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November 5, 2012

What’s In a Name?

My friend Wasim Ahmad, on the faculty at Stony Brook University, wrote a piece for iMediaEthics about the need for names in photo captions – and this will now be required reading for all of my students. His policy for students is the same as mine – no names, it’s not journalism, it’s not usable. The argument I hear back...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 4, 2012

Ahead of the Pack with Ami Vitale

Nice piece on the ABC News site by Deanna Mitchell looking at the work of Ami Vitale and her transition from daily shooter to documentary work. Interesting breakdown of how she spends her time: Vitale approximates 90 percent of her time is spent applying for grants, conducting research and entering contests, “Taking pictures is actually a tiny percentage…so much time...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 1, 2012

News Video Workshop Registration Opens

The National Press Photographers Association’s News Video Workshop, March 17-22, is now taking registrations. From their site: If you are a journalist who uses any video in your reporting, the NV Workshop is for you.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

October 30, 2012

Southwestern Photojournalism Conference Speakers Announced

The Southwestern Photojournalism Conference, March 1-3 in Fort Worth, Texas, has announced their speaker lineup. Some very good people on that list … Love their tag line, too – The conference for those who believe photojournalism to be a calling and the act of bearing witness to be important.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

October 30, 2012

America 101

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Ruth Fremson has a story up on a new book from Arthur Grace. The gallery of images is amazing – a real portrait of who we are. Or were, as the images date back nearly 40 years. I have his first book, Choose Me, which is fantastic. Going to have to order...

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 29, 2012

If the Gear Was Better, I’d Be Better …

… or, not, as it turns out in a piece on PetaPixel. Every photojournalist I’ve ever met has, at some point, said they would have been a better shooter if they only had some other piece of kit. Now, someone has gone back and challenged that idea by buying all of the gear they used to have and testing it....

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 23, 2012

Inside the FSA Project

Over at LensRentals.com, Roger Cicila has a great history of Roy Stryker’s Farm Securities Administration photo team – one of the best summations I’ve seen, well worth spending some time on. There’s an argument to be made that we need another FSA-like project … if anyone is reading, I am available.

Craft/Good Work

October 19, 2012

Portrait of a Presidency

Over at Times’s LightBox blog, Pete Souza talks about his time as President Obama’s photographer.

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

October 11, 2012

Art vs. Craft

Richard Hamm, a former student and current staff photojournalist at the Athens Banner-Herald, sent along a link to a post by photographer Derek Shapton where he talks about whether he is an artist or not. It’s a good read, particularly this segment: At best, assignment photographers are craftsmen, not artists, solving other people’s problems and putting other people’s ideas into...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

October 9, 2012

Barnstorm at 25

This past weekend, the 25th annual Eddie Adams Workshop wrapped up, an event that I now wish I’d tried to get into in my youth. It’s limited to students and early-career shooters and, for reasons I don’t fully comprehend, I never applied … Time’s Lightbox blog took a look back at the first quarter century of the event and the...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

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