I’m shooting a new project about working mothers called All of It. These photos aren’t part of it, but they’re related.

William came with me to LOOK3, and I was fortunate to have Nick there and a lot of family help. But it was still challenging to switch back and forth from parent to photographer.

(Though I’m told the two are one and the same.)

It’s delicious to bring the baby with me on trips, but traveling alone for work is so focused!

I went to LOOK3 last week. It’s a photo festival in Charlottesville, VA, and it is a motivating, exhausting, exciting, though-provoking time. I ran into and met so many smart photographers, and now my eyes are full and I’m ready to work.

Let’s do this.

W’s vocabulary consists of: Hi, What’s that? Uh oh, Eye, and Bye. I think he’s all set for a career in photojournalism, too.

The Idiocy of Eliminating a Photo Staff - Assignment Chicago

drewvigal:

Even if you don’t believe that bit of science, the reality is that visual reporting and written reporting will take you to different parts of a scene and hold you there longer. I have never been in a newsroom where you could do someone else’s job and also do yours well.

Truth.

Fishing dad.

Picture Dept: Drama, Manipulation and Truth: Keeping Photojournalism Useful

I got to ask Fred, one of my favorite professors in college, to write this for The Daily Beast. He’s a pretty smart guy - but you knew that!

Paul Hansen’s photograph that recently won the World Press Photo award as the picture of the year was apparently modified to increase its drama, a technique to make colors more vivid and saturated that seems to be becoming more widespread in photojournalistic circles. As such, it remains…

theatlanticcities:

“I wanted to show a part of the Megalopolis that struck me, that showed very clearly that something is not working well for us as human beings in relation with our environment.” -Héctor Mediavilla

A glimpse of Mexico City’s subway as seen through the lens of photographer Héctor Mediavilla.

Known as one of the worst cities in the world in which to drive, Mexico City’s rush hours aren’t much better underground with a subway system that generates around 4 million riders a day.

Read: Inside Mexico City’s Chaotic Underground Rush Hour

[Images: Héctor Mediavilla]

Lovely.

Cowboy makes camp for the night.

Chris has been doing and photographing relief work in the Rockaways. Have a look:

chrisdevlin.tumblr.com

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