Murdoch admits that “The old business model based mainly on advertising is dead.” Digital ads cannot support newspaper journalism. “This is not going to change, even in a boom,” he warns.
via MinOnline.
What’s the biggest stereotype about photography?
That it can illustrate an objective truth, and bear witness to an event. You can’t look at a photograph and know what’s going on. It’s just one person’s point of view.
-Photographer and activist Dona Ann McAdams
via C-MONSTER.net.
Spray & Pray
Funny gift for someone who does a little too much sprayin’ (here).
Online Media Legal Network
The Online Media Legal Network (OMLN) is a network of law firms, law school clinics, in-house counsel, and individual lawyers throughout the United States willing to provide pro bono legal assistance to qualifying online journalism ventures and other digital media creators.
Do you feel like having your photographs staged makes them less personal or real?
I learned that it doesn’t matter if images are staged or not. It doesn’t make them more or less truthful. We make unconscious decisions about how we want to be photographed. Sometimes I’ll look at my self-portraits and see that I presented something that is very true. And usually the ones that don’t work, it’s because they’re not honest; the light is beautiful, the colours are beautiful, but they’re not honest.
The Most Important Thing I learned in Art College
… is that the fuel on which it runs is a kind of delusional arrogance. It’s the belief that both the world and people’s perceptions need to be changed, and the best way to do it is through nonsense art, nonsense words, and nonsense clothes.
via A Photo Student, story in the Telegraph.
For Media, a Sunset Is Followed Quickly by a Sunrise
For every kid that I bump into who is wandering the media industry looking for an entrance that closed some time ago, I come across another who is a bundle of ideas, energy and technological mastery. The next wave is not just knocking on doors, but seeking to knock them down.
Dorothea Lange – A Life Beyond Limits
“A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.”
— Dorothea Lange
Trust Jim Marshal
“Whenever anyone asks me how I got the photographs I did, why I was often the only photographer present or got such unique access I reply simply, ‘Trust’.” – Jim Marshall
via Brian Smith Blog.
Dear Young Photo Assistant, here’s your health care
The Health Care Reform Bill that just passed the House of Representatives would ALLOW YOU TO STAY ON YOUR PARENTS HEALTH INSURANCE UNTIL YOU ARE 27! Am I yelling this, yes I am. This is great news for photographers and assistants.
via Greg Ceo Blog.
nothing has fundamentally changed
People have two eyes, ears and one mouth, ten fingers and two feet. What different? The methods they use to express themselves and the calls on their attention. I urge you to run the other way if someone tries to tell you ‘people like free stuff’ is news. Did we not know this? Is this a shock? Surprising? Has this recently changed in some way?
via PR, Public Relations & communications news and features.
And here’s the dirty secret: it was easy
“Muhammad Ali made a hero out of every single journalist,” Leifer said. “Whether you were a writer, a photographer, a television commentator, you got to cover Ali and your boss thought you were a genius. The genius was really Ali.” Jordan was an equally photogenic subject for Iooss. “It was like traveling with a Biblical character with Michael because everyone in the world, at his peak, wanted to be with Michael and meet him in shake his hand,” Iooss said. “And he had everything, you know, for a photographer. It was like photographing a male model. I always compared him to Elle MacPherson” whom Iooss has also photographed for the S.I. swimsuit issue.
the internet isn’t killing anything
If someone offers to give you half of a record company, take it. They may be shrinking, but they’re still big.
russell davies via kottke.org.
Newspapers aren’t doing as badly as you think
By the way, you can still make money publishing newspapers—even in a period when advertising has plummeted. Check out Gannett’s third-quarter earnings report. Its newspapers pulled in more than $100 million of operating income on revenues of $1.04 billion. In the first three quarters of 2009, advertising revenues were off 31.6 percent, but circulation revenues were off less than 5 percent, even though many of Gannett’s flagship papers lost subscribers.
Todd Ruthven, AD, JWT Detroit, on automobile advertising
CGI has definitely found its place in advertising but has not and WILL NOT replace actual photography. I believe that nothing can replace the spontaneity and “happy accidents” that can occur while actually shooting something.
[…] When you make something too perfect you run the risk of making it look fake. Using CGI requires the creative person to actually create flaws in the image. Therefore making it look believable.
via Greg Ceo Blog.
An Interview with Gerhard Steidl
In the past, I had to take my own humble photography to printers, and I was always shocked to see that the printers ruined the images. Originally, I wanted to simply see my own photos printed well, instead of being angry about bad reproductions all the time – for which I then also had to pay.
via Conscientious.
Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
[Brin] has an innocent faith in the Internet and inadequate knowledge about how books are published.
Ken Auletta, via I Want Media talking about his new book on Google.
The bigger the company, the bigger the blunder
This is why your company needs an experienced marketer on staff. Real marketing directors have an understanding of intellectual property laws. Photographs, fonts, illustrations, and other design elements found online are not free for you to use, especially for commercial purposes.
via Brand’s Anatomy.