February 22, 2017 160 Years of The New York Times Front Pages This is just awesome: Every front page of The New York Times – watch the way it changes over time put together by Josh Begley. (Thanks to DL Cade at PetaPixel for the link.) Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Graphic Design/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
November 23, 2016 Peter Turnley Print Sale If you were looking for a gift for your favorite professor or decided this was the time to invest in artwork, head over to Peter Turnley’s print sale. There’s a lyrical sense to his work that I have loved for decades. Yeah, they are expensive, but this is another revenue stream for wonderful documentary work. And #12 is just such... Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
November 16, 2016 NPPA Voting Opens It’s time to vote for openings on the National Press Photographers Association’s board of directors and a couple of regional chairs. I started reading through the bios for all the candidates this morning – there are some phenomenally good people running this year, choosing just two for the board will be brutal. Think deeply about what you want our of... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
October 4, 2016 Kandahar Journals Showing in Athens As part of our McGill Symposium on Wednesday, October 5, we will be showing Louie Palu’s documentary on his time in Afghanistan here at the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Kandahar Journals looks at his time covering the war and its effects on his psychological transformation. Doors will open at 7:30 and we... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video
October 4, 2016 One Little Hammer This short video of Randy Olson talking about his work … whoa. Especially this line: If I don’t go somewhere and find something that’s unexpected, then I’m not doing my job. If you can Google what I’m finding out, then everybody already knows about it. One Little Hammer: Randy Olson from Blue Chalk on Vimeo. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
September 26, 2016 Photographing Fashion Nice behind the scenes look at what it’s like to cover the London Fashion Week over at CNN. Not quite as fun as it might seem. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
September 21, 2016 Image Theft for Political Gain Let the copyright violation season begin – though usually it’s not the high level candidates who do this. Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
August 31, 2016 We Have Lost Marc Riboud After a 60 year career, Marc Riboud passed in Paris on Tuesday at 93. A protege of Henri Cartier-Bresson, his quiet images of the ordinary within the extraordinary are marked by grace and a graphic elegance. Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism
August 18, 2016 Hallmark Institute to Close The Hallmark Institute in Massachusetts is set to close its doors in October. This is the second for-profit professional photography school to shutter in the last month, following the announcement that the Brooks Institute will close soon, too. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism
August 17, 2016 The Value of Photo Editors, Olympic Edition Allen Murabayashi has a nice analysis of image usage out of the Olympics – and why having an experienced photo editor makes a difference. No ethical issues … this time. Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism