Craft – Page 15 – Visual Journalism

August 14, 2013

The Visual Zig

Poking through the Poynter Institute’s site, I came across Roy Peter Clark’s analysis of a story about Justin Beiber’s tour stop in Tampa Bay, and how reporter Stephanie Hayes took a different tack to cover it. It has me thinking how we, as visual storytellers, can do the same. Is Rich-Joseph Facun’s Pink Shoes photo an example? How about W....

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 12, 2013

A Century and a Half of War Photography

Heard this on my local NPR station (WUGA) as I pulled into work this morning, was definitely one of those driveway moments … Susan Stamberg looks at an exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington on 165 years of war photography. It includes interviews with several of my heroes, including David Burnett (who I should probably just create...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Photojournalism

August 9, 2013

Photographing Photographers

Always a challenge … The New York Times’ Fred R. Conrad talks about photographing Joel Meyerowitz … I missed this last year, not sure how. NYTimes Lens: Photographing the Photographer from Elaisha Stokes on Vimeo.

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August 9, 2013

Here’s How to Spend Your Morning

Corbis Images has created a Tumblr with vintage images from their archives. (You can thank Greg Mironchuk for the loss of the next 30 minutes of your life.)

Craft/Photojournalism

August 2, 2013

A Voice for Those Who Cannot Shout

For several years, photography in Afghanistan was completely banned by the Taliban. In 2001, it came back and now there is a documentary project to tell the story of photography in the country over the last decade. Very cool. (Thanks to Andrew Mendelson for the link.)

Craft/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

July 30, 2013

Into the Light, Behind Smith’s Walk to Paradise Garden

Nice piece on Life.com by Ben Cosgrove about the story behind W. Eugene Smith’s legendary Walk to Paradise Garden image. If you don’t know the story, you have to read this. If you do know the story, you need to read it again.

Craft/Photojournalism

July 30, 2013

A Reminder on Patience

One of the greatest challenges I face in teaching is getting the practice of patience across. The concept is easy, it’s getting students to actually practice patience that I haven’t mastered yet. And, in photography, photojournalism and journalism, patience is an essential skill. And I choose the word skill specifically – it is not a naturally occurring habit. It takes...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 26, 2013

NPPA Short Grants Now Taking Applications

From the release: The National Press Photographers Association is pleased to announce the 2013 Short Grants program, six grants of $3,000 each that will be awarded to support photojournalists who are creating compelling picture stories in their communities. The grant is designed for funding projects small enough in scale that the bulk of the work can be accomplished in two...

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

July 23, 2013

An Interesting Life

Dan Shaw at The New York Times has a story up looking at the life and work of Amy Arbus, the daughter of photographer Diane Arbus. Love the quote here: Somewhat surprisingly, her mother has been her role model. “I thought she had a really fascinating life,” Ms. Arbus said. “I saw how my mom used photography as an excuse...

Craft/Photojournalism

June 26, 2013

Common Ground as a Book

One of the best multimedia pieces I show to my students is Scott Strazzante’s Common Ground, the story of a chunk of land as it moves from a family farm to a subdivision. (And that’s a massive over-simplification of the project.) Strazzante has a Kickstarter project to produce a book of the work and there’s only a week left to...

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Category: Craft

The Visual Zig

A Century and a Half of War Photography

Photographing Photographers

Here’s How to Spend Your Morning

A Voice for Those Who Cannot Shout

Into the Light, Behind Smith’s Walk to Paradise Garden

A Reminder on Patience

NPPA Short Grants Now Taking Applications

An Interesting Life

Common Ground as a Book