Visual Journalism – Page 98 – Notes from aside the camera

February 27, 2013

Ozzie Sweet Has Passed

Over at the New York Times, Bruce Weber has a story up on the life of Ozzie Sweet, one of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century. It’s not all journalism, but then he never called himself a journalist. He considered himself not a news photographer but a photographic illustrator, and like the work of the painter Norman Rockwell,...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

February 27, 2013

And for Some Light Entertainment …

… today we have Iran doctoring an image of Michelle Obama at the Oscars. Seems like they’d have better things to do than worry about her dress, but whatever …

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

February 27, 2013

Luck Is the Residue of Hard Work

The Boston Herald has a piece up looking at the work of Stanley Forman. Forman won two Pulitzer Prizes in the 1970s and in the video he talks about one of them. “You can be good,” Stanley said, “but if you’re not lucky, it ain’t gonna happen. And luck, as Leo Durocher once said, is the residue of hard work.”

Advice & Learning/Craft/Photojournalism

February 27, 2013

Copyright and the Fan

Over at the Poynter Institute, Al Tompkins has been looking into the issue of copyright infringements as it relates to video of the crash on Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway. A fan in the stands recorded the incident, posted it to YouTube and NASCAR, the race’s sanctioning body, had it pulled initially claiming a copyright violation. (They later changed...

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 26, 2013

Is It Lying?

Even more on the ethics of photos this week … Samuel Corum has an excellent take on Paolo Pellegrin debacle. And, yeah, it is a debacle. Is this what Magnum has sunk to? Wasn’t that supposed to be the preeminent photojournalism agency, where all the greats went? Now they have incomplete and inaccurate captions going out with their images? How...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 26, 2013

Photojournalism or Movie Ad?

Continuing on my catching up … over at PhotoShelter, Allen Murabayashi takes on the question of over toning images, to the point they look like movie posters. I fully support Murabayashi except for the first part of this excerpt: To be clear, I’m not suggesting that there has been any manipulation that falls outside of the rules of the contest,...

Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 26, 2013

Questions About POYi Winner

A winning entry in the Pictures of the Year International competition have been raised by many people. Good summations available by David Gonzalez and James Estrin at the New York Times’ Lens blog as well as by Donald Winslow on the National Press Photographers Association’s site. There are warnings to be heeded in here, particularly about captions and making sure...

Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 26, 2013

WHNPA Disqualifies a Winning Image

I have a backlog of stories to get through, so there may be a lot of posts in the next few days. Between our annual Weekend Workshop and our server having to be rebuilt, things have been … hectic? So on to the news … The White House News Photographers Association has disqualified an image for digital manipulation. The image,...

Competitions/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

February 26, 2013

Nothing Is Free

Not much to say about this … (Thanks to my good friend Woody Marshall for the link.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Tech Talk

February 25, 2013

Transmitting Photos, Circa 1937

This is so cool … I totally want a Chevy panel van now … (Thanks to Scott Miller for the link.)

Photojournalism/Tech Talk