September 16, 2016 The Making of A Photograph Sam Abell talking about taking more than a year to make just one image, well worth a little bit of your day. Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism
August 24, 2016 Visuals at the Olympics This is a look into how Getty Images handled images at the Olympics. I suspect it’s a little different than how we will handle them at the Paralympics … we won’t have the robotic cameras. And a few other things they have. Categories At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 18, 2016 Why We Need Photo Editors, Olympic Second Edition Chances that there was not a photo editor working on this page are pretty high. You can’t be an authority on anything if you can’t get facts right – and this is, at its core, a fact error. (Thanks to Steve Fox for the link.) Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
July 26, 2016 The Moments in Between Anderson Cooper did a segment for 60 Minutes on music photographer Danny Clinch. View More: 60 Minutes News|Live News|More News Videos His phrasing about looking for the moments in between, I concur that’s where the magic happens. Miss growing out of mouths are just not that interesting, but when someone gets lost in her music … that’s the moment. Also,... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism
June 26, 2016 We’ve lost Bill Cunningham The New York Times has reported that Bill Cunningham, its beloved fashion photographer, has passed. He was 87. I am not a person overly concerned with fashion (just ask my wife or students), but I would dip into his work from time to time not so much to see what was trendy but because his approach to documenting fashion focused... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
May 25, 2016 Doing Some Good James Estrin has a nice piece up at The New York Times’ Lens blog about the work of Mel Rosenthal who documented the South Bronx in New York from 1976 to 1982. The limited number of images here is frustrating – I really want to see more. It’s the reasoning behind these images that has me interested: For Mel Rosenthal,... Categories At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism
February 29, 2016 Secret Service Agent Throws Photojournalist to the Ground at Trump Event A United States Secret Service agent choked and threw photojournalist Christopher Morris to the ground at a Donald Trump event in Virginia. It is unclear what provoked this response at this point in time, but it is phenomenally disturbing. Mr. Morris has spent more than 40 years covering conflicts internationally and is a highly regarded photojournalist who was on assignment... Categories At Work/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 9, 2016 How to Get Found Photo District News has a collection of short interviews with photo editors talking about how they find photographers. Some good advice in these. Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
February 4, 2016 Cover Letter Don’ts My friends down at the Poynter Institute just read 160 applications and decided to share what no one should do in those packages. As my kids go through the internship application process, this is required reading. I do kind of wish is was a snarkier piece, though … I’ve sat through meetings at Poynter, there are some snarky folks there... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
January 27, 2016 NPPA Seeks New Executive Director Want to help lead the largest association for photojournalists out there? To be the voice of visual journalists? Have a lot of management experience? Or do you know someone who fits that description? The National Press Photographers Association is looking for a new executive director. Come work here on the UGA for a great association (that is independent of the... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
