Author: Mark E. Johnson

March 21, 2012

Ed Kashi’s Notes From the Road

Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, James Estrin talks with Ed Kashi about his latest book, a collection of journal entries Kashi has penned to his wife over the last 20 years. Kashi talked about this project during the NPPA’s Northern Short Course two weeks ago and it was a deeply moving presentation. He feels he has spent...

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 21, 2012

Mark Hertzberg to Retire

The Wisconsin News Photographers Association has the announcement – after 34 years in photojournalism, Mark Hertzberg is going to retire. And you’re telling yourself lots of people retire, why should I care about him? From his post in Racine, Wisconsin, Hertzberg has had a massive influence on our profession, most of it very quietly. He has been an ardent supporter...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 20, 2012

Raw or JPEG?

I converted over to a fully-raw workflow a few years ago, sucking up hard drive space and slowing down my workflow in an effort to get every bit of pixel quality I could. Now, over at The Online Photographer, Ken Tanaka has a post up on how using the raw format is throwing away a lot of engineering expertise the...

Categories Craft/Thoughts & Theory

March 19, 2012

UGA’s Grady College Career Week

It’s almost here! Details below … JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION CAREER DAY Wednesday, March 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grady College and Tate Student Center Plan now to attend Grady College’s 8th annual Career Day activities. Professionals from more than 40 communication companies will be on campus to participate in workshops or the afternoon career fair. All majors encouraged...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

March 19, 2012

When the “Citizen Journalists” Lie

The Morning Sun, up in Central Michigan, has the story of one Jeannette Evitts, a student at Mid Michigan Community College, who sent out a photo of a tornado in her area. This was out back of my apartment complex like 35 minutes ago… I risked my LIFE for it…It’s gone now… it went back up before it was out...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

March 19, 2012

Moving Light

Sometimes, I think I see light in the same way David Parker does … Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo. And sometimes, I think I need to sleep more. (Thanks to Jim Richardson on Twitter for the link.)

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

March 18, 2012

Salgado on Art

Laura Barnett interviewed Sebastio Salgado last month for The Guardian, worth a quick read. Favorite quote: For the first time, I looked through a lens – and photography immediately started to invade my life. I so understand that.

Categories Craft/Photojournalism

March 17, 2012

Sequentially Yours

Elliot Erwitt has a new book out, Sequentially Yours – a collection of sequences he’s shot over the years. The BBC interviewed him about it, and it’s kind of fun. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 17, 2012

The Perils of Being a National Geographic Shooter

It’s always fun to dream of that first assignment for National Geographic. The places you’ll go, the people you’ll meet, the stories you’ll tell. A little less glamourous are the diseases you’ll catch, the parasites that will invade you and the unhappy subjects who will detain you.

Categories At Work/Photojournalism

March 16, 2012

About the Pictures Not Taken

I advise my students to never talk about the images they didn’t make – because that will become the only photo an editor ever wants. Now, someone has turned all of those stories of missed opportunities into a book. And, of course, I desperately want to read about these non-existent photos now … Sean O’Hagan at The Guardian dives into...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism