Visual Journalism – Page 64 – Notes from aside the camera

February 3, 2014

Why You Shouldn’t Cut Photographers

Two sentences from Edmond Terakopian’s piece that will convince you to read it: People never remember a great article they read months ago or a great piece of video footage from years ago. They will however remember pictures they saw decades ago. And the science backs that up.

Good Work/Graphic Design/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 2, 2014

How Earth Rise Came To Be

Every fall, I have my students write a short paper on what they think is the most important photo ever made. The responses run from the expected to the surprising, and when they ask me what my choice would be, I always say Earth Rise. Late last year, as the 45th anniversary of the day it was made came, NASA...

Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

February 2, 2014

On Assignment with Alex Webb

Want to know how a Magnum photojournalists thinks his way through an assignment? Here you go – Alex Webb in Korea. Love this line: I only know how to approach a place by walking. Get out of your car, sling your camera over a shoulder and just walk … (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 1, 2014

NPPA Educational Grants Available

The National Press Photographers Association has put out a call for applications for grants to support still photojournalists attending educational programs. Deadline to apply is February 14. Hope to see you at the Northern Short Course or one of the other great NPPA events.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

February 1, 2014

“One must not think about doing things in life, one must do them.”

For those who don’t know his work, Don McCullin has been one of the preeminent war photographers of the last half century. While his work has moved away from the dark days of conflict, his newer work is still stunningly good. As a tease, here’s a three minute interview with him done by Alfred Dunhill … This next piece is...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 30, 2014

The Complexity of Atlanta’s Weather Problem

I have many thoughts about what happened this week in Atlanta, maybe I’ll get them all down in bits at some point. Since we’re 90 minutes outside of the downtown area, we didn’t have too many issues here in Athens. Rebecca Burns, who teaches for us here at Grady College and is also the deputy editor of target=”_blank”>Atlanta magazine, has...

Journalism

January 29, 2014

Monetizing Traffic or Content?

Very good piece over at The Atlantic by Alexis C. Madrigal on the kids behind Twitter phenom @HistoryInPics – and why it, like a few other similar endeavors, are basically stealing other people’s work for profit. The audiences that Di Petta and Cameron have built are created with the work of photographers who they don’t pay or even credit. They...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 27, 2014

Anyone Can Do It

Until a few moments ago, I’d never heard of The Guardian’s Roy Greensdale. But then I read his callously and moronically written piece on 10 British photojournalists who are being made, “compulsorily redundant” and now I can feel that little twitch … To wit … No event occurs – fires, fetes, road accidents, cats up trees, whatever – without someone...

Journalism

January 24, 2014

Best Non-camera Camera Review Ever?

When Nikon introduced the Df a few months ago, a lot of us old guys swooned a little … it looked so familiar to us. Of course, it also looked way too cool and obscure, thereby hitting the dual markets of old photographers and young hipsters. So, how does it hold up for the hipster crowd? Lee Morris at Fstoppers...

Photojournalism/Tech Talk

January 23, 2014

Call Me Stodgy, I Guess

The Associated Press recently severed their relationship with a photographer who altered an image out of Syria. It was found that Narcico Contreras took out a video camera from the back of an image he transmitted in September. He also was a co-winner of the Pulitzer last year for images from Syria. From the AP story: “I took the wrong...

Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism