Archive for March, 2010
Moments and missives from our world
March
28
2010
The Petionville Club Tent City
44,000 Haitians displaced by the quake have created a small city on the grounds of the nine hole Petionville Club. Damon Winter of the Times provides a feel of the place through a collection of photographs.
March
26
2010
Marty Lederhandler RIP
Marty Lederhandler died on Thursday at 92. He worked as an Associated Press photographer for six decades, filing images via carrier pigeons and FTPs.
At work on a bright September morning in 2001, he ascended to the Rainbow Room to make a photograph of the newly changed city, with the Empire State Building framing the two burning towers. He retired soon afterwards, with that’s day’s experience helping to make his decision.
An obit and slide show can be seen here.
March
25
2010
Jim Marshall RIP
Jim Marshall, who photographed musicians for fifty years, has died at 74.
March
22
2010
Where there’s war, there’s iPhone
David Guttenfelder is a very, very talented photographer for the Associated Press who has spent much of the past seven years documenting the conflict in Afghanistan.
A portfolio of his work was featured in the Times last summer, a short while after he made an image of a soldier fighting in pink boxers that caught the attention of the Commander-in-Chief. See it here.
He has now included an iPhone with a Polaroid App as part of his camera arsenal.
March
21
2010
What the Still Photo Still Does Best
There’s a very interesting piece in the New York Times today about whether the surge in Citizen Journalist has dulled the influence of photojournalism.
“…the surge in the number of photos and videos from nonprofessionals gives news outlets more eyes on news. Editors are busier than ever sorting through citizen offerings of earthquakes, tornadoes, riots and, of course, dogs dressed up for St. Patrick’s Day, and then confirming the veracity of those from politicized situations.
“In the diffuse media landscape it is much harder for any particular image, much less a piece of serious photojournalism, to command the consciousness of a nation or the world,” Mr. Young said.
But, he added, “the nonprofessional picture increasingly has the possibility of punching through to center stage.”
Read more here.
March
18
2010
James Nachtwey Fights TB, With Pictures
James Nachtwey, preeminent living chronicler of war received a TED Prize in 2007 and has used the $100,000 to help fulfill “one wish to change the world,” by cataloging Tuberculosis in seven countries that are struggling with this disease.
“I wanted to do it through the lens of people actually being cured for TB or treated in some way, to show that there was care going on but it’s difficult,” he said.
See the image gallery and complete piece here.
