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August 9, 2013

Photographing Photographers

Always a challenge … The New York Times’ Fred R. Conrad talks about photographing Joel Meyerowitz … I missed this last year, not sure how. NYTimes Lens: Photographing the Photographer from Elaisha Stokes on Vimeo.

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August 9, 2013

Here’s How to Spend Your Morning

Corbis Images has created a Tumblr with vintage images from their archives. (You can thank Greg Mironchuk for the loss of the next 30 minutes of your life.)

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August 8, 2013

NPPA Short Grant Deadline is Monday

A reminder that the deadline for the National Press Photographers Association’s 2013 Short Grants is on Monday, August 12. There are six, $3,000 grants up for grabs.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

August 6, 2013

Documenting WWII Prisons from the Inside

Michael Zhang has a story up on PetaPixel about World War II prisoners, in both theaters, who hand-built cameras to document the atrocities in prisoner of war camps.

At Work/Photojournalism

August 5, 2013

Life Tips from the Architectural World

I know, I know: Not photojournalism. You know what? That’s the point. Head over to Bob Borson’s Life of an Architect and read his tips for being a better architect and a better person. Those are (some of) my goals for the coming semester, make them your own, too.

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 2, 2013

A Voice for Those Who Cannot Shout

For several years, photography in Afghanistan was completely banned by the Taliban. In 2001, it came back and now there is a documentary project to tell the story of photography in the country over the last decade. Very cool. (Thanks to Andrew Mendelson for the link.)

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July 30, 2013

Into the Light, Behind Smith’s Walk to Paradise Garden

Nice piece on Life.com by Ben Cosgrove about the story behind W. Eugene Smith’s legendary Walk to Paradise Garden image. If you don’t know the story, you have to read this. If you do know the story, you need to read it again.

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July 30, 2013

A Reminder on Patience

One of the greatest challenges I face in teaching is getting the practice of patience across. The concept is easy, it’s getting students to actually practice patience that I haven’t mastered yet. And, in photography, photojournalism and journalism, patience is an essential skill. And I choose the word skill specifically – it is not a naturally occurring habit. It takes...

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July 29, 2013

Tumblr Shuts Down a Blog – for Copyright Violations

It warms my heart that Tumblr is taking copyright violations seriously and shutting down blogs with multiple violations. The tone of this Dan Lyons piece on HupSpot, though, has me concerned – it almost becomes a defense of the violator. Here’s the law: If I create something, I own it. You, no matter who you are, cannot use it unless...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism