Good Work – Page 30 – Visual Journalism

August 4, 2011

The Autobiographical Documentary

NPR’s Picture Show has a gallery of images and an interview with Stephen Shames, who has been photographing boys growing up in The Bronx since the late 1970s. A personal project that came out of a magazine assignment, Shames says in the article that he has been searching, “through photography for what I didn’t have as a kid with my...

Good Work/Photojournalism

August 4, 2011

Thrifty Photography

Neat article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy about Jenna Isaacson, a laid-off photojournalist who put together a grant from Goodwill and donations from a Kickstarter campaign to take on a project of visiting thrift stores in 32 states. Between the two funding sources, she raised about $14,000 to rent an RV and travel across the country to tell the story...

Business & Industry/Good Work

August 3, 2011

Newspaper Nail Art

I’m going to get in trouble for this but, honestly … I think this is kind of cool. (Thanks to PartyLikeAJournalist.com for the lede.)

Good Work/Thoughts & Theory/Video

July 31, 2011

Herding (Very Talented, Very Famous) Cats

That’s the only way to describe this footage (pixelage?) of Rene Burri shooting the group portrait at the Magnum Annual General Meeting. Magnum Annual General Meeting 2011 from Magnum in Motion on Vimeo. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

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

July 28, 2011

Joao Silva Returns to Work

Joao Silva, who lost both of his legs last year while on assignment for the New York Times, landed a front page photo in the gray lady this week. That’s pretty awesome.

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

July 28, 2011

Philadelphia Reporter and Photographer Attacked on Live Television

It’s a bizarre story that gets weirder on the evening news … reporter Chris O’Connell and photographer Dave Edwards were attacked while doing a live shot for Fox 29 outside of a house in Philadelphia. Both are okay.

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

July 26, 2011

Tim Hetherington’s Last Frames

Newsweek.com has posted a gallery of images pulled from Tim Hetherington’s camera from his last day of shooting. It’s hard to believe it has been three months since he and Chris Hondros were killed in Libya.

Good Work/Photojournalism

July 26, 2011

Finding Vivian Maier Trailer

The buzz continues … and I want to see this. Trailer: Finding Vivian Maier from John Maloof on Vimeo.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Video

July 23, 2011

Digital Literacy

I have been hanging out down at the Poynter Institute for their Teachapalooza conference. Just finished up a talk about the Digital Literacy videos I created for our students last year … and I suspect a lot of folks are now trying to remember where they are … so, you can click here or hit the Resources tab up at...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Tech Talk/Video

July 21, 2011

The Scientist Behind the Milk Drop

The British Journal of Photography has a short piece up looking at Harold Edgerton, the MIT professor who spent 30 years trying to photograph a symmetrical milk drop. The most interesting part of this is that Edgerton never felt he got the shot. Next time I’m in Boston, I think I need to swing over to The Edgerton Center at...

Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

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