Region One member Damian Strohmeyer was featured recently in a nice write up in his hometown Lexington Minuteman newspaper. Read the story here.

Boston.com blogger on Barbara Lacerra’s video of Aftab Kahn. -Don

Aurora in Portland has posted news about Paula Lerner’s recent award for work done for the Globe and Mail. -Don

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Like the U.S. Marine Corps, and maybe the mob, you never really leave.  Great news about a pair of former New Hampshire photographers Andrea Bruce (Concord Monitor) and Peter DiCampo (The Telegraph).  The two have become tied to VII.  According to the news release Bruce for “the distribution and resale of images” and DiCampo joins [...]

I read a Facebook post from Kevin Jacobus about an associate of ours and his experience covering the spill.  Timely and interesting in light of the recent coverage about, well, coverage.  Read about Nicolaus Czarnecki’s experience and see some of his photos here.  Additionally, read an interesting post out of Miami and see what’s been [...]

Maybe Serena’s yelling spree put me in the mood for painful sports images. Or I could be cranky on Mondays. Either way, when I saw Mike Cassese’s Reuters photo of a foul ball embedded in the cheek of Minnesota Twins Justin Morneau – I went looking for more peak action moments of the uncomfortable sort. [...]

The paper fills an open photo staff position. Unheard of in the recession! Welcome Chris Evans. I asked Director of Photography Jim Mahoney about our new Boston photo friend, a transplant from Springfield. If you haven’t checked out the Herald’s photo and media page yet – run to look. Showcasing more galleries and photographer work. [...]

“So I grabbed my camera, because when you see police, you know something’s going on.’’ A victory for citizen journalism. Big round zero for the pros. The Boston Globe tracked down new amateur photographer William B. Carter who snapped the now famous photo of Gates on his front porch in handcuffs. Carter, a retired bank [...]

Lucky day for blog readers. Every month or so I google various photographers I know and like to catch up with their work. While looking for D.C. photographer Hector Emanuel, I came across an entry about him on Verve Photo – a documentary photography blog by Geoffrey Hiller. Hector joins 23 other NPPA members who [...]