Can films change the world?
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under video
The Guardian asks do films really change the world? Do films about changing the world make any money?
Of course the same can be asked of documentary photo projects.
I’m no longer even sure that documentary films affect the world in a different way from fiction or that people are interested in how fiction differs from investigation.
You watch films in the dark and emerge blinking from the cave, your life mysteriously altered. You feel different afterwards - more alert, more informed.
‘You should never know quite what you are getting into with a film,’ says director Stephen Frears. ‘And that means you can never be certain what you have got or what effect, finally, the film will have.’
Frears is a doughty defender of the power of feelings in films. He believes that what people remember in films are not facts, but emotions.
Go check it out.
Tags: documentary, video
Supporting your photo projects
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under photojournalism
This nice list by Rachel at PhotoShelter will put you one step closer to supporting your next big photo project.
In honor of the almighty Pulitzers, I’ve spent the morning compiling a list of contests, grants, fellowships and publishing opportunities that are particularly geared to you photojournalists out there.
Here’s a great guide to writing a grant.
Tags: documentary, funding, grants, projects
The Pulitzer Prize - Feature Photography Preston Gannaway
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under photojournalism
A big congrats to Preston Gannaway for winning one of the greatest honors for any storyteller; a Pulitzer. Her story “Remember Me“(link to the multimedia piece) is an incredible and intimate journey with Carolynne St. Pierre and her family. Thanks to the St. Pierre’s for sharing their story and to Preston for documenting the precious journey. As somebody going through something very similar right now this piece hits me hard. I don’t know where they found the strength, but I’m glad they did. Thank you Carolynee, Preston and company.
Check out Preston’s winning entry here.
Rich and EJ plant trees in the backyard to memorialize Carolynne.
Photo by: Preston Gannaway
Tags: contests, documentary, photojournalism, pulitzer
