Mark E. Johnson – Page 5 – Visual Journalism

March 9, 2018

From War to Fashion

Every now and then I come across someone I’ve never heard of and wonder how I missed them … Toni Frissell is the latest, as featured by Alan Taylor at The Atlantic. Theres a simple elegance to her work that shows in the fashion and war work, clean compositions and nice moments.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 9, 2018

Secrets About Secrets

The New York Times just published 15, 15 women who were never profiled at the time of their death, in a series titled Overlooked. The controversial Diane Arbus, a portrait photographer who has been the center of photographic discussions since her 1971 suicide, is featured in a piece by James Estrin. Her work raises a lot of questions about purpose...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

March 6, 2018

A Narrow Slice if History

Hondros, a film about the late photojournalist Chris Hondros, is now open in select cities. Producer Greg Campbell, a friend of his, spoke with Christopher Booker for PBS News Hour. Because I think Chris knew very well that there were also not a lot of happy endings after he snapped the shutter on his camera. And I’ve heard him say...

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 2, 2018

Reading the World Press Photo FInalists

Michael Shaw has an interesting take on the six World Press Photo finalists over at Reading the Pictures. There is not one photo that begins a dialogue, that poses a question, that does anything other than hit us upside the head. The question of what’s the purpose of an image is a long, deep one. Is it just to document?...

Competitions/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

February 24, 2018

On Creativity

This piece from Photo District News on Claire Rosen’s book Imaginarium is worth some time, even if just for this one quote: Our culture has shifted in such a way that it’s easier to be a consumer of content rather than having individual experiences. Think about that as you work on your stories – what can you show that can’t...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 24, 2018

Automating the Copyright Infringement Search

Steven Melendez at FastCompany has an interesting piece up on two companies – Copypants and Pixsy – that are automating the search for copyright infringements online. The technology (similar to Google’s and TinEye’s reverse image search) has the potential to be a powerful way to control how our images are used. The danger comes from how the process moves forward...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 23, 2018

Seeing Color in the Positive

My friend David LaBelle writes about meeting a shared hero, Gordon Parks, and one of his students who shares his vision. Since my youth, I’ve always seen award winning photos that contained a person of color suffering. The positives are rarely shown. That has inspired me to attempt to change the narrative by photographing people of color in a positive...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 7, 2018

The Value of Photo Editors

Nice piece over at National Geographic on the relationship between photo editors and photojournalists. This is a relationship we all need to understand, need to take advantage of and/or need to find for ourselves.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 5, 2018

The Image, Deconstructed Workshop

High on my list of events I want to get to is The Image, Deconstructed Workshop out in Colorado: THE IMAGE, DECONSTRUCTED workshop is an immersive weekend photographic experience. Attendees are welcome from all skills levels. The workshop will be held at The Denver Post in downtown Denver, Colorado. Our faculty is comprised of award-winning leaders in the field. They...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory