Category: Journalism

January 20, 2018

“I am not useful for my camera if I die.”

Karam Shoumali told the story of Syrian photojournalist Hosam Katan on The New York Times’ Lens blog a few months back, it’s worth reading to understand how Syrian journalists have covered and been affected by the war there.

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 18, 2017

Look Versus Feel

The New York Times’ Todd Heisler writes about covering tragic events like the church shooting in Texas. Because of this, it is important to make images that go beyond grief and crime scenes. Step back. Give a sense of place. Show not just what a scene looks like but, more important, what it feels like.  That last part – about...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

September 1, 2017

Pieces of Advice

Independent photojournalist Yunghi Kim, who has put a lot of effort into help educate others on good business and copyright practices, has assembled a nice collection of comments from ten women photojournalists. I love this from Jane Evelyn Atwood: I don’t like to be called a “female photographer”. We don’t refer to Salgado or Cartier-Bresson as “male photographers”. I feel...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

June 28, 2017

Women in Photojournalism

This, to me is a must- and first-read on the topic: Andrea Billups look at Women in Photojournalism, Opportunities and Independence. Why we still have this conversation in 2017 is beyond me, but we will keep having it until there’s no longer a need.

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 22, 2017

Hops and Millimeters

I will admit, there is this internal conflict when it comes to one of my photographic heroes, Henry Cartier-Bresson. The work, the elegance of it, the preservation of a moment in time … it resonates with me deeply. But then there are pieces I read, interviews and stories, and I’m left wondering whether he was a charlatan of sorts. He...

Categories Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 20, 2017

Tiny Docs Run Amok

I didn’t have the phrase “tiny doc” in my head until I saw a presentation by my friend Sara Quinn a year or two back. These are the videos you see all over Facebook with text overlaid on them. The reasoning is obvious – 85% of Facebook videos are played without sound. Which makes sense, how many people a day...

Categories Journalism

May 25, 2017

The Scent of Nostalgia

I’ll admit to suffering from nostalgia. I like old cars – on the weekend, when I don’t need to be anywhere. I like old cameras – for the mechanical precision and the engineering sensibilities. I like old houses – for they have stood the test of time and adapted. And I still read print, on the weekends, when I have...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 30, 2017

POSTPONED: Daniel Berehulak to Receive the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage

NOTE: This has been postponed, once we have updated info I’ll post it here. Happy to announce that photojournalist Daniel Berehulak will receive the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage at a ceremony here in Athens on Monday, April 10. Come join us if you can, reception to follow...

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

March 14, 2017

Looking Back, Look Ahead

This was posted last year, but it seems like a good time to review the story behind John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize winning photo of the deaths at Kent State in 1970. This is one of the most comprehensive looks at his actions and reactions, worth the time here. It’s alarming to read some of this now, that Filo and others...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 11, 2016

The Lost Rolls

In my home office, there are filing cabinets and boxes full of processed film. Tens of thousands of frames, made over a span of 20 years, waiting to be seen again. But that pales in comparison to the volume of images stored on hard drives, to those stored in the cloud and burned to DVDs and CDs over the last...

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism