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That means the photograph that appeared in many newspapers Monday morning of Obama speaking may have been the staged shot, captured after the president spoke. This type of staging has been going on for decades.
In the two weeks since the deaths of photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, the photojournalism community has been working through the stages of grief – bargaining, depression, lots of anger—and searching for ways to make something positive out
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/05/talking-about-the-deaths-we-don’t-talk-about.html
This is the first post from Heidi Volpe who is joining APE as a regular contributor to provide news and interviews from the perspective of and of interest to Creative Directors and Art Directors. If you have news that she might be interested in email her
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/05/04/app-designer-and-developer-joe-zeff/
How We Hire Photographers – Part 2 from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo.
Ashley Macknica has worked as a freelance photo editor at Jane Magazine and New York Magazine. In part two of our webinar series entitled How We Hire Photographers, Ashley discusses the important of persistence and “repetitive exposure” in getting a photo editor’s attention.
Link: How We Hire Photographers: New York Magazine – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter
Michael Schmelling likes music. In fact he’s the only photographer I know who has a Grammy, which he won for his album art on Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born. Schmelling’s newest book is all about Atlanta’s music scene. “It’s one of the capitals of hip hop,” says Schmelling. “It’s a city that drives the genre. It’s a lot like Nashville in a way.”
for me the question is not whether or not a photograph of the corpse of Bin Laden should be released. Do we really want to pretend that it’s not going to happen? Do we really want to believe that somehow a photo might not find its way onto the internet?
NPPA’s Best Of Photojournalism contest coordinators today announced winners in the competition’s Picture Editing and Best Use Of Photography categories, and after being delayed for several weeks and “re-judged” after some entries had accidently not been included in the first round only one category had a slightly different outcome
Link: Finally: Best Of Photojournalism Picture Editing Winners Announced
The latest LUF newsletter provides some more information about the upcoming firmware for Leica M8+M9 rangefinders: The Leica M9 firmware beta test is now complete. The main purpose in this firmware update was to minimize “red corners” in certain situation
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2011/05/03/details-on-the-upcoming-leica-m8m9-firmware-updates.aspx/
You know when you read that you should use a tripod to get the sharpest possible photographs, especially in low light, and you’re all like “Whatever,” and “I have steady hands, dude.” Well, take a look at this video, which shows just how much you SLR can
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/video-lasers-show-up-wobbly-camera-mirrors/
Justin Maxon, 1983, USA, is a documentary photographer who focuses on long-term projects that examine the complexities of human struggle. In…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/05/photographer-282-justin-maxon.html
Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has awarded the 2011 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography to Miki Kratsman, an Argentinean-born photographer who has lived in Israel since 1971. Kratsman, who has exhibited his work inte
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/05/israeli-photographer-wins-50k-robert-gardner-fellowship-for-2011.html
Photojournalist Swikar Patel of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, IN, has been awarded with the National Press Photographers Association’s Humanitarian Award for his actions on March 29 when he stopped to take part in the rescue of a child trapped at the scene of an auto accident.
Tereza and I were visiting New York on September 11, 2001…
Tereza ran to the corner to see and began screaming. I ran up and we could see smoke and flames billowing out of the large black hole, along with desks, chairs, papers and several bodies. I knew I was no longer a news photographer as my instinct was to get my wife out of there
Link: WE WILL NEVER FORGET | DOUG MENUEZ 2.0: GO FAST, DON’T CRASH
Jake Whitney interviews Michael Hastings:
what had been planned as a dissection of Hastings’s major articles evolved into a broader conversation about American exceptionalism, the process and duty of war reporting, the privatization of American war making, and the Pentagon’s intensifying effort to “tear down the wall”
between public affairs and propaganda
The past twenty years have been good ones for photographer Andy Anderson. After retiring from a career in the US Air Force he was made the first staff photographer at Men’s Journal. He’s been busy ever since, shooting constantly for top magazines and ad agencies, working around the globe like an over-caffeinated jet pilot.
Link: The F STOP » Professional Photographers Discuss Their Craft » Article Archive » Andy Anderson
The September 24, 2001, issue of The New Yorker, the first to come out after 9/11, featured photographs of the moments after the attacks and the wreckage …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/05/ground-zero-september-11.html
Several days after this tragedy, you received a phone call from Paul Wolfowitz. Even though the picture revealed Bush’s military vagrancy, the Pentagon’s Deputy Secretary of Defense admired your work and invited you to lunch to ask you how to become a war photographer.
Link: Homage to a friend Chris Hondros | La Lettre de la Photographie