Visual Journalism – Page 120 – Notes from aside the camera

July 3, 2012

Robberies of Journalists in California

The Oakland Tribune is reporting that robberies of journalists have spiked in the last six weeks in the Oakland, Calif., area. Remember your gear can be replaced, but, despite what corporate managers occasionally believe, you cannot. (Thanks to the Poynter Institute for the link.)

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

July 3, 2012

Those Olympic Photos …

All of my social and non-social media streams have been filling up with debates and diatribes over Joe Klamara’s photos of the U.S. Olympic athletes made during the 2012 Team USA Media Summit in May. A quick Google search will bring you hundred of results, most taking Klamar to task for his images – almost no one seems to think...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

July 3, 2012

On Being Ready

Forty years ago last month, Nick Ut made one of the most iconic images of war ever, a photo of a young Vietnamese girl running, naked, after her village was attacked by her own air force*. The story of that day has been told again and again, the image is in nearly every book on photojournalism. But there were other...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 2, 2012

The Story Behind Capa’s D-Day Images

I have known this story for decades, but John Morris, a Life magazine picture editor in London during World Was II, recounts the whole story of how Robert Capa’s legendary Normandy landing images came to be. What ever happened to the rest of the damaged film? I wonder if we could send it to Hollywood and have those CSI-computers fix...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 30, 2012

Arbitration vs. Litigation

Over at Photo District News, Conor Risch has the tale of independent photographer David Strick who had been working for the Los Angeles Times shooting in Hollywood, only to have everything go bad when the Times cancelled his contract – and continued using his images. It’s a complex situation that should serve as a warning to all independent contractors –...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

June 29, 2012

Combat Insurance

One more thing to add to my business lectures … Alysia Santo has a story up at the Columbia Journalism Review talking about independent photojournalists working in conflict zones – and who covers their insurance. In most situations, it seems, they just don’t have any. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

June 28, 2012

Casey, Crime Photographer Radio Show

Don’t you love it when you learn something completely old? Did you know the Columbia Broadcasting System had a radio show in the 1940s about a crime photographer? Me either. A link popped up on Twitter (but now I can’t remember who it sent it out), and I did some searching to see if there were downloadable files. And there...

Audio/Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism

June 27, 2012

The Rolling Stones, as Shown by Jim Marshall

CNN.com has a gallery up of images from the new Jim Marshall book on the 1972 Rolling Stones tour. One quote, pulled from an earlier book, says more about Marshall and his work than everything else ever written about him: I want someone to see those people, not my picture of them. So well said, and something a lot of...

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 27, 2012

Historical Nikon Geekiness

Did you know there’s a Facebook group for the Historical Nikon Society? I’m not sure why, but there’s a part of me that would love to shoot with an original Nikon F or, more so, an SP rangefinder …and, of course, a Canon New F-1 again. (I had one, with the monster, 12-AA battery motor and the AE Finder FN...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

June 26, 2012

New Alexia Foundation Grant

The Alexia Foundation has announced a new grant program that focuses on stories about issues surrounding the abuse of women. The Women’s Initiative In every country in the world, women are being abused, trafficked, bartered, sold, burned by fire and acid and killed, sometimes by their own families, for “honor” or anger. The Alexia Foundation, recognizing that most of the...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Craft/Photojournalism