Jim Goldberg of Magnum has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which comes with a £30,000 cash prize
Link: Jim Goldberg wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 – British Journal of Photography
Jim Goldberg of Magnum has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which comes with a £30,000 cash prize
Link: Jim Goldberg wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 – British Journal of Photography
I flinch from making too much of the deaths of journalists in conflicts, even that of friends. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that in the same counterattack that killed Hetherington and Hondros, seven rebels had been killed as well as a doctor about to leave for work at the overwhelmed local hospital. His wife, a nurse, lost both her legs. They were unnamed.
From 1994 to 2002, Robert Capa Gold Medal recipient Bruce Haley traversed the former Soviet Bloc, photographing war-torn settlements, disfigured industrial sites, and rural landscapes and isolated villages seemingly frozen in time. He combined this disparate subject matter, shot in both 35mm and panoramic formats, in his new monograph, Sunder
Tim Fadek, Spencer Platt, Nicole Tung, and Gary Fabiano share their thoughts on Chris Hondros.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/remembering-chris-hondros-part-i-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes)
Adriana Teresa: What would you say is the most significant progression in photography today?
Kira Pollack: Speed. In the digital world, the speed and the demand for speed that stories need to be communicated—and published—is astronomical. The most critical thing that we can do as editors is to be as thoughtful as possible in response to that speed. We need to get the images published as quickly as possible, but with journalistic integrity.
Link: New York Photo Festival » Kira Pollack in Conversation with Adriana Teresa
Got an iPad? Use Adobe Lightroom to organize and mess with your Photos? Then prepare to get excited. Photosmith has launched today, and it’s an iPad app which sits between your camera and Lightroom. Photosmith lets you tag, rate and otherwise organize all
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/photosmith-syncs-ipad-with-lightroom/
The following interview by Miki Johnson was copied with permission from the Emphas.is blog. • • • The Emphas.is team is so grateful to the photographers we’ve collaborated with and the 750+ backers…
via Tomas van Houtryve | Journal: http://tomasvanhoutryve.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/130-editors-insights-from-a-photographer’s-first-crowdfunded-project-via-the-emphas-is-blog/
Combat photographer Joao Silva is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he’s recovering after losing his legs in an explosion in October. Greg Marinovich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who was shot four times while covering conflicts. Silva
via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/135513724/two-war-photographers-on-their-injuries-ethics
Richard Murphy: No, I don’t think we felt any obligation to give special consideration to photographs from any particular event. We certainly expected to see work from the major news events of the year, but we did not give them any extra weight. I would note that the breaking news winner in 2010 was a single image from a single photographer working in middle America documenting the rescue of a single person during a single isolated incident. In terms of world news it was a tiny event. That being said, a disaster of biblical proportions certainly offers more opportunity for dramatic photographs.
For the past six years, photographer Aaron Huey has trained his camera on these problems. But, he says, it took him five years to understand what the real story was
Link: Broken Treaties: Aaron Huey’s Pine Ridge Billboard Project – LightBox
Three of four journalists detained nearly three weeks ago by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi have finally been able to call their families to report that they are OK–but still locked up in a jail in Tripoli with little indication of when the
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/journalists-detained-in-libya-finally-contact-families.html
The best approach to the question might actually be to pose it, to talk about it. Or maybe more accurately to have debates about it in circles outside of photojournalism (photojournalists seem to have no problem talking about their role in society, probably for obvious reasons).
Link: Conscientious | What should be the role of the photographer in modern society?
his event [will be a place for] the entire NY Photo community to gather together, celebrate the lives of Tim and Chris while also generating funds for the recovery of Guy and Michael who will be in great need over the coming months
Link: An exhibition, celebration, and fundraiser in NYC | dvafoto
The families of two photojournalists killed in a rocket attack on Misrata, Libya, on April 20 are organizing memorials. Dean Hondros, brother of photographer Chris Hondros, announced that a memorial service will take place Wednesday, April 27, at 1 pm at
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/memorials-planned-for-photographers-chris-hondros-and-tim-hetherington.html
MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? SR My form…
Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2011/04/simon-roberts.html
Philip Scott Andrews has learned to look for the eye of the hurricane. Emilio Morenatti has been an inspiration.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/in-chaos-a-moments-repose/
[slidepress gallery=’samharris_postcardsfromhome’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Sam Harris Postcards from Home (2008 – 2011) play this essay Postca…
via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/works-in-progress/2011/04/sam-harris-postcards-from-home-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+burnmag
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were killed last week covering the fighting in Libya, used their cameras to communicate the human suffering of war.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/business/media/25carr.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
There are already several different solutions to turn your iPhone into a Leica look-alike (see here, here and here). BlackDA went a step further and created a Leica i9 concept that features a rangefinder styled housing that can be attached to an iPhone vi
via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2011/04/25/leica-i9-concept-turn-your-iphone-into-a-leica-v2-0.aspx/