Visual Journalism

With his large-scale images, Edward Burtynsky seeks to ‘bring viewers to that point where they begin to grapple with their own consciousness about being in that space.’

Photojournalism is changing, propelled by newsroom budget cuts, multimedia possibilities, and the ubiquity of digital images. In Visual Journalism, photojournalists write about emerging digital business strategies and their efforts to…

On-the-ground reporting with resistance fighters in Baghdad revealed a different narrative than the one portrayed by many in the mainstream news.

In filming ‘Secrecy,’ the challenge wasn’t access, but finding the best ways to make what is usually hidden from view visible, personal and approachable.

Clothes drying in a window in the Darat al Rashid area, where many Iraqi refugees live. Amman, Jordan. April 2007. Photo by © 2008 Lori Grinker The living-sleeping room, in…

Filmmakers decide that, to illuminate the complexities and subtleties of Lebanon's politico-religious tapestry, they had to claim the audience's attention through engaging characters and fast-paced visual units.

‘It seemed to me solid news reporting could no longer do its job.’

All photos by Peter van Agtmael.For the past two and a half years, I have covered war and its consequences in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the United States. As an…

‘Journalists could never be sure they would be alive to cover the next assignment.’

In Liberia, a photojournalist finds death, despair and destruction.