Category: Business & Industry

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...

Categories 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...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/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...

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

February 5, 2018

When Assisting Means Employed

David Walker at Photo District News has taken a look at several legal issues related to large-scale photo shoots, ones where “assistants” are routinely hired to help with the production. The common industry term “assistants” means something different in New York and California. Most of us think of assistants as independent contractors, paid a flat rate to work on a...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

January 20, 2018

Southwestern Photojournalism Conference Moves … East?

Yep, what has been in Texas for years is now in Nashville, Tennessee, February 15-17. I’ve heard many great things about this event and, if I didn’t have a conflict, I would head there myself.

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Photojournalism

January 18, 2018

China’s 79-Year-Old Sports Photographer

Hong Nanli is my new sports photography hero and will be yours, too. (Thanks to Mark Hertzberg for the link.)

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

January 8, 2018

LOOK3 Festival Shuttered

Photo District News is reporting that the LOOK3 photo festival, held for the last decade or so in Charlottesville, will not continue due to financial issues. This was on my bucket list for a long time, the line up was always intriguing and the atmosphere, reportedly, amazing. But I’ve also heard there was minimal, if any, discussion on the business...

Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

December 30, 2017

The Year in Pictures, Then and Now

Allen Murabayashi compares The New York Times’ 2008 and 2017 Year in Pictures presentations over at the PhotoShelter blog. The differences in technical quality and how images are toned are substantial. The evolution of digital cameras I seen through greater resolution, dynamic range and low light sensitivity, but the way photographers are handling post-processing is really evident. Tools that were...

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

December 23, 2017

Visuals for Radio

My friend Regina McCombs posted a gallery of the work her staff and stringers did this year for Minnesota Public Radio – a gallery of stunning visuals. Think about that – great visuals made for radio. What a wonderful world we live in.

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 8, 2017

Personal Boundaries

The Deer Center for Journalism and Trauma interviewed nine female journalists about the issues they have faced in the field and how to deal with them. This should be required viewing for everyone who is a member of the media or who interacts with the media. So, essentially, everyone on the planet. (Thanks to alum and friend of the program...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory