“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 [...]
The photographers in Maine are a sturdy bunch. Andy Molloy, a staffer at the Kennebec Journal, was out on a feature the second week of July. He stopped to photograph a few guys swimming in a local watering hole near a dam. As Molloy worked the scene, one of the men swimming drifted too close [...]
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. and Leopold Mannes, two musicians, invented Kodachrome in the early thirties. God and Man. Eastman Kodak is stopping film production after 75 years. The news might be sad, but the media is having great fun with headlines thanks in large part to Paul Simon. He should get royalties for such liberal lyric [...]
Killzone, Comet Crash, Street Fighter, Red Faction: Guerrilla, God of War, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed. Slugs for the week’s news budget? Nope. Titles of the most popular video games on the market and showcased at E3 Expo.
Games already use violence for entertainment. New York times Op-ed columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas [...]
At some point, the historical negative from a box scenario will slide away into digital obscurity. And I am not entirely convinced a ‘found’ file from some forgotten external drive will carry the same intrigue and significance. To me, that would just seem like sloppy digital asset management.
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of Tiananmen Square. [...]
A spring Friday - sun is out, no rain and still I am cranky. What to do in such sullen mood? Read BAGnewsNotes. On happy, happy, joy, joy days, the visual politics of the site veers a bit too close to the pessimistic side of the room. Not a problem today. I’m the half-glass-empty greeter [...]
“This post will interest you only if you’re totally obsessed with the Shepard Fairey Fair Use case.” More like obsessed, freaked out, and slightly disturbed by legal loopholes. And enjoying the irony of his last name.
As a photographer, I didn’t want to give away rights; as an editor I don’t want to violate usage. Fair [...]
Stephen Crowley has a fabulous video of the pool experience at the White House. Rumor says he put an Olympus Stylus point-and-shoot on the side of his Canon 5D. Posted on the NYT Caucus blog last week, worth a look. Image nutgraph:
wait in line
check out President’s phone
snap, snap, snap, flurry, snap
leave office
The experience reminds me [...]
The Today Show NBC editors selected their best picks from 2008 news and sports images. If you are not on duty trying to track down the first of the season snow feature - sit on a couch and vote for your favorite image. Disciplined tight edit of international events and diversity in topics given the [...]
Photographers have quick reflexes, fast response time and an ability to survey a room in record time. After years of maximizing moments, evaluative powers are speedier than the average person. Our industry may be tanking, but skills are with us forever!
Today’s happy nugget? Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque’s brilliant response to the Baghdad shoe incident. As [...]
