet, and the impact will be greatest in the poorest, most unstable countries.
BY KENNETH R. WEISS :: PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK LOOMIS
Distinctive for depicting America’s female Olympic athletes as strong, powerful and individual, TIME’s Olympic covers are notable just for portraying the women as athletes.
The aesthetics of these photos are notable for another reason as well. They draw the reader’s gaze to the female body without sexualizing it. Instead, women’s athleticism is featured. We are accustomed to seeing the chiseled musculature of male athletes in sports photography. Women, however, are more commonly sexualized, with shots of female athletes often indistinguishable from the gratuitous pictures of models and movie stars found in fashion layouts and men’s magazines.
When I was a kid, it seemed like TIME magazine was filled every week with images of starvation from Ethiopia. I didn’t find myself connecting with those photos because 1) I didn’t have the emotional experience to contextualize suffering, and 2) Ethiopia s
in the past decade, certain images have been seared into my brain, and in the past month alone, a few images have nearly brought me to tears, even though we’re bombarded by hundreds of images on a daily basis. These images don’t describe a tragic event, but rather the aftermath. The emotions expressed by the subjects are universal, and as such, they transcend geographic borders and time. They are too easily relatable
This is equally bittersweet for photographer Yuri Kozyrev, who summered in nearby Sochi as a boy, and who remembers, like all children of the Soviet Union, the paradise that was Abkhazia. Imagine: high mountains dive toward a warm sea. Beaches against verdant forests, long promenades lined with ice cream vendors under palm trees.
The simple fact is that Erika Larsen cannot take a bad photograph. Her entire site is one stunning and compelling image after another, and well worth a visit. The clarity and beauty that she brings to her images comes from knowing her subjects, spending
The work featured today is from Erika’s project, Sámi ,The People Who Walk With Reindeer. Erika spent 4 years living within this culture to create the work — there were no family ties, just a curiosity and need to understand the Sámi
