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March 1st, 2013

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Instagramming from North Korea, with @dguttenfelder

See more of David’s photos from the DPRK by following him on Instagram: @dguttenfelder.

It’s not every day that you see first-hand scenes from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and you’ll almost never see an Instagram Photo Map with images posted directly from Pyongyang.

David Guttenfelder (@dguttenfelder), the Associated Press Chief Photographer for Asia, is doing just that: sharing photos on Instagram while on assignment in North Korea. “I feel I can help open a window into a place that would otherwise rarely be seen by outsiders,” he says. “As one of the few international photographers who has ever had regular access to the country, I feel a huge responsibility to share what I see and to show it as accurately as I can.”

David is one of the first people to ever post real-time Instagram pictures from within North Korea. Most visitors to the DPRK don’t have access to internet and—until just a few weeks ago—foreigners were not allowed to bring mobile phones into the country. Now David can share personal iPhone and iPod Touch photos to Instagram as he captures them. “There are so many curious, strangely beautiful, or melancholy details around us here…These might not be typical of the news photos I usually transmit, but they offer fleeting glimpses of this country, and how it feels to be here.”

For more context on the importance of David Guttenfelder posting Instagram photos and the changes in the way that foreigners can access the mobile web in DPRK, see AP’s post Tweets, Pics Give Real-Time Peek Into North Korea.

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January 9th, 2013

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Photojournalist launches watermark app for iPhone photos - British Journal of Photography

“I developed the Marksta app because I was tired of people stealing my work on the web,” says Marksta’s founder, John D McHugh, a photojournalist best known for his work in Afghanistan. “I often work in incredibly dangerous situations to show the world the stark realities of war and revolution. I can’t describe how frustrating it is to find my images online without any credit or byline.”

Would you use a watermark application for photos that you post on social media?

November 26th, 2012

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Should people pay journalists and photojournalists to do what they do? As long as someone wants credible information the role of the professional remains important, but the role changes in that professionals are no longer the eyewitness. Think of all those [photography compilation] books in the 20th century which were called “eye witness” or “the eyes of the world” or something similar. That’s no longer relevant when there are 4 billion cellphone eyes out there.

Professionals are valuable as commentators, interpreters, validators. We know what is happening in Syria but for sifting all the detail and taking a position on all of that, we still look to the professionals.

Last year, during the Arab Spring, it was the “good little guy” against the “big bad guy”. Simple. Now, we are seeing is a much more complex mix of bad little guys as well a good little guys. I am learning all the different computations from experts — people who are studying the form, researching it, being present and reporting back out. That’s not something I can put together from Facebook. I need someone to guide me through that very complex area.

Stephen Mayes, Director, VII Photo Agency, in an interview with Wired. Photographs Are No Longer Things, They’re Experiences. (via futurejournalismproject)

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October 10th, 2012

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Prix Pictet 2012: Power Shortlist

The Prix Pictet is a photo competition featuring work from the world’s leading photographers devoted to environmental awareness and sustainability. The shortlist of twelve photographers was selected by a jury of journalists, curators, critics, and visual arts experts, centered around this year’s theme of power. The range of the finalists’ work conveys many meanings of the theme: from the force of destruction as seen in Rena Effendi’s Chernobyl landscapes, to the force of incarceration in Edmund Clark’s Guantanamo interiors.

Prix Pictet: Power, an exhibition of work from all finalists, is on view October 10–28 at Saachi Gallery London. Kofi Annan, Honorary Presided of the Prix Pictet, will preside over the awards ceremony, of the grand prize of CHF 100,000 (USD 108,000) as well as the Pictet Commission, tomorrow October 9.

For more information on the shortlist, as well as the Prix Pictet, visit prixpictet.com.

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August 17th, 2012

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“Literally every day, someone is being arrested for doing nothing more than taking a photograph in a public place. It makes no sense to me. Photography is an expression of free speech,” Mickey H. Osterreicher,general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, speaking with James Estrin of the New York Times’ Lens blog.

Read why Osterreicher thinks that news photographers and others should be concerned about photographers being impeded from shooting in public places in Can You Take a Photograph Anywhere? - NYTimes.com

July 10th, 2012

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birch & lily: Finding Credits for Your Images

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OK, peeps of the inter-webs. I’m gonna drop some science.

(That’s right. I just wrote the nerdiest sentence you will hear today. And depending on your circle of friends, maybe all month.)

There is officially now NO excuse to post pictures without giving original sources and credits. Because the…

A helpful reminder on how to source images so you can properly credit them when you post online.

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May 22nd, 2012

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Alex Arbuckle’s Complex Relationship with the NYPD - NYTimes.com

This post on the Lens blog about a photographer covering the Occupy WallStreet protests tells a different story than is often projected in the media, especially from a journalist’s perspective. Arbuckle was interested in showing a more complete picture of the interactions between the police and protesters. He was arrested while covering the protests.

James Estrin writes, “It’s hard to miss the irony that he was arrested, apparently without cause, while he was trying to show the police officer’s humanity. At the same time his experience is a valuable lesson in the complexities of being a photojournalist.”

Social Shares: The women of NPR, the ethic of infographics, the business of building revenue

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A recently released study from the Pew Research Center shows that for every $1 newspapers gained in digital revenue, $7 was lost in print revenue.
The debate about the ethics of using Instagram on news photographs rages on.
Principles and ethics to guide you when creating infographics.
ONA Local gets a serious upgrade, along with a new Locator to find groups near you, an organizer’s handbook and more.
How NPR has attracted and nurtured generations of powerful female reporters.

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March 12th, 2012

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Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj has won the Reuters Photo of the Year award for this image captured in North Korea in 2011.

“After days of excitement and lots of rare pictures in the provinces, I came back to Pyongyang without big plans for shooting in the capital. All I wanted were some moody general views of the city,” Sagolj wrote. “This is probably the easiest big picture I shot for a long time - it was taken from the window of my hotel room in Pyongyang early morning, just before the sunrise. I knew that portrait was there and I insisted with our hosts to get a room on a very high floor facing that direction. So, all I had to do is to wake up early in the morning, make a coffee, light a cigarette and make sure I exposed well. The scene has this eerie look for maybe 5 to 10 minutes, then the revolutionary songs and propaganda speeches from loudspeakers wake the city up.”

The photo shows a picture of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung decorating a building in the capital of Pyongyang on October 5, 2011.

See more of the best photos from 2011

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February 29th, 2012

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"Pinning" and intellectual property: Could using Pinterest get you in copyright trouble?

“A woman named Kristen decided to look into the legality of Pinterest. After all, she’s a lawyer with a passion for photography. What she found scared her so much, she shut down her Pinterest boards entirely.”

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