Great moments in photojournalism...

**Sydneyfan** · 04-10-2008, 07:48 PM

I don't know if anyone else here has an interest in photojournalism, but anyhow...I'm endlessly fascinated with it and the real stories it tells about the world.

Here are a few of my favourite shots...feel free to share yours, if you have them. Sorry these are all pretty grim. There is plenty of upbeat photojournalism around though, I must just be feeling morbid today.

Steve McCurry

Pieter Hugo specialises in often surreal shots of African street life.

Mali 1975 by Sebastiao Salgado - one of the very best photojournalists in the world. His "The Majority World" series is just brilliant.This shot is deliberately confronting, so don't look if you feel you might be upset.

Spoiler:

**clewis** · 04-10-2008, 08:36 PM

Those are all absolutely amazing.

**littleamen** · 04-10-2008, 08:49 PM

Thanks for posting. There are few things I love more than a good photograph

**Sydneyfan** · 09-05-2009, 04:08 PM

I thought these shots were pretty amazing. Taken by the official royal ohotographer to the Russian Tsar between 1907 -1915 they must be some of the first colour photographs ever taken. The colours themselves are beautiful.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585

whiskeylass · 09-05-2009, 06:49 PM

These are amazing! I can't get over the Leo Tolstoy pic, I got a sketch of it and just bought 4 new canvasses. Leo is getting one.

**moleculardestruction** · 09-06-2009, 11:17 AM

Wow.

**ishellmay** · 09-07-2009, 08:34 AM

Aww wow. Thanks for starting this thread.

**Sydneyfan** · 09-07-2009, 03:45 PM

Two I love from the 2008 World Press Awards.

Brenda Ann Keneally - New York Times Magazine. Used in a story about the working poor. The family pictured have seven children.

Luiz Vasconcelos - Brazil. Taken at the forced eviction of squatters by the military.

**Corporal Brown** · 09-08-2009, 09:04 PM

Thanks for posting this thread. You always have such good ideas for threads. That must be why they let you moderate and stuff!

**foggy** · 09-08-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydneyfan

I thought these shots were pretty amazing. Taken by the official royal ohotographer to the Russian Tsar between 1907 -1915 they must be some of the first colour photographs ever taken. The colours themselves are beautiful.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585

Those are just exquisite.

**Sydneyfan** · 09-08-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Corporal Brown

That must be why they let you moderate and stuff!

Blackmailing Rob is the real reason.

**hildegoat** · 11-12-2009, 09:05 AM

Not really photojournalism, but great photos nonetheless:

http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/

**Tim Simmons** · 11-12-2009, 09:54 AM

**Izzy Eviel** · 11-12-2009, 07:30 PM

Kevin Carter. RIP

**thunderoad** · 11-12-2009, 08:18 PM

^ what's the story with the baby?!?!?!?!

**Izzy Eviel** · 11-13-2009, 07:12 AM

It was taken by the famed South African photographer Kevin Carter in the 90's. It won many awards, but other photographers criticized him for not helping the subject's of his photo's and moreso the guilt eventually drove him to suicide. (Not just because of that picture, he'd taken thousands of pictures, mostly of human suffering and death)

The Manic Street Preachers did a song about him, worth a listen.

**Libertine4Life** · 11-13-2009, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izzy Eviel

The Manic Street Preachers did a song about him, worth a listen.

click, click, click...

It all makes sense now.

**hildegoat** · 03-05-2010, 01:48 PM

The Boston Globe always has great photography. Picking months on the Archives drop-down list at the top-right of the page will show you additional galleries.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

**Sydneyfan** · 08-04-2010, 07:52 PM

These are really fabulous - rare colour photographs of American life circa 1939 - 1943.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/

**Corporal Brown** · 08-04-2010, 08:19 PM

Thanks for posting these. I think 34 is close to where I grew up.

**hildegoat** · 08-04-2010, 08:56 PM

I love all the colors in these, and I've always been a big fan of those hand-painted signs. Those are great. I know someone (possibly the Library Of Congress) has a giant collection of these type of photos on Flickr. I'll see if I can find the address.

j-ho · 08-05-2010, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydneyfan

These are really fabulous - rare colour photographs of American life circa 1939 - 1943.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/

Amazing.

**hildegoat** · 08-24-2010, 09:04 AM

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With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun. Collected here are a few of the hundreds of color images made available by the Library of Congress, which purchased the original glass plates back in 1948.

Spoiler:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...ntury_ago.html

**ewok.online** · 08-24-2010, 09:06 AM

Oh wow. I love Imperial Russia, so this is really cool.

**hildegoat** · 05-24-2011, 09:48 AM

More of those photos that Syd posted: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...epression.html

Spoiler:

04-10-2008, 07:48 PM	#1
Sydneyfan Evil wimmin powers Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 35,217	Great moments in photojournalism... I don't know if anyone else here has an interest in photojournalism, but anyhow...I'm endlessly fascinated with it and the real stories it tells about the world. Here are a few of my favourite shots...feel free to share yours, if you have them. Sorry these are all pretty grim. There is plenty of upbeat photojournalism around though, I must just be feeling morbid today. Steve McCurry Pieter Hugo specialises in often surreal shots of African street life. Mali 1975 by Sebastiao Salgado - one of the very best photojournalists in the world. His "The Majority World" series is just brilliant.This shot is deliberately confronting, so don't look if you feel you might be upset. Spoiler:

04-10-2008, 08:36 PM	#2
clewis gangster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 4,798	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Those are all absolutely amazing. __________________ Illustration Portfolio FbN Studios O-Cast: The Web Series

04-10-2008, 08:49 PM	#3
littleamen Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: BFE, MO Posts: 4,183	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Thanks for posting. There are few things I love more than a good photograph

09-05-2009, 04:08 PM	#4
Sydneyfan Evil wimmin powers Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 35,217	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... I thought these shots were pretty amazing. Taken by the official royal ohotographer to the Russian Tsar between 1907 -1915 they must be some of the first colour photographs ever taken. The colours themselves are beautiful. http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585

09-05-2009, 06:49 PM	#5
whiskeylass a confederacy of dunces Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 50	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... These are amazing! I can't get over the Leo Tolstoy pic, I got a sketch of it and just bought 4 new canvasses. Leo is getting one. __________________ Does she dance? In the first blue hours Will she wither like the dying flowers...

09-06-2009, 11:17 AM	#6
moleculardestruction why decide? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London. West siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide! Posts: 1,258	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Wow. __________________ and if I'm hanging on to your shade, I guess I'm way beyond the pale

09-07-2009, 08:34 AM	#7
ishellmay Bob Loblaw's Law Blog Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Purgatory Posts: 3,573	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Aww wow. Thanks for starting this thread.

09-07-2009, 03:45 PM	#8
Sydneyfan Evil wimmin powers Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 35,217	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Two I love from the 2008 World Press Awards. Brenda Ann Keneally - New York Times Magazine. Used in a story about the working poor. The family pictured have seven children. Luiz Vasconcelos - Brazil. Taken at the forced eviction of squatters by the military.

09-08-2009, 09:04 PM	#9
Corporal Brown Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,694	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Thanks for posting this thread. You always have such good ideas for threads. That must be why they let you moderate and stuff!

11-12-2009, 09:05 AM	#12
hildegoat Hank Loves You. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 17,991	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Not really photojournalism, but great photos nonetheless: http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/

11-12-2009, 09:54 AM	#13
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11-12-2009, 07:30 PM	#14
Izzy Eviel I know Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Corellia Posts: 2,030	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Kevin Carter. RIP __________________ But don't forget the songs That made you cry And the songs that saved your life Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

11-12-2009, 08:18 PM	#15
thunderoad Real Gone Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,125	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... ^ what's the story with the baby?!?!?!?! __________________ If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home. - Tom Waits

11-13-2009, 07:12 AM	#16
Izzy Eviel I know Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Corellia Posts: 2,030	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... It was taken by the famed South African photographer Kevin Carter in the 90's. It won many awards, but other photographers criticized him for not helping the subject's of his photo's and moreso the guilt eventually drove him to suicide. (Not just because of that picture, he'd taken thousands of pictures, mostly of human suffering and death) The Manic Street Preachers did a song about him, worth a listen. __________________ But don't forget the songs That made you cry And the songs that saved your life Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine But they were the only ones who ever stood by you

03-05-2010, 01:48 PM	#18
hildegoat Hank Loves You. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 17,991	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... The Boston Globe always has great photography. Picking months on the Archives drop-down list at the top-right of the page will show you additional galleries. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

08-04-2010, 07:52 PM	#19
Sydneyfan Evil wimmin powers Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 35,217	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... These are really fabulous - rare colour photographs of American life circa 1939 - 1943. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/

08-04-2010, 08:19 PM	#20
Corporal Brown Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,694	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Thanks for posting these. I think 34 is close to where I grew up.

08-04-2010, 08:56 PM	#21
hildegoat Hank Loves You. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 17,991	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... I love all the colors in these, and I've always been a big fan of those hand-painted signs. Those are great. I know someone (possibly the Library Of Congress) has a giant collection of these type of photos on Flickr. I'll see if I can find the address.

08-24-2010, 09:06 AM	#24
ewok.online CATHERINE Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 15,702	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... Oh wow. I love Imperial Russia, so this is really cool. __________________ Ewok Tunes. Faith restored, stay out of the fucking canyon, climb down from the goddamn plateau.

05-24-2011, 09:48 AM	#25
hildegoat Hank Loves You. Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 17,991	Re: Great moments in photojournalism... More of those photos that Syd posted: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...epression.html Spoiler:

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