A Visual Journalism Discussion Network
Matthew Aaron Callahan, who was a guest on episode 118 of Around the Lens, earned the military’s highest honors for both photography and videography, the Military Photographer of the Year and the Military Videographer of the Year (click here to see the full list) respectively. This is a difficult prize to get in one category, […]
2018 sees a new process for the World Press Photo awards. This year they are announcing the award nominees for all categories – today. The awards themselves will be announced April 12, 2018. In the video below you can watch the 2018 Chair of the General jury, Magdalena Herrera (Director of Photography for Geo France) […]
I was recently interviewed by Ibarionex Perello of the stellar podcast The Candid Frame. It was truly an honor to get to talk to this titan of our industry about my life and the influence it had on my career. During our interview I spoke mostly about my life in the military as a photojournalist […]
Every year around this time all the news sites start coming out with their ‘best of’ and ‘year in’ photo galleries. Never mind that the year is still not over yet… but here’s a handful of the news organizations that have hit publish, we’ll add them as we find them. If you come across one […]
#FotoWeekDC is happening right now all across Washington DC. Going on until the 19th of November, there are photo galleries, events, panels and more. You can check them all out at http://www.fotodc.org/fotoweekdc2017. I was in DC for the opening night gala last week as one of my photos from Charlottesville won honorable mention in the photojournalism […]
You may have wondered what the new, weird, circular logo was adorning our webpage is. I’m proud to announce that this is our logo for the third season. I’ve tried to evoke the elements that give our logo it’s identity but in a new format. I’ve returned to the circular style of the original logo, […]
It’s been reported that the President has called the White House “a dump.” So of course the man that spent eight years photographing the Presidents house and all the people visiting it – had to add his comment in one of his now famous instagram posts. President Obama shows Canada PM Justin Trudeau the Lincoln […]
Friend of the show and panelist Carl Johnson has just announced that his gorgeous and important book on Bristol Bay has just won Gold at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Where Water is Gold: Life and Livelihood in Alaska’s Bristol Bay collects Carl’s photos from multiple trips to the remote Bristol Bay region in […]
In what is surely a positive sign for the photojournalism industry, sources close to the New York Times have confirmed that the paper will now begin paying it’s photographers a day rate of $450, more the double the $200 they’re currently paying. For shorter shoots, or those that don’t meet the full day-rate requirement, photojournalists […]
For the month of April 2017 we are giving away the Signature 13 from ThinkTank Photo! This beautiful looking messenger bag from ThinkTank is a $279 value and definitely worth entering. What do you have to do to enter? Simple, just follow the below steps: Subscribe to the Around the Lens newsletter. Don’t forget to […]
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