Photojournalism – Page 35 – Visual Journalism

April 6, 2015

Formalizing Copyright Infringement Notices

Entomologist Alex Wild has created an FAQ to deal with people who have received a legal notice that they have infringed upon his copyright. Well worth a read.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 6, 2015

Nick Ut Talks About the Napalm Girl Photo

Very nice piece by Mark Edward Harris at Vanity Fair about the day Nick Ut made the iconic image of Kim Phuc, naked and burning, outside of Trang Bang, Vietnam.

At Work/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Photojournalism

April 3, 2015

Going Wide

Actor Jeff Bridges has carried a Widelux camera on to movie sets with him for the last quarter century. A book of this work was published several years ago, but it’s pretty pricey. Now there’s a nice gallery of it online.

Good Work/Photojournalism

April 1, 2015

Fotodiox Introduces Canon to Nikon and Nikon to Canon Adapter

I have a lot of old Nikons around but shoot Canons now, this will be great when it ships.

Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

March 31, 2015

NPPA Best of Photojournalism Winners Announced

Congrats to Jahi Chikwendiu, of The Washington Post, and Jerry Wolford, of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., for their wins in the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism competition. Chikwendiu is the Photojournalist of the Year for large markets, Wolford for small markets.

Competitions/Photojournalism

March 30, 2015

The Constitution Under Attack in Arkansas

Once again, the Constitution is under attack, this time by State Senator Jon Woods (R) of Arkansas. Here’s the thing, though … it’s a redundant law. The courts have already ruled on most of what is in here – that an individual person has the right to control how their image is used for commercial purposes, but not for journalistic/editorial...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 28, 2015

Out of This World Images

Great piece on NPR about astronaut Reid Wiseman’s photographs … whoa.

At Work/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 26, 2015

The Disappearing Art of the Print

Over at The New York Times’ Lens blog, Rena Silverman talks with master printer Chuck Kelton about the shrinking number of photographers who need a custom printer. I have, at home, a very nice larger format Canon printer that is capable of making stunning prints. And I rarely print … which is a shame, because studying an image that you...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 25, 2015

New York Police Opening Up Photographic Records

This isn’t journalism, but it’s a fun way to look at how a type of documentary photography has changed over time as the New York City Police Department has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to digitize and publish 30,000 crime scene photos. What you see on modern cop shows is nothing like how it was done years...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

March 24, 2015

Steve McCurry Exhibit Opens in Italy

Not much of a chance I’ll see this there, but I hope it comes to the States … an exhibition of Steve McCurry’s work is up, looking at more than three decades of his images from around the world. CNN’s story has a great interview with him where he talks about the importance of his work, how it has come...

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

Category: Photojournalism