“Beautiful Mad Art Until the End” tells the story of 42-year-old artist Briar Bates who died from cancer and had elaborate ideas for how she wanted her friends to remember her. One of those requests was inspired by a chandelier she had made featuring Barbie dolls in swim caps fanned out in a circle as in the synchronized swimming routines in old-time movie musicals.
Rick Shaw, director of Pictures of the Year International for the last 11 years, looks ahead towards semi-retirement as he leaves the University of Missouri.
A well-known photojournalist will not be teaching this fall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after a Title IX harassment complaint was filed against him and the university issued a finding that the conduct complained of had occurred.
With the threat to visual journalists never greater than it is today, our ability to advocate on your behalf has never been more important. But ensuring the stability and continued work of the NPPA comes with increasing costs.
A new website tracks press freedom violations in United States. A coalition of more than 20 organizations launch the nonpartisan U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and other organizations are expressing their strong objections to the alleged actions of U.S. Capitol Police officers who were reported to have interfered with and threatened journalists reporting on matters of public concern at the Capitol on July 25, 2017.
