Behind the scenes of photojournalism

Photojournalism Behind the Scenes [ITA-ENG subs] from Ruben Salvadori on Vimeo.

Ruben Salvadori's project brings the hidden photojournalist to life, and shows how photo scenes are often manipulated to increase drama and give the media what they want to publish.

Winners of Pictures of the Year International

First-place, issue reporting picture story, freelance-agency division: Kashmir Violence

Pictures of the Year International have announced the winners of their 68th annual competition. You can see all the winning images in the photo gallery. The New York Times is featuring some of the first-place winners on their Lens blog.

Via Laughing Squid.

Another dose of photo-news

Alan Taylor, creator of The Boston Globe's wonderful photojournalism blog The Big Picture has created a similar feature for The Atlantic called In Focus, which launches this February.

Pete Souza, Chief White House Photographer, Interviewed

Alas, being the White House photographer means you're far too busy for film, but this interview with Pete Souza is interesting nonetheless. He answers the public's questions about being a photographer in the White House and being a photographer in general.

If you haven't checked out The White House's Flickr photostream, do so. You won't be disappointed. Here's my favorite: