March 4, 2015 World Press Photo Rescinds Troilo Award In a statement moments ago, World Press Photo has revoked the first place award in the contemporary issues category given to Giovanni Troilo. Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
March 4, 2015 Mocking Stock Every now and then, you need to laugh a little … so how about actor Vince Vaughn and castmates from the new film Unfinished Bsuiness posing in bad stock photos? Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 4, 2015 Visa Pour L’Image Decides Not to Show World Press Photo Winners Jean Francois Leroy has the World Press Photo competition winners will not be shown at Visa Pour L’Image at Perpignan this year. The photojournalists we want to represent do not call upon their cousins to fornicate in a car. The photojournalists we want to put forward do not add a flash in a humvee in order to bring to light... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
March 4, 2015 World Press Photo Controversy Continues As if there hadn’t been enough of an issue with this year’s World Press Photo competition with the disqualification of 20% of the finalists, then the questions of staging of an image and the bungled defense of upholding the award, now there are questions about whether one of Giovanni Troilo’s images was shot in the city he claims to have... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 2, 2015 World Press Photo Statement Clarification It has been an interesting 24 hours online, hasn’t it? After Sunday’s announcement that World Press Photo was upholding an award for a photo essay that many felt crossed ethical lines, they were taken to task by myself and many others for this line: The contest requires photojournalists do not stage pictures to show something that would otherwise have not... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 1, 2015 World Press Photo Upholds Troilo Award After an investigation into ethical concerns surrounding Giovanni Troilo’s first place award in the World Press Photo Contemporary Issue-Story category, the organization has decided to uphold the award. Massive Editorial Statement: World Press Photo, you got this totally wrong. How so? From their statement, here’s their justification: World Press Photo is a contest for photojournalism and documentary photography, established to... Categories Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
February 25, 2015 Contest Reality Distortion Field Over at Time’s Lightbox, Olivier Laurent is reporting that World Press Photo has received a letter from the mayor of Charleroi, Belgium, claiming that a set of images that won an award this year are “profoundly dishonest.” This is getting out of hand. The mayor’s letter goes on to analyze (Giovanni) Troilo’s photographs and captions, including one that purports to... Categories Business & Industry/Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 25, 2015 Why You Hire a Professional, Presidential Aspirant Edition This is classic – how Marvin Bush’s love of Frank Zappa ruined his brother Jeb’s wedding photos. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
February 24, 2015 NPPA Eyetracking Roundup Here are the four pieces from the National Press Photographers Association’s eye tracking research by Sara Quinn Part One: EYETRACKING PHOTOJOURNALISM: NEW RESEARCH EXPLORES WHAT MAKES A PHOTOGRAPH MEMORABLE, SHAREABLE, AND WORTH PUBLISHING Part Two: A QUESTION OF QUALITY: HOW RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE NPPA STUDY Part Three: NPPA EYETRACK STUDY: MOST MEMORABLE PHOTOGRAPHS HAD EMOTION, STORY, MOMENT... Categories Photojournalism
February 24, 2015 Whatever Light is Available I’ve been testing a Fuji X100T for a few weeks that a colleague bought. I’m this close to selling off a bunch of stuff and buying one for myself, but then I come to my senses … then I read how Zack Arias is using his and an LED flashlight and making cool portraits and … arghh. Simplifying is so... Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk