At Work – Page 12 – Visual Journalism

August 13, 2014

Many Faces of the Same Man

There has been a lot written about the death of Robin Williams over the last few days, much of it touching upon nerves that run deep within me. As a visual journalist, one of our challenges is sharing the personality of our subjects with our audience and Krystam Grow over at Time’s Lightbox blog has given us six images of...

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August 11, 2014

“This Is My Job”

David Carson, a staff photojournalist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was caught up in the riots in Ferguson, Missouri and the Poynter Institute’s Kristen Hare has the story. Note his comments on other news organizations offering him credit for his photos … Disclosure: Carson and I went to the same small high school together many, many years ago. That same...

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July 15, 2014

Monster Marks

First, disclosure: I have been friends with CJ Gunther for two decades. Was even in his wedding. I’m also an unabashed Red Sox fan who cherished my nine years of Fenway Park coverage. So when I see that my buddy CJ’s project on baseball impressions on the Green monster is being featured on National Geographic’s Proof blog … well, I’m...

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July 3, 2014

Two Days in the Bubble

Ben Garvin of the Pioneer Press gives us a sense of what it’s like to join the president’s pool for a couple of days. The camaraderie and support he talks about is nice to hear, very easy to become self absorbed on that beat.

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June 26, 2014

Four Photographers Named as National Geographic Explorers

The National Geographic Society has their first set of visual storytellers to be added to their Explorers program. Previous Explorers have come primarily from areas of science, research and innovation. David Guttendelder, Lyn Johnson, Cory Richards and Brian Skerry will spend two years, “sharing their visual expertise with diverse areas of the National Geographic Society and with the public, producing...

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June 17, 2014

Something to Hold Over Their Heads – Education

Three years ago, independent journalist Phillip Datz was ordered to leave a public street where a police stop was occurring. After moving, he called the Suffolk County Police Department’s public information officer who told him, essentially, he was fine. When he started to record again, Suffolk County Police Sergeant Michael Milton arrested him. Earlier on the recording Sergeant Milton said,...

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June 12, 2014

Promote Yourself

Neat Tumblr from Photo District News on promotional pieces being sent out, triggered by this post on Dave Cooper’s.

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April 30, 2014

Gear Time Again

As my kids here at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication start turning in their final portfolios and handing back all the gear we’ve loaned them, the tremors start … how am I supposed to live without a way to share my world? The fact that we supply every kid with everything they need is...

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April 23, 2014

The Intern’s Plan

We are just days away from freedom the end of the semester and that means a whole new grip of kids are heading out the door, ideals in hand and ready to rock their first internship or job. The vibe in the Photo Cave is a mix of shear fear at finishing up their final projects and overflowing enthusiasm for...

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April 8, 2014

More Info on Business Practices

Alum Dylan Wilson sent along a link to a post by Robert Seale on business practice for photographers, a very good read. Towards the end Seale has a list of books you must own, I’ll add one more that’s due out this summer – John Harrington’s More Best Business Practices for Photographers. Harrington talked about this book at the NPPA’s...

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