A Visual Journalism Discussion Network
This week, for Aroundthelens.com and Visu.News, Zach D. Roberts spoke to photojournalist John Rudoff. John is a photojournalist who has been working in the industry for several decades covering activism, music and theater and many foreign stories such as refugees in Greece. You can find his work at RudoffPhoto.com. John and Zach spoke about the […]
Guests: Claire Thomas, Jennifer Osborne Topics: Black Lives Matter Protests – How have we been covering the protests? – What has our experience been?– What drives us to risk our lives and health to cover a protest? Teen Vogue is Teaching People How to Safely Photograph Police Misconduct– Teen Vogue is giving advice on how […]
Guest: Julie Dermansky, Desmog Blog Topics: Topic 1 – The End of Social Media The president has discussed the possibility of imposing strict restrictions on social media. What are our thoughts on the end of social media as a construct. What would we do without social media? Topic 2 – Grandma Got Ran Over by […]
I had the opportunity to get school’d on drone law in New York City by media lawyer Robert Roth. We discussed in detail the laws surrounding drone flying in and around NYC and how breaking the law can truly affect your career.
Guest: Eva Verbeeck Topics: The End of the Photographer? The End of the Camera? Olympus is backing out of the camera industry in S. Korea. What does this news mean for the larger industry? Could we see a larger contraction of manufacturers in the future? Environmentalism, Nature and Other Subjects That Can be Covered During […]
Guest: Jamie Rose Topics: Drone again flys where it isn’t supposed to Photographer and Subjects Get Fined for Breaking Stay at Home Order Let’s Discuss the Winners of the Pulitzer Breaking News Photography Awarded to the photography staff of Reuters for photographs of the Hong Kong protests Finalists Dieu Nalio Chery and Rebecca Blackwell of the […]
Topics: Photography Life Released their Pair Photo Course for Free Take one of the courses from Photography Life? What did you think of it? Would you have paid for it? Even free, do you think these courses are worth your time? How would you do these courses differently? What would you add? Adobe 99U Conference […]
Guest: Lauren Crew – Website – Instagram – Twitter Topics: Homeless Photography During a Pandemic The homeless, by their nature, don’t really have the ability to shelter in place, or quarantine at home, therefore they’ve made a compelling photo subject for photojournalist during the pandemic. What are our thoughts on this the above linked story […]
Our guest panelist this week is Ben Brody, an independent photographer, educator and picture editor, former U.S. Army soldier and author of the book Attention service member, which is about his time working as a combat photographer in the Army. How Instagram Steals Your Imagery Our first topic this week deals with Instagram and the […]
Guest: Justin Mott Topics: The Tiger King The Tiger King limited series by Netflix has taken the world by storm and captured the zeitgeist like few popular culture products have in recent memory. We’re all now talking about Joe Exotic and Carol Baskin and the fate of her husband. Not only is it rare in […]