Good Work – Page 16 – Visual Journalism

February 26, 2014

Many visual pundits have been writing about this year’s World Press Photo of the Year winner, a stunning image made by John Stanmeyer for National Geographic. The image is a beautiful and powerful statement on the relevance of communication and technology. One of the best pieces of read so far on it comes from Fred Ritchin writing at Time’s Lightbox...

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February 22, 2014

How To See

Nice piece on NPR’s web site today looking at how Russian Valeriy Klamm and other photographers view their home country. Next weekend, I’ll take my Documentary Photography class into the North Georgia mountains for our Ninth Annual UGA Photojournalism Weekend Workshop. Nine professionals will coach and cajole them, helping them learn their craft and tell the stories of one county....

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February 21, 2014

Burnett in Sochi

One of my heroes, David Burnett, was featured on the Olympics broadcast tonight. I want to hang around with him …

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February 20, 2014

Camera Obscura Images in Atlanta

The High Museum in Atlanta has an exhibit of Abelardo Morell’s The Universe Next Door. It opens this weekend and runs through May, if you’re in the area, worth taking a look – very cool stuff.

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February 13, 2014

10 Photographers to Ignore

And, by “ignore,” we mean learn from, not emulate … over at Wired.com, they put together a list of ten photographers who too many people try to copy and why you shouldn’t.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 12, 2014

Interview with William Albert Allard

There is a level of documentary photography that I shall forever aspire to … because I fear I’ll never get there. At that level are folks like William Albert Allard, who was interviewed by Barbara Davidson for the Los Angeles Times’ reFramed blog. I approach a story the same way today as I did with my first assignment on the...

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February 10, 2014

Photography Is One Little Hammer

Randy Olson talks about covering cultural differences. Reminding us it is not about photography, it’s about what you can do with photographs.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

February 7, 2014

Instagram and the AP’s Guttenfelder

I really wanted this piece to go so much deeper … the Associated Press’ David Guttenfelder talks about shooting and posting to Instagram.

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February 3, 2014

Why You Shouldn’t Cut Photographers

Two sentences from Edmond Terakopian’s piece that will convince you to read it: People never remember a great article they read months ago or a great piece of video footage from years ago. They will however remember pictures they saw decades ago. And the science backs that up.

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February 2, 2014

How Earth Rise Came To Be

Every fall, I have my students write a short paper on what they think is the most important photo ever made. The responses run from the expected to the surprising, and when they ask me what my choice would be, I always say Earth Rise. Late last year, as the 45th anniversary of the day it was made came, NASA...

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How To See

Burnett in Sochi

Camera Obscura Images in Atlanta

10 Photographers to Ignore

Interview with William Albert Allard

Photography Is One Little Hammer

Instagram and the AP’s Guttenfelder

Why You Shouldn’t Cut Photographers

How Earth Rise Came To Be