August 6, 2019 Photographing Apollo 11 This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen online, if you’re a space geek, you’re about to lose part of your morning. Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
August 6, 2019 Building a Sense of Place at Woodstock The New York Times takes a look at the (ahem) three rolls of film Roger Ballen exposed at Woodstock, 50 years ago. This exchange alone makes it worh a read: You’ve said that so much of photography is actually rooted in having experiences and not just sitting behind a camera or computer. Yeah, this is the truth of the matter.... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
July 29, 2019 20th Century Journalists The Associated Press Images Blog has put up a collection of photos of AP photographers and reporters form throughout the 20th century – great fun to see how our roles and appearances have changed. Categories At Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
June 12, 2019 New Photojournalism Assignments It looks like I need to add a Translucent Document assignment to my Advanced Photojournalism course this fall. This will go with the Spelling Document and Empathy Document assignments. The learning objective: Pay attention to details. Categories Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
June 10, 2019 Visual Journalism Fellowships in the Bay Area This is an interesting idea – CatchLight Local is coordinating three, three-month long visual fellowships in the San Francisco area for later this year. The fellows will partner with local newsrooms to help show the story of the community. (Application info and more details available at the link.) Research has shown that visual journalists have been eliminated from newsrooms at... Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism
May 20, 2019 When We Take Away What We’ve Made Two decades ago, Susan Meiselas published a project that looked at how the visual history of the Kurds had never belonged to them – it was made by outsiders, taken away by those outsiders and then, essentially, banned by outside entities. Magnum has published an excerpt from the 1997 work and it has given me great pause as I wrestle... Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
May 16, 2019 Starry, Starry Fakes I may have a new hero – Dr. Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist who has been looking at ethical issues in science journals, has turned her eye to some astrophotography published by National Geographic. One of the great losses of the last 20 years has been the relationships between photo editors and photographers. It used to be that those relationships were... Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
April 23, 2019 American Masters: Garry Winogrand PBS’ American Masters took a look at the life and work of Garry Winogrand and I highly recommend this – it gives a fascinating insight into his street photography and acceptance into the art world. It’s available online through May 17. Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
March 26, 2019 Pop Stars and Copyright Theft Seems like we’ve been down this road before … The National Press Photographers Association and 15 others organizations have sent a letter of protest to Ariana Grande’s management company over a copyright grad that’s inserted into their press coverage agreement. Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism
February 9, 2019 Left in the Cold Matt Black has spent the last few years working on his Geography of Poverty project and, last month, spent time in the cold woods of Maine. This is heart-breaking work, the physical and mental isolation of our elders is hard to process. This work – what Roger May would, I think, call Heartwork – is what we need t be... Categories Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism