Digital LIFE
If the web had been available to Henry Luce when he started LIFE Magazine, how would photojournalism have evolved? That?s the question posed by Dirck Halstead, who launched The Digital Journalist five years ago. The mission of Halstead and his partners is to come as close as possible to the LIFE Magazine model, and the current issue shows that they are well on the way to emulating the legend. As Halstead writes of recent events:
"The coverage of the war in Iraq by both still and video photojournalists has been nothing less than revolutionary. Never before have so many talented photographers been able to cover a conflict up close, with the ability to beam their images around the world almost instantaneously. The quality of their work, under great personal peril and discomfort has been remarkable."
One of the photojournalists who got up close to the conflict was Seamus Conlan. He covered the war for his own agency,World Picture News, and People magazine. Check out his Baghdad report "View From a Balcony", in which he talks about the plight that his friend Molly Bingham found herself in after being taken from her hotel by Iraqi officials. Great photography, great journalism.
Diarist of the day: Leo Tolstoy , 14 April 1910"I've been reading through my books. I oughtn't to write any more. I think in this respect, I've done al I could. But I want to, I terribly want to. "
