Friday, April 04, 2008

Melanie Burford

So last night I went to the Kaleidoscope theatre at RMIT to see Melanie Burford give a seminar on photo journalism in the online age. It is sad, but true, that paper circulations are dwindling massively. The crew at Dallas Morning News, are like most of the US circulations, in that they are moving to the online world. More emphasis on audio, slideshows, video etc. The still image is dying, for that purpose anyway.

She is an incredibly laid back kiwi, shared winner of the pulitzer prize and several other awards, and inspiring. She cares, unlike most photo journ's.

Check out the Sugar Hill slideshow or The McCrays Full cycle or ... I'll add more later.