November 14, 2009 An American Soldier The Denver Post’s Craig Walker spent 27 months documenting the enlistment, training and deployment of Ian FIsher. Great set of images and great, continuing access. Categories Good Work
November 13, 2009 This New is Old. Again. It is obvious that I am not a fashion conscious person. Some would argue that I am not even fashion aware. That said, here’s a little something from the New York Times about fashion as they explore the “old is new” theme in men’s clothing – apparently, late 19th century menswear is now fashionable. Which, really, we don’t care about... Categories Good Work/Tech Talk
October 5, 2009 Big Trees This has popped up in a few places from a few people, and I’ve been just enough out of it to not remember who has sent it to me. So, whoever you are, um, thanks … This month’s National Geographic has a cover story on redwoods – the massive, ancient trees. And there’s a foldout image that will blow your... Categories Good Work/Tech Talk
September 17, 2009 Ethics vs. Art: The Crop The New York Times‘ Lens blog (really, a must read at this point) has an essay up by David Hume Kennerly where he talks about a photo he shot of former Vice President Dick Cheney at home with his family preparing a dinner meal. The image was picked up by Newsweek, but two thirds of it was cropped out. Kennerly... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work
September 11, 2009 Football, with a Twist My good friend Scott Bryant at the Statesboro (Ga.) Herald sent along a link to an audio slide show he did on the first Georgia Southern game of the season. He said he’d been asked to get more fans into the paper and didn’t want to do just another gallery of cheering people. But what do you think? Does it... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
September 9, 2009 More Kodachromes from the FSA Time.com has posted an audio slideshow of more color photos from the depression, complete with a simple narration that tells some of the back story. I know it’s silly, but it’s so darn cool … Categories Good Work/Photojournalism
September 8, 2009 Day in the Life: The White House Okay, several days … but this time lapse piece of what events at the White House looks like is pretty cool. Reuters photojournalist Jason Reed spend a few weeks working on the idea and has strung together a set of images that paint an interesting picture of life on the White House beat. Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
September 7, 2009 Casualties of War: Do You Move It? Do You Run It? The Associated Press has come under a lot of fire this past week for moving an image of a mortally wounded American soldier in Afghanistan. The soldier was hit by a rocket propelled grenade in August and the wire service held the image until this past week. They were not being censored – it was their decision to hold it.... Categories Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism
September 3, 2009 Scott Strazzante on Portraits Are portraits “threatening to become the photographic stable of the newspaper business?” In some places, they already are. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work
August 31, 2009 FDR in Photos A nice collection from Time.com looking at how President Franklin Roosevelt used news photography to his advantage. Of course, Time has an (obviously) retouched image in there that they’re not saying anything about … guess I need to write them another letter. Categories Good Work/Photojournalism