Ron Haviv – Legacy of the Photo
Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv looks back at more than twenty-five years of making photographs and shares his latest projects, The Lost Rolls and Biography of a Photo. The Lost Rolls explores a collection of forgotten moments and surprising discoveries leading to provocative questions from his previously undeveloped film. With Biography...
Visual Storytelling – Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
At the 2015 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, eight renowned instructors spoke with PhotoWings about the art and importance of visual storytelling. With a wealth of experience between them, these eight photographers discussed what it means to them, how they do it, and what they are able to accomplish with it. As we feature a small sliver of this...
Eddie Adams Workshop Faculty Interviews 2015
The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along with 100 carefully selected students. The photography workshop is tuition-free, and the students are chosen based on the merit of their portfolios. PhotoWings is a proud supporter of Eddie Adams Workshop, and has created a series of twenty...
Peter DiCampo – The Everyday Projects
Award-winning photographer Peter DiCampo sat down with PhotoWings to discuss the genesis and phenomenal success of the social photography project Everyday Africa, which has led to a community of more than 20 unique Everyday projects called Everyday Everywhere. The project seeks to encourage empathy and understanding by documenting relatable and...
John Stanmeyer – Story Behind the Photograph
Longtime National Geographic photojournalist John Stanmeyer shares the poignant story behind his World Press Photo of the Year winning image, “Signal.” John touches on the value of “getting lost” as a part of his process, the importance of communication, and the distances people will travel in pursuit of hope and...
Watch: PhotoWings + Ashoka U InSights Grantees
Check out the featurette of the PhotoWings and Ashoka U InSights Grant winners! Working with nine prominent university communities from the 24 world-wide Ashoka U Campuses — including Brown, Cornell, New School, Ryerson, and Tulane — we helped foster and mentor campus projects that utilize the power of photography. The goal of InSights is to...
Mark Strandquist – Performing Statistics / Windows from Prison
Following on the success of the PhotoWings/Ashoka U Insights Grant project “Windows from Prison” at George Mason University (GMU), the PhotoWings Outreach Program has funded community outreach and documentation of a second iteration of the project in Richmond, Virginia. PhotoWings has also provided funding for a strategic Toolkit that...
Blue Earth Alliance – Collaborations for Cause 2016
Founded in 1996 by Natalie Fobes, Phil Borges and Malcolm Edwards, Blue Earth Alliance offers resources and support for photographers to fulfill projects that positively impact the world. Organized by Blue Earth Alliance, the Collaborations for Cause Conference provides an open environment in order to build strong, lasting bridges among creative...
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Some news about the business of photography in the digital age: Snapchat and "vertical imagery" #CriticalThinking #Storytelling #VisualLiteracy
How Snapchat Is Challenging Professional Photography
time.com
"We are increasingly thinking mobile first"
Collection of US election photos from years past help put the current cycle in perspective #Archive #Legacy #History
Winning the White House: elections and the media – in pictures
theguardian.com
A new exhibition explores the impact of photography during elections. It includes ad campaigns, staged photocalls and the seemingly more impromptu events
"Covering presidential debates is 90 percent logistics and 10 percent shooting" #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Storytelling
How Two Times Photographers Prepped for a Presidential Showdown
nytimes.com
Photographing Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump at last night’s debate was “90 percent logistics and 10 percent shooting,” said a Times staff photographer.
Some engrossing "behind the scenes" from award-winning photographer Eugene Richards #Storytelling #Photography #Perspective
theguardian.com
'I had to work fast - it was 30 below zero and the floor was collapsing'
“We started looking for material in all areas of science, maths, crime, war and astronomy, each image needed to contain some kind of ‘proof’ whether erroneous or not, with much of the images appearing to be not quite what they seem.” #Archive #Legacy #History #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy
Proof Reading: Tracing the history of evidential photography
bjp-online.com
What do photographs of 9/11, burnt filing cabinets and a police line-up all have in common? They are all compelling records that uncover revealing evidence. Since it's invention, photography's claims of truth and scientific objectivity have long furnished the photograph as the primar