Photojournalism – Page 136 – Visual Journalism

June 7, 2011

Corbis Moves to Protect the Sygma Archive

Corbis, which purchased the Sygma archive in 1999, has established the Sygma Preservation and Access Facility to allow access to the millions of negatives, prints, slides and contact sheets from the collection. I sense a road trip … (Thanks to New Photographer editor Don Winslow for the story lede.)

Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 6, 2011

Covering Prime Ministers and Presidents

Reuters’ Kevin Lamarque writes about moving from covering 10 Downing Street to the White House and the differences between these places. I’ve done just enough presidential coverage to know that, with one glaring exception, the White House does a good job of letting the press know what’s happening. The idea of having no access and no idea if there will...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 1, 2011

Presidential Speech Photo Will Now Be Real Presidential Speech Photos

The White House and the news organizations that cover it have a new plan for covering the president when he speaks live to the nation according to a Washington Post story. (Aside: Does anyone find it curious this is in the Lifestyle section of the Post? As opposed to, I don’t know, National or even Politics?)

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

May 28, 2011

When Becoming Almost Famous Means You’ve Been Actually Robbed

Over at MSNBC.com, Bob Sullivan has one of the best pieces on copyright and how it has affected average people who make extraordinary images. He highlights the case of Stephanie Gordon, the woman who made the image of the space shuttle launching through the clouds a few weeks ago. You’ve all seen the image by now – did you know...

Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism

May 27, 2011

A Prize for AP’s Charlie Riedel

The Associated Press has given a prize to staffer Charlie Riedel for his work during this week’s tornado disaster in Joplin, Missouri. And a well deserved one, at that.

Good Work/Photojournalism

May 26, 2011

Why You Always Carry Spare Memory Cards

It seems like a silly enough statement: Why do you carry extra memory cards? Why do you leave some open space on the ones you have? Because you never know when a volcano is going to erupt. No, really: Ingolfur Bruun writes on the Reuters photo blog that he came across an erupting volcano and only had seven frames left...

Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism

May 25, 2011

This Is the Police: Put Down Your Camera

NPR has a story up about a couple of incidents where citizens were detained or arrested for photography police officers at work. This is pretty chilling: Consider what happened to Khaliah Fitchette. Last year, Fitchette, who was 16 at the time, was riding a city bus in Newark, N.J., when two police officers got on to deal with a man...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

May 25, 2011

Young Photographers of Atlanta

Passing this along … there’s now a Young Photographers of Atlanta group on Facebook with plans to meet on the third Monday of each month. If you’re shooting and young, go sign up.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

May 23, 2011

How the AP Preps for Disaster Stories

Posted on Facebook of all places, the Associated Press has a short piece up on how they prepared for the tornado coverage over the last few days. Not too deep, but you get some idea as to what they go through. The last segment where Charlie Riedel talks about being on the ground, though, is pretty important. In all the...

Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

May 22, 2011

South African Photojournalist Reportedly Killed in Libya

Libya is rapidly turning into one of the most dangerous places for journalists, particularly photojournalists. The New York Times is reporting that it appears South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl was killed on April 5. In a statement posted Thursday night on a Facebook page dedicated to Mr. Hammerl’s memory, his family criticized how the Libyan government had treated them. “From...