Features

From time to time the Association publishes articles written and photographed for this site. The point of them is to add to the knowledge of other members and to help promote our profession.

Five Thousand Days - The Movie

This Quicktime .mp4 movie was made by Dillon when he was in Italy overseeing the printing of the first copies of Five Thousand Days. Be warned, it's a 10.3 Mb file - Dillon Bryden

Lithuania 24 Hours

"I Love Lithuania - But Where Is It?" is a popular slogan on souvenir T-shirts sold in the markets of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania. Sion Touhig and several other BPPA members took part in an interesting project... - Sion Touhig

The 7th of July - One photographer's words

Immediately after the bombings of the 7th of July the Association received a request from the editor of NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER magazine - the house journal of the National Press Photographers' Association in the USA. Donlad Winslow wanted someone from the BPPA to write a first hand report of the day from a press photographer's perspective so that our American colleagues could undertsand a little more of what had happened. Edmond Terakopian answered the call and here is the piece that he wrote:

UPDIG

Our industry is in a state of great change, and established ways of making and working with photographs have been supplanted by entirely new ones. The enormous capabilities and efficiencies of digital capture and delivery have revolutionized the image marketplace at an astounding rate. But they have also created gaps in creative and quality control that have frequently led to confusion, inequities, loss of quality, and unnecessary expense. We recognize the need for worldwide imaging quality and delivery standards that will facilitate reliable and repeatable image reproduction.

Reporting Avian Flu

BPPA member Paul Haigh has compiled a photographers guide to avian flu and how to cover it whilst remaining both safe and within the law. You can find it at www.britishpressphoto.org/avian_flu.pdf The 7th of July - One photographer's words