Tag Archives: photography

Would You Run This Photo?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by admin

The Washington Post ran this photo on the front page of its sports section this morning of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III injuring his knee during Sunday’s playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. A long-time friend of mine (and … Continue reading →

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When do you run a disturbing photo?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by admin

This photo (and cover headlines) from the New York Post earlier this week have been attracting an enormous amount of attention.  Post freelancer R. Umar Abbasi took the photo of Ki Suk Han, who was pushed in front of the … Continue reading →

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Tumblr Blog Humanae Categorizes Skin Color as Pantone Codes

Posted on November 1, 2012 by admin

There is a fantastically cool Tumblr blog called Humanae that presents simple photos of people showing their skin (in a safe-for-work way) along with the Pantone code that describes the person’s skin color. (The background for each image also uses … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 15 – Remembering Photographer Tim Hetherington

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

Photographers Tim Hetherington and Chis Hondros were killed in an attack in the city of Misrata while they covering the rebellion there.  Hetherington was known for his photographs and for serving as co-director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary Restrepo. Vanity … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 13 – Photography and Privacy Around the United States

Posted on May 26, 2012 by admin

One of the things that makes invasion of privacy law difficult to interpret is the fact that it is determined primarily by the individual states, not the federal government.  To help with this, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 14 – Should a student photographer be asked to change the color of the sky?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin

Back in 2008, there was a a big debate going on over at SportsShooter.com as to whether it was proper for a college newspaper adviser to tell a photographer that he needed to make the sky bluer in a photo of an MLK … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 14 – An Astrophotographer Talks Digital Manipulation

Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin

Space photographer Jerry Lodriguss talks about the ethics of digitally manipulating their images.  It’s not just press photography where this is an issue. The Ethics of Digital Manipulation

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Link Ch. 6 – New York Daily News DEAD! cover

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Jesús Marrone wrote his doctoral dissertation on front covers of publications, and has a lot of great background on the New York Daily News DEAD! cover featuring murderer Ruth Snyder being executed.  Lots of great background information and photos of … Continue reading →

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Sept. 11, 2001 retrospective

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

I’ve been tweeting a lot this last week or two about 9/11 coverage. Here’s a collection of items based on those tweets. Newseum Newspaper Front Page Archive The Newseum posts the front pages of newspapers from around the world on … Continue reading →

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Top Visual Communication Creative Projects from AEJMC11

Posted on August 17, 2011 by admin

Last week I attended (and Tweeted about) some great sessions at the AEJMC meetings in St. Louis.  This will be the first of a series of posts highlighting what I saw and heard. This post looks at the award-winning creative … Continue reading →

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