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Read on to meet the photo scribes behind some exemplary blogs. If you don't see your favorite photobloggers profiled here, please let us and our readers know about them in the comments.
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The Wide-Eyed Young Photojournalists
Blog: dvafoto
Bloggers: Matt Lutton (left) and M. Scott Brauer
Location: Belgrade, Serbia (Lutton) and China (Brauer)
Day job: Photographers
Blogging since: 2005
Brauer and Lutton met at college (neither studied photography) and kicked around the stacks of VII Photo Agency in New York as interns before deciding the best way to make it in the world of photojournalism was to move half way across the globe. Since 2008, Matt has been based in Serbia and Scott in China. Dvafoto’s link-replete posts are international in scope and characterized by genuine respect and care for photojournalism. Expect discussion of new industry models for funding and recommendations of young colleagues' work.
“We tend toward focusing on documentary, long-term photography," says Brauer by e-mail:
We are two young editorial/documentary photographers trying to make a living and a mark on photojournalism, and we write from this perspective. We'll comment on the news, international or within the industry, from the seat of being Americans living abroad working in the media. The hellfire wrought on [traditional] photojournalism by the economy and the internet is a perennial topic.News photography as it is published rarely rises above the level of illustration, serving the written word. Photography at its best operates as its own document, both informing and being informed by an accompanying article. This sort of photography is being produced — often independently and at great cost to photographers — and with little outlet to the public at large.
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