Visual Journalism – Page 87 – Notes from aside the camera

June 12, 2013

The 50th Anniversary of the Burning Monk Photo

The Associated Press has a nice, visual display of the story behind Malcolm Browne's 1963 image of a Buddhist monk burning in the streets of Saigon. The story has always had some contradictions and this, alas, doesn't clear them up – did Browne know what was going to happen that morning? And, if he did, was he manipulated in some...

Photojournalism

June 10, 2013

Closed for the Week

FYI, I'm on the road, off looking at cars and such, posting will resume when I return.

Journalism

June 7, 2013

On Average

Over at On Taking Pictures, Bill Wadman tired something pretty cool – shooting a photo of everyone at a party, then blending them into the average party-goer. Kind of want to try this with the mugs of students I do each semester …

Craft/Tech Talk

June 7, 2013

Two Journalists Abducted in Syria

Olivier Laurent is reporting at the British Journal of Photography that two journalists, including photojournalist Edouard Elias, have been captured in Syria. Elias is a 22 year old with the Haythan Pictures agency. I hope they have a plan to get him back and didn’t let a very young person go into a war zone unprepared.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 6, 2013

Colbert on the Sun-Times

Nope, I’m not quite done …

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

June 5, 2013

More From Chicago

For the record, I have nothing against horses, dead or alive, but I'm going to keep at this one … Alex Garcia at the Chicago Tribune refutes ten claims about why the Sun-Times debacle happened.

Photojournalism

June 4, 2013

Evidence of the Chicago Debacle

Curt Chandler has decided to use the debacle at the Chicago Sun-Times as an impetus to launch a new blog, and today he takes a loot at evidence of it all falling apart – comparing a Sun-Times local news story to the coverage in the competing Tribune. Yeah, some readers are going to get hosed …

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

June 1, 2013

More Thoughts on Chicago

I have been reading a lot of stories and posts about the elimination of the Chicago Sun-Times' photo staff this week, the most recent by Vincent Laforet. A few more random thoughts to fill up a Saturday morning from me … One of the great challenges of staff photojournalists is getting the newsroom to understand and, by extension, respect what...

At Work/Photojournalism

May 31, 2013

Crossed Arms Photos

This is my favorite Tumblr blog of the week now – Jeremy Barr has one called Local People with Their Arms Crossed. A good reminder that good visuals are harder than they appear. (Thanks to Poynter’s Andrew Beaujon for the link)

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

May 31, 2013

More on the Sun-Times Debacle

The Chicago Tribune's Alex Garcia on what happened yesterday and why it is so wrong.

At Work/Photojournalism