Visual Journalism – Page 229 – Notes from aside the camera

April 28, 2010

NPR on Dorothea Lange

Linda Gordon has published a new book on Dorothea Lange, one of the Farm Securities Administration’s photographers from the 1930s whose iconic “Migrant Mother” photo has haunted and informed us for decades. National Public Radio had a segment interviewing her this morning and has posted an excerpt from the new book, Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, which I’ll be...

Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism

April 27, 2010

More Doctored Photos

I want to make a crack about stenciling the old journalism aphorism, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out” onto newsroom walls, but so few people are actually working in newsrooms it wouldn’t make sense to do it. Maybe we can have it embedded into the background of content management systems? Maybe have it pop up like...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 26, 2010

WASPs in Flight

Okay, that was a little cheesy. But this is a nice piece by NPR on Lillian Yonally, one of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. And she carried a camera … with color film. Lillian’s Story : In Color from NPR on Vimeo.

Good Work/Journalism

April 25, 2010

Carolyn Carter, Pioneering Photojournalist and Grady Alum, Passes at 91

Last week, Carolyn Carter passed away at the age of 91. Mrs. Carter was the first female photojournalist at the Atlanta Constitution and was an award winning photojournalist. She and her husband, Don, founded the Carter Chair for Journalism Excellence at Grady College in 2004. Her importance to the University of Georgia campus won’t ever be truly measurable, but please...

Business & Industry

April 22, 2010

Building Your Business Model

Steve Myers has a great post up over on the Poynter Institute’s site about ways for journalists to think like business folks. Spend some time on it, then spend a lot of time figuring out how to implement it. As it’s graduation season and the “staff” job market is still pretty slack, a lot of students will be heading into...

Business & Industry

April 20, 2010

One Moment in May

The New York Times is … well … crowd sourcing a photo story. Yep, on May 2, at 11 a.m. local (to them) time, they’re asking people to shoot a photo of their world and send it in. One side of me thinks this is pretty crass – the Times looking for free content – and the other side of...

Business & Industry

April 19, 2010

Documentary Project Idea?

The Mrs. sent along a link to an upcoming book project by photographer Kip Fulbeck looking at multiracial kids. (Watch the video for a good explanation.) He shot it as a series of portraits against white seamless, but I’m thinking this could be a neat, ongoing documentary project … hint hint, students …

Advice & Learning/Good Work

April 19, 2010

Rich Addicks, “Mettle on Metal”

Rich Addicks has posted his first video shot entirely with a DSLR camera (a Nikon D3S). Nicely done, nice matched action edits in it, too.

Good Work/Video

April 14, 2010

The Eddie Adams Workshop – Apply Now

The Eddie Adams Workshop, one of the legendary ones, is now accepting applications. Barnstorm, as it’s also called, has traditionally been one of the best workshops for college students and young professionals. It’s a great atmosphere with a great collection of editors and the alumni have gone on to do great things. Well worth giving up a few trips to...

Advice & Learning

April 13, 2010

Shooting Blind, Blind Shooting

I hate to admit it, but I’m sure at some point in my teaching career I’ve wondered if some of my students were blind. Turns out, aside from being cold and crass, it could happen to me someday. (The having a student who is blind, not the becoming blind myself.) Have to say I wish they’d included some of her...

Advice & Learning