Wednesday 16 November 2011
Features and Essays
Some interesting features from the upcoming National Geographic Magazine’s December issue…
David Guttenfelder: Japan’s Nuclear Refugees (NGM)
photo: Chia Ming Chien
Various photographers: The City Solution (NGM)
Jim Richardson: King James Bible (NGM)
A lot of people raving about this last week online…
Seamus Murphy: A Darkness Visible | Afghanistan (MediaStorm)
Beautiful photos by Getty’s Daniel Berehulak from the Sonepur Mela fair in India…
Daniel Berehulak: The Sonepur Mela (TIME) India
This week’s TIME US edition cover story…
Peter van Agtmael: An Army Apart (Lightbox)
I wished I had received the US edition as opposed to Time Europe with Platon’s smirking Berlusconi…
Noticed van Agtmael’s cover is a crop of one of the frames seen in the Ligthbox slideshow…
Magnum photographers: Paris in Winter (Newsweek)
Adam Dean has the cover of Newsweek International this week with a portrait of Ai Weiwei…slideshow on the magazine’s website…
Adam Dean : Ai Weiwei (Newsweek)
Nicolas Righetti: Syria: Posters of Bashar al-Assad (Newsweek)
Ed Ou: Syrian Refugees in Turkey (NYT)
Ed Ou: Somali-Kenyan Border (Polka) multimedia
Andrea Bruce: Leaving Camp Victory in Baghdad (NYT)
Definitely worth checking out…This year’s Joop Swart Masterclass participants’ projects…
2011 Joop Swart Masterclass galleries (World Press Photo)
Sanjit Das: The End of Splendid Isolation? (Panos) Bhutan
Ivor Prickett: Free Libya (Panos)
Zed Nelson: South Sudan (Guardian)
From VII…
Adam Ferguson: Looking Home, At War (VII) Same in VII Magazine
Jocelyn Bain Hogg: The Family (VII)
Ed Kashi: America’s Uninsured (VII)
Ed Kashi: Ze Peixe: A Life at Sea VII)
Sim Chi Yin: China’s Rat Tribe (VII)
Donna Ferrato: Domestic Abuse (NYT Lens) Ferrato’s website
Alessandra Sanguinetti: The Sixth Day (Photo Booth)
Peter Hapak: The Art of War: Honoring the Fallen for a Lifetime (Lightbox) Hapak’s website
Chantal Heijnen: Bronxites (NYT Lens) Heijnen’s website
August Bradley: Portraits of 99 from Occupy Wall Street (NYT Lens) Bradley’s project’s website
Brian David Steven: War veterans (BBC)
Adam Amengual: Leaving the Life: Portraits of Former Gang Members (Lightbox)
Fredrik Naumann: Return to Utøya (Panos)
Mario Tama: Nascar (CNN photo blog)
Jesse Burke: Deer Stands (Lightbox)
Tiana Markova-Gold: Prostitution in Morocco (Lightbox) Markova-Gold’s website
Martina Bagicalupo: One woman’s story of surviving 20 years of conflict in Uganda (MSNBC)
Paolo Woods: The Land of Prophets (Institute)
Shelby Lee Adams: Of Kentucky (NYT)
Danny Wilcox Frazier: South Dakota’s Badlands (MSNBC)
Matt Eich: Hunting Alligators in Louisiana (MSNBC)
Abbas: Kolkata (Magnum)
Greg Brown: Aerial Photos of Ground Zero (NYT Lens)
Kim Badawi: Gaza Stripper (Stern) You can see the full set at Reportage site
Patrick Farrell: Haitian Black Gold (ZReportage)
Narciso Contreras: Little Burma (ZReportage)
Ali Arkady: The Day Labourers in Northern Iraq (Foto8)
Wendy Marijnissen: Because I’m a Girl : Rape in Pakistan (Photographer’s Vimeo)
Misha Friedman: An Invisible Epidemic (PDN Photo of the Day)
Interviews and Talks
Christopher Anderson at the 2011 World Press Photo Masterclass (World Press Photo)
Sebastiao Salgado (CPN)
David Guttenfelder : Outside the Frame: Rare chance to see inside Fukushima (MSNBC) Related by Guttenfelder: Inside Fukushima (Guardian) | AP photographer Guttenfelder’s website
Don McCullin on Social Documentary Photography (Vimeo)
Ben Lowy (Photo Booth)
Ed Kashi : What is Photojournalism (Kashi blog)
Andrew Hetherington: The day I photographed the great Joe Frazier (WTJ?)
Huge congratulations to Antonio Bolfo for becoming fully represented Getty Reportage photographer last week!
Antonio Bolfo : Attending Joop Swart Masterclass (Getty Reportage Tumblr)
Susan Seubert (Youtube)
Martina Bagicalupo (MSNBC)
KC Ortiz (Juxtapoz)
Kate Peters (The SIP)
Tessa Bunney (e-photoreview)
Articles
The month in photography…
photo: George Georgiou
Guardian: The Month in Photography | The Observer New Review’s monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books, featuring Josef Koudelka, Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Helmut Newton, Terry Richardson and Walker Evans.
photo: Chris Hondros
Peter Beaumont: Reporting Libya: freelance coverage, full-time dangers (Guardian)
Clare Morgana Gillis: What I Lost in Libya (The Atlantic)
The Atlantic: ‘Under Fire’: a new documentary shows that war is hell for journalists
David Campbell: The elusive enemy: Looking back at the “war on terror’s” visual culture
BagNewsNotes: Tents: The Overarching Symbol of Occupy (BNN)
The Atlantic: CNN Photojournalists Lose Jobs to Cheaper, Better Cameras
photo: William Eggleston
Guardian: Paris Photo 2011 – in pictures
Lightbox: Paris Photo 2011 Spotlights Sub-Saharan Africa
BJP: New festival to offer grants to photographers
WSJ: How an Image Becomes an Icon
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize winner annouced and exhibition opened….
photo: Jooney Woodward
Guardian: Taylor Wessing portrait prize: another animal, another girl with red hair | Was Jooney Woodward’s shot of a red-head holding a guinea pig really the best of the 6,000 entries? And what makes her think it’s an ‘unsettling’ work
Evening Standard: Taylor Wessing exhibition review
photos: Pete Marlow
Telegraph: Magnum Contact Sheets book reviewed
Lightbox: The Singular Approach: Chien-Chi Chang’s Contact Sheet Chronicle
BBC: Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II sets photo record
PDN: Gursky’s Print Goes for $4.5 Million, Observers Say: Huh? | Related: Nick Turpin blog: Value Added?
Joerg Colberg: How much are photographs worth?
PDN: Ad Banned in UK for Showing Super Skinny Model
Guardian: Photographer David Trood’s Best Shot
Verve: Corentin Fohlen
Verve: Beth Yarnelle Edwards
Chicago Tribune: iPad Apps for Photojournalists – Tuesday Tips
multiMedia, Apps, and Publications
The Condition One App : Features in NYT Lens | Lightbox | BJP
Jason Larkin has transformed his project Cairo Divided into a free 32 page newsprint publication…I picked up a copy from Jason himself last week at the World Press Photo exhibition opening here in London…do go order one…
Cairo Divided : Project website
Between Land : Project website
Awards, Grants, Competitions, and Exhibition opportunities
Magenta Flash Forward 2012 submissions open
The Street Photography Awards 2012
International Festival of Photojournalism calling for entries
Brad Vest Named College Photographer Of The Year (NPPA)
PhotoPhilanthropy – Student Grant Round 5
An opportunity for young Asian photographers…
Scholarship for Diploma in Photojournalism run by the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University (ACFJ) : The deadline is on Friday, 10 February 2012.
One Shot: The City – Intl Photo Awards
Crowdfunding, Initiatives, and Causes
Fancy Alec Soth taking your portrait? You do need deep pockets, mind…
eBay – An opportunity to purchase a portrait session with Alec Soth : Proceeds go to a charitable cause
PhotoVoice Auction 2011 Preview Exhibition : A preview exhibition of prints in the PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs 2011 : Monday 14th – Friday 18th Nov : 11am-6pm, late night Thursday to 7.30pm Venue: La Galleria Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London, SW1Y 4UY v
Events and Exhibitions
A Photo says 1000 Words? The Ethics of Photojournalism : 23 November 2011 : Southbank Centre : London
A Desperate Journey by Antonio Olmos : Jersey Arts Centre : Mon 14 Nov 2011 to Sat 26 Nov 2011 | more info
Workshops and Education
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2012 : Thailand : July 29 – August 4 : Info: Eric Beecroft, the co-founder of the Foundry Photojournalism Workshops, has just announced that it was ready to accept early registrations ($100 deposit, non refundable, and deducted from the total tuition amount) until January 15, 2012. Early registration guarantees a spot and precedence in the choice of instructor. The 2012 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop will be held in North Thailand from July 29- August 4, 2012. For regional students (South Asia– India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet and South East Asia-Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Phillippines, Laos, Cambodia,Indonesia, Malaysia) the tuition is $475. For all others it is $975 US dollars. Payment is via Paypal.
MA program in Photojournalism at the Mid-Sweden University : Starts 2012
Agencies and Collectives
Photographers
To finish off… This week’s stunning video… earth seen from above
