Photographers

Depth of Field: Gary S. Chapman and Vivian Chapman

Depth of Field: Gary S. Chapman and Vivian Chapman

Gary S Chapman and wife Vivian Chapman’s  goal is to help non-government organizations communicate with the public through stunning images. This is particularly important for NGOs working with disasters, or in areas of development. They are very good at it! Gary, originally a journalist for top rags like Louisville Courier Journal, brings a real photojournalist bent to [...]


Esther Havens: A Report from Haiti

Esther Havens: A Report from Haiti

I met Esther Havens over twitter. I heard a lot of scuttlebutt about how she was this young attractive hotshot photographer out of Austin, Texas.


Your chance at a start in humanitarian photography

Your chance at a start in humanitarian photography

Here is your chance to get your feet wet in the muddy but exciting waters of humanitarian photography.  A very cool photographic website called Photocrati (you will want to bookmark this site!) has created a funding organization called The Photocrati Fund and has announced a $5,000 grant to non-professional photographers that want to break into [...]


James Nachtwey: An Opportunist or An Opportunity

James Nachtwey: An Opportunist or An Opportunity

This weekend I became somewhat frustrated with the photographic community. To be more precise; I became frustrated with a small, vocal, fraction of the photographic community. Attention was drawn to a blog post by an associate of James Nachtwey. Nachtwey, if you don’t know, is one of today’s premier war photographers. He is a [...]