Craft – Page 4 – Visual Journalism

December 6, 2017

McCullin in Kolkata

Yes, this is a PR piece from Canon Europe. Yes, it’s designed to get you interested in spending many, many dollars on Canon gear. But it’s Don McCullin talking about the way he makes images while he makes images in Kolkata.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Photojournalism

November 18, 2017

Look Versus Feel

The New York Times’ Todd Heisler writes about covering tragic events like the church shooting in Texas. Because of this, it is important to make images that go beyond grief and crime scenes. Step back. Give a sense of place. Show not just what a scene looks like but, more important, what it feels like. That last part – about...

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July 5, 2017

A Little Larceny

I love this idea from J. Scott Applewhite: Little stolen moments, some of my best pictures have a little larceny in them. Scott Applewhite: Lifetime Achievement Award from The Associated Press on Vimeo.

At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 22, 2017

Hops and Millimeters

I will admit, there is this internal conflict when it comes to one of my photographic heroes, Henry Cartier-Bresson. The work, the elegance of it, the preservation of a moment in time … it resonates with me deeply. But then there are pieces I read, interviews and stories, and I’m left wondering whether he was a charlatan of sorts. He...

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June 17, 2017

Auto Photo Business

If you’ve spent more than four minutes with me, you know one of my passions lies deep in the automotive realm. Old cars, new cars, broken cars and the old, new and broken people that go with them – I love being a part of those stories. So it should come as no surprise that I tend to look at...

Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 21, 2017

Gordon Parks, Back to Fort Scott

This was posted two years ago, but it’s still worth putting in a little time: A collection of images Gordon Parks made for Life magazine about segregation. It’s about both access and understanding the story you’re trying to tell, both are needed to succeed.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 18, 2017

Photojournalism’s Future

Two interviews that James Estrin did this week at The New York Times Lens blog have had me pondering the future of photojournalism. Up first was an interview with Donald Winslow, the editor emeritus of the National Press Photographers Association’s News Photographer magazine and a long-time supporter of photojournalism. A few days later, Leslye Davis, a staffer at the Times,...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Photojournalism

January 17, 2017

Seeking Visual Truth

This piece ran on The New York Times’ Lens blog last month but I held it until now. John Morris has had more to do with how we visualize our world than, perhaps, almost else and yet no one knows who he is. “If they no longer think truth is important, that’s the end of journalism,” Mr. Morris said. “It’s...

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

January 13, 2017

What’s Important Is the Next Picture

Nice, short interview with Bruce Davidson at Time’s Lightbox blog where he talks about his 1959 photographs of a Brooklyn gang. Want to get images this intimate? Follow this advice: I was close and I stayed longer. Worth sticking through the pre-roll ad.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

November 26, 2016

Castro In Photographs

The morning brought news that Fidel Castro had died at the age of 90. A click to The New York Times brought me to this video that has some of the amazing work that Jack Manning did during a short trip to Cuba in 1964. Even if you turn the sound down (which I don’t recommend you do, as Richard...

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