World Press Photo Contest.

It's a great picture ... let there be no doubt, but it's also symbolic of the fact that traditional photojournalism is losing its revered place to new media. The image from the Iranian elections......

Waiting to be registered.

The set of pictures below are by Rajib Islam, one of the duckrabbit's greatest friends, an amazingly talented man, a true gent and one of the kindest people I've ever met. If you......

Bombay Flying Club’s Streetlights: a last for Flash?.

Multimedia producers the Bombay Flying Club have just published their latest piece, shot in Ethiopia. At 11 minutes, Streetlight is a little on the long side for most armchair viewers, and the Flying......

ski season – NY Times Lens blog.

Ever wondered what it takes to get the photographs of world-class skiiers as they whizz by? Probably not, but the Winter Olympics starts tomorrow in......

Uzbekistan…they all live in pots you know...

Uzbekistan have done themselves no favours on this one...they found photographer and documentary maker Umida Akhmedova guilty. Luckily for her, the judge decided that as it was the, er, 18th anniversary of Uzbeck......

Photography is f$cked. This is not a joke..

Photography is f$cked. From Tony Sleep. Originally on the EPUK list. "The quaint notion that the author has prime and inalienable rights over his/her own work, must be able to restrict usage, negotiate a fee, prevent usage......

Photography workshops in Haiti – some sane reporting.

Too much has already been said about a couple of photographers running workshops in Haiti following the earthquake, the debate about which started here on duckrabbit and quickly descended into pantomime. Respect must then go......

James Nachtwey, Haiti’s most thought provoking pictures, in words.

To witness the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is to be lost inside a waking nightmare, the markers on this mapless journey, swarms of looters, children with chopped-off limbs, cities fabricated of sticks and bed sheets, pulverized cathedrals,......

US civil rights – in the New Yorker.

It's difficult to squash a big subject like the US civil rights movement into a 15 minute multimedia piece but Platon's current project for......

Wootton Bassett..the town that honours.

Sent to the duck by Ian Forsyth, this multimedia piece looks at the repatriation of soldiers killed on operations whilst in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the thoughts of the residents of Wootton......

Gil Scott-Heron – I’m new here. Guest star: Robert Frank.

Gil Scott-Heron and Robert Frank...Well, who'd have thought it. Check it out then listen to Gil's new album below. ( I think Bob's on Bass ) " I may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing......

Documenting courage – Stephen Ferry and Human Rights Watch.

Photographer Stephen Ferry has spent the best part of a decade documenting the brutal Colombian civil war. Its population is terrrorised by both the......

The Rohingya…pictures by Rajib Islam.

The set of pictures below are by Rajib Islam, one of the duck's greatest friends, an amazingly talented man, a true gent and one of the kindest people I've ever met. If you......

Cine Institute, Jacmel; a clarification and introduction.

Andrew Bigosinski, Director of the Cine Institute film school, Jacmel, has recently posted a comment clarifying their position regarding certain "Photo Aid" projects in Haiti: "The Cine Institute of Jacmel has not agreed to partner......

I see and yet I cannot find (Asim Rafiqui).

I feel off-balance, and unable to keep up with the pace of the life unfolding in front of me. There are a million obvious images, but none that feel right to a frame.......

Gangster types and tough guys (Bruce Gilden).

I'm not - on the whole - personally a fan of multimedia pieces where the photographer talks over his own work. But I'll make a big......

Sod your domke…go hardcore..

Robot snapper takes it to the next level.... Don't stop watching before he swaps the 17-40 for the .38.... Next week: suicide paparazzi. ...

duck is off to Kenya for a week or so.

But I'm leaving you in the good hands of rabbit and Ciara. In the meantime I'll be hanging with my old friend Yasuyoshi Chiba. Good thing about working with Yasu is that most Kenyans......

Christopher Anderson on Haiti.

Wars and other types of human-made tragedies are different. There are questions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, political complications, et cetera. I feel like my voice as an observer has a purpose. But......

Conference: The Third Frame: visual imagery and the representation of the majority world.

duckrabbit will have a word or two to say at this conference which we're really looking forward to. Some great and thoughtful speakers. Be good to see a few of you there. March 10,......