Veteran photojournalist Tom Vartabedian to exhibit images
Veteran news reporter and photographer Tom Vartabedian of Haverhill will present a photographic exhibit of his works titled, “Armenian Village People - A Country Kaleidoscope,” in the ArtSpace Gallery of the Bentley Library at Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill campus, throughout the month of February. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A public reception is planned Thursday, Feb. 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The exhibit includes 30 color photographs, each a 10 x 13 image, part of a collection taken by Mr. Vartabedian during a trip to Armenia in 2006. He paid particularly close attention to life in the outlying regions of this historic land, whose history dates back 3,000 years. Images of people living and toiling in the valleys and mountains were captured with an artist’s eye for the vivid colors of daily life and for the unforgettable character of its remote population.
[ Read more at The Armenian Reporter ]
Girl’s photo selected to appear on phone book
Lancaster resident Chelsea Reif couldn’t help but get excited when the AT&T phone book landed on her doorstep this month.
It’s not the typical reaction one would have about a phone book, but Reif had good reason. Her picture of the Lancaster Festival Orchestra was front and center on the cover.
“I couldn’t quite believe the picture selected for the phone book was one I had taken myself,” Reif, 17, said. “It’s pretty exciting.”
Reif’s photo was one of about 50 an AT&T Yellow Pages representative looked at when he met with Lancaster Festival Director Lou Ross earlier this year.
[ Read more at the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette ]
Journalism class takes part in 1,000-year-old experiment
Some UT students in Rob Heller’s photojournalism class found out what it was like to be inside of a camera Wednesday afternoon.
It was the first time Heller has conducted the experiment in class, but its origins could date back to the ancient Egyptians. He explained how ancient Egyptians would sometimes crawl through tunnels carved into the giant pyramids, which were used to house various mummies.
As they continued to trek down the ever-narrowing tunnels into a complete dark room, light from the entrance would shine through and create an upside-down picture on the pyramid wall.
Following this premise of a simple pinhole camera, Heller and the class worked to eliminate all outside sources of light in the room so that the light would be cast from only one point, a small penny-sized hole, or the “lens” of the camera.
The three windows, all about 12 feet tall, were covered with thick black plastic and secured with metallic duct tape so that no light could enter the room.
[ Read more at the Tennessee Journalist ]
Field of memories: Photo exhibit gives glimpse of the old Scott Air Field
Scott Air Force Base always has been a big part of life in Mascoutah, so it seems fitting that the base should have a display at the Mascoutah Heritage Museum.
“Scott Field 1930-1931″ will open Sunday with a variety of photographs taken by someone stationed at the field at that time.
Carol Klopmeyer, president of the Mascoutah Historical Society, said there are about 40 pictures in the exhibit that were enlarged and enhanced from 3-inch-by-4-inch snapshots the society received.
Scott AFB display at Mascoutah Museum
“They came from members of the Toth family,” she said. “A real estate agent found them in a house she was selling. We got a box of pictures we had to sort through.”
Gene Schnur organized the exhibit, researching the history of Scott Field, now Scott Air Force Base. He worked with the old pictures on his computer to improve the quality, then printed larger copies for the exhibit.
[ Read more at the Bellville News-Democrat ]
Poor Choice
The choice of photo to illustrate MSNBC’s display of the story of alleged homosexual conduct by New York Knicks center Eddy Curry didn’t stay very long. It was quickly replaced with a photo of Curry smiling, a much less embarrassing choice of photos for this story.
From MSNBC: “New York Knicks center Eddy Curry was hit with a sexual harassment suit by his former driver, according to a published report Monday.
“The New York Post reported that Curry, a married father of four, “tried to solicit gay sex” from David Kuchinsky, who worked for the big man from October 2005-October 2008.
“Kuchinsky is seeking $98,000 — including $68,000 in unpaid wages — from the injured Curry, who has played just one game this season but will earn $9.4 million.”
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Amnesty International Media Awards 2009
Entry is now open for Amnesty’s 18th annual Media Awards. The awards recognise excellence in journalism that has made a significant contribution to the UK public’s greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues.
This year’s awards have an earlier closing date of Monday 3 March.
This year’s categories are:
- International TV and Radio
- New media
- Television documentary and docudrama
- Television news
- Radio
- National newspapers
- Periodicals, two awards - newspaper supplements and consumer magazines
- Photojournalism
- Nations and regions: print or broadcast media in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the English regions
- Gaby Rado Memorial Award: for an up-and-coming journalist who has been covering human rights stories for less than five years.
Find out more about the awards and how to enter
Blountville’s Secret Civil War P.O.W. Photographer.
I was watching the PBS show History Detectives on Blue Ridge Public Television recently and the very first story caught my attention as it involved both photography and the civil war.
One of the shows detectives, Wes Cowan, was checking into a claim that Geoffrey Feazell of Daytona Beach, Florida, had photographs secretly taken by his great-great-grandfather, Lt. Robert Smith, while a prisoner of war on Johnson’s Island.
[ Read More at The Kingsport Times-News ]
Judicial Affairs will not sanction photographer charged in riot
Penn State Judicial Affairs will not sanction The Daily Collegian photographer Michael Felletter after he was charged in connection with the Oct. 25 riot, a result his attorney said showed the university “understood the prominent First Amendment issues involved.”
Andrew Shubin, a private attorney acting on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), attended Felletter’s Judicial Affairs conference Wednesday and said the university issued no sanctions and found no violations against the photographer.
[ Read More at The Daily Collegian Online ]
CNN Show Written, Edited, Produced by Photojournalists
There are only a few things I am sure of in the world of journalism, but this is one of them: In 2009, journalists will be capturing more video and working alone more often. This is already happening in local TV, in the newspaper and online worlds, and as you are about to see, even CNN’s photojournalists are out there producing entire shows by themselves.
CNN photojournalist Bethany Swain, who works out of the D.C. Bureau, got the idea rolling for a series of big projects called “In Focus.” The series began in 2007 with the premise that the stories would be shot, written, edited and produced by photojournalists.
[ Read More at Poynter Online ]
Smart readers prove to be the not-so-silent majority
Last week was a very good week to be the editor of the Express-News.
An army of smart, thoughtful readers came to the defense of this newspaper and its journalists after reading my column about Roger Stephenson, a disgruntled Boerne reader who angrily canceled his subscription in response to a front-page photograph we recently published.
The photograph showed airman Vanessa Lewis celebrating her graduation from basic training at Lackland AFB with a hug from Aidon Sanford, the young son she put up for adoption before enlisting, and Joni Sanford, his adopted mother.
Stephenson concluded the two women must be a same-sex couple. I wrote him to correct that misimpression but did not receive a response.
[ Read More in the San Antonio News ]
