SportsShooter.com has announced the winners of its annual contest. There was a tie between Juan Villa and Donald Miralle for the top prize. Looks like students did well this year, winning in several of the professional categories.
Here’s an interesting piece from Radio Netherlands that has the photographers disecting their pictures.
As a technical note, there isn’t a pause button, so if you click "stop audio," you’ll have to start from the beginning to resume play.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ordered an airfield be shut down to prohibit viewing of coffins returning from Afghanistan. The PM says the ban will be permanent.
UPDATE: Here are a couple hundred more related articles from Google News
Here’s a spectacular example of creative journalistic storytelling. How many times have we read about the president making a stop at Someplace, USA and been bored out of our minds before we finish the third paragraph. Las Vegas has a bit different style than most places, and their newspaper has embraced it here. I guarantee you read this one to the end. Tiffany Brown did a great job of getting unique photos to illustrate the story.
*Note that multiple photos are linked from the top of the story.
This story from MSNBC.com purports that when the 1906 San Fran earthquake hit, droves of citizens took to the streets with their Brownie cameras documenting the destruction. I will not dispute that claim. I’ve seen lots of photos from lots of different angles. It was a well-documented event.
What I dispute is the moniker of "photojournalist" being applied to these folks. The article repeatedly calls them citizen photojournalists. Did they all have formal journalism training? Doubtful. Did they all work for a news publication? Probably not. So, MSNBC, what makes these curious citizens photojournalists?
It seems to me they’re just people taking pictures. Plain and simple.
This whole buzz of citizen journalism frequently fails to recognize the fact that there is more to journalism than being at a news event. Calling these citizens "photojournalists" or even "journalists" dilutes the journalism profession.
I’m not arguing the importance of citizens in the media. I am very interested in publications like Backfence or YourHub, but I think there needs to be a distinction between working journalists and observant citizens.
This is a very moving site that gives proof to the power of photography. This group of photographers donates their time to take pictures of families about to lose a child. The families say these photos provide comfort in their time of bereavement.
While not overtly photojournalistic, this entry touches on the basis for all pictures - light. I just stumbled upon Canon Science Lab. It’s an amazing resource for explaining what light is, how it is produced and how cameras record it. I was especially intrigued about the section titled, "Light and Its Future." I thought to myself, "The future of light?" It’s been around forever, but apparently we as humans haven’t even begun to harness its power. Pretty crazy stuff being studied and experimented. The site is techy but in an easy-to-read way. Bookmark it and save it for a rainy day.
Magnum In Motion editor Martin Fuchs has moved his New York Photoblog. The new blog looks similar, but adds a bit more content and more news. It’s also a good behind-the-scenes look at Magnum operations. Go ahead, give it a look.
The photo staff at the Dallas Morning News was awarded a Pulitzer in breaking news photography for its "vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans."
And the Rocky Mountain News’ Todd Heisler won yet another award, claiming the Pulitzer for feature photography for his coverage of Colorado marines returning home from battle in caskets.
Both winners aren’t the least bit surprising and are very, very well deserved.
Complete winners list
DMN article (subscription required) and the Pulitzer entry (no subscription required)
RMN article
Renowned documentary photographer Eugene Richards, now formerly from Magnum, has been named the newest member of VII agency.
Lightstalkers :: Eugene Richards joins VII
VII Agency
