Sortir du Cadre Interviews: Future of photojournalism
The “Sortir du Cadre” (Think outside the box) Interview series is a prospective view into photojournalism. Stephen Mayes, Paul Melcher, Jean Pierre Pappis among other major actors in the industry give an exclusive insight of photojournalism and try to explore the state of the industry and its future. 2010 is certainly one of the most crucial moment in our short history, where numbers of photojournalists are forced to reconsider their approach of photography, technology and even newspapers and magazines. The need of innovation, passion and imagination has never been so strong in this challenging time and, hopefully, we’ll be able to rely on each other to make photojournalism evolve and become one of the most prominent communication form in the world.If you want to read the “Sortir du Cadre” e-book (available in French and English) click here and download a version of it. Stats: This series has been viewed 13,083 times. ebook views & downloads combined between slideshare and issuu: 9911TOTAL views and read: 22994
Watch the video In this first video of the “Sortir du Cadre” (Think outside the box) Interview series, Stephen Mayes gives an insight of the VII’s new Magazine and goes further to explore the state of the photojournalism and its future. Stephen Mayes has worked with photography, art and journalism for 25 years. He is currently managing director of VII Photo Agency. Stephen chaired the World Press Photo competition and curated several photographic exhibitions, including Positive Lives, which continues to tour in four continents. He has also written and broadcast extensively on the ethics and realities of photographic practice.
Watch the video In this second video of the “Sortir du Cadre” (Think outside the box) Interview series, Paul Melcher explore the concept of “intelligent image” and goes further to explore the state of the photojournalism and its future. Paul Melcher is currently Cofounder and Senior Vice President of PictureGroup, prior to that he was Director of North American Operations and Sales for Hachette Filipacchi Photo Group and V.P of sales at DigitalRailroad among many other responsabilities. Paul is also behind “The Thoughts of a Bohemian”, an influent blog about photo industry.
Watch the video In this third video of the “Sortir du Cadre” (Think outside the box) Interview series, Jean Pierre Pappis talks about his experience and goes further to explore the state of the photojournalism and its future. JP Pappis was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt where he received his high school diploma from the Lycee Francais in 1967. In 1980 he joined Sygma Photo News and remained there until 2000 as Executive Editor. He then joined Gamma Press USA in New York as Editor-in-Chief until August 2002. In September 2002 Pappis started Polaris Images, a photo agency representing photographers dedicated to the coverage of news and the production of news features.
Watch the video In this fourth and last video of the “Sortir du Cadre” (Think outside the box) Interview series, Mark Lubell gives an insight of Magnum inMotion its strategy and goes further to explore the state of the photojournalism and its future. Mark Lubell is currently the Managing Director of Magnum. Back in 2004, he launched the Magnum’s digital magazine “inMotion” and since then redevelop Magnum’s brand and strategy on Internet.