Craft – Page 16 – Visual Journalism

June 25, 2013

Bob Gilka Has Passed

There are a few certifiable legends in our industry and, early this morning, we lost one of them – Robert E. Gilka has passed. Everyone who met him has a Mr. Gilka story, anyone who wasn’t graced by a meeting has a story, too. You don’t spend nearly three decades leading National Geographic’s photo staff without touching a lot of...

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 22, 2013

A Man with a Gift

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog they have excerpts from a series of 1971 interviews of Henri Cartier-Bresson done by journalist and filmmaker Sheila Turner-Seed. It’s an interesting look into one of our heroes thoughts. (There’s a part two, don’t miss that.) I am wrestling with some of his thoughts and comments, though. I have always admired his...

Craft/Photojournalism

June 21, 2013

Comfort Through Rituals

As I was driving yesterday, I heard this NPR piece by Steve Inskeep and Shankar Vedantam about how rituals give us comfort and affect our enjoyment of food. I talk with my students about building a routine with carrying their cameras, forcing themselves to make images. Over time, that routine – something I have told them they must do –...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

June 7, 2013

On Average

Over at On Taking Pictures, Bill Wadman tired something pretty cool – shooting a photo of everyone at a party, then blending them into the average party-goer. Kind of want to try this with the mugs of students I do each semester …

Craft/Tech Talk

May 29, 2013

Light, Color and Gesture

The Big Picture put together a short documentary on photographer Jay Maisel that is about to become a must-watch for my intro students. I’m embedding it below, but click through to YouTube and watch it big, just to revel in his work some. I love this line about shooting: If you not scared that you’re going to lose it, it...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

May 8, 2013

That Tree

I had better not ever hear a student say there’s nothing worth photographing … The Denver Post’s Plog looks at a year’s worth of images by Mark Hirsch of the same tree. Yep, 365 photos of one tree, all shot on his phone.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

May 5, 2013

Building Connections

The International Center of Photography has announced their Infinity Awards recognizing outstanding achievements in photography. Eight awards were given and MediaStorm produced films on each of the winners. David Guttenfelder’s is a great look into how his work out of North Korea has come about. If you mouse over the right side, you can see the play list and watch...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

May 3, 2013

Look3 Festival

One of these summers, I’m going to make the run up to Charlottesville, Virginia, for the Look3 photo festival I’ve never heard anything but praise for this … and I always have a conflict, it seems. I need to put it on my 2014 calendar … (Thanks to Justin Ide for the reminder.)

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

April 24, 2013

Simple vs. Small

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Whitney Richardson has a story up about Paul Kwilecki and his photographs of Decatur County, Georgia. Well worth a read and a walk through the gallery. But it raises a couple of question that, probably, only I can answer … why did Mr. Kwilecki reach out to Duke University to help with...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 3, 2013

Choosing Your News Source

Technology has changed the way many of us learn information. Used to be, you went to the library or turned to the news. One was old and out of date, the other was in a big building downtown. (Insert rimshot, which one of my students now keeps loaded on her laptop during class … I love these kids.) We do...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

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