mapjd@lcc

note this is in 2 parts 1: the recorder (JP) We begin this unit by exploring the idea of the photographer as a recorder of the world. This session investigates questions of photographic truth and objectivity; the nature of photographic evidence and the ethics of photographic manipulation. It examines photography's earliest history and how its properties and purposes have been imagined from the beginning. Required reading: Batchen, G. (1999) Burning With Desire: The Conception of Photography. Cambridge, Mass: MIT; chapter 1.

"Welcome to The Kit Room. Alongside regularly updated video casts, find workshop notes in The Kit Room Downloads, tips and links on The Kit Rumor and The Kit Room Inventory, the complete list of kit available to students studying Film and Television at LCC. The Videos are also available free on Apple iTunes. Click here to go to the store. Link up with film makers on the Face Book group The Kit Room Facebook Group."

"25 Tons of Bombs Wipe Afghan Town Off Map"

" * About | * Contact | * Blog Photojournalist Tom Palmaers films aid work in Haiti on a 5DmkII"

"Photos: Haiti One Year Later * Next * Back * 1 of 13 Haiti One Year Later Shaul Schwarz / Reportage by Getty Images for TIME * Next * Back Port-au-Prince Today A woman stands outside of her house in the Fort National neighborhood, an area hit hard by the quake. One year after the devastating 2010 earthquake, the city remains littered with rubble. * Haiti's Earthquake Destruction: TIME Exclusive Photographs "

"Thinking Video? Make a plan [by Jay Kinghorn] If you're thinking about adding video to the services you offer clients, be sure to give the subject some deep thought before jumping in with both feet. Here are three concepts you may want to think through before you start marketing your video services."

"January 12 marked the anniversary of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti last year, killing more than 230,000 people and leaving several million inhabitants of the small island nation homeless. Though natural disasters are common, the humanitarian response this time was different: New media and communications technologies were used in unprecedented ways to aid the recovery effort. A report recently released by Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities, with support from Internews and funding from the Knight Foundation, takes a critical look at the role of communications in the crisis and recommends ways to improve the effectiveness of utilizing media in future disaster relief efforts. (The Knight Foundation is a major funder for MediaShift and its sister site MediaShift Idea Lab.)"

note there are 2 sessions archived together here with a one hour gap in between so harry's talk starts at the 1.39.39 time marker so is a long way into the archive

"The story is a machine for empathy"

Africa through a lens is a set of thousands of images taken from a broader photographic collection of Foreign and Commonwealth Office images, held at The National Archives. Starting with some incredible early photographs from the 1860s, the images span over 100 years of African history. These images are now available, for the first time, to view online.

"Blood and Dust: Vaughan Smith on the rescue teams saving lives in Afghanistan"

"What's the Optimum Length of an Online Video"

"What's the real lifespan, or "shelf life" of a photographic print? Do ink-jet based prints last longer than prints made with traditional photo chemical-based processes? As a photographer selling prints, should you know the answers to these questions?"

"Timeline Web Widget for Visualizing Temporal Data With this widget, you can make beautiful interactive timelines like the one below. Try dragging it horizontally or using your mouse-wheel. Click on each event for more details. "