Category: Photojournalism

April 25, 2012

Where’s the Journalism Line?

I’ve seen Richard Koci Hernandez speak just once, but he made a massive impression. I have his Multimedia Journal book and recommend it to all my students. And I was thrilled to hear he had made the transition to teaching several years ago. You could say I’m a fan, I suppose. Carol Ness has a story up about him at...

Categories At Work/Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 24, 2012

Pictures with Purpose Workshop

My good friend David LaBelle is pairing up with another good friend, Billy Weeks, and two other smart people, Greg Cooper and Fran Gardler, for the 2012 edition of the Pictures with Purpose workshop. This year the workshop will be in Chattanooga, Tenn., from July 31-August 5. There are limited seats (just 12 people will be accepted) and the cost...

Categories Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

April 23, 2012

Olympic Photographic Trials

Seems the private security firm hired for the London Olympics needs some more training, as the British Journal of Photography has reported. For those traveling to the games, be aware of where you are when shooting.

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 16, 2012

Pulitzer Winners Announced

Congrats to Craig Walker from the Denver Post for his second Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and to Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse for a Pulitzer Price in Breaking News Photography.

Categories Competitions/Photojournalism

April 16, 2012

Instagram Superstar Richard Koci Hernandez

While his original images would be journalism, the processing of them moves them clearly into the art realm – and that’s okay, I think. Slate.com has an interview and gallery of Richard Koci Hernandez images originally posted to Instagram. There’s a structure to the original compositions I really like, thoughts?

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

April 12, 2012

You’re Never Sure, You’re Never Sure

Mary Ellen Mark talking about shooting, love the section about not chimping because you can never be sure that you have it, so you have to keep shooting.

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 11, 2012

Legal Action Planned Over Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police Department’s Obstruction Practices

The National Press Photographers Association, New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have a news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. today to discuss legal action against the Suffolk County Police Department. This action apparently stems from the arrest of video journalist Philip Datz last July. Datz released the video of the incident last...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 8, 2012

David Burnett on Digital Imagine

And, of course, a bunch of other things over in an interview with John Camp at The Online Photographer. It’s in two parts, the first dealing with some of what he’s doing day to day and the second delving a bit into some ethical questions. Here’s a graf I love: In the end, when you analyze the characteristics of Tri-X,...

Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 5, 2012

Picture Editing Ethics

I have shied away from this, not sure if I want to wade into it … but you guys should see it. I have long said that the decisions a picture editor makes are as important, ethically and journalistically, as the decisions a new photographer makes. And when there are no news photographers in the mix, as is the case...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 4, 2012

Fauxtographor

This is probably funnier if these ads are aimed at your demographic … (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk