January 26, 2008 "The Capa Cache" This is amazing … 70-year-old negatives, long since thought lost, from Robert Capa have turned up in Mexico, according to a New York Times article. Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Ethics & Legal/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism
January 14, 2008 Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Being in Athens, many of my students want to shoot music scene stories. There’s one guy who they should all study – Jim Marshall. For almost 50 years he’s shot the biggest and the best stars, from the typical on-stage antics to the behind the scenes moments that let you understand who these people are. He’s posted an interview on... Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
January 12, 2008 "Through the Lens of Loss" Mark Saxenmeyer, from the Chicago Fox affiliate, has posted a “director’s cut” of a story that aired in December looking at photographers who work with the families of critically ill children. It’s not photojournalism, but it certainly is documentary photography. Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk
January 11, 2008 "Uprooted: Flicks Mobile Home Park" This piece, shot by the San Jose Mercury News’ Dai Sugano, on a mobile home park that’s being closed so the land can be redeveloped, is amazingly well done. The story, pacing and tone all match perfectly – it is, to be honest, hard to watch in some places because of the emotions at play. You’ll need some time –... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk
January 7, 2008 The TRUE story of Dixville Notch Okay, we should not be proud of this story of the press manipulating time for their own means … but it’s a great story. Bill Greene at the Boston Globe takes a look at how Dixville Notch, N.H., garnered its “first in the nation” reputation for primary voting. For what it’s worth, I did the Dixville Notch shoot for Agence... Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia/Tech Talk
December 26, 2007 Carolina Sports Photojournalism Workshop This has been sitting on my to-post list for a while, but back in November, the University of North Carolina hosted a sports photojournalism workshop. Images from the weekend are posted online for your perusal. Additionally, they have a blog where they’re posting content from class shoot-offs. I like this idea and, if there’s interest, think we’ll incorporate it into... Categories Competitions/Good Work/Photojournalism
December 20, 2007 "Our Hidden Poor" The Chicago Tribune has an audio slideshow by Kuni Takahashi looking at the hidden poor of Illinois. Nicely shot, the transition/text frames are well designed. Simple, elegant. Worth spending seven minutes with. Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism
December 18, 2007 Stand Ups Robert Capa said, “If you’re pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” I guess that may not apply to television news … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chKKm-IWgQ&rel=1] Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Tech Talk
December 14, 2007 Travel Edit Photo District News has a 10-photo feature up on travel photography. They talked with Travel + Leisure photo editor Whitney Lawson about a recent shoot by David Nicolas, looking at what images were accepted and rejected and, more importantly, why. Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work
December 12, 2007 "The Ninth Floor" MediaStorm has posted an audio slide show by Jessica Dimmock looking at the lives of heroin addicts who used to live in a ninth floor apartment in New York City. Access is what this is all about – Dimmock has manages to make her subjects so comfortable with her presence that she is there for everything. (And, I will warn... Categories Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism