“Do you see it? Understand it? Ok..” (“The mysterious perversion of photography”).

There's an interesting article in the NYT Lens blog by Donald R. Winslow: 'Eddie Adams: 10 Years On, and War Will Never Be the Same"   "When Eddie Adams died 10 years......

Not Ruining the Photo.

Recently I spoke at a conference about the American conflict in Vietnam. This was the first time I had presented a paper at a conference and it was interesting to receive responses after the......

Abject Poverty / Object Poverty.

Presenting poverty is difficult, as is presenting suffering in general. To expose someone to the lens, and then to the wider world, in a moment of struggle or pain or fear, must be justified......

A photo’s worth 1,000 words? WPP discussion.

Remember Bibi Aisha, the Afghan woman whose Jodie Bieber portrait was put on the front of Time Magazine along with a controversial jingoistic strapline? Well, the whys and wherefores about how other people's words......

Become a real photographer; shoot porn and tramps with the new Fuji x100.

It's funny to watch how photojournalism and advertising are merging. Pushed by the likes of World Press and Visa Festival of Shanty Towns, photojournalism is more and more judged as an aesthetic pursuit,......

Getty Grants For A Good Laugh.

close today. Last year they awarded the major grant to Stefano De Luigi for a project title T.I.A, 'This Is Africa'. If you get to the end of this (extended) post you'll be......

Competition: Please fill in the missing word.

Has Steve McCurry proved himself to be a godlike *******, Nachtwey style? According to the ever brilliant APHOTOEDITOR Old schooler McCurry goes for the craigslist classified ad seeking an intern who is “highly motivated”......

War Never Looked So Hip.

(amended title because Joerg's was MUCH better) Take a look at this picture by Damon Winter, as featured on the (excellent) New York Times, Lens Blog, and part of a series featured......

AFP, CNN, Getty, ABC, V Morel, why this case matters to all professional photographers or why Getty could be selling your photos without you even knowing ….

Tonight I have received a copy of the transcript of the court proceeding in the case of AFP, Getty, CNN and ABC against Daniel Morel (for the background to this case read here). You......

JF Leroy, ‘I am listening’.

Some of you will have been following the debate about why JF Leroy (Director of the Visa Pour L’Image Festival) has gone to such lengths to give the Haitian photographer Daniel Morel a kicking......

Why AFP, Getty, Jean-Francois Leroy, CNN, ABC, CBS love photographs but have no time for photographers, or ‘it wasn’t rape your honor because she was in the room and I was horny’.

The case that opens today according to NPPA: In a case that could set precedent in online copyright legislation and impact photographers around the world, oral arguments are scheduled to begin Friday......

‘Ethics and photojournalism’.

This is an extract taken from a very interesting post by the wonderful photographer  Stuart Freedman. You can read the full post on the excellent EPUK website. The presiding styles of photo......