Good Work – Page 13 – Visual Journalism

November 29, 2014

A Kiowa with a Camera

Nice piece and gallery by The New Yorker’s Amy Connors on Horace Monroe Poolaw who spent 50 years documenting the Kiowa American Indian tribe of Oklahoma. Love the way his daughter quoted him: I do not want to be remembered for my pictures, but through my pictures I want my people to remember themselves.

Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 19, 2014

Photos With Words

One of my favorites, Peter Turnley, posted a small piece to one of my favorite web sites, The Online Photographer. It’s a simple set of photos – a train ride through New York on Halloween. Elegant and evocative and, for all my intro kids, with IDs … Love this comment from a gentleman called Paul: His apparent lack of interest...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 19, 2014

Gordon Parks Show in Atlanta

This opened last week and should be a spectacular show: Gordon Parks at the High Museum in Atlanta. Many of these images have never been seen before, including some color images three families in the south. Hours are available on the High Museum’s site. And November is college month – $5 with your college ID to get in.

Advice & Learning/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 14, 2014

Seeing What Others Have Not

To me, the great photojournalists are not the ones who have recorded the great moments in history. To me, the great photojournalists are the ones who have helped us understand the everyday moments of life. And near the top for those is Marc Riboud, who has a new show opening in New York City. There’s a simple elegance to the...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

October 20, 2014

Slivers and Shadows

So, here’s my native New Englander coming out … but I’d love to see someone try this at other fields, chasing slivers and shadows of light like the Boston Globe’s Stan Grossfeld did at Fenway Park this season. Having spent some later afternoon time inside the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium, there’s a cool project just years away from my...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

October 13, 2014

A Fair Day at the Fair

For the last nine years I’ve lead some sort of a workshop every semester for my advanced photojournalism students. This past weekend, we tackled something new – a 16 hour day at the Georgia National Fair and the Macon Telegraph posted a massive gallery of 265 images in addition to a section front (seen at left). There are really two...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

October 1, 2014

The Power of Journalism

Steve Fox is my hero. He’s on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and, last spring, taught an investigative reporting class that looked at heroin usage in Massachusetts. This week, the Boston Globe ran a story reported and written by two of his students that looked at one UMass student who was convinced to become a confidential...

Good Work/Journalism

September 25, 2014

Detroit, Then and Now

I’ll admit I’m a sucker for those then-and-now slider images and the Detroit Free Press built a pretty good on on the ruins of the city. There’s a twist towards the end … it’s not all riches-to-rags, so to speak.

Good Work/Photojournalism

September 24, 2014

Atlanta Photo Exhibit

A little late, but for any Atlanta-area readers, the Atlanta Press Club will have a show and discussion on Profiles of Poverty at the Metro Atlanta Chamber on Tuesday, September 30. Panelists Renee Brock, Joeff David, Steve Morton and David Tulis will be on hand to talk about the work. Wish I’d known sooner, let me know if you go.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

September 16, 2014

Remnants of Warriers

There are lots of images of conflict, both the combatants and the civilian victims. And after a battle, there are those photographers who swoop in to shoot the aftermath. But what about looking at the artifacts of a war a century later? Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Craig Allen talks with Jeffrey Gusky about his series on...