Amanda Emily
Photogs in vintage ads
A vintage ad featuring photographers Joe Rucker and Willard Van der Veer dating from 1930 on a Paramount News story that ended up making them the only news photographers to ever win an Academy Award for cinematography. In addition to the aforementioned Oscar, a little more than twenty years later Read More →
nascent ethics of the past
In 1937, Paramount News assignment editor William Montague gave a talk about the nascent ethics being developed surrounding his profession’s form of news-gathering that was reprinted in World Film and Television magazine. Montague’s talk also included the editorial decisions Paramount made regarding a story known as the 1937 Memorial Day Read More →
Photog Tales: Covering the 1936 Johnstown Flood
The story behind the story from cameraman Dave Oliver of Universal Newsreel about him and Thomas Proffitt covering the March 1936 flood of Johnstown, including the panic that struck the town when a rumor spread that the South Fork Dam had broke and Johnstown was potentially facing a repeat of Read More →
Another NBC photog writes a book (sort of)
Another book has been unearthed for the collectors of tomes of early photojournalism history since NBC cameraman in particular seem to like writing books about themselves and their careers. Well actually a Kindle book since it wasn’t published on paper as a traditional book… The late Gene Barnes, NBC Los Read More →
A Los Angeleno brings CA weather to the Twin Cities…
A little tale from 83 years ago that I have to post since two of their modern professional descendents are having a friendly battle of some sort over the weather in the cities of Los Angeles and Minneapolis this week. When John L. Herrmann, Paramount Sound News man, left California Read More →
To Pan or Not?
A decades-old photography argument – panning. It was once an actual fire-able offense for news photographers at least at one outlet back in the 30s. “The constant crusade of the league continuity and technical consultants against “panoraming” has received commendation from W. French Githens, president of The Newsreel Theateres, Inc., Read More →
Women as Camera Men (1914)
A short article written 99 years ago about Pathe News’ having to resort to hiring women for news coverage in France since all their male counterparts had been drafted into the war. The statement has been widely circulated that genuine war pictures are impossible to get, that mobilization maneuvers and Read More →