Lady Gaga’s Arrival at Manhattan Event Causes Photog's Death?

Lady Gaga attended at event in midtown Manhattan a few days ago, where she was already an hour late and declined to speak to photographers outside. It was about 9:03pm at this time.Although she was wearing a tightly wound black lace mask so it would have been hard for her to...

A year on, Reuters cameraman still held by U.S. army

Baghdad - Ibrahim Jassam, a journalist for Reuters, got taken from his home in his underwear on September 2, 2008 by U.S. and Iraqi troops. A year later, nobody, his friends, family, nor global news agency Reuters...

Zach Hyman's Nude Photo Shoot With Jocelyn Saldana

A photographer named Zach Hyman has been snapping pictures of nude New Yorkers on subways and on the streets, from Times Square to Chinatown. Last month, passengers on the L train probably thought they were hallucinating from too much or too little coffee when 19-year-old...

Cape Cod & Islands Views: A Photo Journal

by Cape Cod photographer Christopher Seufert.

Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic Survivor Millvina Dean

" LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed...

Should citizen-journalists be paid?

Should citizen-journalists be paid?  As sites like NowPublic and other spread their sea legs into the new world of web 2.0, questions begin to arise on paying writers and photographers for content or maintain...

s.76 Counter-Terrorism Act 2008: Photojournalism or Terrorism?

From today, a photojournalist taking photographs of police officers whilst documenting political dissent or public disorder on the streets of the UK may be deemed to have committed a criminal offence...

Spring Nature Writing/Photography Workshop in Hocking Hills, Ohio

Update - this workshop has been canceled due to low registration. I will be offering half-day workshops on close-up nature photography at the Wegerzyn Garden Center and MetroPark in Dayton, OH, on July 11 and...

Ruffian Infiltrates Press Corps, Photographs Obama

This morning I woke up to a Flickrmail inviting me to contribute this photo to the NowPublic archive, along with the story behind it, which goes like this:  On the morning of 23 August 2008, I was in...

Military jet crash in San Diego kills 3; 1 missing

"Residents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are accustomed to loud, low-flying military jets, but they immediately knew something was wrong when they heard the skies thunder. The explosions came moments...

Kanye West Arrested Over Photographer Scuffle

" Kanye West Arrested Over Photographer Scuffle Posted on November 14th, 2008 in Uncategorized (edit) Rapper Kanye West has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a photographer as he was leaving a nightclub in...

Kanye West Arrested In LA Over Paparazzi Clash

Kanye is allegedly at it again with the paparazzi and, this time, he's been arrested in LA on suspicion of vandalism. "Police say they have arrested Kanye West at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of...

Photographer races clock to honor last few World War I vets

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/war.vets.photos/index.html " "In my view, America has missed the boat in documenting this part of history," said DeJonge, a portrait photographer from Zeeland, Michigan. "It was such a pivotal moment in global history." " I couldn't agree...

Cape Cod Golf

This image won Photo of the Week in the 2008 Kodak Challenge Contest ( www.KodakChallenge.com ) and was also published in the summer, 2008 issue of Australasian Women's Golf Magazine. The image was additionally...

Photographer William Claxton Dies

Photographer William Claxton passed away at the age of 80 due to complications of congestive heart failure on Saturday.  Claxton is well known for his iconic images of Chet Baker, as these photographs...

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