Homai Vyarawalla, 97, India's first and oldest photojournalist, receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ministry of Information and broadcasting. Vyarawalla began photographing in 1926.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_india-s-oldest-woman-photojournalist-recalls-first-independence-day-shots_1426166
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Women of Sierra Leone
Lee Karen Stowe, a photojournalist based out of the UK, is doing some interesting work on the women of Sierra Leone, West Africa. The country was torn apart by civil war in 2002, and as a result, women are struggling to regain ground in the pursuit of rights and equalities. Many of these women lack adequate healthcare and education, die in childbirth, suffer violence and live in poverty. The documentary project, titled "42" documents the lives of these women, whose average life expectancy is 42.
http://www.leekarenstow.com/
http://www.leekarenstow.com/
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Photojournalistas: On Life
Photojournalistas: On Life & Relationships from Brandy Kiger on Vimeo.
When the Pulitzer Prize photography exhibit came to the University of Montana, we (the journalism students) were all ecstatic to see the work of the men & women who had gone before us. It was incredible to have this body of work at our university, and the speakers who came with it to talk about what it was like to be a photojournalist in this uncertain media era.
And, as journalism students, we were afforded the unique opportunity to have Cyma Rubin, the curator of the museum come and speak to us as well. But, in our session with her, she unveiled some of the harsh realities of being a woman in this business, from her observations of the women she had worked with, and left us a little stunned. She said that most of the women she knew in the business didn't have relationships, and if they did get married, it ultimately ended in divorce.
Was it true that we couldn't have both a family and a career? Rubin seemed to think so. The thought distressed my colleagues and me. Surely it wasn't true across the board. There had to be some women were able to make a go of having it all, right? So, I began to interview women in the field to find out what they had to say on the matter of balancing relationships, family and work while being active photojournalists.
This is the first video of my series on women in photojournalism.
And, as journalism students, we were afforded the unique opportunity to have Cyma Rubin, the curator of the museum come and speak to us as well. But, in our session with her, she unveiled some of the harsh realities of being a woman in this business, from her observations of the women she had worked with, and left us a little stunned. She said that most of the women she knew in the business didn't have relationships, and if they did get married, it ultimately ended in divorce.
Was it true that we couldn't have both a family and a career? Rubin seemed to think so. The thought distressed my colleagues and me. Surely it wasn't true across the board. There had to be some women were able to make a go of having it all, right? So, I began to interview women in the field to find out what they had to say on the matter of balancing relationships, family and work while being active photojournalists.
This is the first video of my series on women in photojournalism.
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