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If the video running off the front page of the Visa website is anything to go by they are: MADNESS and DESPAIR? VIOLENCE and FEAR? EXODUS or maybe just WALKING FOR THE BUS? and BLACK AND WHITE STICK BENDING I can’t wait and I’m really pleased to see that festival Director J F [...] 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, bringing it closer and closer to (high end) advertising. The holy grail of advertising on the other hand is authenticity, [...] 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 able to read what a group of Kenyan photographers think of the judges choice but for those who don’t stay the [...] (PLEASE SHARE THIS IMPORTANT STORY) If you didn’t get to listen to the fascinating and harrowing piece on the BBC World Service this morning about the photographer Dalia Khamissy‘s attempts to document what happened to the thousands who were kidnapped and disappeared during the Lebanese civil war, then you can listen again here. You [...] “If I had only known that my sons were going and that I would not see them again I would have thrown myself under the wheels of the truck that took them.” Imm Aziz Palestinian Amina Hassan Banat, 78, better known for Imm Aziz, sits on a sofa placed under the framed [...] It’s an argument sometimes given by supporters of the most visually gratuitous forms of photojournalism that we need to see the full horror to understand the ‘truth’. A woman’s husband is taken out and shot. Are you really prepared to make the argument that by witnessing the event, and presenting it back to me [...] 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 can download the proceedings here: AFP v Morel It’s no exaggeration to say that the arguments presented in court mean that this case, if [...] 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 in a New York City courtroom in freelance photojournalist Daniel Morel’s claim against Agence France-Presse. Morel is suing AFP for using, without [...] This is essential work that deserves widespread recognition. It’s not sexy because the people in the stories are mainly working class white people but it’s a template for in depth reportage on an important subject.
(3rd Place, Feature Audio Slideshow, Best of Photojournalism 2010) Congratulations to all the other winners. This video was produced in collaboration with MSF as part of their amazing Condition Critical project. Please do visit the website and leave a comment. [...] even when it’s telling the truth? Essential reading.
Charles Moore is the legendary Montgomery photojournalist whose coverage of the Civil Rights era produced some of the most famous shots in the world (the dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, the Selma Bridge, and Martin Luther King’s arrest in Montgomery, among many others.) His photographs are credited with helping to quicken [...] “In times when (some) photographers hold celebrity status, it is useful to be reminded that a good photograph does not solely depend on the photographer’s ability to choose the right subject, location and light, but also on the chemistry and the collaboration, between photographer and subject…Despite my deep sympathy for socially inclined photographers, [...] |
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