Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Feb 25th, 2010 No Comments »
NY Times Lens: Syria Changes, to a Point
Ed Kashi’s images of daily life in modern Syria are incredible.
Do you like going to Syria?
It’s a funny thing. I do like the idea of going there. There are moments where I actually like being there. But in general, I find it to be a bit of a [...]
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Places on Jan 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Kumbh Mela festival
Hundreds of thousands of devotees bathed in the icy waters of the Ganges river last week as a months-long Hindu festival expected to attract more than 10 million people kicked off in one of northern India’s holiest cities. Men, women and children entered the fast-moving waters of the river in a holy ritual [...]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Photojournalism on Jan 22nd, 2010 9 Comments »
Does Haiti’s Crisis Call for a New Photojournalism?
Michael David Murphy ponders a number of interesting questions for photojournalists. I think many of these questions overlap what makes me uncomfortable about street photography even under the best of circumstances.
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Slide Show, Stories on Dec 28th, 2009 No Comments »
One in 8 Million
This is a New York Times online feature and happens to be one of the best of its kind I’ve ever seen.
This is an incredible collection of still images built as slide shows with voice overlays of the people being documented. Everyday New Yorkers telling their stories. Great photography, well edited and [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism, Stories, Video on Dec 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting talk, he reframes controversial subjects with empathy, so that we see the pain of a Liberian war criminal, the quiet strength of UN women peacekeepers and the perseverance of Delhi’s under appreciated firefighters.
This is a wonderful TED [...]
Posted in Photojournalism, Places, Politics on Dec 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
On Assignment: Afghanistan in Free Fall
Moises Samen’s incredible black and white images of rural Afghanistan in distress.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Nov 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
A Division Through Time
This is an excellent display of the usefulness of interaction to show two images of the same view, one from twenty years ago and one from now.
Posted in Creatures, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Nov 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
The Big Picture: Pushkar Mela.
Thirty amazing images by AP photographer Kevin Frayer of this five day camel and livestock fair in Rajasthan, India.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places, Politics on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Captured, Denver Post Photoblog: Photographer Collection: David Guttenfelder in Afghanistan
For the past seven years, David Guttenfelder has witnessed and documented the changing landscape of Afghanistan. Although mostly embedded with coalition troops, he has also covered the presidential elections, bodybuilders in Kabul, the state of Afghan prisons and daily life in the country. Guttenfelder is the [...]
Posted in Photojournalism on Oct 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Raw Stone to Ring
Fantastic process images of diamonds in various stages of development.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Oct 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Afghanistan, October, 2009
The Big Picture has an incredible collection of images from Afghanistan.
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism on Oct 24th, 2009 No Comments »
The Eyes Have It
From Nixon to the Beatles, Bette Davis to U2… Over the past 60 years, The Observer’s Jane Bown has photographed many of the world’s greatest personalities. On the eve of her retrospective, she talks to Robin McKie about her life’s work.
Excellent narrated slide show by this renowned photojournalist and portrait photographer. Worth [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Copyright, Photojournalism on Oct 17th, 2009 No Comments »
‘Hope’ Poster Artist Admits Error
Shepard Fairey, a Los Angeles-based street artist with a long, often proud history of breaking rules, said in a statement Friday that he was wrong about which photo he used and that he tried to hide his error. It was not immediately clear whether he would drop his lawsuit against the [...]
Posted in Creatures, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
The Big Picture: World Animal Day 2009.
Absolutely incredible collection of animals from all over the world. Wow, this is really a must see.
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Places, Politics, Slide Show on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Click the image above to start a slide show of the various image in this set. The slide show application has various tools including a button at bottom right to zoom to full screen. Let go of your mouse or trackpad and the slideshow will run automatically to the end or until you stop it.
A [...]
Posted in Adventure, Aerial Photography, Photojournalism, Slide Show on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Click the image above to start a slide show of the various image in this set. The slide show application has various tools including a button at bottom right to zoom to full screen. Let go of your mouse or trackpad and the slideshow will run automatically to the end or until you stop it.
The [...]
Posted in Landscape, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Oct 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
NY Times Lens: Mitch Epstein’s Power.
Mitch Epstein has taken his 8-by-10 view camera across the United States to document the energy needed to support the American way of life. Though he says he did not start out with an ideological agenda, Mr. Epstein offers a quiet but unsettling view of 21st-century America’s dependency on electrical [...]
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Politics, Slide Show on Oct 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Click the image above to start a slide show of the various image in this set. The slide show application has various tools including a button at bottom right to zoom to full screen. Let go of your mouse or trackpad and the slideshow will run automatically to the end or until you stop it.
A [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Oct 9th, 2009 1 Comment »
NY Times Lens: National Geographic Image Collection
This is an incredible collection. Zoom it out to full screen and enjoy great photography.
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism on Oct 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Assignment: Not Just One Picture
For a couple of weeks in September, Julie Jacobson, a 39-year-old staff member of The Associated Press, was arguably the best known photographer in America.
Look at her images full screen, she’s a fantastic photographer. The light she captures in her Afghan work is incredible.
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