Why Facebook Photos Look so Bad, and the DIY Solution to Fix It

With the largest public repository of photos on the Web, it’s not surprising that Facebook has and continues to employ heavy compression to all of the 250 billion images they store. Facebook never intended to be a high…

Put the Camera Down: Photography & Social Proof

Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor

When photographers get together, they tend to talk about two things: camera gear, and working with photo editors. But what many photographers don’t realize, is that when photo editors get together, they talk about YOU.

Your New Worst Employee

There’s a new problem employee in our midst — the content hoarder. We’re witnessing the emergence of a nasty…

The Last Photo

Ever since junior high school, I was the kid with the camera. And many years later, I’m still the guy who shows up to every life…

The Photo as Weapon

Photography has been used in many ways throughout its history: as documentation, propaganda, keepsake, etc. But never has it…

Bruce Gilden & the Absence of Empathy

I used to believe that photojournalism represented a platonic ideal of veracity, but this…