Actual Pictures – Page 33 – Visual Journalism

April 23, 2007

A Prayer for Father Tim

Jim Gerhz and Maura Lerner at the Minneapolis Star Tribune teamed up for a story looking at a military chaplain who was injured in Iraq. Note the use of audio – subtle and effective. Look at the variety of images – no two ever look similar. Thanks to Lindy Dugger for the link.

Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism

April 17, 2007

UGA Student Wins Southern Short Course Shootout

Last weekend, seven photojournalism students from UGA’s Grady College went to the Southern Short Couse for News Photography in Chattanooga, Tenn. Their trip was funded by the Harry Hodgson Journalism Student Support Fund. Part of the three-day workshop was the Nikon Shootout – participants are loaned a Nikon point-and-shoot camera and given one hour to illustrate a theme. This year,...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 12, 2007

Roads Not Taken

Ctein over on The Online Photographer has a cautionary tale about missed opportunities. Every photojournalist I’ve ever met has a story about the photo they didn’t go after. (I don’t like to talk about mine.) (Any of them.) (Though I’ve gotten better about them over the years.) If you’re reading this, you’re probably young and impressionable and desirous of a...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 11, 2007

Adena Stevens launches website

I’ve been a fan of Adena Stevens’ work for a while, and she’s finally online with her work. Her attention to the details in stories has always impressed me and she shoots very clean – through choices of lens, aperture and background. She self-assigned herself to cover a local college’s basketball teams for a season and vastly improved her sports...

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April 10, 2007

David Burnett (are you sick of him yet? I am not)

David Burnett‘s show is up at the Georgia Center and he’s made his public talk … and we’re all better for it. Really, we are. After picking him up in Atlanta, we stopped to shoot a 81-year-old World War II vet who jumped into Normandy in 1944. And in 1994. And again in 2004 … the guy is a true...

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April 9, 2007

David Burnett of Contact Press Images in Athens – Monday, April 9

The must attend event of the semester: On Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m., Grady College in conjunction with the Georgia Center and the History Department, is bringing David Burnett to campus. His show, “Measures in Time,” is on display at the Georgia Center and running through the end of the month. Burnett, a founder of Contact Press Images, has...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism

April 7, 2007

Southern Contrasts – Photojournalist David Turnley looks at the South

According to the blurb, David Turnley spent six weeks and 8,000 miles looking at how the south has changed – or remained the same – 40 years after the Civil Rights movement started. I like this concept, especially the idea of fading between two scenes at opposite ends of a spectrum. There are some very nice images in there, and...

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism

April 6, 2007

James Nachtwey, TED Prize winner

James Nachtwey won the TED Prize for 2007 and his acceptance speech was recorded. At more than 20 minutes in length, it will take some time to get through – but it is well worth the effort as he talks about the stories he has told and why he believes in their importance. (Note that clicking that link will start...

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April 6, 2007

Baseball in Infrared

Peter Lockley, shooting for the Washington Times, tried something different during his six-week stint at spring training. With an infrared camera and a tilt/shift lens, his portfolio of images gives a very different look to the boys of summer.

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April 5, 2007

Department of Defense – Military Photographer of the Year Awards

The Department of Defense runs an annual competition for all military photographers, called MilPhog. The latest results are now online – good chance to see what combat photographers work on. (And three of my former students have done well – Stacy Pearsall, David Murphy and Christopher Stoltz were all in the Military Photojournalism program at Syracuse University when I was...