Francis Vachon Photographe

September 30, 2008

James Nachtwey to unveil “a story that the world needs to know about”

That is going to be a HUGE meme on the photography related blogs. 2 years ago, world renowed photojournalist, mainly know for his war photography, James Nachtwey was awarded the TED Prize. He was awarded “one wish to change the world”, a 100,000$ price that he used to cover a story of his choosing. Now, “James Nachtwey is preparing to reveal his photographs, which highlight a shocking and underreported global crisis”.

On October 3, the story breaks. Here

September 6, 2008

Olympic Moments: Scott Strazzante

The story behind a photo no one else got

June 3, 2008

Beeing at the right place at the right time…

is sometime all you need to take a powerful photo

May 23, 2008

Raise the cup

A collection of still images was use to create a movie in this Stanley cup commercial

Enjoy!

April 13, 2008

I so like this photo

Ottawa Citizen’s Bruno Schlumberger photo is a finalist for a National Newspaper awards.

March 23, 2008

How to photograph 13 kids in a play

Trent, a photojournalist and parent of two kids (if I understand correctly) who were in a play with some other students wanted to shoot something different. I think he totally made it.

February 5, 2008

I smell a Pulitzer price

The three first pictures of this series have a serious shot at the Pulitzer. And look at this previous winner

January 29, 2008

The past blend with the present

Thirteen years ago, Chicago tribune photographer Scott Strazzante began visiting a familiy fam near Lockport. (…) he chronicled the fam’s end. Call it death, if you will. Caill it progress, if you must.

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Last March, after a presentation at the College of DuPage, Strazzante was approached by one of the people in the audience, Amanda Grabenhofer, who lives on what had been the Cagwin farm. She invited him for a visit

The past blend with the present

January 6, 2008

Finally, HDR that looks cool AND natural

I must say that I usually don’t like HDR images. Most of the time, they are overdone and look gimmicky. But I must admit that this one looks so good that it makes me want to give HDR a try

December 26, 2007

MSNBC year in pictures

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