Mark E. Johnson – Page 19 – Visual Journalism

November 10, 2015

Missouri Update, NPPA Statement

The National Press Photographers Association has issued a statement on the situation at the University of Missouri. At the end of the video linked to yesterday is a woman calling for some “muscle” to remove a reporter – she is Melissa Click, an assistant professor in the Department of Communications at the university. Click also holds a “courtesy” appointment with...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

November 9, 2015

Missouri Students and Faculty Block Journalists

Mark Schierbecker, a student at the University of Missouri, posted a disturbing video of another student photojournalist, Tim Tai, being blocked by students and faculty while trying to cover the events on campus earlier today. Mr. Tai deserves high praise for his composure during this event – his is the mark of professionalism. I would hope that the journalism program...

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 7, 2015

Challenging California’s Anti-Paparazzi Law

The first case challenging the Constitutionality of California’s 2010 anti-paparazzi law is headed to court and the National Press Photographers Association is joining in. The law applies penalties to working photographers for driving infractions that differ from those applies to non-photographers. The appeal points out that the statute creates different punishments for individuals breaking the same driving laws. For example,...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

November 6, 2015

How Do You See Someone?

Canon did a little experiment …

Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Photojournalism

November 6, 2015

Do You Work For Free? Why Do You Want Me To?

Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

November 5, 2015

Emotional Rollercoaster

Peter Turnley has spent decades moving us from love to sorrow, friendship to famine, hope to hate in his images. How he does it, I have no idea. But if you’re not moved by his work, you may just be dead: Now I may have to go buy another book … just when I promised myself I wouldn’t buy any...

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 5, 2015

We Are Not the Enemy

Reading through Niko Koppel’s New York Times piece on the conviction of New York City police officer Michael Ackermann is both discouraging and encouraging. Discouraging in that photographer Robert Stolarik was arrested and charged in 2012 for doing a legally permitted thing, encouraging that Ackermann may now spend time in jail for his unlawful actions and lying in court. But...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 3, 2015

Seeing Beyond Your Vision

Peripheral vision plays a big role in photojournalism. The ability to look at one thing and see what’s happening all around it allows us to build better stories, to see what others might not. The New York Times’ Angel Franco took a Widely camera to Cuba 20 years ago and the way he used it is fairly unique. For another...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 3, 2015

Layoffs at National Geographic

Not a good day as 21st Century Fox takes over National Geographic.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

November 2, 2015

Jump Starting Your Portraits

Nice piece by Rena Silverman at The New York Times’ Lens blog about Philippe Halsman’s habit of asking people to jump at the end of their portrait settings. I’d seen several of them, but not all of them. What sort of theme can you bring to your portraits?

Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

Author: Mark E. Johnson