Actual Pictures – Page 19 – Visual Journalism

January 17, 2010

Damon Winters on Working in Haiti

New York Times photojournalist Damon Winters has been in Haiti for several days now covering the tragedy. He’s done two behind the scenes interviews which are up on the Lens blog. In the first he talks about his initial impressions. In the second, he talks about some of the problems with aid delivery to the area. The photos in the...

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work

January 9, 2010

David Douglas Duncan’s Work at the University of Texas at Austin

David Douglas Duncan is one the greats. His books – including This is War! and Yankee Nomad – have shaped generations of photojournalists. He was with Life magazine during its heyday and made a mostly successful transition into doing still photos for television in the late 1960s. He has donated his life’s work to the Harry Ransom Center at the...

Good Work

December 18, 2009

On Craft, Again

There are times I wish I could fit more discussions about the craft of both photojournalism and its underlying photography into my courses. Alas, with only three semesters to prepare my students for a lifetime of visual storytelling, it gets left on the side. At least one of my professors will be aghast when I admit I don’t teach printing...

Craft/Good Work

November 29, 2009

“Why We Ride”

Nice set of portraits done by Troy Harvey, a recent grad from the Brooks Institute of Photography, looking at the Ride Fact Crew. Really like the simplicity, the consistency and the pairing of rider and bike. There’s a video with interviews, as well, that will give you a peak at how he lit the portraits.

Good Work/Video

November 28, 2009

“The Lesson”

For her master’s project at Ohio University, Francis Gardler has been researching and interviewing Dave LaBelle – who, as a gentle reminder, will be here on campus Tuesday, December 1, at 2 p.m. in the Photojournalism Lab. She’s posted an excerpt from her video online … spend the time with it, listen to it. Really listen to what he says....

Advice & Learning/Good Work

November 20, 2009

Free Food! (Or Why We Go Into Journalism?)

It’s the dream assignment on a bad day. You’re on your fourth shoot and there it is, someone offering you food. Some cheese, maybe half a tuna sandwich on a croissant … or, if you shoot for National Geographic, maybe it’s a … live penguin?

At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work

November 19, 2009

David Guttenfelder’s Visual Variety

I talk with my students – constantly – about visual variety. About finding different ways of showing a story, about giving their readers a different perspective on the story at hand. We also talk about how it helps page designers – not having four medium shots from three stories makes the page look a lot better. Over the years, I’ve...

Craft/Good Work

November 19, 2009

World Series via Time Lapse

Daniel Shirey sent this along … Robert Caplin tool multiple cameras to the last World Series game and put together a time lapse story out of the 12,000 images. Neat effect, gives you a feel of how the event went. (And, see? Not a single comment about my feelings towards the winners of that game.)

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November 16, 2009

College Photographer of the Year Awards

They’re up – the 2009 CPOY award winners. And while a lot of them make me jealous, there’s one … that’s … well … you’ll find it. It’s funny, but … uh … every photojournalism professor in the country I know of discourages that particular subject.

Competitions/Good Work

November 15, 2009

“How I Got That Shot of Ayatollah Khomeini”

My admiration for David Burnett is well known, so posting links to his work is an automatic thing at this point. So Slate’s slide show of his work from the Iranian revolution, complete with his commentary, is worth spending a few minutes on. (Thanks to former student Thomas O’Connor for the heads up.)

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Tag: Actual Pictures

Damon Winters on Working in Haiti

David Douglas Duncan’s Work at the University of Texas at Austin

On Craft, Again

“Why We Ride”

“The Lesson”

Free Food! (Or Why We Go Into Journalism?)

David Guttenfelder’s Visual Variety

World Series via Time Lapse

College Photographer of the Year Awards

“How I Got That Shot of Ayatollah Khomeini”