Articles | November 2012
Some interesting articles and reviews from the past two months.
Afghan policemen patrol during an operation near the border with Pakistan ©
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Observer: : The Month in Photography | The Observer New Review’s monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books
Sara Hussein: Tweeting from the front line (AFP blog)
Freelance photographer Phil Moore has been filing great work for AFP from Kivu region in Democratic Republic of Congo (I’ll share links to some of the work later this week)… Was fascinating to read about his experiences working in DRC on the AFP’s Correspondent blog…
Photo © Phil Moore / AFP
Phil Moore: ‘I love you very much, that is why we are here’ | Phil Moore on working in DRC
Robert King on working in Syria…
Photo © Robert King
Vice: The Man Who Was There | Robert King has been covering the FSA so long they named him ‘Haji Memphis’
Why we need war correspondents.
Terry Anderson: Running Toward Danger | ‘Why the world still needs war correspondents.’
New York Times: Using War as Cover to Target Journalists
WaPo and NYT public editors on ‘controversial’ Gaza photos…
Washington Post: Photo of dead baby in Gaza holds part of the ‘truth’
New York Times: Photo Caption Should Have Been Better. But ‘Orwellian’? No. | NYT’s Public Editor defends Tyler Hicks’s Gaza photo caption.
Not your average war correspondent… crazy story…
Sunil Patel: I Went to Syria to Learn How to Be a Journalist…And Failed Miserably At It While Almost Dying A Bunch of Times (Vice)
“Attack—Eastern Front WWII,” 1941, © Dimitri Baltermants, Russian, born Poland, 1912-1990.
PDN: War Correspondence | ‘This month the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will open an exhibition that promises to change the way photographs of war are seen, understood and written about.’
FT: War and Peace
Lightbox: War/Photography by Geoff Dyer
Lightbox: This Means War: A Look at Conflict Photography
Telegraph: The unique advantage of female war reporters in Muslim countries
Wired: HBO’s Witness Goes Inside the Pulse-Pounding World of Conflict Photographers
Fast Company: HBO’s “Witness” Looks At The World’s Deadliest Places Through The Lens of Photojournalists
Photo © Sara Terry
Lens blog: Coming to Terms With the Legacy of War | The Aftermath Project, Putting Together Its Fifth Book
Wired: War Reporters Train in the Bronx, Complete With Blood, Smoke and Gunfire
Cover photo © Ben Lowy
Forbes: Why Time Magazine Used Instagram To Cover Hurricane Sandy
Kenneth Jarecke: Instagram, the Devil, and You (photographer’s blog)
Kenneth Jarecke: Great Job, You’re Fired (photographer’s blog)
Fast Company: An Intimate Portrait Of Innovation, Risk, And Failure Through Hipstamatic’s Lens
Jon Levy: Foto8 is Leaving Home
Five interesting articles from Guardian’s 80 page supplement ‘Photography Masterclass’ from a week or so ago…
Photo © Antonio Olmos
Antonio Olmos: Street Photography (Guardian) ‘Trust your instincts, be brave and alert to every possibility and wear sensible shoes – all that pavement pounding will pay off eventually …’
Martin Argles: Photojournalism (Guardian) Even as technology advances, the role of the photojournalist will remain the same: to expand our awareness of the world
Suki Dhanda: Portrait photography (Guardian) |A powerful portrait must connect the viewer to the subject. Beyond technique and timing, observation and empathy are vita
Eamonn McCabe: Landscape photography (Guardian)| Good landscape photography does not require epic surroundings – beauty can be found on your doorstep if your eyes are open to it
Guardian: Photography: an ever-evolving art form | Our photography critic examines the changing landscape of a thriving medium
Petapixel: Photojournalists Reflect on Documenting Obama’s Reelection Campaign
Wired: Photographs Are No Longer Things, They’re Experiences
Business Insider: Photographers Will Soon Be The Most Valuable People In The News Room
Lens blog: An Inside View on Documentary Stories
David Campbell: Thinking Images v.25: The politics of the individual against the white backdrop (David Campbell’s blog)
Guardian: Magnum Revolution – review | ‘Magnum photographers provide a compelling visual record of violent uprising from Budapest 1956 to the Arab spring’
Evening Standard: Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present
Guardian: Photography: is it art? | | ‘From the earliest days of photography, practitioners took their inspiration from paintings. But as a new exhibition at London’s National Gallery shows, the link went both ways’
Guardian: Light from the Middle East offers a true reflection of a complex region | ‘A new exhibition at London’s V&A offers insights from within cultures that are more often photographed and reported from the outside’
Harlem, New York, 1947 © Henri Cartier-Bresson
Guardian: Henri Cartier-Bresson: who can beat the master of monochrome? | ‘An exciting new London exhibition pits Henri Cartier-Bresson, famous for eschewing colour in his photography, against some of the best colour photographers of our time’
ABC News: AP Photographer Walt Zeboski Dies at Age 83
Petapixel: Canadian Photogs Now Officially Own the Copyright to All of Their Photos
Guardian: Enrique Metinides: photographing the dead for Mexico’s ‘bloody news’
PDN: Photographers on Their Favorite Image from Robert Frank’s The Americans
Lightbox: The Americans List: A Salute to Robert Frank
PDN: 8 Dos and Don’ts for Crowd-Funding Campaigns
PDN: How to Survive and Conquer Portfolio Reviews
ADWeek: Time Moves to Responsive Design
BJP: Kodak releases iPhone app for professional film photographers
BJP: Inaugural Photoreporter festival finances photographers
Forbes: Do Not Trust This Joel Sternfeld Photograph
Photo Brigade: Holiday Photo Gift Guide 2012
Visual Culture Blog: London Photography Map
Guardian: The best photography websites, publications and galleries
Lens blog: An Outsider’s Life in Pictures and Boxes | The Still Unfolding Legend Vivian Maier
© Doug Ricard
Lightbox: Street View and Beyond: Google’s Influence on Photography
Lightbox: From Photography to Film: Stanley Kubrick Enters the Ring
Lightbox: The Bechers on Display at Paris Photo
LA Observed: LA Times wins $266,000 from photographer David Strick
Telegraph: Portraits of a woman | ‘What makes a portrait of a woman unforgettable? We asked eight leading female photographers to identify their favourite.’
BBC: Photographer Dody Weston Thompson dies aged 89
Art Daily: Phillips de Pury & Company announces highlights from its London November Photographs Auction
