Not all photojournalism photography has to be a depiction of war, destruction, desolation and death. Some of the greatest photojournalists never see a drop of blood besides an occasional paper cut. The only conflict they might see is from their wives if they forget the milk on their way home....

12.03.2012[ read full story ]

Nothing much struck my fancy this week except a photo by Emmanuel Pierrot, the chicken with its wings and thighs... When I was in high school (this was last century), I was asked to answer a dictum by Voltaire: "The most useful books are those of which readers compose half." My...

16.03.2012[ read full story ]

A tour of the world and a view of who we were this week, in ten images from the U.S. media: A photojournalist puts down his camera to write about a fateful trip inside embattled Syria, while violence and political uncertainty reverberate through the region. Powerful storms leav...

12.03.2012[ read full story ]

"The people are floundering and always have been, he said. They are so frequently taking care of other people that they forget to take care of themselves. That is what they call politics and a lot of people live off of that. And they believe that all of this politics can write the...

12.03.2012[ read full story ]

Usually photography dies in filling cabinets or obsolete hard drives. They might resurface one day when their original owners pass away and a pair a fresh eyes happens to discover them . Or they can be discarded entirely.

05.03.2012[ read full story ]

You can think of this week’s review of photos in the U.S. media as a point of reference: ten images that describe the week that was and who we were. It was a week when deadly gunshots rang out at a high school in Ohio, while on the other side of the globe an ancient land erupte...

02.03.2012[ read full story ]

My grandfather was talented in captivating an audience. I can picture him sitting on a bench, leaning slightly on his cane, his nose full of tobacco snuff. And I can still here us, the grandchildren, asking him wide-mouthed: “Is it really true… grandpa?” “Those who don’t know ...

02.03.2012[ read full story ]

The weekly review of photography in the U.S. media returns as protests erupt in Afghanistan and Syria explodes with in a brutal civil war. We also find a different kind of war in southern Africa—a war focused on what has become one of the world’s most prized commodities: Rhino ...

23.02.2012[ read full story ]

It's a new year and along with it, like every year ( if not very week), it brings along a new social media hype. While they switch and change, some disappearing ( myspace) and some growing stronger ( Facebook), they all seem to share one thing in common : photography. Most, if not all, promin...

27.02.2012[ read full story ]

There is the World Press, which everyone discuses, analyzes, reports and criticize, and then there is the POYi, which seems to leave most og the photosphere, indifferent. But it shouldn't.
The POYi, or Picture of the year International is also a photojournalism competition that sees the best...

20.02.2012[ read full story ]