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Learning From The Land: Women in Ranching wins an Emmy

Posted by The PhotoCamp Director | Jul 24, 2019 | Documentary, Photojournalism, Video |

Gazette videographer Katie Klann has won an Emmy Award for her video essay, Learning from the Land, which follows the stories of women ranchers in the West.

The Camera That Went To The Moon And Changed How We See It

Posted by The PhotoCamp Director | Jul 19, 2019 | Cameras & Lenses, Documentary |

In the summer of 1962, Walter Schirra – who would soon become America’s third man to orbit the Earth – walked into a Houston photo supply shop looking for a camera he could take into space. He came out with a Hasselblad 500C, a high-end Swedish import that had been recommended to him by photographers from Life and National Geographic.

Ebony Memories: A Photo Treasury

Posted by The PhotoCamp Director | Jul 18, 2019 | Documentary |

The most significant collection of photographs depicting African-American life in the 20th century is being auctioned. Historians fear the archive could end up hidden away. Coretta Scott King, the civil rights activist, in 1958.

Women behind the lens at Life magazine

Posted by The PhotoCamp Director | Jul 16, 2019 | Documentary |

In mid-century America, no publication had more influence than Life magazine. It brought the world to the living rooms of the nation, largely through its famous photo essays.

And in an industry dominated by men, a small group of female photojournalists created some of the magazine’s most enduring images, including the very first cover in 1936.

16 award-winning photos capture what it’s really like to give birth, from pain to pure joy

Posted by The PhotoCamp Director | Feb 16, 2019 | Documentary |

Birth Becomes Her, a resource for birth photographers, released the winners of its 2019 photo contest. Founders Monet Moutrie and Jennifer Mason launched the contest in 2016 because, as they told INSIDER, “birth photography is some of the most powerful documentary photography in our world” and they wanted to “showcase the incredible work being produced around the world.”