Visual Journalism – Page 81 – Notes from aside the camera

August 6, 2013

Malware That’s Good For You?

Apparently, Dove has taken their Real Beauty campaign a little further by creating a Trojan Photoshop action and releasing it into the wild. We don’t talk about fashion photography, so you can think about the message behind it on your own time. Maybe we could bring it into the classroom by talking about the whether you should be grabbing free...

Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

August 6, 2013

Documenting WWII Prisons from the Inside

Michael Zhang has a story up on PetaPixel about World War II prisoners, in both theaters, who hand-built cameras to document the atrocities in prisoner of war camps.

At Work/Photojournalism

August 5, 2013

Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post

Stunning news – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has bought the Washington Post for $250 million. Note that it’s Bezos and not Amazon.com. I’m … speechless.

Business & Industry/Journalism

August 5, 2013

Life Tips from the Architectural World

I know, I know: Not photojournalism. You know what? That’s the point. Head over to Bob Borson’s Life of an Architect and read his tips for being a better architect and a better person. Those are (some of) my goals for the coming semester, make them your own, too.

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

August 3, 2013

The Boston Glove Sold

The New York Times has sold the Boston Globe (and the other papers in its New England Media Group) to John Henry – the owner of the Boston Red Sox. The Times had purchased the paper in 1993 for $1.1 billion and Henry is paying, ahem, $70 million. While I'm happy the papers will be under semi-local ownership, it does...

Journalism

August 2, 2013

A Voice for Those Who Cannot Shout

For several years, photography in Afghanistan was completely banned by the Taliban. In 2001, it came back and now there is a documentary project to tell the story of photography in the country over the last decade. Very cool. (Thanks to Andrew Mendelson for the link.)

Craft/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video

July 30, 2013

Into the Light, Behind Smith’s Walk to Paradise Garden

Nice piece on Life.com by Ben Cosgrove about the story behind W. Eugene Smith’s legendary Walk to Paradise Garden image. If you don’t know the story, you have to read this. If you do know the story, you need to read it again.

Craft/Photojournalism

July 30, 2013

A Reminder on Patience

One of the greatest challenges I face in teaching is getting the practice of patience across. The concept is easy, it’s getting students to actually practice patience that I haven’t mastered yet. And, in photography, photojournalism and journalism, patience is an essential skill. And I choose the word skill specifically – it is not a naturally occurring habit. It takes...

Craft/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

July 29, 2013

Tumblr Shuts Down a Blog – for Copyright Violations

It warms my heart that Tumblr is taking copyright violations seriously and shutting down blogs with multiple violations. The tone of this Dan Lyons piece on HupSpot, though, has me concerned – it almost becomes a defense of the violator. Here’s the law: If I create something, I own it. You, no matter who you are, cannot use it unless...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

July 29, 2013

Bad, Bad “Journalism”

I posted this to Facebook already, but it deserves more airing. This is easily the worst interview I’ve ever seen conducted. Hands down – there’s no journalism being done here, this is an attack on author Professor Reza Aslan. If you want to question his credentials and whether he is qualified to write a book titled Zealot: The Life and...

Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory