Tributes have poured in for Agence France-Presse (AFP) Afghanistan chief photographer, Shah Marai, who was killed in a double suicide attack in Kabul, after rushing to the scene to cover an initial explosion. He was 41 years old. The photographer, … Continue reading
Here’s a good news story for local photojournalists! Australians are over-achievers when it comes to the prestigious World Press Photo Contest. The world leading photojournalism contest published data in its 2018 Technical Report, which shows Australians win awards every year, … Continue reading
Two Australian photographers, Patrick Brown and Adam Ferguson, are in the running to win the prestigious 2018 World Press Photo (WPP) Contest. For the first time the WPP went public with the six nominees’ in consideration for the top prize, … Continue reading
A recent high-level global study, ‘The State of News Photography‘, has surveyed 1556 photojournalists from over 100 countries to reveal 20 key findings about the current state of news photography. Some of the findings paint a portrait of the average … Continue reading
If there’s two things the Instagram community will not tolerate, it’s photos of birth and ‘terrorists’, apparently. Young Canadian photojournalist, Joey Lawrence, is unhappy after scenes and portraits he captured of Kurdish rebels fighting the Syrian civil war were deleted … Continue reading
When the 2014 World Press Photo (WPP) contest results were revealed earlier this month, they were accompanied by WPP managing director Lars Boering’s comments regarding the ‘integrity of the entries‘. Boering (pictured right) said 20 percent of entries that made it … Continue reading
Research conducted by the US National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) has revealed that professional photojournalism is more memorable and valuable to the public than amateur or user-generated content. The study conducted at the University of Minnesota took 100 photos taken … Continue reading
‘Conflict reporting’, in particular photojournalism, has dramatically changed over the last decade. There has been a shift towards news companies commissioning work from freelance photographers in dangerous war zones, and it appears freelancers are all the more willing to put … Continue reading
