August 2005

• The Portfolio of... • Mark King...

• DBCC's SMP... Who Knew • Rumor has it that there are some good things and great photographers coming to the...

• The Portfolio of... • Andres Gonzalez...

• VII + you • After an incredibly popular and highly regarded first attempt (in Boston this past April), the...

• Trying to Find My Photograph by Jim Gherz • "To stay motivated and to maintain the highest level of work I can, I have...

• The Portfolio of... • Joseph Sywenkyj...

• Born Into Brothels, but Where Are They Now • The New York Times has a rather superficial, and extrememly lifeless, article about Zana Briski's...

• The Portfolio of... • Eric Ogden...

• Selecting a Subject • "The reason for a young photographer’s confusion is that most teachers, classes, workshops, books, whatever,...

• Print Auction to Benefit Women • Now's your chance to have a Stephanie Sinclair or Barbara Davidson print hanging on your...

• Art Shay photographs his own surgery • Photographer Art Shay used a Leica with a 15mm lens to shoot his own heart...

• The Holy Grail • Anyone looking for a first edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment? (Or care to...

• How Is It Out There? • Still in its infancy, fotogblog.com is encouraging photojournalists to share their experiences while on assignment...

• Knowledge is Power • The best journalists are the ones who never stop learning. As of April 2005, continuing...

July 2005

• The School That Skipped Ethics Class • The NYTimes is reporting that the Brooks Institure of Photography may face possible closure over...

• Digital Cameras = Better Photographers ... ? • Well, not necessarily, but in a BBC News article Friday, foto8.com editor Jon Levy makes...

• Amassing a Treasury of Photography • It looks like the ICP and the George Eastman House are joining forces to create...

• The Portfolio of... • Mario Lalich...

• The Portfolio of... • Manu Agah...

• Bystander Photography • I have a buddy who is interning at the New York Times. The night that...

• Philip-Lorca diCourtroom • Well, well, one of my favorite photographers is being sued for daring, gasp!, to photograph...

• WashingtonPost.com's Divas • Washington, D.C., area subscribers are not the only ones who will benefit from stories done...

• Lives, Wallet-Sized • "Last January, Mark Pike '04 and Blaise Dipersia '03, friends and former roommates, became co-proprietors...

• Open Your Eyes to a New Way of Seeing • Inspiration has just come in the form of Matt Mallams journal entries and collages....

• San Jose steps up Their Web Presence • More newspapers should take note and follow suit. The San Jose Mercury News just introduced...

June 2005

• Fur • Troubled, tortured and often brillliant, photographer Diane Arbus has been posthumously creeping into pop culture...

• The Art of Celebrity • The National Portrait Gallery's summer blockbuster exhibition, The World's Most Photographed, explores the relationship between...

• Ian Parry Scholarship • The Ian Parry Scholarship 2005 deadline will be Tuesday June 21. Applications are available by...

• Mucho Mas MacMillan • WAMU's Diane Rehm ran a segment on the first half of her show today titled...

• Another sign of the times? • The Eastman Kodak Co. announced yesterday that it would discontinue production of its black-and-white printing...

• The Earth's Navel • Photojournalist Monique Stauder spent over three years traveling through thirteen countries documenting the cultures that...

• BOP Web Winners • Judges for the NPPA Best of Photojournalism web categories discuss the winners in a behind...

• Stanley Kubrick, photojournalist • Best known for his movies A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey, it's Stanley...

• Which camera? Well that depends. • "Everyone is using the same couple of Canon and Nikon digital cameras and the same...

• Enter • The first issue of a new photo zine was just launched. Enter provides a platform...

• Austin, in a snap • "Armed with a map, a Deep Woods Off towelette and suggestions for hot picture-making (Chuy's,...

• GeekFest 2005 Website Launched! • AUSTIN, Texas -- In the wee hours of the morning, fueled by a caffiene-free major...

May 2005

• Leica and Kodachrome, cult icons • Two good articles from the IHT this weekend: How is Leica, the most perfect analog...

• Bearing Witness on A&E • "Bearing Witness examines the personal and professional lives of five female journalists as they attempt...

• Not A Pretty Picture • "I understand the criticisms about blood and gore," said Dallas Morning News photographer David Leeson....

• Helping Hands and Healing Hearts • Carol Guzy documented the lives of eight people, some young children, whose limbs were hacked...

• Unseen Pictures, Untold Stories • "There can be horrible images, but war is horrible and we need to understand that,"...

• NYT Transit Photo Ban Dropped • About a year after it was introduced, New York City police and transit officials have...

• NYT Class Project • Class Matters is The New York Times' most recent report on class in America. "A...

• Back to the Fronts • While we're mentioning new things around here... I'd like to point out the nifty little...

• Long Time, No Update • I am proud to announce, that after a long delay, three new essays are up...

• Ashes and Snow • Seshu over at Tiffinbox turned me onto Canadian photographer Gregory Colbert's work titled Ashes and...

• EI8HT - V4N1 • The June 2005 issue of EI8HT magazine is out, and as usual, thumbnail page proofs...

• A Good Photo Is A Good Photo • “A good photo is a good photo. Some answer questions, some question answers. Some break...

• Jan Grarup • Jan Grarup's work is the perfect example of what photojournalists should be doing. Long-term projects,...

• Hot App Here! (UPDATE!!) • Joe Weiss has updated the APAD slides desktop application so that it runs on Tiger....

• The Best Newspapers to Shoot For • PDN's Jay Defoore and David Walker have chafed me with their preposterous statement that, "Photography...

• Geekfest 2005 • Just what the hell is a Geekfest, anyway? Well, for July 4, 2001, about 15...

• The Eppridge Commencement • “It seems only yesterday that I was in the same situation as these kids who...

• Eddie Adams *answered* • Every year around this time, I start getting emails from folks asking what they need...

April 2005

• Thirty Years at 300 Millimeters • Dutch photographer Hubert Van Es explains how one of his best-known images of the Vietnam...

• Photographer Detained In Sudan • "Brad Clift, a Courant photographer documenting the plight of refugees in Sudan, was detained by...

• Hot App Here! • Joe Weiss rocks! Got an email from him about a week ago that said, "I...

• Operation Lion Heart • San Francisco Chronicle photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice and reporter Meredith May talked about the daily assignment-turned...

• MacMillan talks about Iraq, Pulitzers and plumbing • APAD hermit Jim MacMillan completes this month a yearlong assignment in Iraq for the Associated...

• Iraq: Second Impressions • The Washington Post recently published on their Web site a multimedia show called Eyes on...

• that's rosstaylor.net, NOT rosstaylor.com • Former APADer and all-around nice guy -- not to mention two-time North Carolina Photographer of...

• Nature Boy • John Moran is Florida's photo laureate. I had the pleasure of working with and learning...

• 2005 Pulitzers Announced • The 2005 Pulitzer Awards were announced today in New York. Among the winners were the...

March 2005

• Not just for toning anymore • The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has teamed up with Adobe Systems Inc. (who...

• More winners • NPPA has released a full list of winners for The Best of Photojournalism 2005. Among...

• In the Beginning • Sebastiγo Salgado's Migrations, or Exodus, as he prefers to call it, was a seven year...

• From their own mouths • Have questions about why judges from the 62nd annual POYi picked certain winners for certain...

• Lots to Look At • If you need a distraction from work today -- the winner's galleries are up for...

• Greetings from Florida! • "Generations of Floridians have admired his portraits of bridges and beaches, pelicans and laughing gulls,...

• He has seen hell... and lived to tell about it • "I truly believed, deeply and passionately believed, that there existed a series of photographs, or...

• Winnner's are Up • The winner's list is online now for the 62nd annual POYi contest. "Marcus Bleasdale, a...

• Unphotographable • "This is a picture I did not take of a schoolgirl in blue plastic flip-flops,...

• AK47 • AK47's new issue offers up some Snapshots of The Adventures of Guille and Beli who...

• controversy behind curtains • "Anybody who knows the (Stewart) story and is familiar with Martha's current situation would know...

• 50 nifty... • 50 States 50 Photographers...

• A storm is coming • Brian Storm is launching a new multimedia production studio entitled Mediastorm. The studio's goal is...

• VII, a seminar • Would you like to spend two days with some of the most talented photojournalists in...

February 2005

• David S. Holloway, The Man, The Myth, The Legend • Early in my career I met this insane guy who likes to wear devil horns...

• Saved from the Streets • "John Thomas came to a crossroads. When faced with two very distinct life paths, he...

• Eyes of History 2005 • Andrea Bruce Woodall was named the WHNPA Photographer of the Year for the second time...

• Live the life you want... • This was a recent post on the listserv, that the author gave me permission to...

• So it is written • The winners of the best photo contest I know of. ENJOY!...

• Balog's Aceh • Nature photographer James Balog decided it was important enough to him to go to Banda...

• Oh Say, Can You See? • "Over the course of the last Presidential term, America has been beaten into a red,...

• A Conversation • The following is a response originally intended only for the listserv. The writer's questions to...

• Omar Vega 18 and in the thick of it • San Fransico State University freshman Omar Vega has put himself in the thick of it...

• Pulitzer becomes Lee • Lee Enterprises becomes the nation's 4th largest newspaper publisher by bying Pulitzer Inc. for 1.46...

• Say au revoir to night shots of the tower • Eiffel Tower + copyright = illegal to publish images taken at night...

• The Portfolio of... • Noah Kalina...

• Crisis Pictures • I get all giddy when people, like Crisis Pictures , try to change the world...

• Iraq: A Hard Story to Tell • With Iraq being Iraq -- constantly topping the headlines only to be trumped briefly by...

• Cincinnati Photo Blogs • Cincinnati Post photographers display their photos and explain the shots on a new photo blog...

• 2004 campaign coverage • "It was at the Kremlin on a visit of the First Lady last year. I...

January 2005

• The Portfolio of... • Naoto Ikeda...

• Women Photographers on Beauty • What does beautiful mean to you?...

• photo-london • "Photography fairs have been growing in popularity and importance in recent years...London is fast becoming...

• No Picture Tells the Truth. The Best Do Better Than That. • The New York Times offers some rare insight into why a paper chooses to run...

• New vs. Old • On December 30th I posted my perceptions about “new” shooting styles as compared to more...

• Yet another photographer arrested • It seems to me that this is happening more and more or maybe i am...

• Like an Atom Bomb • APADers have images from the Tsunami including Rob Finch and Ben Lowy. If the link...

• Contest Season • This was always the most dreaded time of the year for me. It was a...

• Those Beautiful Blue Eyes • The 10th issue of Blueeyes Magazine has been launched, featuring work from photographers Matthew Hayes...

• Spring Cleaning • A big thanks to Rich Glickstein for the fancy, new, fresh look over here at...

• Citizen Journalists • Westport.com, a small site covering Westport, Conn., published an interesting "2004 Year in Pictures" feature...

• Avedon's Abode • I think it's fascinating to see the space that a photographer lives in, works in...

• Post-Dispatch Photographer Arrested • St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Gabriel Tait was arrested while shooting pictures at an accident scene...

• 80 Newspaper Staffers Fired • It has taken only one month for the Paxton Media Group to start shaking up...

• On Being a Photographer • The fundamental issue is one of emphasis: you are not a photographer because you are...

• VII's View of the Tsunami • VII photographers John Stanmeyer and Gary Knight have images from the Tsunami aftermath in Sri...

• Best Of... • "Best" is always a subjective idea. But when applied to the talented and diverse group...

December 2004

• Susan Sontag dead at 71 • 'There was something unusually vivid about her writing. That's why even if one disagrees with...

• Must C TV • C-Span C-Span is showing a series of photojournalism seminars and interviews with photographers in the...

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through the Lens • Los Angeles Times staff photojournalist Rick Loomis documented 'key themes,' as the Times put it,...

• Artists with Cameras • They weren't just taking pictures. They were making art....

• Poynter Sports Photo Seminar • With a line up including SI's Bill Frakes and George Washington, St. Petersburg Times' Jack...

• BoP 2005 guidelines posted • It's that time of year again--when all the contests start posting their guidelines. NPPA's Best...

• NY says No, again, to photography • This email was sent out by the NPPA: New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority has revived...

• Congrats are in order • Click here to read the NPPA email about the NY photography ban

• Disposable Heroes • "I was always considered the pretty boy in high school. I was always told I...

• Kids, Cameras, Calcutta • Filmmaker Zana Briski had an idea: to teach photography to a group of children in...

• the language of photography • Joe Elbert talks about how at the Washington Post, he's noticed that pictures fall into...

• more gallery candy • Another inspiring online gallery - check out Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu's work from his book...

• picturing hope • Nearly 14 million children worldwide have been orphaned by AIDS. An exhibition of photographs taken...

• AK is A-OK • The fifth issues of AK47 Magazine is hot. R. Jerome Ferraro was inspired by friends,...

November 2004

• the pursuit of the cliche • Justin Knotzke recently posted a diatribe to the list that hit home with a lot...

• new york changing • Douglas Lavere went back to the places in NYC that Berenice Abbott photographed in the...

• Becoming the Subject • In his winning portfolio, Univ. of North Texas student Rick Gershon proved that the photographer...

• Even Digital Memories Can Fade • "To save a digital file for, let's say, a hundred years is going to take...

• Boots on the Ground • "I CAN'T GET THE BOMBINGS OUT OF MY HEAD. Not just one, but the aftermath...

• cpoy = wow • Just spent all morning pouring over the winning images from this year's College Photographer of...

• wounds of war • Six wounded Florida veterans have their stories told in words and pictures....

• Feeding the Gators • The Miami Herald staff writer David Kidwell addresses the alarm over, and reasons behind, the...

• 100 words and pictures • 10x10 , "100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time," builds a grid of photos...

• SIpictures • As Bob Croslin pointed out in an email this morning: FYI - Sports Illustrated now...

• a nation divided • Red state vs. blue state. Democrat vs. Republican. Rich vs. poor. Immigrant vs. citizen. Urban...

• changes at the top • Photographer Chris Johns to be the new editor-in-chief of National Geographic...

• an homage to signage • Standing in the Streets, Holding Signs is an essay focusing mostly on the signage --...

• the LOVE issue • Issue 09 of Blueeyes Magazine was launched today! This one features a special collaborative group...

October 2004

• the shake-up • And now PDN is hinting at how the shake-up at Corbis may run deeper than...

• Storm Moves On To The Next Adventure • This is an email Brian Storm sent out about his recent departure from Corbis: After...

• paying the ultimate price • Fort Worth Star-Telegram photojournalist Jen Friedberg did a really nice job following the final journey...

• learn your ABCs kids • The Dos and Don'ts of Photography according to Viceland.com....

• another loss • George Silk a photojournalist who spent 30 years with the LIFE magazine, earning fame for...

• shots & thoughts • John Freeman, UF photojournalism professor (and who he describes as the man who "taught me...

• know your rights • "The issue isn't whether we have it or [they have it], it's how they took...

• seri-ously good stuff • I'll call it now, Israeli photographer Ahikiam Seri is going to be one to watch....

• fashion week • Magnum photographers Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin, working in the tradition of photographer Robert Frank...

• Stanley's Summer Tour • If you're not a hockey fan, here's the basic skinny. When a NHL team wins...

• BARNSTORMxvii • In what came to be a celebration of his vision, instead of a memorial of...

• Shuttered • The final issue of 28MM. Thanks Rachel....

• yummy • Would you like something good and juicy to bite into on a Sunday afternoon? Try...

• RIP Richard Avedon • As a follow up to yesterday's post, it's with a heavy heart that we have...

September 2004

• rough month... • Famed photographer Richard Avedon is in critical but stable condition at an undisclosed San Antonio...

• APAD Guru interview • "My greatest accomplishment in photojournalism is simple: every single day someone lets me into their...

• surviving darfur • More than 50,000 people have been killed by violence, hunger and disease in the past...

• apology to the readers • Photographer Gilles Nicolet and National Geographic shame, shame, shame......

• R.I.P. • <moment of silence> It's a sad day in the photo world, when we lose a...

• sears portrait studio 101 • "To commemorate her highschool years as a teenaged runaway. With a bad hat." I found...

• eddie adams is dying • A MESSAGE TO THE NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS: By Dirck Halstead Eddie Adams is dying. Normally,...

• rock n roll • Anyone catch the NPR interview with legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall yesterday? If not, it's...

• top honors • Stephanie Sinclair of Corbis and Olivier Jobard of Sipa won the top two prizes in...

• VII/AP • VII photo stories are coming soon to a paper near you, thanks to a distribution...

• Giving Something Back • Getty Images has announced a new grant program to fund editorial project work via five...

• a different kind of courage • Does it matter that Joachim Ladefoged's images of the Olympics may never see publication in...

• the body politic • Associated Press photojournalist Stephan Savoia is on a mission to find story-telling moments in staged...

August 2004

• photographer detained • When photographers are the ones getting detained and/or arrested, you know things have gotten out...

• on a journey, in a taxi • "People respond to the things that others put their hearts into. And passion is all...

• nighswander resigns • Even though he has vehemently denied all the charges made against him since a former...

• Blasted Camera! • Something one should remember when setting remotes to photograph things that might be too dangerous...

• The Patterson in a Picture • Dallas Morning News photographer Smiley N. Pool had a task about a month ago: photograph...

• A Picture Worth Exactly One Thousand Words • "...The picture is its own argument for hope. A grim, provisional hope, to be sure,...

• HCB tribute • Gerik Parmele pointed out that in a tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the icons...

• Another Hero Leaves Us • Tragically, on the heals of Bresson's death, so quickly we have now lost another hero...

• A Love Affair • By this Sunday it has become painfully obvious, like some young teenage couple sucking face...

• check the AK • The Fourth Issue of AK47 magazine is now online, featuring lots of nice stuff, including...

• Blueeyes Magazine | Issue 08 • Blueeyes Magazine's Issue 08: Roughly titled the (land)scape issue -- the new delivery features two...

• A Light Goes Out • French photographer and documentary hero to 50 years of artists, Henri Cartier-Bresson died on Monday...

• a portrait of greece • The Magnum Photos cooperative set out to capture a portrait of Greece to mark the...

• gearing up for greece • Ever wonder what the big boys and girls pack in their bags when covering huge...

• Bush camp solicits race of Star staffer • President Bush's re-election campaign insisted on knowing the race of an Arizona Daily Star journalist...

July 2004

• a different look at the DNC • As I'm sitting here, multitasking, watching the Democratic National Convention and surfing the internet, I...

• Digital Kids Club • The obvious company has taken the obvious step at getting kids into photography. Adobe, being...

• why i won't renew my membership, pt. 1 • This is a joke, right?! It's amazing how archaic and short-sighted one organization can be...

• Down In Dixie • San Diego Union-Tribune photojournalist Peggy Peattie self-published a book she'd been working on since 1992....

• brazilian photography • I go through phases of what I like in photography. Constantly looking at magazine, books,...

• photopermit • According to Kevin Bjorke, "Professional photojournalists have editors, agencies, and easy means to get press...

• Reuters Hiring Spree • "Reuters will hire roughly 15 new staff photographers in the U.S. in the next several...

• securing the homeland against shutterbugs • "I insisted that I was a photography student and that I had done absolutely nothing...

• Vice Mag Photo Issue • Everyone's favorite dirty magazine Vice has a photo issue. Who knew? Well, probably the cool...

• imagine dying • L.A. Times photographer Rick Loomis could have told what happened that day in Fallouja with...

• polaroid blog • Here's a weblog about Polaroid's branding from the guy who developed it....

• some light reading for the weekend • "The modern photojournalist must be a versatile and adaptable creature full of curiosity and enthusiasm...

• the future • With such a storied yet shaky past, what lies ahead for the future of Magnum?...

• Breaking down the barries, Moving the Walls • What began as a temporary photo exhibit, has morphed into a visual narrative of nearly...

• Turnley to turn up in pages of Harper's • Peter Turnley will have four eight-page photo essays in Harper's Magazine over the next year...

June 2004

• Your under arrest for suspicion of videotaping • It took no more than a week for FBI investigator James P. Wynne to confirm...

• To Click or Not to Click . . . • A friend sent me a pretty cool link tonight from a website called Pix Channel...

• nostalgia • Cary Conover's essay at visual diaries made me nostalgic for the recent past....

• corbis • I spent a lot of time over at the new Corbis Assignment & Representation site...

• B to the O to the B • <thought of the day> I love it when someone i know does a complete site...

• defining the moment • take some time today to check out the defining moments of 2003 as seen by...

• super slide • Gerik Parmele has a super sweet photo column this week about a rainy day on...

• Four years ago "you could • Four years ago "you could never get a table here, photographers were fighting for space,"...

• working in a warzone • It's not the danger he's worried about, it's the sand.... Corbis contract photographer Ben Lowy...

• look into those pretty blueeyes • Issue 7 of Blueeyes Magazine was just published. The issue is roughly focused on minority...

• back to life • So it's official, come October 2004, έLIFE is going to make its debut as a...

• another AK kinda day • Apparently I got in on the tale end of AK47's second issue, because their third...

• He's saved their spirit • "He's basically saved 37 girls lives. He's saved their spirit," New York Times photographer Ruth...

• NYC Picture Protest • "The point is really to make everyday people wake up and realize that photographers are...

• I got to say it was a good day • In case you haven't seen it yet, AK47 is an promising online photography magazine that...

• a photocolumn • From afar it appears an old horse and an old farm with an old silo....

• reflections on urban creatures • Since 1988, Rebecca Norris Webb has been exploring the complicated and vulnerable relationship that exists...

May 2004

• WW II Remembered • This weekend our nation's capital is hosting thousands of veterans who are reuniting for the...

• words as can be as haunting as photographs • St. Pete Times photographer Jamie Francis writes about a jolting awareness that I crossed paths...

• Proposal would ban photography in New York subway • New York City Transit has proposed a ban on "unauthorized photography, filming and videotaping" on...

• Rumsfeld bans camera phone • It's the liberal in me that read this article and thought that banning the things...

• The Speakeasy with Dorian • WFMU, NYC's independent radio station (91.1 FM), has a great interview show called The Speakeasy...

• PDN 2004 Photo Annual Now Online! • One of my favorite issues of PDN should be hitting the news stands in the...

• renΘ burri takes a look back • Rene' Burri takes a look back at his career, and talks about walking away from...

• evidence of brotherhood • "Obviously there's something homosocial about fraternity life, in Sedgwickian sense of the term.έ There is...

• public safety or public nuisance? • either way you might need to watch out for attack firefighters!...

• Baghdad blog on covering war • I'm not sure why it took me so long to catch this, but I came...

• dust to dust • Pulitzer prize winning still photographer David Leeson shot video as well as still pictures during...

• 'Lapse' in judgement for Globe • Editors at the Boston Globe are more than a little red-faced today after the morning...

• It's a lens, baby • Low-fi goodness comes to Nikon and Canon digital SLRs from Lensbabies. Craig Strong "invented the...

• yes, that is a william albert allard on my wall • Ever wanted a National Geographic print on your wall, but couldn't afford it? Now may...

• The end of the professional? • Every modern war has produced its own set of photographic icons and in that specific...

• War Photo Limited • Where can you see images from some of the best war photographers; and buy their...

• Only a "handful" of newspapers run Iraqi prison photos on A1 • "On Saturday, nearly 20 large American newspapers ran Page 1 articles about the Abu Ghraib...

• seeking inspiration • I love looking at people's whose style is so different from my own. People who...

• bringing it back to LIFE • The magazine that brought us many of the great photographs of the 20th century, may...

• Conflict of interest at Getty? • "The race car driver Alex Zanardi's violent crash in 2001. A preseason basketball fistfight between...

• 'Nightline' reads list of dead soldiers • Somewhat related to my immediately previous post, last Friday on ABC's 'Nightline" television program Ted...

• US-Funded Al-Sabah editor quits • The editor-in-chief of the US-funded Iraqi newspaper quit and said yesterday he was taking almost...

• May issue of 28MM • A new 28MM. There goes my lunch hour....

• the gendered newsroom • "There's something broken with the system if almost two-thirds of the people who are studying...

April 2004

• head honcho announced • The New York Times is happy to announce that "our long search for someone who...

• Eddie Adams Workshop Deadline • Just wanted to remind those of you interested in applying for this year's Eddie Adams...

• photos of american dead • the sunday edition of the seattle times published a photo of coffins aboard a military...

• "The Fat Baby" • In this Sunday's NY Times there was a good, though frustratingly short, article on Eugene...

• Speaking of the Constitution... • Bob Herbert reports on a ">seizure of two reporters' recorders executed by U.S. Marshalls on...

• Blending In • Stephanie Sinclair is now covering up, both her body and her identity. A year after...

• 10 years of democracy in South Africa • From the Washington Post, Ten Years of Democracy in South Africa, takes a video look...

• Here and There • Helen Levitt, a consummate street photographer, is assembling a collection of her color photography that...

• Tomato, Tomato, Fallujah, Falluja • The first news I heard about the recent Fallujah attacks was at work, when my...

• "It was a war that I didn't recognize." • The University of Florida has put up four web casts from its third annual Symposium...

• Reuniting the NPPA and POYi • For the last three years there has been a split between the National Press Photographer's...

• More Reaction to Fallujah • Poynter has a rundown of articles about how newspapers treated the gruesome images of the...

• 2004 Pulitzer Winners • Los Angeles Times Photographer, Carolyn Cole, has won the 2004 Pulitzer for feature photography for...

• news designer • A designer at a "metro daily" has a weblog about newspaper design. But the writer...

• live the job • "A lot of people think of work as part of their life and life as...

• the haiti issue • The new issue of Blueeyes Magazine is online. This special project covers more than a...

March 2004

• Disposable Truth • Thanks to Melissa for letting me on board. Hopefully the quality of the APAD blog...

• digital manifesto • "We have come to a great divide, a fork in the river. Now we face...

• Through a Lens Darkly: Photographs of Rural Iowa • "Often I just pick a town on the map and take a wandering approach to...

• The Subway at 100 • Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson talks about his subway work as part of the New York...

• Zines of Note • After a holiday break, a move, and a long period of editing, re-editing, and waiting...

• and the winner is... • Judging for the Best of Photography Contest is underway. The winners of the NPPA contest...

• IWPR Gallery • For all you gallery geeks, I was surfing back to some websites I haven't visited...

• the untitled project • The Untitled Project is a series of photographs of urban settings accompanied by a graphical...

• Police detain photographer while attempting to take his cameras • When gunshots shattered the midmorning quiet Thursday in a south Redding neighborhood, Record Searchlight photographer...

• NYTimes DOP candidates • According to Photo District News, look who the NYT is considering for their new DOP......

• 16,183 images in six hours • A technical look at Sports Illustrated's work-flow for Super Bowl XXXVIII. "I've never seen so...

• Santa Fe Workshops • The Santa Fe Center for Photography just announced its award-winners for two of its annual...

• UNDER THE RADAR • For those of you who may have missed it, Untitled Magazine did publish a new...

• DEADLINE EXTENDED • Communication Arts has extended their deadline for call for entries into the Photography Annual 45...

• Seok to be released tomorrow • South Korean photographer Jae-Hyun Seok is finally going to be released after over a year...

• Calling all gearheads • Say it isn't so... Epson and Cosina unveiled their R-D1 digital rangefinder camera at this...

• PHOTO PORTALS • Several photography 'portals' have been doing some great work in collecting and promoting some really...

• Lowy on a High • Props to APAD's own Ben Lowy for making it onto this year's PDN 30....

• A lucky Laughlin • "I feel lucky, very lucky" That's what A Photo A Day member and South Florida...

• For the first time, The • For the first time, The Alexia Foundation for World Peace gave two professional awards, as...

• when images are too powerful • "Same-sex kissing is a powerful image. We decided we wouldn't use it on the front...

• POYi winners announced • Congratulations to all the POYi winners, including some of APAD's own: Chris Curry, Rob Finch,...

• A news photographer helped police • A news photographer helped police persuade an escaped mental-hospital patient to climb down from a...

• "Ladies and gentlemen, we have • "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just been attacked!" should journalists in iraq carry guns?...

• Shoot the PGA tour in • Shoot the PGA tour in Florida with Sport Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss. Discover the back...

February 2004

• Financial Times reports that Reuters • Financial Times reports that Reuters and Corbis are forming an alliance to better compete with...

• Posing the endlessly fascinating question • Posing the endlessly fascinating question of how we choose our partners, I give you, Magnum...

• WWHCBD? • When Rob Finch posed the question to the list,"What would Henri Cartier-Bresson say?" I wasn't...

• "I'm horrified," said Ken Light, • "I'm horrified," said Ken Light, 52, head of the graduate photojournalism program at the University...

• congratulations to all the world • congratulations to all the world press winners!...

• the digital m??? no.... • the digital m??? no.......

• "In my work I really • "In my work I really want to show how obesity needs to be treated as...

• There are some amazing images • There are some amazing images ranging from the effects of the Iraq war on the...

• Walter Iooss Jr. is one • Walter Iooss Jr. is one of 5 photographers that has shot every Superbowl, and for...

January 2004

• Luc Delahaye is not a • Luc Delahaye is not a photojournalist....

• poorly mismanaged in both funds • poorly mismanaged in both funds and leadership, the NPPA has been having some issues for...

• I like photography books and • I like photography books and one of my favorite books sites on the Web is...

• "We want to change the • "We want to change the perception of VII as only war photographers," Maurel says. "They...

• never step between photographers and • never step between photographers and ice cream...

• obit: helmut newton, a trailblazer • obit: helmut newton, a trailblazer in the fashion photography world, known for exploring power, gender...

• The NFL is still trying • The NFL is still trying to find an agency to handle licensing of its photo...

• Walter Iooss has a website!It • Walter Iooss has a website!It amazes me that some photogs don't know Iooss' work. Whatever...

• D A V I D • D A V I D * L A C H A P E L L...

• PDN/Nikon Self-Promotion Awards have been • PDN/Nikon Self-Promotion Awards have been announced....

• The Decline of Fashion Photography • The Decline of Fashion Photography - critical analysis of what's wrong with modern fashion imagery....

• PDN is now having a • PDN is now having a call to entries for their 2004 photo annual. and for...

• there was some absolutely amazing • there was some absolutely amazing work posted on aphotoaday.org in 2003, so in case you...

• "Between July 1945 and November • "Between July 1945 and November 1962 the United States conducted 216 nuclear tests. After the...

December 2003

• two interesting articles concerning the • two interesting articles concerning the radically shifing notion of sharing ideas: righting copywrongs and undermining...

• "Sales of digital cameras surpassed • "Sales of digital cameras surpassed those of film cameras for the first time last year,...

• In a stunning rejection of • In a stunning rejection of the Greenberg v. National Geographic decision, a federal District Court...

• the first of 2003's "Year • the first of 2003's "Year in Pictures" are popping up across the web. I'm always...

• a repressive embarrassment indeed. since • a repressive embarrassment indeed. since when did foreign journalists become enemies of the state and...

• Nachtwey update • PDNonline has an update story on James Nachtwey. "Fellow VII photographer Chris Anderson says two...

• foto8 is great • foto8 online journal has four new photo essays. "The Four Seasons in Moscow" by Julien...

• Nachtwey injured in Iraq • The Associated Press is reporting that James Nachtwey and a Time magazine senior correspondent were...

• spoon me • A lot of arty and some of it naughty SPOON is eye candy and fun...

• the life of a photographer • through some random link hopping i somehow stumbled across the university of texas' cool career...

• truth • "if you like looking at these photos, you're crazy and you need a doctor. but...

• the great picture hunt • Seemingly coveted by newspaper photographers everywhere The Great Picture Hunt by Dave LaBelle has been...

• Mission Accomplished • During what he expected to be an uneventful holiday in Waco, freelance photojournalist Chris Usher...

• congratulations to all of the • congratulations to all of the winners in this year's atlanta photojournalism competition....

• in haiti: the eroding nation, • in haiti: the eroding nation, south florida sun-sentinel photographer mike stocker visually explores how the...

• loretta rae presented the listserv • loretta rae presented the listserv members with a challenge she wanted to pick a word,...

• "if you are an assignment • "if you are an assignment or freelance photographer, congratulations because you are on the road...

• Another non-photoj post from me • Another non-photoj post from me but wanted to share that on Fridayνs one of my...

• Phoography Channel Dot TV • the photography channel uses a series of interviews with photographers to narrate running slide shows...

• Stop Motion Studies • Although this site isn't photojournalism, photojournalists do study and observe people and their body language....

• some photographers you should get • some photographers you should get to know (the work of): damon winter allison v. smith...

November 2003

• wichita (kansas) eagle photographer travis • wichita (kansas) eagle photographer travis heying recently spent 67 days in a iraq. a sample...

• there's a lot of community • there's a lot of community involvment/enrichment/activism through photography out there. people are beginning to grasp...

• "since 1986, bradley clift has • "since 1986, bradley clift has explored suburban drug addiction, the lure of children and drugs...

• Eastman Kodak, one of the • Eastman Kodak, one of the oldest names in the photo business, is in the process...

• congrats to all of this • congrats to all of this year's CPOY winners!...

• photography is expensive. no doubt. • photography is expensive. no doubt. but there are some ways to take cheap and cool...

• On further coment to Melissa's • On further coment to Melissa's post below, Pedro Meyer, the author who is sticking up...

• in defense of patrick schneider • in defense of patrick schneider offers up the other side of the debate about one...

• E & P winners • Editor and Publisher has posted the winning images from their "Photos of the Year Contest."...

• There's a new issue of • There's a new issue of Blueeyes Magazine online, and in it are two essays about...

• Photographer Tomas van Houtryve posted • Photographer Tomas van Houtryve posted a pretty comprehensive "Safety Manifesto" to the list in response...

October 2003

• Doubletake is... Dead • "We haven't always been clear about what our mission is. we haven't always been clear...

• America 24/7 • During the week of May 12-18, 2003, America 24/7 invited everyone in America with a...

• a new show at the • a new show at the icp called strangers "leaves traditional quick-draw photography behind, and moves...

• in need of some inspiration • in need of some inspiration and motivation. try swooping into a place, unknown. and working...

• helmut newton: edgy • helmut newton: edgy...

• get out your i-zones, your • get out your i-zones, your pinholes, your dianas... as scott macdonald pointed out on the...

• it's not often that a • it's not often that a college gets big name photographers like sam abell, karen kasmauski...

• The winning photo essays for • The winning photo essays for the the 2003 FiftyCrows International Fund for Documentary Photography are...

• from ebay: rare chance to • from ebay: rare chance to own your own photographer...

• ..."as photos on news sites • ..."as photos on news sites gain in popularity, and users gain the power to add...

• Aging In America • for eight years, photographer ed kashi has been photographing aging in america, in his latest...

• $5,000 for your education! The • $5,000 for your education! The Ron Patel Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for 2004....

• A Barnstormin' Good Time • Looks like the kids up at barnstorm had a blast. I can't wait to see...

• cindy sherman talks about a • cindy sherman talks about a "perfectly ambiguous picture."...

• Parke Harrison • I love finding out about new photographers, especially ones with dreamy, dreamy images....

• Negotiating contracts has never been • Negotiating contracts has never been easy for freelance photographers. But here comes the The Independent...

September 2003

• it's a tough question somedays, • it's a tough question somedays, but one worth considering. so, "what motivates you to get...

• i just stumbled across the • i just stumbled across the work of simon norfolk. and i'm as intrigued by his...

• i came across a list • i came across a list of the top 100 works of journalism in the u.s....

• Love, Death and Life • Tying in niceley with yesterday's blog, "Overnight, [Sallie] Mann was tossed into the strange ranks...

• "Mae West hated the pictures,'' • "Mae West hated the pictures,'' Allan Arbus recalls. ''Because they were truthful.'' ''What's left after...

• "For example, one 20-year-old college • "For example, one 20-year-old college student snaps several pictures a day with her camera phone:...

• Esquire Magazine examines one of • Esquire Magazine examines one of the most remembered and most controversial pictures from the September...

• blueeyes magazine was published today, • blueeyes magazine was published today, in remembrance of 9/11. this issue was a special collaborative...

• david hume kennerly has teamed • david hume kennerly has teamed up with gateway to put a new gateway t-50 five-megapixel...

• reporters without borders recently published • reporters without borders recently published the first worldwide press freedom index. at the top of...

• acclaimed brazilian photojournalist sebastiao salgado • acclaimed brazilian photojournalist sebastiao salgado recently announced that he is about begin a new ten-year...

• this month's national geographic just • this month's national geographic just arrived, and in it, is all sorts of visual goodness....

August 2003

• for those who are into • for those who are into the technical side of things, here's a very detailed breakdown...

• My favorite magazine came in • My favorite magazine came in the mail the other day. So I checked out their...

• PixelPress has a few new • PixelPress has a few new essays worth a look. Although shocking at first glance "The...

• "you have to be true • "you have to be true to the reader about what you witnessed."...

• 11 million negatives, prints, slides • 11 million negatives, prints, slides -- a cache that represents a culturally significant chunk of...

• Yesterday I sunk to a • Yesterday I sunk to a new level and watched μJackass The Movie.ξ So to replace...

• I can't explain how angry • I can't explain how angry this makes me, for a variety of reasons. More PJ...

• ""The purpose of journalism is • ""The purpose of journalism is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." -- H.L....

• "I sat down, glassy-eyed and • "I sat down, glassy-eyed and dazed. But they had no sympathy, only scorn. "You see...

• can i please express my • can i please express my displeasure with this: Yahoo! Groups will continue to deliver all...

• came across this online magazine • came across this online magazine today that focuses on the diversity of cultures on the...

• Images and results from the • Images and results from the Nebraska News Photographers Association 2002 POY contest are online! You...

• as the email alerting me • as the email alerting me to these pics said, "hardcore kids in the ukraine sniffing...

July 2003

• seven months after the taliban • seven months after the taliban fell, afghans are still adapting to the newness of liberty....

• Les Enfants du Monde • Les Enfants du Monde is an opportunity to own and view photography by some...

• The Rough Guide to Iraq • The Rough Guide to Iraq is a first person account of being a unilateral journalist...

• "i couldn't help but feel • "i couldn't help but feel sorry for them, huddling together with their faces and hands...

• here's a massive project from • here's a massive project from the washington post. the u.s.-led invasion of iraq was one...

• from an email i received. • from an email i received. it's definitely worth your time... I'm happy to announce the...

• "...but, like, right now, they • "...but, like, right now, they just want to rock."...

June 2003

• PDN's 2003 photo annual has • PDN's 2003 photo annual has some seriously kick ass work from all the realms of...

• "hide and seek? hide where?" • "hide and seek? hide where?" i asked myself. "it's an empty gym and there's nowhere...

• magnum photographer constantine manos was • magnum photographer constantine manos was awarded the 2003 leica medal of excellence award this week...

• the nocturnes is a web • the nocturnes is a web site devoted to night-time photography, and it goes to prove...

• 800 pixels wide, 600 pixels • 800 pixels wide, 600 pixels high, 64 pictures, 1 subject . . . The 800x600...

• finally... the archives are current. • finally... the archives are current....

• Gerik's baby • Photocolumn is rocking these days. I swear, i closed my eyes for two seconds, and...

• AIDS in South Florida • AIDS in South Florida...

• witness to war is a • witness to war is a neat flashy, narrated recap of my buddy hilda perez's time...

• one of the first aphotoaday • one of the first aphotoaday members has finally gotten off his arse to tackle the...

• "Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and • "Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired...

• Harbutt fired • According to a post on the Editorial Photographer's Listserve, Newsweek Magazine's DOP Sarah Harbutt, daughter...

• our friends over at blueeyes • our friends over at blueeyes have just published issue 2. yummy....

May 2003

• "The right to take photographs • "The right to take photographs is now under assault more than ever. People are being...

• james nachtwey has won a • james nachtwey has won a $500,000 Dan David prize. "The financial prize is substantial and...

• phototag is a non-profit for-fun • phototag is a non-profit for-fun joint venture. it's also a community photography project retrofitting cheap...

• Life v3.0 - Life magazine • Life v3.0 - Life magazine is coming back to . . . well . ....

• finally! the images are up. • finally! the images are up....

• the book isn't ready, but • The book isn't ready, but here is a sampling of work from eddie adams xv....

• there's been some great discussion • there's been some great discussion on the listserv recently that all started when new kid...

• "I've tweaked pictures before - • "I've tweaked pictures before - taken out a phone pole. Itνs not a common practice,...

• the loudspeaker cracks through the • the loudspeaker cracks through the cool air with the words, "girls pole-vault, report!"... the girls...

• i know it's been a • i know it's been a while since the last visual update 'round here... but just...

• kevin sites, cnn correspondent in • kevin sites, cnn correspondent in iraq, has been asked to suspend his blogging activities. his...

• photocolumn • "am I alive or thoughts that drift away? does summer come for everyone? can humans...

April 2003

• don't forget the classics. i • don't forget the classics. i hope that many of my friends live this long and...

• nachtwey on the web • duh. and by that i mean wow. i didn't realize nachtwey had his own website,...

• matthew smolinsky's korean portfolio: part • matthew smolinsky's korean portfolio: part one is up over at visual diaries. and it's just...

• to all those photo friends • to all those photo friends in the midwest: Spend an evening with James Nachtwey, Tuesday,...

• "Getty Images staff photographer Paula • "Getty Images staff photographer Paula Bronstein recently left Kuwait following a "nonvoluntary disembedment"--the same sort...

• this sunday is world pinhole • this sunday is world pinhole photography day. it was established to allow people to take...

• as the email alerting me • as the email alerting me to this said, "to say i was a little shocked...

• the degree confluence project has • the degree confluence project has the lofty goal of visiting each of the latitude and...

• "The overstimulation of television journalism • "The overstimulation of television journalism covering Iraqi Freedom has produced a resurgence of interest in...

• "I became a photojournalist because • "I became a photojournalist because photography has this great potential to take a horrible image...

• "I think the issue that • "I think the issue that you face when you raise that camera is how do...

• thats right... the Eddie Adams • thats right... the Eddie Adams Workshop is coming again, and the deadline for applications has...

• "We create war and war • "We create war and war creates images; but in our choices of what to show,...

• If your eyes are needing • If your eyes are needing relief from images of war I would suggest checking out...

• eight dark days in an • eight dark days in an iraqi prison...

• Doing a nice job in • Doing a nice job in supplying the world with multimedia content, the washingtonpost.com compiles a...

• things have been a little • things have been a little crazy in the photo world, as we are inundated with...

• <editorial bitchiness> this is enough • <editorial bitchiness> this is enough to get me all riled up, for the second year...

• here are some pretty amazing • here are some pretty amazing images of war....

• more on walski: here's how • more on walski: here's how he did it...

• 11 journalists die in 21 • 11 journalists die in 21 days of war and only 20 journalists died in all...

• maybe you missed it, because • maybe you missed it, because they hid it very well but poynter has the BOP...

• getty and afp team up • getty and afp team up to take over the world....

• oh the stories they can • oh the stories they can tell... or as the email to me so noted, it's...

• BOP winners are up! special • BOP winners are up! special congrats to APADer stephanie cordle who had the 3rd place...

• from the nppa website: Winners • from the nppa website: Winners of the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism 2003...

• more on brian walski, including • more on brian walski, including excerpts from his 214-word apology that he wrote to his...

• When Cindy Brown asked the • When Cindy Brown asked the rest of the listserv, "What makes someone think a little...

• travis fox at the washington • travis fox at the washington post has apparently hauled a 360 degree panoramic camera all...

• good news! the missing newsday • good news! the missing newsday journalists have been found: "The two had been missing since...

• THIS might be as close • THIS might be as close as you ever get to a day in the life...

March 2003

• congrats to all of the • congrats to all of the southern short course winners. and specifically to fellow APADers: Jason...

• Each day as the earth • Each day as the earth revolves toward sunrise members of a select human species awaken...

• here's a very cool interactive • here's a very cool interactive map that tracks where journalists are in iraq. [thank you...

• it can all be summed • it can all be summed up in one word -- passion....

• thanks to an email from • thanks to an email from the newark star-ledger's aristide economopoulos, i was reminded to check...

• why cnn left baghdad: 'We • why cnn left baghdad: 'We didn't want to push our luck'...

• there's good stuff on the • there's good stuff on the web coming from st. petersburg times photographer john pendygraft. he's...

• war photogs • I was just looking at VII's special report on the iraqi crisis and Magnum's iraq...

• in case you were wondering • in case you were wondering which papers are the ones people WANT to work for,...

• here's an interesting article about • here's an interesting article about who's staying and whose leaving iraq. and why....

• in need of some inspiration? • in need of some inspiration? the folks at poy have finally put up the winning...

• there's a great new home • there's a great new home for documentary storytelling on the web that was launched today...

• "This moment in time the • "This moment in time the whole game was before them, thought out in their head....

• check out a few new • check out a few new galleries now gracing the aphotoaday site: michael william banks, alex...

• "Take a look at photographer • "Take a look at photographer and location lighting guru Neil Turner's site. It's full of...

• Fascinating look at photographer Martin • Fascinating look at photographer Martin Schoeller's recent shoot for Outside Mag's Sherpas of Mount Everest...

• pdn's 30 photographers to watch • pdn's 30 photographers to watch for 2003....

• a stunning showcase of • a stunning showcase of street photography. take a look around the galleries, but if...

• Winners of the 60th annual • Winners of the 60th annual POYi awards were announced today....

• meet two changed women, linda • meet two changed women, linda and sally....

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