Craft – Page 28 – Visual Journalism

February 25, 2012

Truth in Visuals

The New York Times’ Michael Barbaro and Michael D. Shear have an interesting story on the effects of campaign stop location decisions and how the visuals play into perceptions. Well worth a read.

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 19, 2012

The Last Processor of Kodachrome

This has been out for a while but was just brought to my attention and gives a little but of history and a little bit of chemistry about the mystery that was Kodachrome. (Thanks to Tim Rice for the lead.)

Craft/Tech Talk

February 17, 2012

New York Times Reporter Anthony Shadid Died in Syria

Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid died from an apparent asthma in Syria yesterday as he was leaving the country. New York Times photojournalist Tyler Hicks, who had been working with him, reportedly carried his body out of the country and into Turkey. The two had been smuggled into the country to cover the uprising there. Jill Abramson, the executive editor,...

At Work/Craft

February 14, 2012

Photographers You Should Know About

Scott Bourne over at PhotoFocus has stolen an idea from me. Of course, it’s an idea I never executed, but whatever … he is beginning a series on Photographers You Should Know About with a look at Dorothea Lange, one of the stars of the Farm Securities Administration in the 1930s. Worth keeping an eye on this series if he...

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 12, 2012

Impossible Photography

Photogrpaher Erik Johansson talks about his artwork at TED. Not journalism, but the conflict of what we do and what artists do is always in our heads and he has a nice line around the five minute mark that touches on ethics: I personally think that it’s easier to actually create a place than to find a place because then...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

February 10, 2012

Friday Humor: Shtuff People Say to Photographers

I’m starting to love this meme …

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video

February 8, 2012

Gear Lust

Okay, everyone else may be salivating over the upcoming Nikon D4 or D800, or perhaps it’s the Canon EOS 1D X that has your blood pressure rising. And that’s all fine – if either Canon or Nikon would like to send me one, I’d be more than happy to push its pixels around. But the message in my email box...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 8, 2012

The Education of Walter Iooss, Jr.

Sports Illustrated has posted an autobiographical piece by one of their legends, Walter Iooss, Jr. It’s a long read, but worth it as he tells tales of shooting the greats over the last 50 years. My self-aggrandizing moment: I assisted for Iooss once, in about 1995, on a shoot of Mo Vaughn at Fenway Park. Learned a ton, even if...

Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 1, 2012

Um … STUFF Photographers Say

Not that I think the language would bother anyone, but you never know … a video about the STUFF Photographers Say. I’m thinking we may need a Stuff UGA VJ Kids Say … (Thanks to Sarah Osbourne for the lede.)

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 25, 2012

The Spot News Photo Master at ICP

There is one undisputed master when it comes to spot news and crime photography, and that’s Weegee. Prowling the streets of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, he was there first more often than the cops were. The International Center of Photography in NYC has a show of his work up now, apparently including a replica of the...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

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