http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/15/afghan-girl/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/15/afghan-girl/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:13:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130623 National Geographic journalists explain how they tracked down one of the magazine's most iconic cover stars -- the "Afghan Girl" -- 15 years after she first drew the world's attention to the plight of Afghani refugees.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/15/afghan-girl/feed/ 4 http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2010/visualizing-%E2%80%98africa%E2%80%99-from-the-lone-child-to-the-middle-classes http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2010/visualizing-%E2%80%98africa%E2%80%99-from-the-lone-child-to-the-middle-classes#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:30:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126981 David Campbell looks at how the world's view of Africa has been shaped by media images of devastation and despair. Is it time for photographers to stop offering up the same "old" visions of Africa?]]> http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2010/visualizing-%E2%80%98africa%E2%80%99-from-the-lone-child-to-the-middle-classes/feed/ 0 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/essay-13/ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/essay-13/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:28:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114852 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/essay-13/feed/ 0 http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/ http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:50:43 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99421 Newsweek has caused a big stir this week by running a cover photo of Sarah Palin -- clad in rather tight running gear -- taken from a Runner's World photoshoot. Palin herself has labelled the move "sexist". Is it fair to use editorial photos out of context? ]]> http://www.mediaite.com/print/runners-world-distances-from-newsweek-palin-photo/feed/ 0 http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:24:03 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99411 The Daily Beast. Has the recession caused the celebrity media bubble to burst, or have celebrities just become more boring? ]]> http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/the-crash-of-the-britney-economy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2009/11/16/what-its-like-to-be-a-soldier-in-afghanistan/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2009/11/16/what-its-like-to-be-a-soldier-in-afghanistan/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 W H Chong http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99022 remarkable photo essay by AP photojournalist David Guttenfelder on the lives of American troops in Afghanistan gives a small insight into the fear and horror of the work, says W H Chong.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/culture-mulcher/2009/11/16/what-its-like-to-be-a-soldier-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/a-photographer-faces-off-with-a-deadly-predator/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/a-photographer-faces-off-with-a-deadly-predator/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:41:53 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99012 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/a-photographer-faces-off-with-a-deadly-predator/feed/ 0 http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/bigshots/2009/11/big_shots_for_november_10_2009.html http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/bigshots/2009/11/big_shots_for_november_10_2009.html#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:31:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98691 http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/bigshots/2009/11/big_shots_for_november_10_2009.html/feed/ 0 http://www.walkleys.com/features/319/ http://www.walkleys.com/features/319/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:47:35 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90720 http://www.walkleys.com/features/319/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Without-Bush-media-lose-interest-in-war-caskets-8310113-62427012.html http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Without-Bush-media-lose-interest-in-war-caskets-8310113-62427012.html#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:36:13 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90365 Byron York.]]> http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Without-Bush-media-lose-interest-in-war-caskets-8310113-62427012.html/feed/ 0 http://books.google.com/books?id=N0EEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor http://books.google.com/books?id=N0EEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:41:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88957 LIFE photographic magazine from 1935 to 1970 has been released free and in full by Google Books. An amazing historical archive of images and articles chronicling the 20th century.]]> http://books.google.com/books?id=N0EEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor/feed/ 0 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/behind-13/?hp http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/behind-13/?hp#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:20:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=84420 heavy fire for publishing a photo of a deceased US soldier shortly after he was fatally wounded by a grenade in Afghanistan. The NYT's Lens blog looks at the ethics and precedent of going public with such a private moment.]]> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/behind-13/?hp/feed/ 0 http://www.self.com/magazine/blogs/lucysblog/2009/08/pictures-that-please-us.html http://www.self.com/magazine/blogs/lucysblog/2009/08/pictures-that-please-us.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:47:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=79477 retouch our cover images? You bet! says Self magazine editor Lucy Danziger, who says magazine images aren't news journalism and admits to retouching images of herself run in the mag.]]> http://www.self.com/magazine/blogs/lucysblog/2009/08/pictures-that-please-us.html/feed/ 0 http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-data-in-google-earth-show-wider.html http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-data-in-google-earth-show-wider.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:04:17 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=78647 http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-data-in-google-earth-show-wider.html/feed/ 0 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/photojournalisms-coming-crisis.html http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/photojournalisms-coming-crisis.html#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:11:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=77894 http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/photojournalisms-coming-crisis.html/feed/ 0 http://www.mediaite.com/print/times-30-cover-photo-cheap-now-expensive-later/ http://www.mediaite.com/print/times-30-cover-photo-cheap-now-expensive-later/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:05:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=77272 TIME magazine, until he found out the going rate for the mag's cover shot is usually in the thousands of dollars -- and he got $30. The cover story in question? "The New Frugality". ]]> http://www.mediaite.com/print/times-30-cover-photo-cheap-now-expensive-later/feed/ 0 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2009/07/seeing-isnt-believing-for-many.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2009/07/seeing-isnt-believing-for-many.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:49:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76615 LA Times are constantly questioning the authenticity of seemingly impossible photos published in their newspaper. But the actual culprit is far simpler: a long lens. ]]> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2009/07/seeing-isnt-believing-for-many.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/nyt-magazine-photo-fakery-fiasco/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/nyt-magazine-photo-fakery-fiasco/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/nyt-magazine-photo-fakery-fiasco/ New York Times Magazine photographer engaging in some digital trickery. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/nyt-magazine-photo-fakery-fiasco/feed/ 2 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/honduras-whats-black-and-white-and-gets-red-out http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/honduras-whats-black-and-white-and-gets-red-out#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:25:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=72432 Al Giordano plays spot-the-difference with a real picture of a gunned-down teenager at a rally in Honduras, and that published by pro-coup newspaper, La Prensa. Hint: he looks suspiciously less dead.]]> http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/honduras-whats-black-and-white-and-gets-red-out/feed/ 0 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-with-media-1726206.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-with-media-1726206.html#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=70853 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-with-media-1726206.html/feed/ 0 http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3a983edc0e93a51be4334f21f1223d3d http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3a983edc0e93a51be4334f21f1223d3d#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:30:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=70728 OK! magazine is said to have paid US$500k for exclusive magazine rights to a photo of Michael Jackson being taken to hospital just before he died.]]> http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3a983edc0e93a51be4334f21f1223d3d/feed/ 0 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/assignment/ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/assignment/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:09:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=69089 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/assignment/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/shutter-snaps-on-photographers-at-the-australian/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/shutter-snaps-on-photographers-at-the-australian/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Andrew Dodd http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/shutter-snaps-on-photographers-at-the-australian/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/24/shutter-snaps-on-photographers-at-the-australian/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5293988/someone-in-iran-probably-the-government-isnt-good-at-photoshop http://gawker.com/5293988/someone-in-iran-probably-the-government-isnt-good-at-photoshop#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:54:05 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=67842 Kayhan has been caught-out doctoring a photo of a pro-Ahmedinejad rally to look bigger. But who cares? asks Gawker: you don't need a clumsily manipulated photo to know that the Iranian regime engages in propaganda.]]> http://gawker.com/5293988/someone-in-iran-probably-the-government-isnt-good-at-photoshop/feed/ 0 http://jezebel.com/5292899/in-iran-pretty-is-sometimes-the-protest http://jezebel.com/5292899/in-iran-pretty-is-sometimes-the-protest#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:50:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=67440 Jezebel: many are risking a lot for their right to look "pretty". ]]> http://jezebel.com/5292899/in-iran-pretty-is-sometimes-the-protest/feed/ 0