Great Weekend Reads in Photography & Filmmaking
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Friday December 29, 2017 | Media
Our weekly roundup of the best articles from around the web for photographers, filmmakers and visual artists. More ›
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Friday December 29, 2017 | Media
Our weekly roundup of the best articles from around the web for photographers, filmmakers and visual artists. More ›
Posted by David Walker on Thursday December 28, 2017 | Photojournalism
While earning a living as a commercial director, Damon Pablo Escudero has been pursuing his passion for street photography for more than 20 years. He said in a recent interview with PDN that he was inspired, like so many other photographers, by Robert Frank’s The Americans. Among the images in that book, “There aren’t that... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Thursday December 28, 2017 | Awards/Contests/Grants
Ten photojournalists have won $1,000 grants from photographer Yunghi Kim, the founder and sponsor of the Yunghi Grant competition. The winners include: Amber Bracken, for her work about Canada’s indigenous people. Andreea Campeanu, for her project about the sex trade in Romania. Mikala Compton, for a project about a pagan community in Missouri. Marko Drobnjakovic,... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Thursday December 28, 2017 | Business
To keep track of photo editors and creatives as they move to new jobs, Emiliano Granado relies on social media to see if they post news. “I’ll take a screen shot of that to remind myself or ask [an assistant] to update their mailing address,” he says. Photographers Ricky Rhodes says he uses Instagram to... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Thursday December 28, 2017 | Obituary
Photographer Daniele Tamagni, best known for documenting the fashionable dandies of the Congo, died December 23 in Milan, according to Corriere della Sera. He was 43, and had been ill for four years, the paper reports. His award-winning work had appeared in The Guardian Weekend, The Sunday Times of London, Rolling Stone, Corriere della Sere,... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Tuesday December 26, 2017 | Business
Influential food stylist Victoria Granof says the basic the ingredient of a good creative collaborations is good communication. She says she’s lately been working with a “brand therapist,” who outlines three steps to productive collaboration: acknowledging the original idea, affirming its worth and then enhancing and expanding on it. The first step, Granof explains, means... More ›
Posted by Greg Scoblete on Friday December 22, 2017 | Media
Our weekly roundup of great articles from around the web for photographers, filmmakers and visual artists. More ›
Posted by David Walker on Thursday December 21, 2017 | Business
Creative calls are part of the bidding process for advertising work. They give creatives a chance to assess their chemistry with a photographer, and they give photographers a chance to show their ideas—and their enthusiasm—for a particular job. When we asked Jason Lau, art and content producer at creative agency 180LA what advice he had... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Tuesday December 19, 2017 | Photojournalism
Photographer Alex Potter (right) has won the inaugural James W. Foley Fellowship for young journalists, fellowship administrator The GroundTruth Project announced last week. Potter will use the $10,000 fellowship to pursue a project about the effects of conflict on children in the Middle East. “I am delighted that she will be continuing Jim’s legacy of... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Tuesday December 19, 2017 | Business
“Often times, the dialogue that happens between a retoucher and photographer before the shoot can result in a strategy or new idea that can significantly improve the final product,” says retoucher Zach Vitale. He often advises photographers on how to shoot elements for a composite and what variations and exposures he’ll need for post-production to... More ›