FILE - In this 1964 file photo, Associated Press photographer Horst Faas, and Larry Burrows, Life Magazine photographer are shown in Saigon. Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with The Associated Press, died Thursday May 10, 2012. He was 79. (AP Photo/File) Continue reading →
In one of the driest seasons on record, the Lhotse and Nuptse faces of Everest are unleashing a torrent of rockfall, between two and 10 rocks per minute. The conditions are so dangerous this year that some of the most experienced Sherpas are refusing to go onto the mountain. And now, head Everest guide Russell Brice of Himalayan Experience has surprisingly responded to this year's danger by pulling the plug on his commercial expedition to the top of the world. Greg Paul, a hopeful client on this year's HIMEX Everest expedition, describes the situation on his blog: "Jaws dropped and shock spread throughout the room. Long-held dreams, years of training, big-time financial commitments all down the drain in one pronouncement. ... Russell explained that never ... Continue reading →
Print Auction to Benefit Children of Anton Hammerl to be Held May 15 at Christie’s (Update) On May 15, 2012, Christie’s will hold an auction of photojournalism prints to benefit the children of Anton Hammerl. The South African-born photojournalist was killed while covering the conflict in Libya in April last year by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. Hammerl was survived by his wife and three young children. Photographers who have donated prints for the auction include Sebastiao Salgado, Alec Soth, Christopher Anderson, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Yuri Kozyrev, Larry Fink, Lynsey Addario, Susan Meiselas, Ron Haviv, David Burnett, Joao Silva, Samuel Aranda, Marcus Bleasdale, David Hume Kennerly, Roger Ballen and Vincent Laforet. Update: Christiane Amanpour, the ABC News global correspondent, has agreed to host the May ... Continue reading →
Examining issues including privacy and anonymity on the Internet, cyber surveillance, whistleblowers, access to information, and collaborative journalism, CJFE's third annual Review of Free Expression in Canada provides an overview of issues facing Canadians from coast to coast. In CJFE's annual report card, which grades key free expression issues and major institutions, it is clear to see that there are a number of problems threatening Canadians' free expression rights. Launched to coincide with World Press Freedom Day, the Review serves as a reminder of why we cannot afford to be complacent, and must continue to defend our rights and freedoms. Read the Review online below, or download a PDF version. Continue reading →
I first met Adam Yauch in 1982, in Brooklyn, when I was fifteen. I was sitting on the red steps in the lobby of St. Ann’s, where I was a sophomore in high school. His bandmate, Michael Diamond, was a grade ahead of me. Occasionally Mike and I would talk about records and argue. We talked about doing a newsletter, but that was also just talk. His hardcore band, the Beastie Boys, was getting bigger in the very small pond of downtown Manhattan. (In the nineteen-eighties, folks didn’t play rock music in Brooklyn. You had to go to “The City” for that.) The Beasties had managed to open for the Bad Brains, which was about the best thing that could happen to a young punk ... Continue reading →
