Craft – Page 24 – Visual Journalism

August 1, 2012

Estrin and Harvey on Being Seen

Over at Burn Magazine, two of my favorite people have a long, rambling and slightly bizarre conversation as David Alan Harvey interviews James aestrin from The New York Times. One of my favorite comments from Estrin: I believe that, on a personal level – not a professional level as a journalist of the New York Times, but on a personal...

At Work/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

July 29, 2012

One For the Dogs

This is pretty far outside of journalism, but The New York Times has a video up about William Wegman, who has become famous for his photos of his dogs. It includes some of his photographs, but I'm also intrigued by the art work he is doing with postcards. If I could paint, I'd love to try that. And I really...

Craft/Good Work

July 29, 2012

When Photographers Don’t Help

The Guardian has a fantastic collection of anecdotes up from photographers who, in conflict situations, decided to shoot and not help. Every photojournalist has to read through this set – it’s heart breaking and insightful. From Magnum’s Ian Berry: When you’re working with a camera, you tend to disassociate yourself from what’s going on. You’re just an observer. We were...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 29, 2012

When Photographers Don’t Help

The Guardian has a fantastic collection of anecdotes up from photographers who, in conflict situations, decided to shoot and not help. Every photojournalist has to read through this set – it’s heart breaking and insightful. From Magnum’s Ian Berry: When you’re working with a camera, you tend to disassociate yourself from what’s going on. You’re just an observer. We were...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 22, 2012

Why My Vacation Photos Suck

A week ago, my step-son and I were on an epic six-day, seven state, 2,000 mile guys’ road trip. Full of cheesy tourist traps and a family reunion, we shot a lot of photos. I didn’t take any of the big Canon cameras with me, just my trusty little Olympus E-P2 and a Canon S100 P&S. And my phone....

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 19, 2012

Time and Sports Illustrated Turn to Instagram

Two stalwarts of high-quality photojournalism are … turning to Instagram? Yep. Sports Illustrated will have a Leading Off page in the next issue of photos shot by regular contributor Brad Mangin with his smartphone and processed through the social photo network app. It’s a collection of images he made during this baseball season. Time, on the other hand, is working...

Business & Industry/Craft/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 18, 2012

Life Interviews David Douglas Duncan

Many consider David Douglas Duncan’s This Is War to be the ultimate complete book of combat photography (and I am one of them). Over on Life.com, they have an interview with him about how this seminal collection of images from the Korean War came to be some sixty years ago. Well worth a read.

At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

July 10, 2012

Georgia Press Association Photo of the Year goes to UGA VJ Alum

Big congratulations go to Jon-Michael Sullivan for a stunning image that took the Photo of the Year award from the Georgia Press Association. Sullivan, a staff photographer at the Marietta Daily Journal made the fireworks-and-lightening image during the 2011 Fourth of July celebrations in Kennasaw, Ga. Sweet pic, Jon-Michael.

Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

July 4, 2012

More Olympic Photos

This time, though, they’re a lot better … CNN has a gallery of Donal Miralle’s work up from past Olympic Games, some really nice frames in there.

Craft/Photojournalism

July 2, 2012

The Story Behind Capa’s D-Day Images

I have known this story for decades, but John Morris, a Life magazine picture editor in London during World Was II, recounts the whole story of how Robert Capa’s legendary Normandy landing images came to be. What ever happened to the rest of the damaged film? I wonder if we could send it to Hollywood and have those CSI-computers fix...

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Category: Craft

Estrin and Harvey on Being Seen

One For the Dogs

When Photographers Don’t Help

When Photographers Don’t Help

Why My Vacation Photos Suck

Time and Sports Illustrated Turn to Instagram

Life Interviews David Douglas Duncan

Georgia Press Association Photo of the Year goes to UGA VJ Alum

More Olympic Photos

The Story Behind Capa’s D-Day Images