Category: Ethics & Legal

August 25, 2014

What Does a Photo Say?

And can it say it wrong? That’s the question David Davis tackles at Deadspin in talking about one of Neil Leifer’s iconic images. An image can capture one moment from one angle. For it to rise to journalism, though, it must be seen in context. Doesn’t sound like that happened a half century ago.

Categories Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 14, 2014

NPPA Protests Ferguson Police Tactics

As journalists have come under fire and been detained, the National Press Photographers Association’s has sent a letter of protest to the Ferguson, Missouri police.

Categories Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 8, 2014

The Gulf War Photo No One Saw

In 1991, Kenneth Jarecke made a startling image – an image almost no one has seen. I remember this image and still have the one magazine it was published in – American Photo. To hear the rest of the backstory now is pretty amazing and is a good example of how much has changed.

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 23, 2014

Saying No to Client Requests

Nice piece by Jeff Guyer at DIYPhotography about how to deal with client requests for all of your raw images. Nice rational here: I like pointing out to these clients that when their best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s uncle buys a novel, the price tag does not include all of the author’s rough drafts. Paintings and sculptures do not come with...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 19, 2014

Ask NPPA’s Lawyer Anything

Mickey Osterreicher, the National Press Photographers Association’s lawyer, will be doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything session today at 12 noon ET. Great opportunity to get a question answered or to see what other people are concerned about.

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 11, 2014

Wall Street Journal Takes on Hand Out Photos

There has been a long-running debate between the Washington press corp and the current presidential administration about photo access. The short version: the White House hired an accomplished photojournalist, Pete Souza, to be the president’s photographer and has been much more active in releasing photos from Souza to the press and public. Which seems like a good thing, except they...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 7, 2014

Speed Is Not the Survival Solution

I like Twitter, I like it’s variety and breadth. But to believe news needs to be fast is a fatal decision. News needs to be accurate and fair, not just fast or first. Latest example comes from photo site PetaPixel which was duped last week. As we tell students all the time, If your mother says she loves you, check...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism

June 17, 2014

Something to Hold Over Their Heads – Education

Three years ago, independent journalist Phillip Datz was ordered to leave a public street where a police stop was occurring. After moving, he called the Suffolk County Police Department’s public information officer who told him, essentially, he was fine. When he started to record again, Suffolk County Police Sergeant Michael Milton arrested him. Earlier on the recording Sergeant Milton said,...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 14, 2014

Copyright Terms: Get Them Right

Good post by Jonathan Bailey on the terms tossed about in regards to copyright that most folks get wrong. (Thanks to John Harrington for the link.)

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 2, 2014

On Not Becoming a Meme

I have a piece up over at PBS’ Education Shift site on verifying images that you find on social media.

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism