David Degner | Photojournalist     

25 Best Photojournalism Blogs and News Sources

I went through all my RSS feeds and picked out my favorite sources of photography news. It’s biased towards photojournalism and tries to highlight original work more than equipment porn or industry rumor sites.

Leave suggestions for additions in the comments section.

The Industry Sources

Burn Magazine – New photojournalist work. This is David Alan Harvey’s project, voted best photography magazine this year(and it’s only online).

5b4 – Has many in-depth photo book reviews, though some are too artistic for my taste.

Verve Photo – Highlights a good finished story every once and a while.

Photojournalism Links – Links to important works all around.

1854 – British Journal of photography.

A Photo Editor – Industry news and a view from the other side of the photo desk.

PDN Pulse – Industry drivel, rarely good but still necessary.

BAG News & Notes – Analysis of photography in the media, interesting short clips.

Too Much Chocolate – Interesting art photography and news.

Rethink Dispatches – In-depth photojournalistic works, from Gary Knight.

DVAPhoto – A hodgepodge of news and highlighting work all around photography.

Feature Shoot – Sets of art photography.

Foto 8 – Their RSS feed isn’t working right but they publish some good photojournalism.

Light Test – Comedic light tests and assistent stand-ins

Shorpy – Interesting photos of olden days

Agencies Blogs

Pangea Photo – Photo collective, posting award winning photojournalism work

Luceo Images – Young upstart agency, though very experienced

We Are MJR – Upstart collective that often works for the big three papers

Magnum Photos – Old agency, best of the best

Magnum InMotion – Multimedia pieces from Magnum

Redux Pictures – Quality agency but they don’t put up much good work on their blog

Noor Images – They don’t have a blog, but they are my favorite photographers

Magazine & Newspaper Photo Columns

TIME Magazine – Photoessays, always interesting sometimes stunning

Wall Street Journal – They post a lot of images on this blog from some hot young photographers

Boston’s Big Picture – Sets of pictures pulled off the major wires. It’s a good place to look after a major event to get a well rounded view.

NPR’s Picture Show – They offer a surprising level of quality and some real standout essays.

NYTimes Lens Blog – One of the better photo blogs out there.

Latest Additions

Visual Student – One of the best blogs that tilts towards the newspaper industry.

Photo Column – Another blog that helps focuses on the best photos and photo stories published in newspapers.

Newspaper Twitter Feeds – A well curated list of newspaper and agency feeds on twitter.

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