October 7, 2019 NPPF Scholarships The National Press Photographers Foundation has opened applications for their annual scholarship programs. Deadline is on December 2, but why wait that long? Categories Competitions/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
October 1, 2019 We Can’t Even Trust the Canadians Anymore The Canadian Green Party has been caught editing a photo of the party’s leader, Elizabeth May – they added in a logo and a reusable straw. All the technology at our disposal and this is what we do with it … Categories Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory
August 7, 2019 She Learned to Hear by Seeing I love this quote from The New York Times story on the late Ida Wyman: Taking pictures enabled me to hear the stories of the people I photographed. Listening is such an integral part of journalism – if we cannot listen it is incredibly difficult to see the stories unfolding in front of us. And listening is a very different... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
August 6, 2019 Building a Sense of Place at Woodstock The New York Times takes a look at the (ahem) three rolls of film Roger Ballen exposed at Woodstock, 50 years ago. This exchange alone makes it worh a read: You’ve said that so much of photography is actually rooted in having experiences and not just sitting behind a camera or computer. Yeah, this is the truth of the matter.... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
June 12, 2019 New Photojournalism Assignments It looks like I need to add a Translucent Document assignment to my Advanced Photojournalism course this fall. This will go with the Spelling Document and Empathy Document assignments. The learning objective: Pay attention to details. Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
May 20, 2019 When We Take Away What We’ve Made Two decades ago, Susan Meiselas published a project that looked at how the visual history of the Kurds had never belonged to them – it was made by outsiders, taken away by those outsiders and then, essentially, banned by outside entities. Magnum has published an excerpt from the 1997 work and it has given me great pause as I wrestle... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
April 23, 2019 American Masters: Garry Winogrand PBS’ American Masters took a look at the life and work of Garry Winogrand and I highly recommend this – it gives a fascinating insight into his street photography and acceptance into the art world. It’s available online through May 17. Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
August 5, 2018 How Salt and Silver Bind Us Well now I want to go to the Yale Center for British Art to see an exhibition … That BBC video has me thinking thoughts too deep for a pre-coffee Sunday morning, about how to change the way I teach photojournalism and, perhaps, who I teach it to. My classes are not about photography, they are about community, understanding, compassion... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
August 1, 2018 What’s Newsworthy? The visual coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt has fascinated me for years. Stricken with polio, he was mostly unable to walk without either physical or mechanical assistance, yet the journalists of the time almost never recorded that fact. It’s perhaps one of the greatest ethical discussions on how we cover those in power – what matters, what doesn’t and... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 23, 2018 Food for Thought World Press Photo has given control of their Instagram account to Alessio Mamo. Mamo won an award in the last contest and the image he posted is from a new project looking at poverty and food issues in India. This was sent to me by Katy Culver, director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics and it raised... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory