Thoughts & Theory – Page 36 – Visual Journalism

May 27, 2011

When the Subject Controls the Image, It Isn’t a News Photo Anymore

Stephen Crowley tackles the issue of hand-out photos coming from the White House over on the New York Times’ Lens blog. Well worth a read. I particularly love this segment, referring back to reenacting photos at the White House (a practice that has now been stopped): But a staged or restaged situation — often rich in absurdity and unintended humor...

Ethics & Legal/Thoughts & Theory

March 12, 2011

SXSW Survival Guide

I am down in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Interactive conference and am learning a ton. First, I have learned that I need to post more, so today I am hoping to get up some short, quick posts about some of the sessions. Lessons from yesterday though, first … – SXSW is EPIC. I have covered and attended big things...

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

February 9, 2011

I Love My Job, But …

… there are limits. I posted about New York University Professor Wafaa Bilal last year when he announced he was going to have a camera implanted in his head to send images to a Middle Eastern museum. Well, turns out his body had other ideas as it has rejected part of the camera mount. (Thanks to Minla Shields for the...

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

December 2, 2010

Channeling, Seeing and Growth

Last night was not an easy night. Lot of stress right now, a lot of things that are out of my control–the ends of the semester always seem this way. At the start, it’s trying to get ready, to be ready. At the end, it’s trying to get them ready. I headed up to my office when the house got...

Craft/Thoughts & Theory

November 28, 2010

Reading to Get Ready

It was be very nice to be approaching the end of one semester and spend the remaining week concentrating on just these students, just these projects. But we wrap up, take a short break and then launch right into what comes next. Whatever that is … So I’ve been spending the last few days thinking and reading, trying to get...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 16, 2010

A Third I

I love journalism, photojournalism, visual journalism and photography. And I love them in that order. I like art, but admit I often do not understand it. So this Wall Street Journal article on a New York University photography professor who is going to have a camera embedded into his head totally baffles me. The images will be broadcast into a...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

November 11, 2010

Mocking Time

I shouldn’t do things like this, but … if you’re going to use the tag line, “We are a digital media and communications group” and then talk about your “expertise,” maybe–maybe–you should, I don’t know, not have an image of a 22 year old film camera there? (Yeah, feeling a little snarky this morning.)

Thoughts & Theory

September 27, 2010

Semi-Random College Advice

The New York Times this weekend posted a collection of short thoughts on how to improve your college education experience. There’s very little in there that directly affects visual journalism, but since most of the audience members here are students … go read that.

Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

September 25, 2010

On Teaching and the Value of Education

John Harrington, a gentleman I admire for numerous reasons, has opened up the question – again – as to whether university programs are preparing “photographers” for the real world. He brings up several important issues and his post is worth ruminating on. His main complaint stems from ads looking for photography faculty members and requiring at least a masters’ degree...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

September 9, 2010

Terrorists, Again

Carlos Miller points out a new Transportation Security Agency poster that insinuates photographers who take photos of planes are terrorists. Really? Really? In the handful of domestic terrorism incidents we have had in the United States, never have photographs of planes or airports been found during the investigations that followed the attacks that I am aware of. And I am...

Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

Category: Thoughts & Theory

When the Subject Controls the Image, It Isn’t a News Photo Anymore

SXSW Survival Guide

I Love My Job, But …

Channeling, Seeing and Growth

Reading to Get Ready

A Third I

Mocking Time

Semi-Random College Advice

On Teaching and the Value of Education

Terrorists, Again