Category: Business & Industry

June 20, 2024

“Then What Do We Have?”

Mickey Osterreicher talks about the threats of generative AI images.

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

January 2, 2024

“Because of my photos, the entire world saw what was happening”

We have lost Peter Magubane, according to The New York Times. For nearly half a century, he documented the effects of apartheid in South Africa, frequently being punished for sharing what everyone was seeing. His work was inspirational for many photojournalists around the world, his commitment to the work unparalleled. Magubane also walked that delicate line between being an impartial...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 1, 2023

“I Read the Instructions on the Back of the Box”

We’ve lost Elliott Erwitt. This is a wonderful tribute to him by Jonas Cuénin worth exploring.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work

September 8, 2023

The Risks of Sports Coverage

There are mutliple stories out about the death of a photographer who was hit at a high school football game. Most of them leave me with a lot of questions and sorrow. Linda Gregory, a long-time supporter of the Wichita Northwest High School team, was knocked down when two junior varsity players came out of bounds, reportedly hitting her head...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 6, 2023

“You Can Say Anything You Like So Long As It’s the Truth”

I really hope this comes to the theaters near us or is available to screen for our students. The story of model-turned-war-photographer Lee Miller has been screaming for a film version. Now it’s been made.

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 16, 2023

Natural Intelligence

Nikon Peru has come up with a creative campaign to push back at AI generated imagery, according to Michael Zhang at PetaPixel. There are several initiatives in progress regarding imagery created with artificial intelligence algorithms. Adobe has its Content Authenticity Initiative, which is working on technical solutions to image verification and there are a couple different groups who are working...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

May 23, 2023

Why Photographers Charge

I was scrolling through Facebook over lunch when I saw someone had reposted the above. I could not disagree more with this logic. If businesses were to base what they charge on equipment costs, than McDonald’s ice cream would be outrageous. The machine they use, made by Taylor Company, costs $18,000 (even if it breaks down on a regular basis)....

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 21, 2022

There Are Only 16 DSLRs Left

The subhead there stunned me – there are only 16 DSLRs still considered active. Six-teen. Wow.

Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk

February 2, 2022

“Photojournalist” Recorded Staging Photos

A nationally-known “photojournalist” was caught setting up an image and video of it was posted online. There have been several Twitter threads and now PetaPixel has picked up the story. At the time, Maranie Rae Staab was making photographs for Getty Images, which has deleted the images from that event and severed their relationship with her, according to PetaPixel. Note:...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

January 5, 2022

A Craftswoman of Photography

I shall admit the name did not resonate with me at first, but the work … the work certainly did. Sabine Weiss, the last of the “humanist” photographers, died on December 28, 2021, according to a New York Times piece by Clay Risen. “From the start I had to make a living from photography; it wasn’t something artistic,” Weiss told...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism