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December 2, 2007

This is the best stuff I’ve seen, read, or listened to this week. Everything here is worth checking out and taking note of. Here we go…

Photography

1. Single Category Winners - 2007 Atlanta Photojournalism Contest.

A gallery of powerful photojournalism. Kudos to my man Chris Detrick, whose image above took a first place.

2. Philip Jones Griffiths, Photo Histories.

Philip Jones Griffiths, who’s seminal work Vietnam Inc. publised in 1971, defines goals for the thinking photojournalist. As he says, “There are millions and billions of sheets of paper in the world and millions and billions of ball point pens and pencils, but there’s only a handful of poets, great poets”.

3. Did Not, Did Too, Redlights and Redeyes.

An amazing set of images from Chip Litherland, who photographed “the Republican CNN YouTube Debate for The New York Times the other day up in St. Petersburg…I think I’m a little hungover too much Giuliani & Huckabee because something about the oversaturation of red, white, and blue in these photos just got to me.”

4. Nicolai Howalt “Boxer”, Galerie Poller.

From the page: “Throughout the years of 2000-03 the award-winning photographer Nicolai Howalt followed young Danish boys boxing in Denmark and abroad. The result is the book ‘Boxer’. The book portrays a series of young boxers in the moment before and after the match.”

I personally had this idea back in ‘03 and tried it out at a Toughman competition. The problem was that the guys were so bashed up they wouldn’t sit for the “after” photo. The one guy I got to agree looked exactly the same before and after. Sucked.

News & Journalism

The Man From Fallujah - PDN

A thorough look at the short career of Bilal Hussein, the Iraqi photographer held by the U.S. military without charges for the past 19 months. I can’t tell you he’s innocent or guilty, but there are so many troubling pieces to this puzzle.

Polygamy

What Warren Said to William - The Polygamy Files

On my colleague Brooke Adams’ blog, The transcript of a call from a jailed Warren Jeffs to William E. Jessop.

Books

My review of Locas, by Jaime Hernandez, [rating:5/5]

Video

Thanks to Wooster Collective for pointing out this video, Chocolade Haas, by Sander Plug:

MusicBusy week, but this counts: Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times