This is a strong lede to a first-hand account of being a photographer in Gaza:
I love being a photographer. I doubt that I could possibly love it more. When I’m trying to compose an artful image out of the tattered remains of someone’s son, however, I start to wonder if maybe my job is a little strange.
Patrick Schneider, the talented Charlotte Observer photographer who was reprimanded in 2003 for altering color and contrast of photos, was recently fired for the same offense.
In a clarification from C-O editor Rick Thames printed on July 28, Thames states:
The photo, taken by Observer photographer Patrick Schneider, appeared on the front of the Local & State section. It depicted a Charlotte firefighter on a ladder, silhouetted by the light of the early morning sun.
In the original photo, the sky in the photo was brownish-gray. Enhanced with photo-editing software, the sky became a deep red and the sun took on a more distinct halo.
And later he continues:
Because of the most recent violation of our photo policy, Schneider no longer works at the Observer.
We apologize for this misstep. Your trust is important to us. We will do all we can to ensure the integrity of all of our photos going forward.
Poynter link for past Schneider incident
C-O editorial (subscription may be required)
Lebanese photographer Layal Nagib was killed during the Israeli bombing of Cana in southern Lebanon while covering the violence for the magazine Al Jarass on July 22.
Reporters Without Borders story
So apparently this Jill Greenburg crying baby thing that I blogged about in early April has caused quite a stir.
Jim Lewis at Slate.com posted his review of Greenberg’s End Times exhibit and gave this wonderful description on the meaning of photography:
I don’t mean this as a condemnation of photography. On the contrary, I love the medium, and it fascinates me endlessly, precisely because it’s so freighted with the problem of power and responsibility. It is born in a bed of plunder and abuse; but in the right hands it can end in beauty, and how we get from one to the other is as profound a grace as any art can manifest.
Many of you might not have met him or heard of his work, but for those that crossed his path, the 6-foot 6-inch, dreadlocked photographer was unforgettable. Known as much to his friends for his big heart as his big size, Mpozi Tolbert died on July 3 in the Indianapolis Star newsroom at the age of 34.
He was detained anywhere from two to five days according to the various news reports, but at least now Ed Kashi has been released unconditionally.
UPDATE: CPJ condemns arrest
National Geographic photographer Ed Kashi was arrested by the Nigerian navy for taking pictures of an oil facility without permission and because "the area is volatile and he could have been kidnapped."
Former Pittsburgh Pirates team photographer Les Banos became great friends with the team’s star Roberto Clemente. Had it not been for the Immaculate Reception that kept the Steelers in the playoffs, and thus kept Banos in Pittsburgh to work the game, Banos would have been on Clemente’s plane that crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Banos and Clemente had a very close relationship, something that I think is rare for photographers and their subjects these days. That relationship gave Banos the access to make some great photographs. Beginning this weekend, many of those photos are being displayed at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in Pittsburgh.
When most people think of a road trip to the Grand Canyon, they conjure up an image of packing the family station wagon and hitting the road on a laborious multi-day journey. Photographer Scott Edwards had a different vision on his 50th birthday. He decided to walk from his home in Eureka, Wisconsin to the most glorious of American natural landmarks. He isn’t packing light either. Edwards doesn’t shoot digital or with travel-friendly Leicas. Instead, he is hauling a large-format view camera to capture his back-roads American journey. I’m expecting an awesome book to come from this - sometime after August when he finally gets there.
Here’s an interesting piece from Radio Netherlands that has the photographers disecting their pictures.
As a technical note, there isn’t a pause button, so if you click "stop audio," you’ll have to start from the beginning to resume play.
RNW: What makes a good photograph?
Magnum In Motion editor Martin Fuchs has moved his New York Photoblog. The new blog looks similar, but adds a bit more content and more news. It’s also a good behind-the-scenes look at Magnum operations. Go ahead, give it a look.
Renowned documentary photographer Eugene Richards, now formerly from Magnum, has been named the newest member of VII agency.
Lightstalkers :: Eugene Richards joins VII
VII Agency
I love this photo taken by Josh Meltzer. Apparently the BOP judges did too. They named the Roanoke Times photographer the Photojournalist of the Year for the under 115k circulation. There must be something in that Roanoke water because fellow Times staffer Kyle Green won third place. AP photographer David Guttenfelder was the PJoTY for the above 115k circulation category.
UPDATE: I have to say congrats to my co-worker Eric Albrecht for winning an honorable mention in the Enterprise category for this photo.
When Gerard Van der Leun came across Ansel Adams’ name on some photos in the Los Angeles Public Library, he wasn’t doing a search for landscape photography.
I don’t normally associate Ansel Adams with parking lots or small format images at all. Like you, Adams means the classic evocation of the great American wilderness in photography to me. It never crossed my mind that he had photographed any of the cities of men, much less Los Angeles. But there it was.
Ansel Adams’ Lost Los Angeles Found
What the insurance companies and Scripps is doing to Rocky Mountain News photographer Steve Nickerson is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. He suffers from a rare, debilitative disease but has found a treatment that is helping, but the insurance company says it is "experimental" and refuses to pay. At $35k per treatment per month I wouldn’t want to pay either… unless I were an insurance company whose job it was to deal with these sorts of things! Former colleague Mitch Albom writes a passionate and well-researched column describing Nickerson’s plight.
New York Times contract photographer Vincent Laforet estimated that before shooting digital, he spent 15 percent of his work time actually making pictures. After digital, that time dropped to 5 percent. Looking to reclaim that 10 percent of shooting time at this year’s winter Olympics, Laforet changed his workflow by hiring an editing/transmitting assistant and using Apple’s photo editing software Aperture.
Eager to optimize his chances for getting the story in Turin, Laforet decided to create a new digital workflow that would keep him behind the camera as much as possible. It was very much an attempt to restore in his cover strategy the primary shooting responsibility of the traditional analog news photographer, whose job was generally finished when he handed off a roll of film.
Is it just me, or was hiring the assistant a bigger factor in saving time than using Apple Aperture? Who cares what software the assistant was using? Laforet certainly didn’t. He was too busy shooting. As long as the best photos got transferred back to the newspaper, what does it matter if the editor is using Photo Mechanic or Aperture? I think we’d all be able to increase our shooting time if we had a personal editor to do all the tedious work while we shoot pictures.
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
A photographer who said he "shot up smack" to get closer to the street people he made portraits of has been found dead in his Woolloomooloo home. Peter Darren Moyle, 41, was found dead in his Bourke Street Housing Department unit at 5.30pm on Sunday.
In 2002 he was the subject of an award-winning documentary, Painting With Light In A Dark World.
This isn ‘t exactly photojournalism, but it’s really freakin’ cool. Scott Haefner has a website full of photos and instructions on constructing a rig to take pictures from a kite. He actually suspends a digital camera (Nikon D70!) between two kites and takes fisheye, panoramic, or standard pictures using his personally-constructed remote control.
New York Times photographer Doug Mills talks about shooting the Olympics and shares some of his favorite images and moments from the games.
Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star photojournalists Dave Ellis and Rebecca Sell talk about their experiences helping Hurricane Katrina victims restore damaged photos.
I’ve always wanted to do something meaningful in life. In my 37 years, I’ve hit many mile-stones. I served my country. Went to college and obtained a degree. Started a career in a field that I love. Married the best woman I’ve ever met and started a family that has become my universe. However, I was still searching for a purpose that would lead to greater individual achievement and personal fulfillment.
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