Photojournalism – Page 109 – Visual Journalism

July 3, 2012

On Being Ready

Forty years ago last month, Nick Ut made one of the most iconic images of war ever, a photo of a young Vietnamese girl running, naked, after her village was attacked by her own air force*. The story of that day has been told again and again, the image is in nearly every book on photojournalism. But there were other...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 2, 2012

The Story Behind Capa’s D-Day Images

I have known this story for decades, but John Morris, a Life magazine picture editor in London during World Was II, recounts the whole story of how Robert Capa’s legendary Normandy landing images came to be. What ever happened to the rest of the damaged film? I wonder if we could send it to Hollywood and have those CSI-computers fix...

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

June 29, 2012

Combat Insurance

One more thing to add to my business lectures … Alysia Santo has a story up at the Columbia Journalism Review talking about independent photojournalists working in conflict zones – and who covers their insurance. In most situations, it seems, they just don’t have any. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 28, 2012

Casey, Crime Photographer Radio Show

Don’t you love it when you learn something completely old? Did you know the Columbia Broadcasting System had a radio show in the 1940s about a crime photographer? Me either. A link popped up on Twitter (but now I can’t remember who it sent it out), and I did some searching to see if there were downloadable files. And there...

Audio/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 27, 2012

The Rolling Stones, as Shown by Jim Marshall

CNN.com has a gallery up of images from the new Jim Marshall book on the 1972 Rolling Stones tour. One quote, pulled from an earlier book, says more about Marshall and his work than everything else ever written about him: I want someone to see those people, not my picture of them. So well said, and something a lot of...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 27, 2012

Historical Nikon Geekiness

Did you know there’s a Facebook group for the Historical Nikon Society? I’m not sure why, but there’s a part of me that would love to shoot with an original Nikon F or, more so, an SP rangefinder …and, of course, a Canon New F-1 again. (I had one, with the monster, 12-AA battery motor and the AE Finder FN...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Grant

The Alexia Foundation has announced a new grant program that focuses on stories about issues surrounding the abuse of women. The Women’s Initiative In every country in the world, women are being abused, trafficked, bartered, sold, burned by fire and acid and killed, sometimes by their own families, for “honor” or anger. The Alexia Foundation, recognizing that most of the...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism

June 22, 2012

NPPA Business Blitz Dates Announced

The National Press Photographers Association has announced the dates and locations for the 2012 Business Blitz conferences. If there’s one near you, you need to get there.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 20, 2012

Cell Phone Cameras and the Pros

Over at the Poynter Institute, Keith Jenkins has a post up about professional photojournalists using cell phone cameras for their work assignments. It’s a nice introduction to the topic, though I wish it delved a little deeper. Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter for our student newspaper about the effects of Instagram on professional photographers (will post a link...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 18, 2012

Instagramming the Icons

Over at PetaPixel, Allen Murabayashi takes a look at the current practice of “re-taking” iconic images with Instagram – essentially applying filters to classic photos. It’s pretty horrifying …

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

Category: Photojournalism