Just like that, it’s almost the end of February! This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up a wonderful book from Renata Cherlise, Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life (Ten Speed Press). Also, for Melbourne readers, Monash Gallery of Art’s 100 Faces by 50 artists opens on March 4 featuring works from two private collections and the MGA’s own archive. Artists: Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Tony Albert, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Brook Andrew, Atong Atem, Jack Cato, Katthy Cavaliere, Harold Cazneaux, IJ Chidley, Maree Clarke, Nancy Cohen, Michael Cook, Olive Cotton, Paul ..read more

Wow, it’s 2023 already…and welcome to the 11th year of Photojournalism Now. This year I’ll be posting once a month while I work on the final stages of my PhD. It’s almost done. The end is in sight… This post kicks the year off with two new books that you are going to want to add to your shelf. Book:  Thatcher’s Children – Craig Easton Craig Easton (C) from the series ‘Thatcher’s Children’ published by GOST Books In June last year I reviewed British documentary photographer Craig Easton’s book, Bank Top, about a neighbourhood in the northern town of Blackburn, England described by BBC’s Pa ..read more

It’s a busy time for photography and photojournalism. This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up a preview to the 2022 Head On Photo Festival which opens in Sydney next Friday 4 November. I’ll be moderating a panel discussion on storytelling from the viewpoint of insiders and outsiders on Sunday 6 November at 12noon. Click here for details and to secure a place – the event is in person at Bondi Beach and live-streamed. Also, over the weekend of 18-20 November, Melbourne’s Photo Collective is presenting a range of exhibitions and talks (I’m chatting with Al Jazeera’s Drew Ambrose on Frid ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – GOST Books republishes Larry Towell’s extraordinary documentary project, The Mennonites. Plus the FotoEvidence Book Award 2023 is now open for entries. The 2023 FotoEvidence Book Award is “dedicated to the impact of the Russian invasion and war crimes in Ukraine. The book by multiple, local, and international photographers, produced and published by FotoEvidence will serve future generations as evidence of the violence of war and the crimes committed on Ukrainian soil, a tool for activism, a memory keeper, and a volume of history. The bo ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – Finbarr O’Reilly’s new monograph, Congo, A Sublime Struggle. Plus a couple of new exhibitions in Melbourne and the Bowness Photography Prize finalists are announced including Narelle Autio for this image, Life Less from her series Trashed. In years gone by I’ve written about Narelle’s work and her use of trash found on the beach to create narratives about our disposable culture and the havoc it plays on the environment. Very pleased to see her work included in this year’s finalists. Life Less (C) Narelle Autio So much has happened since ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – finally after two false starts thanks to the global pandemic, World Press Photo opens at Magnet Galleries in Melbourne. Plus Craig Easton’s visual study of Bank Top, a neighbourhood in the northern town of Blackburn, England described by BBC’s Panorama as the “most segregated town in Britain.” Easton’s book of the same name, published by GOST, presents a more nuanced narrative. World Press Photo – Now Showing at Magnet Galleries Melbourne A red dress along the highway signifies the children who died at the Kamloops Indian Residential School i ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – an interview with Claire Martin about the resurrection of FotoFreo, plus some sobering insights from the latest State of Photography report. Also, congratulations to Paula Bronstein, the winner of this year’s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award. And Head On invites entries for this year’s awards. If you are in Victoria, a weekend of photography is on offer at the Benalla Art Gallery in celebration of Oculi’s ACTS I-VII, “a visual meditation on…seven universal experiences that lie at the heart of our existence: love and fea ..read more

Hello dear readers Just a quick update to let you know that the blog will be monthly for the foreseeable future (until the PhD is done and dusted – expected delivery March 2023). The next post will be on Friday 13th May when I share my interview with Claire Martin from the newly reborn FotoFreo, as well as some fascinating insights from the State of Photography report released this week. Also for those who are in Melbourne, I am conducting photobook portfolio reviews for PHOTO2022 on Saturday 21 May. Find out more here. Until next week… Alison Stieven-Taylor ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – there are some amazing and devastating photographs coming out of Ukraine, which is not surprising given there are literally thousands of photojournalists and journalists from around the world covering this conflict and the humanitarian crisis. The conflict is being documented from numerous angles – Ron Haviv photographed President Volodymyr Zelensky in his bunker, Anastasia Taylor-Lind is covering a story on surrogate mothers and Carol Guzy represented by Zuma Press is documenting the heartache of the elderly women who have stayed behind. Ukr ..read more

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – to celebrate International Women’s Day, which was on Tuesday 8 March, this week we recognise some of the amazing female photojournalists who are covering important stories on social justice, the environment and the horrific war in Ukraine. Renée C Byer (C) Renée C. Byer A Pulitzer Prize winner, Renée’s day gig is as an on-staff photographer at the Sacramento Bee, but she has also created an extraordinary body of documentary work that spans four continents and ten countries. Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor com ..read more