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Written by David Weintraub
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
 We're nearing the semester midpoint at the University of South Carolina, and I've had some interesting discussions with my Advanced Photovisual Communications students about journalistic ethics. Most of my students are flexing their Photoshop muscles -- using the software to crop, resize, and adjust color and contrast. Some are taking the next step (or should I say plunge?) into the world of image manipulation -- by retouching their photographs, combining elements from several pictures into a single image, and/or selectively changing sharpness or density in parts of their images.
Tags: photojournalism, journalism ethics
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Written by Scott Baradell
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
 Not so long ago, the folks at Getty Images seemed to hold the business of stock photography in the palm of their hands. Together with Corbis and Jupiter, they dominated the market. But as the Big Three have learned over the past couple of years, control is an illusory concept in the world of Web 2.0. And so we have Getty, battered by Wall Street, being scooped up by a private equity firm so it can lick its wounds and try to figure out what to do next.
Tags: Getty Images, stock photography,Hellman & Sachs
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Written by John Harrington
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
 One of the many problems for photographers is how those who couldn't care less about the business of photography do damage to the business of photography. Often, these are people who have other jobs that pay the bills, and they look to photo credit to give them pleasure, acclaim, and notoriety, getting their satisfaction at the expense -- literally -- of those who earn a living making pictures. Many times, these are "moms with cameras", or MWCs. What I'd like to highlight today is something different. It's a MWC who is endeavoring to do things right.
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
The World Press Photo competition has a history of selecting images for its "Best of" prize that defy the "wow" factor so common among contests. This year's winning photo by Tim Hetherington is no exception.
Tags: photojournalism, World Press Photo, photography contests
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Written by Dennis Dunleavy
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
 Walter Benjamin once suggested that there is no single, absolute, or correct interpretation of a picture, since every viewer brings something unique to the process. At the same time, photojournalistic conventions often constrain how a viewer responds emotionally and intellectually to pictures.
Tags: photojournalism
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Written by Heather S. Hughes
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
 Now that contest season is upon us, we are digging through the year's work for the gems we hope have a chance of placing somewhere. I've noticed that many recent photojournalism contest winners feature such heavy burning around the edges that I'm reminded of photographs taken 30 or 40 years ago. Photographers defend the retouching by saying it "creates a mood" or "helps your eyes focus on the subject" or "gets rid of distracting elements." But is the practice ethical?
Tags: photography contests, photojournalism
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Written by Sean Cayton
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
 Let's get over the perception that newspapers are dying. They aren't.
They're changing and they will continue to change and evolve. The Internet allows everyone to be a journalist. It's sort of like how the digital camera allows everyone to be a photographer.
Tags: newspapers, photojournalism
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