AltWeeklies Wire
How Two Photojournalists Are Taking On Philly's Gun Crisisnew
A new-media project, GunCrisis.org, uses old-school journalism tactics to study Philly's homicides.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
04-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Montreal Photojournalist Chronicles the Plight of Indian Climate Refugeesnew
François Pesant has had a busy 2010. The 34-year-old Montreal photojournalist arrived back home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from five months in India and Sri Lanka. That same day, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, destroying Port-au-Prince. He left five days later.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
02-12-2010 |
Art
An Amateur Photographer Follows the Obama Trailnew
While many people started following the election much earlier, I began to literally follow it in August of 2007. The Democrats were invading Soldier Field. I had just started working at my school newspaper and had begun my senior year at Columbia College. I decided to try and use whatever swagger this position offered me and try to get into the big debate.
Chicago Newcity |
Tim Hunt |
07-09-2008 |
Media
A Tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1908–2004new
Cartier-Bresson, who died on Aug. 3 at age 95, set a demanding standard for photojournalists -- an approach that required them to recognize and define content, composition, purpose, lighting, nuance and photography’s mechanical technicalities as a coherent whole in an instant.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
08-16-2004 |
Art
