Mark E. Johnson – Page 116 – Visual Journalism

May 30, 2012

Marine General Restricts Combat Photography

Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus has decreed that Marines under his command are no longer allowed to shoot personal photos while on patrol in Afghanistan. The impetus appears to be to eliminate photos of American soldiers defiling the corpses of the enemy. I have a tremendous amount of respect for all of our service members (being the son of one, as...

Ethics & Legal

May 29, 2012

Another “Citizen Journalist” Lies

The BBC was fooled into publishing a nearly-decade old photo provided to them by an activist, according to a post by John Harrington. Still think “citizen journalism” is the panacea publishers keep telling us it is?

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

May 28, 2012

Images That Haunt Us

It was 2006 when I first saw Todd Heisler’s Final Salute package, the first multimedia package I watched and never paused to wonder how it had been produced. It floored me, from the images through to the audio – it still gives me chills to think about it and, six years later, when I show it to my students, they...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

May 28, 2012

The SX-70

Well, this just makes me want to track down an old Polaroid SX-70 camera … And if your ant to tell me it’s impossible to get film for this, well, you’d be both right and wrong.

Tech Talk

May 28, 2012

AP to Take on Getty?

Just this one quote has me very concerned about a new agency the Associated Press is apparently considering launching to take on Getty Images: This new for-profit agency — which, with one exception, is currently made up entirely of ex-Getty photogs — would be a way for the AP to send photographers on assignment without having to consider journalistic...

Photojournalism

May 24, 2012

Finding the Fakes

Craig Silverman over at the Poynter Institute has a post up looking at a new company, Fourandsix, that is developing some tools to detect altered images. I’m not sure I understand this yet, but it feels promising.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

May 23, 2012

NPR Creates Team to Build News Apps

Steve Myers at the Poynter Institute on NPR putting a big bet on news applications, hiring a team of seven to build them. Man, I wish I knew how to code …

Journalism/Multimedia

May 22, 2012

Newsweek Picture Department on Tumblr

Newsweek has launched a new Tumblr site that features good work, as well as looks into photo exhibits and books. Over at the Poynter Institute, Steve Myers has a post up about the site.

Good Work/Photojournalism

May 20, 2012

Look At This

Horst Faas, as you know, passed away earlier this month. NPR’s The Picture Show has a great set of his images up, worth studying – the compositions and use of light from the war scenes he witnessed are just stunning.

Good Work/Photojournalism

May 20, 2012

Gordon Parks On The Street

The International Center of Photography has set up a digital display of Gordon Parks’ work, visible from the streets of New York, according to a story on NPR. Nice gallery of some of his work there. Parks, if you don’t know him, was Life magazine’s first African-American staff photographer and documented, through images and movies, much of 20th century America.

Good Work/Photojournalism

Author: Mark E. Johnson

Marine General Restricts Combat Photography

Another “Citizen Journalist” Lies

Images That Haunt Us

The SX-70

AP to Take on Getty?

Finding the Fakes

NPR Creates Team to Build News Apps

Newsweek Picture Department on Tumblr

Look At This

Gordon Parks On The Street