Posted in Photojournalism, Places, Process on Aug 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
Hull-Oaks Sawmill Hull-Oakes Lumber may be the last steam-powered commercial saw mill in the country, and they’re one of the few mills capable of cutting large timbers up to 85 ft. long. The mill has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. Large long timbers are still used in railroad trestles, the [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Stories, Video on Jun 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer born in New York City. Although born in the U.S., it was in France that Maier spent most of her youth. Maier returned to the U.S. in 1951 where she took up work as a nanny and care-giver for the rest [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism on Jun 22nd, 2011 1 Comment »
The First 100 Days Behind the Lens: Barack Obama in Pictures TIME contract photographer Callie Shell had extraordinary access to the Obama White House. In this video documentary, she describes how she captured her behind-the-scenes images of the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency. Callie Shell narrates this excellent video slide show. Most of us [...]
Posted in People, Photojournalism, Social Software on Jun 15th, 2011 2 Comments »
Interview with Alan Taylor of In Focus Alan Taylor started the trend of collecting and putting large images in a simple, scrolling list as a way of telling a photojournalistic story. First at The Big Picture (The Boston Globe) and now at In Focus (The Atlantic). His photo collecting eye is one of the best [...]
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Photo Editing Software, Photojournalism, Studio Photography on Jun 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Supermodel’s Photoshop Horror A former Sports Illustrated cover model is suing an Estee Lauder company for allegedly damaging her career with a fake promo using a Photoshopped picture of her. The suit is the latest wrinkle in the global phenomenon of photo retouching. An interesting example of this type of photo retouching is this Dove [...]
Posted in Events, People, Photojournalism, Politics on May 10th, 2011 2 Comments »
Ready to record history Jason Reed on how the press was notified and dealt with the last minute call on President Obama’s televised announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. For those who questioned the process, read the last paragraph. Fascinating. [via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Events, iPad, iPhone, Photojournalism, Places on May 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
The 3/11 Project: Photographs from Japan, Helping Japan The 3/11 Tsunami Photo Project is a new app featuring the work of fourteen photographers who documented the tragic aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The .99 app, published by Kodansha, is an innovative fundraiser as well – all proceeds from the project go to [...]
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on May 3rd, 2011 2 Comments »
The Lost Souls of Kabul: Photographs by James Nachtwey Nachtwey is one of the best war photographers around. Here he documents a growing problem in Kabul Afghanistan where opium is plentiful and cheap: heroin addiction among people who are living in a war-torn world.
Posted in Audio, NPR, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places, Stories on Apr 21st, 2011 No Comments »
Two War Photographers On Their Injuries, Ethics Fresh Air: Terry Gross interviews Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, both seriously injured on assignment as combat photographers. This was a fascinating interview and an excellent update on Joao Silva who we’ve been following here since his injury.
Posted in Ideas, People, Photojournalism, Process, Video on Apr 13th, 2011 2 Comments »
John was the DNA of some of the greatest moments in history. John G. Morris’s career as a photo editor and how many of our most recognizable photographs were made and chosen. This is a wonderful biographical documentary. John G. Morris at Wikipedia
Posted in Events, People, Photo Sites, Photojournalism, Places on Apr 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Cricket passion This spectacular collection of images taken during the recent cricket world cup in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka reminds me of a mashup of Slumdog Millionaire and Lagaan.
Posted in Photo Sites, Photojournalism on Mar 20th, 2011 No Comments »
TIME LightBox New photoblog from TIME magazine. Looks good and notice it has a view full screen button on the top series.
Posted in Photo Sites, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Mar 16th, 2011 No Comments »
Daniel Beltra I just finished reading Raffi Khatchadourian’s disturbing piece The Gulf War in The New Yorker and the front illustration is a spectacular aerial shot of a ship floating on the large BP Gulf oil spill taken by photojournalist Daniel Beltra. Beltra’s site doesn’t allow me to link to that particular photograph but you [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography, Events, Photojournalism, Places on Mar 11th, 2011 No Comments »
Earthquake in Japan Alan Taylor at The Atlantic is compiling images of the earthquake in Japan. The collection will be updated.
Posted in Aerial Photography, Photojournalism, Places on Jan 31st, 2011 4 Comments »
Helmand province from above Helmand province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest region of the country. The Helmand River flows through the mainly desert region, providing water for irrigation. Much of the fighting between NATO and Taliban forces is taking place in this province and Helmand is said [...]
Posted in Patterns, Photographers, Photojournalism, Video on Jan 7th, 2011 2 Comments »
A nice short film about Scott Schuman and his popular blog The Sartorialist. I’m amazed he can get that much field of view with a 50mm (f/1.2L) lens, I assume it’s not an 85mm f/1.2 L on his 5D camera.
Posted in Art and Design, Ideas, iPad, Photojournalism, Social Software, Video on Jan 6th, 2011 2 Comments »
A nice overview of how the MagCloud publishing system works. As readers here know, a few of us have produced a MagCloud project: Wabi Sabi which was a lot of fun. We’re working on a few new issues of the magazine right now and one should be out in the next week or so. MagCloud [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Politics, Video on Dec 2nd, 2010 3 Comments »
The President’s Photographer Full Program PBS has the full video of the National Geographic special online now. Or, you can order the DVD from Amazon: The President’s Photographer: 50 Years Inside the Oval Office.
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism on Nov 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Support photojournalist João Silva, badly injured in Afghanistan while on contract with the NYT João Silva, 44, a South African photographer on contract with The New York Times, stepped on a mine while accompanying American soldiers patrolling an area near the town of Arghandab in southern Afghanistan on October 23rd, 2010. Despite immediate help from [...]
Posted in Opinion, People, Photojournalism, Travel on Nov 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
I Got Detained By The TSA At The Airport Today Fish is a well known professional photographer who writes about travel as well as photography. I like his attitude and tone. I plan to act the same if I’m detained. Of course, he wasn’t traveling, he was taking pictures and this was simply misinformation on [...]
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