Redlights and Redeyes

there’s an app for photojournalism

February 9, 2011 by chip

So do you think this is photojournalism? If the answer is yes, then what we knew as photojournalism at it’s purest form is over and POYi just killed it. Well, they didn’t kill it so much as just dig another knife deeper into the back of its decaying corpse. It’s time to really address the crossroads we’re at in photojournalism and figure out where it’s headed versus what it was. I think it’s fair to say I’ve made my thoughts [...]

Categories: photojournalism industry, photos, shout outs, The New York Times • Tags: apps, Chip Litherland, contests, damon winter, Hipstamatic, photojournalism, poyi, world press photo

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former nba referee tim donaghy

January 10, 2011 by chip

I never looked forward to portraits as a staff newspaper photographer for a few reasons. I always thought they were too rushed, boring, and unnecessary when a documentary photo was a possibility. My former DOP would vouch for that. I always reserved my energy for the portrait series (whatever that meant). The white guy in a suit in front a building really kind of got to me after while. What I’ve learned in these last couple years is to appreciate [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: Chip Litherland, Florida, gambling, jail, n.b.a., nba, portrait, ref, refereee, tim donaghy

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potter redux

January 10, 2011 by chip

Harry Potter is quickly becoming my forced-upon muse. I got a call from The New York Times last week to head back up to Universal Orlando to shoot at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter again – followers of this blog will remember that Harry Potter made a few appearances last year as well (here, here, and here). Ironically for the same clients. So I grabbed my invisibility cloak and headed up for an early morning trip back to Orlando [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times, travel • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, Florida, Harry, J.K. Rowling, litherland, photojournalism, Theme Parks, Tourism, Travel, Universal Orlando, Wizard, Wizarding World of Harry Potter

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murder in celebration

December 3, 2010 by chip

Gawrsh, something happened in Mickey’s town. A m-u-r-d-e-r. It was the first one in 14 years since the master-planned community was developed by Disney. People always equate suburbia and cookie cutter homes to “Pleasantville” and the like, but Celebration is about as close as you are going to get to the epitome of landscaped perfection. Everything is immaculate, people are overly-friendly, and nothing ever happens…can’t believe I’m writing like a morning news show… …until the other day when a man [...]

Categories: sprawlscapes, The New York Times, travel • Tags: Celebration, chip, community, crime, Disney, goofy, litherland, master-planned, mickey, Orlando, pleasantville, The New York Times, Travel

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a republican star is born

November 3, 2010 by chip

Yes, He Can. You can see it now. It’s not from policy or polls or pundits, but from a gut feeling. It’s coming from a purely visual person who has covered politics for a few elections now. This guy will be running for president someday. He has the look, the cute kids that make cute photos, the bigger-than-life speech, the story, the beautiful wife, and a following of dark-blue suit and heels and mini-dress clad fans ready to anoint him. I’m [...]

Categories: photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: chip, color, Florida, Florida politics, litherland, Marco Rubio, miami, Obama, photojournalism, politics, Republican, Tea Party, The New York Times

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political chum

October 28, 2010 by chip

If there’s one thing I learned late in my days as a staff newspaper photojournalist, it was to stop looking at the newspaper. Nothing good can come of it. Don’t get me wrong, I love newspapers, but I’ve seen my photo cropped to a circle before. Literally. I don’t save clips. I have a small stack of papers that I have saved from 10 years of work that could fit inside my back pocket. That’s it. I learned to stop [...]

Categories: photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, Florida, governor, photojournalism, politics, Republican, Rick Scott, Tampa, The New York Times

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feeding frenzy

September 11, 2010 by chip

I’m not sure what’s worse, being part of the pack fighting for scraps or being eaten alive. I found myself in the middle of the ravenous pack in Gainesville yesterday at Dove World Outreach Center for the pastor/ringmaster Terry Jones’ Koran burning media circus for The New York Times. You might have read something about it on the 12, 669 articles on Google News right now. I met Pastor Jones a few weeks ago on a portrait shoot, when [...]

Categories: photojournalism industry, photos, The New York Times • Tags: burning, Chip Litherland, Dove World Outreach Center, fire, Florida, Islam, Koran, media, Mosque, Pastor, photojournalism, Protest, Quran, Saeed Khan, Terry Jones, The Hoda Academy for Quranic Studies

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the man who is going to burn the koran on sept. 11th

August 26, 2010 by chip

This man is planning on burning copies of the Koran on September 11th. Pastor Terry Jones. Not sure what else to say beyond that, because to be honest, I’m not even sure where to start. Instead I’ll just pass on this link to Damien Cave’s story in The New York Times I shot this for. It goes into what is sure to be an absolute media circus the evening of Sept. 11th in Gainesville, Fla., when he steps out of [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: burning, Chip Litherland, Dove World Outreach Center, fire, Florida, Islam, Koran, Mosque, Pastor, photojournalism, Protest, Quran, Saeed Khan, Terry Jones, The Hoda Academy for Quranic Studies

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potter in print

June 18, 2010 by chip

I got a few requests to see the layout of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter pictures for The New York Times Travel piece the other day…so here you go. Nice little 7 column photo inside over a truk, plus a 6 column on the front. So nice to see papers commit themselves to good photo play when most are stuck in what seems like a forever-shrinking newshole. Original post: here. More on Photoshelter: here. Tweet

Categories: in print, photos, The New York Times • Tags: Brand, Florida, Harry, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Movies, Orlando, Roller Coaster, Theme Park, Theme Parks, Tourism, Travel, Universal, Universal Orlando, Wizard, Wizarding World of Harry Potter

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potter puff

June 11, 2010 by chip

I don’t even know what a Hippogriff is, let alone a Hogwart. All I know is I don’t want to wake up with either on my skin. I do know that Harry Potter is HUGE with my daughter. Convincing her that a 2-day Travel assignment for The New York Times (article here) to a sneak peek the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter amusement park at Universal Orlando was work – tough. I spent two mornings with a select group of [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: Brand, Florida, Harry, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Movies, Orlando, Potter, Roller Coaster, Theme Park, Theme Parks, Tourism, Travel, Universal, Universal Orlando, Wizard, Wizarding World of Harry Potter

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