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The story about the story 15 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
More than often these days, we see published, mostly in photojournalism, stories about the story rather than the story itself. Maybe due to sites like Emphas.is or Kickstarter who are repositories of ...
The every image photo agency 8 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Organizing the flow of images and extracting value. Finding, in the millions of images being shared daily, those that have a potential to be sold. How do we figure out this riddle ? In a time where ev...
Why citizen photojournalism doesn’t matter 30 Jul 2013 | 08:16 pm
Amateurs use their cameras as a descriptive tool, making statements like “I was here” or “I had a beer with so and so” while professionals grab symbolic analogues of our sensory and emotional experien...
Photojournalism eats Instagram for breakfast 22 Jul 2013 | 09:14 pm
The other day, on Mother Jones, another article was published on whether photojournalism could survive in the age of Instagram. For some reason, Instagram is always positioned as the photojournalism...
The cost of a free lunch 18 Jul 2013 | 07:40 pm
There is a popular saying that says there is no such thing as a free lunch. Likewise, there is no such thing as a free photograph. Here is why. Photography could be divided into two actions, taking an...
The attribution dilemma 10 Jul 2013 | 06:35 pm
In our society, if we are not rewarded, or punished, we don’t comply. Honor or respect are not strong enough compensations to be accepted as rewards. Probably because they are not public e...
Giveth and you shall receive 26 Jun 2013 | 07:21 pm
Here’s what’s wrong with the photography world and social media. They try to use it as a tool to bring more traffic and sales to their images. Social media is all about giving, not takin...
Meaning vs Aesthetics 20 Jun 2013 | 07:24 pm
When you look at a photograph, you might have two distinct reactions, usually never conjointly. You might find the image stunning, pretty, beautiful or you might find the image compelling, forceful, i...
Center of the storm 18 Jun 2013 | 09:09 pm
I was perusing through photos of the 2013 CEPIC congress who just completed its annual festival in Barcelona. Like every year, photo merchants from all over the world gathered around tables and fo...
$1 billion worth of stolen content 23 May 2013 | 06:15 pm
Another shot was fired this week in the killing fields of photography. Just after announcing the purchase for $1 billion of Tumblr, Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo declared “ There’s no such thing as Flic...
