We’re working to make things happen. (The Curious Society is a member supported 501c3 devoted to supporting and publishing independent photojournalists. Click here to get a copy of our first publication for just the cost of postage.) My Dear Fellow Members, I would like to thank you for your support…

Gone too soon. John Gaps III passed away on October 17th of this year. He was 63 years old. John was a photojournalist, a good one to be sure, who was known for taking chances and being outspoken. If your goal is to make good pictures of people acting naturally…

You must have an expensive drone, it makes excellent pictures. You get one chance to make an impact on your viewer. Sometimes this doesn’t matter. Other times, like in the aftermath of a natural disaster, it’s crucial. People react to the suffering of others, but only if they feel that…

You own it. — Phil Collins and his bandmates just sold their music rights for over $300 million. The reason they could do that is because they owned the rights to their own music. The reason they owned their rights is because they never signed them away in the first place. Luckily, if you’re…

Journalists, your job is to make the powerful folks uncomfortable, not to aid and comfort them. — I follow a certain college football program. I’ve been doing this my entire life. There’s never been a time when I wasn’t a fan of the program. This team is not only the only show in town, but they’re the only show in the entire state. …

Doesn’t get my vote. I read an article recently in a rather highbrow publication which praised a certain photographer’s work as democratic. A decade ago when intellectuals were pushing for the democratization of photography this might have been a compliment, today it is not. To be fair, I didn’t actually…

A legendary photo editor at Time Magazine. — We’ve lost another legend. Arnold Drapkin passed away last month. Arnold was with Time Magazine for almost forty years. He was the head of their photo department for the last thirteen or those years. He was ninety years old. As we move further away from the so-called Golden Age of…

Documentary Photographers and The Curious Society — By capturing the present, photography changes the future. In 1871, William Jackson documented a place that many didn’t believe existed. A year later, because of his photographs, it became known as Yellowstone National Park. His images helped preserve the place that today, even when seen with one’s own eyes, is…

Looking for success? After trying everything else, you may want to consider becoming useless. We’ve been seeing a lot of pictures of people holding signs lately. Which can only mean we’re going to see more pictures of people holding signs. As photographers, we are conditioned to respond to the marketplace…