Not everything is black and white.

Contrary to IAMNOTASUPERSTAR's last post, not every NGO wants photographers to paint the world their way. Over the last year duckrabbit has been training some of the communications teams from MSF to produce photofilms. Not......

Photofilm, “If he is dead, I need proof, let me bury him”.

It's an argument sometimes given by supporters of the most visually gratuitous forms of photojournalism that we need to see the full horror to understand the 'truth'. A woman's husband is taken out and shot. Are......

AFP, CNN, Getty, ABC, V Morel, why this case matters to all professional photographers or why Getty could be selling your photos without you even knowing ….

Tonight I have received a copy of the transcript of the court proceeding in the case of AFP, Getty, CNN and ABC against Daniel Morel (for the background to this case read here). You......

If you don’t get why equality.

should be the one and only millennium development goal then watch this important and disturbing film. I apologize for the tiny size of this film which does not in any way do the work justice. For......

JF Leroy, ‘I am listening’.

Some of you will have been following the debate about why JF Leroy (Director of the Visa Pour L’Image Festival) has gone to such lengths to give the Haitian photographer Daniel Morel a kicking......

Photog Bites Off Video (and chews).

Making the transition from still photography to videography is bloody hard. There are no short cuts.  But rarely has someone made the transition so convincingly as Chinese based photographer Sean Gallagher. Armed with......

The tweet said: Archive of audio & video interviews with 40 plus white photographers & one person of color.

duckrabbit followed it thinking that can't be true, right? PERSPECTIVE ON THIS (from the comment section): Iamnotasuperstarphotographer: "Good to see better gender representation......

Is Getty wearing Leroy’s trousers?.

UPDATE Jean Francois Leroy has emailed duckrabbit to say he will be responding within the next 48 hours. Some of you will have been following the debate about why JF Leroy (Director......

Out Of Sight (photofilm).

One of the great things about teaching on the Masters in Photojournalism at the London College of Communication is that I come into contact with some very talented and switched on people. Many of......

Dear Mr Leroy (an open letter).

Thank you for your  response to my post yesterday critisizing the way way certain photo agencies seem content to abuse the rights of indvidual photographers. I am sorry that......

Why AFP, Getty, Jean-Francois Leroy, CNN, ABC, CBS love photographs but have no time for photographers, or ‘it wasn’t rape your honor because she was in the room and I was horny’.

The case that opens today according to NPPA: In a case that could set precedent in online copyright legislation and impact photographers around the world, oral arguments are scheduled to begin Friday......

Photography and dirty propaganda?.

Tonight I have followed Rabbit's link to Jodi Bieber's powerful and dignified photos of women in Afghanistan. I then went to look at the Editor of TIME, RICHARD STENGE's, ...

‘I thought that I was in the belly of the beast’.

This is a powerful photofilm by Eric Johnson. Some strong photographs and perfectly recorded audio, proving once more that a simple approach is often best. 'The 30th Street Men´s Shelter, otherwise known as Bellevue,......

‘Obsession, commitment, love’.

'Obsession, commitment, love', that's how Anna Carter describes her relationship with Carter's Steam Fair, the largest original touring vintage fairground anywhere in the world. And that's exactly what's on show at a new duckrabbit......

Good news for audio editors with Macs….

For some time, Apple's computers have dominated the creative industry's workspace; their reliability, fast processing speed and ownership of some of the industry standard software (Final Cut Pro in particular) makes them the must-have......

Charlie Beckett, ‘The Value of Networked Journalism’.

We are in the middle of sustained crisis for journalism. The global recession has accentuated the business problems for journalism in the UK, much of Europe and America. Of course, the......

Kicking Off – my kind of awesome.

One of the great things of being an occasional teacher on LCC's photojournalism masters is the talented students you get to meet.  Much of the work is very inspiring. This ninety second (that's......

The Green Book Materials.

This is a masterclass in documentary production. Nothing is out of place.  Watch for the ending.  It just crushed me. ...

No other journalist in the UK is using multimedia on a project in such a sustained and important way as Ciara Leeming.

This is essential work that deserves widespread recognition.  It's not sexy because the people in the stories are mainly working class white people but it's a template for in depth reportage on......

In Silence.

"What happened to us should not happen to anyone." Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to retrace the steps of one woman who died after......