Victoria Bananas
February 6, 2010 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
No snow for the Olympics in Vancouver and bananas growing in Victoria. Story here.
Tom Hawthorn – Sudden Death Records & Joe Keithley
December 30, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers, Music | Leave a Comment
In keeping with the recent punk theme, check out Tom Hawthorn’s story on Joe Keithley’s Sudden Death Records in the Globe and Mail. Check out Sudden Death Records yourself.
Prime Minister’s Controls Over Photographers Grows
November 7, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
An interesting article in the Globe and Mail regarding the growing control by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office over the photo coverage of the PM.
Here’s the lead on the article:
Minutes after Stephen Harper finished his now-famous rendition of With a Little Help from My Friends , the Prime Minister’s Office e-mailed Canadian media an arresting close-up shot of what it described as the gala piano performance.
Only it wasn’t.
The picture, which featured Mr. Harper framed by dazzling theatre lights, was actually snapped by a PMO photographer at a private rehearsal hours before the Oct. 3 evening concert.
My photo above was from a brief photo opp in Victoria a few weeks ago where photographers did have access.
Brian Howell in the NY Times
August 13, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
The New York Times’ Home and Garden section has a slide show on the second house that writer (and artist) Douglas Coupland bought in Vancouver (behind his existing house) and turned into a gallery for his personal art collection. Slide number four shows a a photograph on the wall by BC photographer Brian Howell, from his series on wrestlers.
Ninety year old photographers, Photo-Snobism and more
July 17, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | 1 Comment
The New York Times has a feature on 92-year-old fashion photographer Lillian Bassman and an obituary for 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Schulman.
Spacing Toronto on taking photographs of events from the photographer’s balcony.
A feature on Magnum’s Susan Meiselas at artdaily.org.
Interesting piece from Thoughts of a Bohemian on photo-snobism.
Dirck Halstead at the always interesting Digital Journalist revisiting the death of photojournalism
An important book pointed out by Jorg Colberg at Conscientious, The Last Days of Shishmaref by Dana Lixenberg. Say goodbye to the Arctic.
Check out the newly redesigned News Photographers Association of Canada site.
A day late but a nice piece about selling your own stock from A Photo Editor.
Websites, Red Cross, Short Lists and other stories
July 12, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Smashing magazine has a list of 35 great websites by photographers. Have a look and judge for yourself.
The Times features a story on 150 years of photographs for the Red Cross.
The shortlist for the 2009 Prix Pictet, the world’s photography award for environmental sustainability has been announced. Two canadaians made the list, Ed Burtynsky and Christopher Anderson.
Brett Beadle update from Africa.
Photo Story Roundup
July 10, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
78 Photography Rules for Complete Idiots -funny
St. Petersburg Times photog Melissa Lyttle uses her iPhone for Weekend Magazine feature.
Sacramento photographer Doug Biggert has a local exhibit of his hitchiker photos. He’s exhibited and better known overseas than at home. The story here.
Maisie Crow wins Ian Parry Scholarship.
The Telegraph on the ongoing police vs photographer battle in Engalnd over who can photograph what.
Woman sues Black’s Photography after they handed over pix of pot to police.
A Variety
July 7, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Your chance to get an original Brett Beadle print. Delivery will take a bit as he’s off to Africa for a month today.
Photo stories are where you find them, the NY Times on Jose Gaytan and his photos of the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn.
A different kind of photo blog – Prison Photography, the practice of photography in sites of incarceration.
The Business of Editorial Photography from the Photoshelter crew.
In case you missed it VII takes on more photographers. Lynsey Addario, Ziyah Gafi?, and Seamus Murphy have been invited to join VII Network. More at the agency site click on Latest News.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets flashed by John W. MacDonald
Running Of The Bulls, Advice from The NY Times, Talking About Photography and more….
June 22, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
The New York Times Lens section has a nice feature on Jim Hollander’s more than thirty years of covering the Running Of The Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. The paper also has Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally, who oversees photography at the paper, answering readers’ queries.
The New York Times rejected noted portrait photographer Richard Renaldi for their Lens page and suggested if he wanted to make the grade he not want to have his subjects look at the camera!
Thinking of a new career or supplementing those shrinking freelance jobs, why not become a public speaker, and talk about photography?
Photojournalism Sells As Fine Art
June 15, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers | Leave a Comment
The Independent has a story about how photojournalism images are being sold as fine art. British photojournalist Jason Fraser has an exhibition of limited edition prints that are being sold for prices ranging from roughly $9000 to $50,000.