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Photojournalism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 10 X 10: 100 Words and Pictures That Define the Time 
 This site displays a new collage each hour of one hundred ranked images and words harvested from the news at Reuters, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and The New York Times Web sites. It "leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life." Includes an archive and links to sources. http://www.tenbyten.org Topics: Language, News, Photography Last updated Oct 5, 2005 Common Borders: Casa Blanca, Riverside and La Frontera
An exhibit of nine photographs by Yolande Andrade, Eniac Martinez, and Todd Bigelow. Topics include the Casa Blanca neighborhood in Riverside, California, and scenes of the U.S./Mexico border (la frontera). From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/borders/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 The Digital Journalist
This "monthly online magazine for visual journalism" contains news and feature articles about photojournalism and related technology. In addition to the regular magazine issues, the site features presentations on topics such as "Aging in America" and "The Fall of Iraq." Includes discussion forums. Searchable. Warning: Some of the images are very graphic; some people might find them disturbing. http://www.digitaljournalist.org/ Topics: Photography Last updated Feb 4, 2004 Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Teenie Harris' "40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images [over 45,000 shown here], this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States -- or the world, for that matter." From the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 2, 2009 George Grantham Bain Collection
This collection "represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. ... Approximately 11,000 glass negatives and 1,400 photographic prints [mostly from the 1900s to the mid-1920s] are currently available." Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html Topics: News, Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Mar 2, 2005 Global Voices
A project "that collects, summarizes, and gives context to some of the best self-published content found on blogs, podcasts, photo sharing sites, and videoblogs from around the world, with a particular emphasis on countries outside of Europe and North America." Browse by country, topics, or contributors. Available in several languages. Founded at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/ Topics: Internet, Photography Last updated Jan 23, 2008 Grief: A Collection by Richard Roth, 1998
A presentation of eight "images of extreme displays of grief with accompanying captions, clipped from newspapers from 1993 through 1997." From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/grief/default.html Topics: Death & Dying, Photography Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Herald Photos: 50's & 60's
This digital exhibit from the Northwest Collection of the Everett Public Library, Washington state, features more than 130 photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, "taken for the most part by three photojournalists who worked for the Everett Herald. They are Jim Leo, Ray Waters, and Ken Knudson." Search, or browse categories including aerial views, airline industry, disasters, parades, pageants, recreation, sports, and stores. http://www.epls.org/nw/dig_herald_photos.asp Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 12, 2006 Hidden Truths: Bloody Sunday 1972
An exhibit of 16 photographs of Bloody Sunday, when British Army soldiers shot and killed 13 civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Ireland, on January 30, 1972. "Some of the later images are particularly graphic. Discretion is advised." Includes an essay, a glossary, and related sites. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/hidden/default.html Topics: Activism, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Social Issues Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Local News: Tabloid Photographs from the Los Angeles Herald Express (1936-1961)
An online exhibit of annotated, sensational photographs of people and events in Los Angeles. Curated by Diane Keaton for the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). http://www.lapl.org/virgal/local/ Topics: News, Photography Last updated Oct 26, 2009 Matson Negatives
"The G. Eric and Edith Matson Negatives are a rich source of historical images of the Middle East — notably Palestine, present day Israel, and the West Bank — from 1898 to 1946. The collection contains 20,000 glass and film photographic negatives," of which about 7,500 are available online. Searchable and browsable. Includes a bibliography and links to related collections. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/matpchtml/matpcabt.html Topics: History By Place, International Governments, News, Photography, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Mar 2, 2005 National Geographic's Women Photographers
Brief profiles and works of Jodi Cobb, Karen Kasmauski, Maria Stenzel, Annie Griffiths Belt, and Sisse Brimberg, with their audio commentaries on the photos. Requires Flash. From the Newseum. http://www.newseum.org/womenphotographers/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Apr 12, 2004 Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974
Photojournalist Fred J. Maroon's photo-essay of "President Richard Nixon's years in office," including the Watergate Senate investigation, House impeachment hearings, and Nixon's resignation. Also find audio files of comments from Maroon and a timeline of the Nixon Administration (1968-1974). From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. http://americanhistory.si.edu/maroon/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Jun 2, 2005 Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
Charles Moore was a photojournalist for Life magazine during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The photographs in this exhibit include brief annotations. Also find biographical material about Charles Moore. http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Social Issues Last updated Jan 6, 2005 Special Report: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1908-2004
Obituary and collection of articles on French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Includes links to images and related websites on the photographer who "documented the liberation of Paris, the collapse of the Nationalist regime in China, Gandhi's funeral and the partitioning of Berlin." From the Guardian Unlimited, the online companion to the British newspaper The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/cartierbresson/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photography, Technology Last updated Mar 2, 2006 Time & Life Pictures
This site presents a "collection of striking imagery, documenting past and present events in politics, culture, celebrities and the arts. The collection includes some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Andreas Feininger, John Dominis, Nina Leen and Gjon Mili." Contains more than 425,000 digital files, which may be downloaded for a fee. http://www.timelifepictures.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Mar 7, 2006 The Unseen Gulf War
A collection of images of the human consequence of war. These photographs were taken along "'the mile of death' [a road north of Kuwait City] the morning the day the war stopped." According to photographer Peter Turnley, the "televised, aerial, and technological version of the conflict" failed to show the horror of its human realities as does this collection. From The Digital Journalist. Warning: Some of the images are very graphic and disturbing. http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0212/pt_intro.html Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 20, 2004 Weegee's World: Life, Death, and the Human Drama
Devoted to photojournalist Weegee (born Usher Fellig), a tabloid news photographer and the author of "Naked City" (1945). Includes a chronology and photographs, browsable by topic: Lower East Side (New York), police, fire, Coney Island, Times Square, the opera, war, lovers, Harlem, entertainment, movie theaters, the circus, Greenwich Village, and personalities. Online companion to exhibit of the same title from the International Center of Photography, New York. http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography Last updated Aug 14, 2005 |
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