Thoughts & Theory – Page 12 – Visual Journalism

March 13, 2015

Photojournalism at a Crossroads – Live Streaming Tonight

Tonight, the National Press Photographers Association’s Northern Short Course will have a panel discussion titled A Crisis in Credibility to talk about some of the current issues the field is facing and how we move forward. The event will be live streamed starting at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, March 13. Tune in or come back later to watch, a very...

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March 6, 2015

Ethics, Contests and Photojournalism Education

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March 4, 2015

Mocking Stock

Every now and then, you need to laugh a little … so how about actor Vince Vaughn and castmates from the new film Unfinished Bsuiness posing in bad stock photos?

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

March 4, 2015

World Press Photo Controversy Continues

As if there hadn’t been enough of an issue with this year’s World Press Photo competition with the disqualification of 20% of the finalists, then the questions of staging of an image and the bungled defense of upholding the award, now there are questions about whether one of Giovanni Troilo’s images was shot in the city he claims to have...

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March 2, 2015

World Press Photo Statement Clarification

It has been an interesting 24 hours online, hasn’t it? After Sunday’s announcement that World Press Photo was upholding an award for a photo essay that many felt crossed ethical lines, they were taken to task by myself and many others for this line: The contest requires photojournalists do not stage pictures to show something that would otherwise have not...

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March 1, 2015

World Press Photo Upholds Troilo Award

After an investigation into ethical concerns surrounding Giovanni Troilo’s first place award in the World Press Photo Contemporary Issue-Story category, the organization has decided to uphold the award. Massive Editorial Statement: World Press Photo, you got this totally wrong. How so? From their statement, here’s their justification: World Press Photo is a contest for photojournalism and documentary photography, established to...

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February 17, 2015

Competitions, Industry, Trust and Relationships

I have been pondering the news that nearly 20% of the images that made it to the penultimate round of judging in this year’s World Press Photo competition were disqualified for ethical problems. Think about that – one out of every five images that made it through the early rounds was found to violate the organization’s standards for image manipulation....

Competitions/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

February 15, 2015

We’ve Lost Jim Gordon

During my early years as a photojournalist, the only source of information we had about what was going on in the industry came from News Photographer magazine, published by the National Press Photographers Association. Jim Gordon, the man who was editor during my formative years – and a quarter century around them – has passed. Its arrival every month let...

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February 12, 2015

Bravo, World Press Photo – Now, Tell Us Who the Liars Are

Nearly one out of five images that made it to the final rounds of the the World Press Photo competition were lies. ONE OUT OF FIVE. I applaud what Lars Boering is doing and how World Press Photo is now requiring the original, untouched images from entrants that make it to a certain level in the competition for comparisons sake....

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February 5, 2015

When Student Projects Become Public

There was an interesting event in Atlanta earlier this week – the bomb squad was called in when a suspicious item was spotted attached to a bridge. Given the era we live in, their response – shutting down part of I-85, diverting traffic and detonating it – were all completely appropriate. But it turns out the item, taped to the...

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