The Jewish Daily Forward seeks a Digital Media Producer to join their office in New York City. Jewish background or knowledge is not required. But a hunger to tell the stories of a changing community is absolutely indispensable, along with crackerjack video production and editing skills.
This is a full time job with benefits.
The PDN PhotoPlus Conference and Expo hits New York City October 23rd – 26th, 2013. Attendees will have infinite access to emerging technology and over 90 seminars by the world’s foremost experts on trends and techniques in photography, video, post-production and business development. Join MediaStorm’s own Brian Storm for two workshops focused on the future of storytelling.
Registration for the conference is now open. Pricing and hotel information is available on the PhotoPlus Expo website.
The Magnum Foundation is seeking an Editorial and Communications Associate who will work in two areas at the foundation: Communications and the Emergency Fund (EF) program. This is a 3-4 days per week position based in New York City. Payment is commensurate with experience. (more…)
Gaining access to secretive pockets of society is based on trust. It’s that trust that photographer Anthony Karen sees as the foundation of photojournalism. “It’s a moment that’s constantly validated, the wordless acceptance into someone’s personal space with a camera,” Karen wrote to Slate.
After documenting Vodou rituals in Haiti, Skinheads, and the Westboro Baptist Church, Karen finds himself accepted by the Ku Klux Klan. He began photographing the Klan in 2005, after reaching out to members through phone numbers and e-mails listed on websites. After earning their trust, he was allowed unrestricted access to photograph.
Photographer Chris Capozziello began to make photographs of his twin brother, Nick, in their early twenties. Nick has cerebral palsy. Though Chris didn’t set out to tell a story, the photographs he took helped him examine he and his brother’s story more deeply and move past the guilt he carried for being the healthy twin. He has compiled his photographs – along with raw, honest diary entries – into a book that you can help publish through Kickstarter.
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