Good Work – Page 47 – Visual Journalism

February 25, 2010

Simple West Texas Visuals

Ken Kobré, the author of the text book we use in the Advanced Photojournalism course, posted a link to this Texas Country Reporter piece on a Far West Texas couple who’s living as their ancestors did – offline, off the grid, on the proverbial range. Watch it and pay close attention to the visuals – it is beautifully shot, with...

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February 21, 2010

UGA Alum on the Times’ Lens Blog

Kendrick Brinson, a co-founder of Luceo Images and a Grady College Photojournalism alumni, has her on-going story on Sun City up on the New York Times’ Lens blog. She’s been working on this story for a while, looking at the life of seniors in this Arizona community. It’s a great set of images – full of life, beautiful light and...

Good Work/Photojournalism

February 20, 2010

The BBC Redesign

I have studied graphic design at several levels and am fascinated by excellent, executions of it. And am fully willing to admit that my abilities do not – yet – match my aspirations. So when I came across this explanation of how the BBC went through their redesign process for the web, I was entranced for a few moments. I...

Good Work/Graphic Design

February 4, 2010

Capa, the Mexican Suitcase and D-Day

The BBC has put together an audio slideshow looking at a new exhibit of Robert Capa’s work on display at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Good intro to his work. Link courtesy of Greg Mironchuk.

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February 2, 2010

Model Photography

You know I have two loves in life, right? Visual journalism and … cars. Kodak’s Jennifer Cisney tweeted about this collection of photos by Michael Paul Smith of his model car collection. It’s really cool. What did you think I meant with that headline?

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January 21, 2010

I Sense Money Heading Out …

Read about this over on The Online Photographer, and now I think I have to have it … The Contact Sheet is a book that contains the outtakes to over 40 famous images and a discussion of what went into making the frames. To see how some of the greats worked their way into their subjects? That’s got to be...

Advice & Learning/Good Work

January 17, 2010

Damon Winters on Working in Haiti

New York Times photojournalist Damon Winters has been in Haiti for several days now covering the tragedy. He’s done two behind the scenes interviews which are up on the Lens blog. In the first he talks about his initial impressions. In the second, he talks about some of the problems with aid delivery to the area. The photos in the...

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work

January 15, 2010

Satellite Photo Comparisons from Haiti

The New York Times has a very cool and very informative page up that has before and after satellite photos from Haiti – moving a slider across the image reveals the pre and post earthquake images. Really neat use of technology to help tell the story. Thanks to Meghan Pittman for pointing this out.

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January 9, 2010

David Douglas Duncan’s Work at the University of Texas at Austin

David Douglas Duncan is one the greats. His books – including This is War! and Yankee Nomad – have shaped generations of photojournalists. He was with Life magazine during its heyday and made a mostly successful transition into doing still photos for television in the late 1960s. He has donated his life’s work to the Harry Ransom Center at the...

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January 5, 2010

Year End Confessions

Joe McNally and his crew are playing video games again, tempting fate, too.

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Category: Good Work

Simple West Texas Visuals

UGA Alum on the Times’ Lens Blog

The BBC Redesign

Capa, the Mexican Suitcase and D-Day

Model Photography

I Sense Money Heading Out …

Damon Winters on Working in Haiti

Satellite Photo Comparisons from Haiti

David Douglas Duncan’s Work at the University of Texas at Austin

Year End Confessions