Visual Journalism – Page 48 – Notes from aside the camera

October 10, 2014

New Photojournalism Movie

Opening later this month is 1,000 Times Good Night. The synopsis: Rebecca (Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche) is one of the world’s top war photojournalists, but she’s also a wife and mother, leaving behind a husband and two young daughters every time she travels to a new combat zone. After a near-death experience chronicling the ritual of a female suicide bomber, husband...

Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

October 6, 2014

Being Prepared to Cross the Streams

Very nice post by Sid Ceaser over at DEDPXL on being prepared. Why the odd title? Go read and find out. You can’t cross the streams unless you take a chance.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

October 6, 2014

A Politician Documents Politicians

Short piece by the Washington Post’s Jackie Kucinich on Senator Patrick Leahy’s photo exhibit. Towards the end of the video is a nice segment about how he’s the only one photographing president’s actually signing documents – it’s a nicely different perspective.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Photojournalism

October 3, 2014

Leica Celebrates a Century

Leica is celebrating 100 years of photography with an interesting video. (Note there is some nudity in it.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 1, 2014

Dave Martin Student Grant

This hits close to us here in Georgia … the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar has announced a $1,000 grant in honor of the late Associated Press photographer Dave Martin. Application dealing is November 1, details at the link above. (Thanks to Stanley Leary for the link.)

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

October 1, 2014

The Power of Journalism

Steve Fox is my hero. He’s on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and, last spring, taught an investigative reporting class that looked at heroin usage in Massachusetts. This week, the Boston Globe ran a story reported and written by two of his students that looked at one UMass student who was convinced to become a confidential...

Good Work/Journalism

September 29, 2014

Can You Still Shoot Film?

Well, yes, of course you can. But can you shoot it on deadline? Mike Drew of the Calgary Sun tried it for a day. What did we learn? Take a look. I’m thinking maybe we have a film shoot off some time …

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 29, 2014

NPPF Scholarship to Honor Rich Clarkson

Rich Clarkson is still active in the field of photojournalism which makes this pretty stunning: the National Press Photographers Association gave him the Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in 1972. To further honor him, the National Press Photographers Foundation has created a new scholarship in his name.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 26, 2014

So, Who Will Sue First?

“Edgy artist” is not the phrase I would use to describe Richard Prince … thief, perhaps. Or genius – he appears to be convincing someone to spend $100,000 on screenshots of someone else’s bad photographs. (Thanks to David Burnett for the link.)

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

September 25, 2014

Help a Photojournalism Student Out

Many of you know I run a couple of workshops for my kids every year. The fall one is usually a one-day affair, the spring one a three-day event. Funding for these events is always tricky, so we’re trying something new. How would you like to give back a little to help a photojournalism student out? Next month I’m taking...

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism