In a reminder of the cold reality of large-scale cuts sweeping through the print world, the San Jose Mercury News designer who famously documented layoffs at his paper through a series of bleak photos was axed in the paper’s most recent round of cuts.

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Rough day for 50 Cent.

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And already they’re complaining about the lighting… Continue Reading

The photo-happy National Geographic won three National Magazine Awards, the most it have ever won in one year.

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Tired of the same posed shots of those wonderful images of someone’s backside? Here are some tips to improve your candid photography. Continue Reading

It has been interesting to see the protests circling around the Olympic torch relay. Not too many people are happy with the human rights record of China, who will be hosting the games. Recently, the torch passed through San Francisco, and the city made sure that they got their voice heard. Continue Reading

The New York Times has a great slide-show of the political photography of Stephen Crowley, who has shot presidential elections from Bush vs. Clinton to Kerry vs. Bush. Let’s just say he’s got a lot of insight. Continue Reading

New York Times photojournalist Dith Pran, who endured the killing fields of Cambodia and had a movie made about him in 1984 died on Sunday from pancreatic cancer in Woodbridge N.J. Continue Reading

The Digital Journalist has the story behind the Pulitzer Prize winning photo taken by Stanley Forman of an anti-busing rally that was held in Boston on April 5, 1976. Continue Reading

Philip Jones Griffiths has passed at the age of 72, he was best known for his photos from the Vietnam War.  Continue Reading

Want to become a photographer? Be prepared for the strange and funny world of this profession. Continue Reading

Emily Fisher, the photo editor of Eastern Washington University’s student newspaper The Easterner is writing a weekly log about her experiences in photojournalism. Here’s here first entry… Continue Reading

Here is a pulitzer prize winning feature photo essay from Sacramento Bee photographer Renee C. Byer. She won the award in 2007 for an emotionally raw and gut-wrenching story about a mother coping with her son having cancer. Continue Reading

Q: If I am shooting in a public place, what are my rights? I’ve had a few situations in the last few years where law enforcement has asked me to move from a location. I don’t want to cause problems, but shouldn’t I have a right to stay? — Pete J. from LA.

A: You have the right to shoot in public places, since privacy is not expected by law in those circumstances. However, it’s wise you generally respect people not wanting their photo taken for safety reasons (someone getting very angry at you). 

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Just as we reported on the demise of Polaroid film, a story like this pops up. Award-winning photographer Dennis Stierer has just opening an exhibit in Lockport, N.Y. featuring gelatin prints, manipulated SX70 Polaroids, platinum/palladium prints and color prints. Continue Reading

A photojournalist uses their images to tell a story. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk used 20,000 of them to make a stunning video about global warming.  Continue Reading

Over at the blog, PDN Pulse, Daryl Lang found an New York Times article that stated one of the reasons that Getty Images is selling is because of the pressure from cell phone cameras replacing wire services as sources of news images. Continue Reading