TweetMy buddy TimGruber recently turned me on to Conscientious – Jörg Colberg’s blog about fine art photography, where he recently has been questioning the effectiveness of traditional photojournalism. Over three pretty well thought out posts he argues that we as a society have become a bit numb to this form of delivery, and that photojournalists [...]
TweetWent to Lancaster, OH the other night to photograph John McCain coming to town. I’ve gotta say, he kinda made Joe Biden look like the old man. How he was so fired up after a rally in Iowa and in Ohio earlier in the day at his age is impressive. Not to mention he seemed [...]
TweetEvery year OU does a one day photo essay called Dawn to Dusk that gets printed in a nice tabloid format and distributed around Athens. There’s also been a web component for the past few years to show all the photos that didn’t get published (along with the ones that did). Myself, Columbus Dispatch designer/illustrator/current [...]
TweetSam Abell, one of my favorite photographers ever, ever says in a recent interview with PDN “I think I want to step back until I feel that the picture is falling apart.” I think this is one reason why he’s my favorite, and he has a new book out that he talks about it too. [...]
TweetLarry Towell of Magnum Photos came to speak at my school last night. Ohio University’s a good place to be for inspiration. I was pretty blown away. The show, featuring works throughout his career featured a mix of amazing photojournalism images, with some excellent musicianship by harmonica virtouso Mike Stevens. Though at times the show [...]
TweetA common topic discussed in grad school right now is what is actually journalism? The new wave of multimedia pieces and creative combinations have people discussing if certain pieces, produced by well known photojournalists, are actually journalism. A number of pieces seem to fall more under the veil of social commentary, to me. Even if [...]
TweetJoe Biden rolled through Athens yesterday. I took some photos him I guess because I felt like I should, but I could care less about those photos. It’s some people who turned up to see him who were interesting. It’s the middle of October and I was sweating in a t-shirt, and afterwards I photographed [...]
TweetAutumn. The best season. This weekend yielded the first glimpse of relaxation and inspiration since I got back to Athens. A film night at former OU student and current MediaStorm guy Chad Stevens and a trip on Friday down to the University of Kentucky to see one of my favorites photographers Alec Soth speak left [...]
TweetIt’s been awhile since I made a picture I was happy about, but on Thursday this lucky couple put up with me making a portrait of them, and I’m happy with how it came out. … Um … they’re dairy farmers if you couldn’t tell, and really great, smart folks to boot. On another note, [...]
