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Written by David Weintraub
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
 I had a few days to kill in Baltimore recently, while my wife attended a conference, so I decided to visit some of the city's fine museums. As luck would have it, The Baltimore Museum of Art, which is adjacent to the beautiful campus of Johns Hopkins University, had an exhibition called "Looking Through the Lens: Photography 1900–1960." My purpose in writing about this exhibition, which ended on June 8, is to begin a discussion -- which I hope you will join -- about visual literacy and the importance of visual images in today's world.
Tags: photojournalism
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Written by Heather S. Hughes
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
 It's been two months since I left my job as a newspaper staff photographer to run my own business, focusing on wedding photography. Because I made the jump just as wedding season was starting, I've stayed busy -- so I haven't had a lot of time to reflect on my decision. But when I have taken a moment to look back, I've realized there are some things I really miss.
Tags: photojournalism, newspapers
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Monday, 09 June 2008 |
 An unintended consequence of the digital age is a growing distrust and skepticism of photography's ability to convey truth. Digital technology makes manipulating images so easy and fast that people have begun to challenge any picture that does not conform to what they perceive as a truthful representation. Two recent media images speak directly to this issue.
Tags: photojournalism, photo manipulation
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
The camera, dislocated from its user, is worthless. Laying unattended on a dirt road in Iraq, the camera is the focal point of a picture that appears to be a scene of violence and suffering. A shadow is cast across part of the camera's body. People died here.
Tags: photojournalism
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
The body is lifeless -- embedded into the concrete and dust that once was a school. Framing the faceless gray form, a handful of Chinese soldiers in green camouflage gently sweep the ground around her. There are five soldiers, two with shovels, one pointing at an object inches away from a limp hand. The viewer is forced to look down upon shadows and rubble. We do not know this person. She is one of thousands of victims from the earthquake that shook China to its core two weeks ago.
Tags: photojournalism
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
Most people are convinced that to see something is to believe that it is real. What we see seems real to us because we are conditioned to categorize things according to our past experiences with them. The brain organizes, as E. H. Gombrich suggests, the qualities of what we see in all sorts of ways -- size, shape, color, weight, and purpose.
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Written by Rohn Engh
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
 In the "for every action there's a reaction" department, the Internet is showing us how technology can backfire. And in the department of "it giveth and it taketh away," unknowing copyright infringers are gobbling up "free" photos from the Internet for their personal and commercial use.
Tags: photography law, copyright
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