Thoughts & Theory – Page 17 – Visual Journalism

August 8, 2014

The Gulf War Photo No One Saw

In 1991, Kenneth Jarecke made a startling image – an image almost no one has seen. I remember this image and still have the one magazine it was published in – American Photo. To hear the rest of the backstory now is pretty amazing and is a good example of how much has changed.

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 8, 2014

Why Journalism Matters

This link is pretty far afield of what we normaly cover, but Susan M. Grant, the chief nurse for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, wrote a column for the Washington Post about why the two Americans with Ebola were brought back to the country. Why do we care? In talking about the social media reaction to bringing them to the United...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 7, 2014

Mark Edelson on Editing

There is a short list of people I’d go work for in a heart beat, Mark Edelson at the Palm Beach Post is on that list. I’ve met him once or twice, but in just a few minutes he clarified things for me like no other. It’s good to see his own paper recognizes what they have. This is critical:...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 12, 2014

We Have Lost John Seigenthaler

While not a visual journalist, every one of us should pay attention to John Seigenthaler’s dedication to serving his community. I was luck enough to meet and talk with him several years ago at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbuilt University, a moment I’m sure slipped into his memory but resonates with me to this day.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 9, 2014

Playing With Music and Emotions

A few years back I did a talk at the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic titled, Photojournalism, Instagram and Artificial Authenticity. You can probably figure out where it went, that applying the latest filters to pristine images was playing with the emotions of your viewers, not helping them comprehend what was happening in the image before them. I am, after all,...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

July 7, 2014

Self-centered Selfies

I’m waiting for the first obit of someone killed while taking a selfie. Why would you get yourself out and into some obscure location to watch the Tour de France and then turn away from the racers? Please note: You are not doing something important or heroic.

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 5, 2014

Art After Death

Arthur Lubow has a deep piece up on The New York Times about a posthumous retrospective of Gary Winogrand’s work now on display at the Museum of Modern Art. It’s a very posthumous show – when Winogrand died in 1984, he left some 2,500 rolls of film that hadn’t even been processed. Lubow’s piece wrestles with some deep questions about...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

June 8, 2014