Comments for 100Eyes: Photography Magazine and Photo Workshops for Emerging and Professional Photographers» 100Eyes Photo Magazine: Showcase for Contemporary Photography and Photojournalism http://www.100eyes.org Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Tremblemann de Te: Photographs by Andy Levin by Mike Ritter http://www.100eyes.org/2010/01/andy-levin-tremblemann-de-te/#comment-441 Mike Ritter Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:23:53 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/?p=4320#comment-441 Thank you for you do, Andy and for sharing it. We're all the better for it. Thank you for you do, Andy and for sharing it. We’re all the better for it.

]]> Comment on Alice Smeets by Aurore http://www.100eyes.org/haiti-cover/alice_smeets/#comment-440 Aurore Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:08:17 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/haiti-cover/alice_smeets/#comment-440 Hello! Is the small girl realy deceased? Oh my God! her situation was already difficult and now... Hello!

Is the small girl realy deceased? Oh my God! her situation was already difficult and now…

]]> Comment on Q Sakamaki by Megan http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/sakamaki/#comment-439 Megan Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:02:34 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/sakamaki/#comment-439 powerful. powerful.

]]> Comment on Paola de Grenet by bartok http://www.100eyes.org/2009/11/paola-de-grenet/#comment-438 bartok Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:36:36 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/2009/11/paola-de-grenet/#comment-438 hello it's photographer strong with compositions paola de grenet.. i'm to photographer music and reportages good visit in my link http://photographike.ovh.org/spip.php?article60 hasta luegos.. kats bartok hello it’s photographer strong with compositions paola de grenet..

i’m to photographer music and reportages

good visit in my link
http://photographike.ovh.org/spip.php?article60

hasta luegos..

kats bartok

]]> Comment on Brenda Ann Kenneally by The Light Search http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/brenda_ann_kenneally/#comment-436 The Light Search Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:43:52 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/brenda_ann_kenneally/#comment-436 Finally a photographer that looks in… There are so many emotions that come up, when viewing Brenda’s work. I found it chilling, depressing, sad, and above all REAL… Amazing work Brenda… Your work truly stands out. The image of the little girl with the spiky hair hugging the teddy bear left me staring at the screen for a long time. It packs so much emotion..(in my mind anyway) Thank you for sharing, and thank you Andy for your hard work. Oz Finally a photographer that looks in…

There are so many emotions that come up, when viewing Brenda’s work.
I found it chilling, depressing, sad, and above all REAL…

Amazing work Brenda… Your work truly stands out.
The image of the little girl with the spiky hair hugging the teddy bear left me staring at the screen for a long time. It packs so much emotion..(in my mind anyway)

Thank you for sharing, and thank you Andy for your hard work.

Oz

]]> Comment on Brenda Ann Kenneally by Frank Evers http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/brenda_ann_kenneally/#comment-435 Frank Evers Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:47:52 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/the-american-dream/brenda_ann_kenneally/#comment-435 An incredible project, and important subject and wonderful images. bravo! An incredible project, and important subject and wonderful images. bravo!

]]> Comment on Lotsa Links (Dig In) by Joe Klementovich http://www.100eyes.org/2009/11/the-big-list/#comment-434 Joe Klementovich Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/?p=3480#comment-434 Thanks for including. Keep up the interesting work. Thanks for including. Keep up the interesting work.

]]> Comment on N. Jaisingh/Trikaya Photos by Himanshu Kumar http://www.100eyes.org/2009/10/jaisingh/#comment-433 Himanshu Kumar Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:04:29 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/2009/10/jaisingh/#comment-433 This is the magic of black and white photography.Splendid !!! This is the magic of black and white photography.Splendid !!!

]]> Comment on N. Jaisingh/Trikaya Photos by Andy http://www.100eyes.org/2009/10/jaisingh/#comment-432 Andy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:26:10 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/2009/10/jaisingh/#comment-432 Thanks for the comments, the feedback for the photographers is great. Thanks for the comments, the feedback for the photographers is great.

]]> Comment on Photojournalism: Why Bother? by Derek Schultz http://www.100eyes.org/2009/10/why-bother-a-viewpoint/#comment-431 Derek Schultz Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:04:57 +0000 http://www.100eyes.org/?p=3299#comment-431 Back in the lates mid to late 80s, I saw a similar situation happening in the graphic design industry, which is where I originally came from. New software and technology came out and the term 'Desktop Publishing' was coined. The result was that everybody became a graphic designer overnight and there was a glut of badly designed printed materials that continued until people began to realise that using 100 different font faces in one document was not a good idea. Although there are probably still people who like to 'do it themselves' - I get the impression that design buyers have returned to appreciating and commissioning design professionals. I hope of course that the situation will be the same with photography in general and not just photo journalism. The trouble is that the global nature of news gathering and the demand for instant and graphic news means that there will not always be a professional photo journalist on hand to record important events that cannot be predicted and therefore there will always be a place for the citizen journalist who possesses what is excellent, affordable technology. To deny this would be sticking your head in the sand. The news providers are also finding the economics of the 'new world order' a difficult place to navigate in terms of revenue generation as hardcopy readers decline in favour of on-line news. I am one of these as I find that I rarely buy a newspaper and prefer to get snippets of news from Yahoo and then do further browsing to more info if I feel interested. The point being that if the news providers cannot make money, then how will they pay for a photojournalist when they can get free content from bystanding citizen journalists and the like? I do not have any answers to the conundrum. I love photography and I love the photo journalism aspect, which I really would like to pursue 100% over my commercial work, but there is a new reality and the only way to deal with it from my point of view is to be as active as possible. Use every opportunity. Create as many opportunities as you can. Meet as many people as you can. Offer 200% commitment. Be a reliable honest and extremely nice person with integrity. Be available at any time. Be prepared to travel. What could we do as a group? Maybe we could make sure that every citizen journalist out there does not give their content away for free and that they appreciate that they are contributing to the deterioration in livelyhoods for thousands of creatives around the world. I know there is at least one website aiding them to make a charge, but what about more local public information? A genuine effort to inform, embrace and perhaps educate those in the new reality. What about publishing our own content? And charging? The web makes that possible and we should have enough people to make it happen globally. Let's face it that is what the news corporations have been doing. Let's have our own news co-operative. Let's have our own photo libraries instead of allowing corporations like Getty free reign to buy up everything in sight and control vast swathes of content. Forgive me if it has already been done or is being done – but I don't know about it, so there is a lack of quality information dissemination if there is. Let me know if there are any initiatives out there that are worthwhile. Back in the lates mid to late 80s, I saw a similar situation happening in the graphic design industry, which is where I originally came from. New software and technology came out and the term ‘Desktop Publishing’ was coined. The result was that everybody became a graphic designer overnight and there was a glut of badly designed printed materials that continued until people began to realise that using 100 different font faces in one document was not a good idea. Although there are probably still people who like to ‘do it themselves’ – I get the impression that design buyers have returned to appreciating and commissioning design professionals.

I hope of course that the situation will be the same with photography in general and not just photo journalism. The trouble is that the global nature of news gathering and the demand for instant and graphic news means that there will not always be a professional photo journalist on hand to record important events that cannot be predicted and therefore there will always be a place for the citizen journalist who possesses what is excellent, affordable technology. To deny this would be sticking your head in the sand.

The news providers are also finding the economics of the ‘new world order’ a difficult place to navigate in terms of revenue generation as hardcopy readers decline in favour of on-line news. I am one of these as I find that I rarely buy a newspaper and prefer to get snippets of news from Yahoo and then do further browsing to more info if I feel interested. The point being that if the news providers cannot make money, then how will they pay for a photojournalist when they can get free content from bystanding citizen journalists and the like?

I do not have any answers to the conundrum. I love photography and I love the photo journalism aspect, which I really would like to pursue 100% over my commercial work, but there is a new reality and the only way to deal with it from my point of view is to be as active as possible. Use every opportunity. Create as many opportunities as you can. Meet as many people as you can. Offer 200% commitment. Be a reliable honest and extremely nice person with integrity. Be available at any time. Be prepared to travel.

What could we do as a group? Maybe we could make sure that every citizen journalist out there does not give their content away for free and that they appreciate that they are contributing to the deterioration in livelyhoods for thousands of creatives around the world. I know there is at least one website aiding them to make a charge, but what about more local public information? A genuine effort to inform, embrace and perhaps educate those in the new reality.

What about publishing our own content? And charging? The web makes that possible and we should have enough people to make it happen globally. Let’s face it that is what the news corporations have been doing. Let’s have our own news co-operative. Let’s have our own photo libraries instead of allowing corporations like Getty free reign to buy up everything in sight and control vast swathes of content.

Forgive me if it has already been done or is being done – but I don’t know about it, so there is a lack of quality information dissemination if there is.

Let me know if there are any initiatives out there that are worthwhile.

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