Actual Pictures – Page 2 – Visual Journalism

February 28, 2012

The Baseball Factory by Billy Weeks

Longtime supporter Billy Weeks has been featured on the CNN Photos blog with a set of images about baseball in the Dominican Republic, a project he’s been working on for several years. Check out photos four, seven and ten for a true look at what these kids are playing on and with.

Good Work/Photojournalism

February 6, 2012

Lantern Slides of Washington State

The NPR Picture Show blog has a post up about the work of Asahel Curtis who, in the early 1900s, was shooting photos around Washington state. In the 1920s, he was commissioned by the Department of Conservation and Development to create a set of images to advertise the state. The images were hand-colored lantern slides, designed to be projected and...

Good Work/Photojournalism

January 25, 2012

The Spot News Photo Master at ICP

There is one undisputed master when it comes to spot news and crime photography, and that’s Weegee. Prowling the streets of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, he was there first more often than the cops were. The International Center of Photography in NYC has a show of his work up now, apparently including a replica of the...

Business & Industry/Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 24, 2012

Campaign Photos

Nice collection of campaign photos from ZUMAs Mark Makela. Clean, controlled, good variety.

Good Work/Photojournalism

January 24, 2012

Same Hill, Different Day

Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, Kristen Joy Watts has the story of Paul Octavious who has been photographing the same hill in Chicago for four years. It’s a neat project, wonder if there’s something near my office I could do the same with …

Good Work/Photojournalism

January 10, 2012

Inside (Covering) Politics

James Estrin interviewed New York Times’ colleague Jim Wilson about covering politics and how it’s changed over the last 30 years for the Lens blog. I did three primaries in New Hampshire, loved every minute of them and would happily spend a few wintry weeks back up there to do it again. Wilson’s comment on access is telling about how...

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

January 10, 2012

America at Work

Over at the Atlantic, Alan Taylor has collected a great set of images on the In Focus blog that show Americans at work. Really love this portrayal, feels like a curated, modern WPA show.

Journalism/Photojournalism

January 4, 2012

365 Days in Photographs

Time’s Lightbox blog has put together a photos-of-the-year collection with a twist – one for every day of the year. Prepare to lose a big chunk of your morning.

Photojournalism

December 22, 2011

Western Weegee

Arthur Felig, much better known as crime photographer Weegee, spent more than four years out west working in Hollywood. Over at the New York Times’ Lens blog, David W. Dunlop takes a look at the western Weegee work that is now being exhibited in a museum.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

December 17, 2011

Time’s Photos of the Year

I’ll probably post a lot of these over the next week or two, so here’s a start: Time.com’s Lightbox has posted their ten best photos of 2011.

Photojournalism

Tag: Actual Pictures

The Baseball Factory by Billy Weeks

Lantern Slides of Washington State

The Spot News Photo Master at ICP

Campaign Photos

Same Hill, Different Day

Inside (Covering) Politics

America at Work

365 Days in Photographs

Western Weegee

Time’s Photos of the Year