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April 2008 
a camera, two kids, and a camel NPR's weekend edition Sunday did a piece on Annie Griffiths Belt and her new book today. She discusses how she has been able to raise her family while maintaining her career as a traveling photojournalist. it's a really heartfelt take on balancing family with work. Click here to listen to the story. [via Max Bittle]
Journeys of a Lifetime In order to reveal what matters in the world, you have to put yourself square in front of it. Photography is about being there, as the saying goes.In April's edition of PopPhoto, 4 very different photographers talk about the trips that changed their lives.
Susana Raab Speaks Liz Kuball has a great interview with photographer Susana Raab who talks about the long and winding road it took her her to become a photographer, a portfolio review that changed how she shot, and the talk of projects.
Kids With Guns If you haven't seen this multimedia piece by Tim Hussin, you need to. It's hands down my favorite SoundSlides show of the year. Not only are there quality photographs, but the sound actually compliments and adds to the story telling, instead of just being a necessary evil of narration or an interview just for the sake of having an interview behind the photos. But the best part is that "Kids With Guns" shows me something I haven't seen before and makes me feel something, as all good work should. About the piece, Tim says: I was driving around and saw these kids playing guns at an abandoned church. The scene was good enough, but then these kids really got into it, acting out different battles, screaming and falling. Some actually knew their history too. So, I grabbed some audio from the back of my camera and threw together a slideshow with some necessary dramatization. It was probably a waste of time I could be using to do something more productive, but it was fun for me.
A New Twist on some classic photos recreated
Money, Money, Money... Money Looking for money to fund your photo project? The fine folks over at the Photoshelter blog have compiled a list of contests, grants, fellowships and publishing opportunities geared toward photojournalists.
The Portfolio of...
Food This series of food that takes the shape of its container is one of the stranger things I've seen today. Strange... but cool, in some weird way.
Wandering & Wondering I've really been enjoying Ikuru Kuwajima's blog lately, I've been living vicariously through his travels and love being a silent observer as he finds his photographic voice.
You Are Not Your Ego Koci's back with a personal project.
Heartbreak of Newsroom Layoffs The last round of layoffs and buyouts really hurt me. i mean, each one does but this one especially. This place feels like a morgue. an abusive relationship. remnants everywhere. Empty cubicles. Empty chairs. Abandoned office equipment. goodbye emails. Besides looking for a new job and building a massive assemblage, this is a way for me to deal. There will be more photos...Sometimes the hardest pictures a newspaper journalist makes are the ones they take of themselves during hard times. San Jose Mercury News designer Martin Gee has posted a photo documentary of the effects of several rounds of layoffs and buyouts in his California newsroom. You can feel his heart breaking in captions as he recalls former colleagues and the spirit they brought to the newsroom. hint: click on the main photo in the slideshow to get into the captions.
Ethics of Toning This is a good read about making honest pictures that uphold a certain level of integrity our readers place in us, as told through an ill-toned photo and a young, award-winning photographer. Ethics folks, lets get them, keep them and uphold them to the fullest...
The Portfolio of...
The Portfolio of...
Preston's Pulitzer The family of Carolynne St. Pierre faced the ultimate grief. Despite her courage, a rare cancer was killing a mother and wife long before her time. Yet she and her husband Rich invited photographer Preston Gannaway and reporter Chelsea Conaboy to chronicle Carolynne's death and its impact on their family. The two Monitor journalists were there before and during Carolynne's death, and they returned to cover its difficult aftermath. They spent two years on the story. Rich St. Pierre referred to them as "gentle observers of our most private moments." Yesterday, for her work on "Remember Me," Gannaway won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Here's the story behind Preston's Pulitzer.
Good News out of Iraq The Iraqi Judicial Committee has declared that the AP's Bilal Hussein is to be set free. No charges brought against him but lost two years from being imprisoned.
Funny Top 10 Reasons Not to Learn Multimedia Skills
Don't Undersell Yourself Watch and learn!
The Fallacy of Objectivity Words to live by: If you're a journalist and you don't have an agenda, you dont have a pulse. -- Brian Storm
Women in Photography Women In Photography contains a simple concept: It's like PhotoBetty all over again. But alive, and hopefully picking up momentum. can't wait to see where this goes. They should start with Preston Gannaway. Because as the last post said... she is THE woman in photojournalism right now.
Gannaway, Latif Win 2008 Photography Pulitzers Preston Gannaway, now at the Rocky Mountain News, and Adrees Latif of Reuters have been awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for feature and breaking news photography, respectively. This year's Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. Gannaway was awarded journalism's top prize "for her intimate chronicle of a family coping with a parent's terminal illness" while working at The Concord Monitor. Latif was awarded a Pulitzer "for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer, sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar." Of note this year, The Washington Post collected six nods from the Pulitzer organization.
Toilet Paper Rolls and Pipe Cleaners This is great storytelling on so many levels. And it rocked me to the core this morning.
Multimediashooter R.I.P. It saddens me greatly that such a valuable resource is gone... again... and this time for good... MultimediaShooter is no longer being published. I'm walking away this time with my head held high. It's been fun. I'm closing the blog doors for good this time. There's not enough Jack Daniels or Red Bull to get me back this time. Sorry for on again off again nature of the blog lately. Thanks for the support through the hacks. This is a great time for me to step away from the blogosphere. Good Night and Good Luck, see you in the real world. -- r Best of luck to Richard Koci Hernandez and all future endeavors.
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