New York Times photographer Todd Heisler said the paper’s “One in 8 Million Project” was a fantastic example of community journalism. The fabulous multimedia collection contains black and white images of local city characters that has been combined with sound that relays the person’s life story.

Heisler is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer whose work has a unique humanity to it and eloquently captures the life and spirit of the people profiled. He answered a lot of questions from readers about the project on the paper’s blog Lens.

Heisler said he met with each subject two or three times for a number of hours, shooting on a Canon 5D in monochromatic mode that he said helped him think in black and white. Most shots were made with a 35-millimeter or a 50-millimeter lens. He then edited his shots down to 80-100 to present to the photo editor. After another hour going through the shots they…

The Queensland Festival of Photography is a month long event in April 2010 that will showcase the talent of photographers across Queensland in more than 25 participating venues. From Cairns to Toowoomba art galleries, exhibition halls, press clubs, libraries and museums will take part in the event with anything from documentary and photojournalism to art and voyeuristic work.

Features include:

Pineapple Press Club
14 Lavinia Street, Southport
16 – 24 April 2010
Featuring a collection of images from exemplary Australian photojournalists.

The University of Queensland Art Museum
University Drive, The University of Queensland, St Lucia
29 January to 11 April
“The state we’re in: Contemporary Queensland Photography“

Logan Art Gallery
Corner of Wembley Road and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central
Wednesday 21 April – Saturday 22 May 2010
“Seventh CCP Documentary Photography Award“
A biennial showcase of documentary photography. Exhibits…

American photojournalist Todd Heisler has been working for the New York Times since 2006 covering national news and American life. He is just one of the inspirational photographers who worked on the New York Times 2009 “One in 8 Million Project” and he has a long list of photographic award credits to his name.

In 2006, while working for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, he won the famed Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a series of photographs titled “Final Salute”. The images profiled the funerals of Colorado Marines who returned from the Iraq war in caskets. His images also took a behind the scenes look at Major Beck, the Marine Honor Guard, who had to notify family member’s of a Marine’s death.

Father Jeff Cathey cries for the son he lost in Iraq. The image was part of the “Final Salute” series.

“Final Salute” won a number of other prizes also…

Steve McCurry is one of the world’s most iconic photographers and this May he is offering budding photographers the chance to learn something from the master himself. A limited number of participants will spend time with McCurry learning to take magazine quality images and observe him at work.

The 2010 Weekend Workshops with Steve McCurry will take place in May, and registration for the May 27-30 workshop is now open. On-assignment shoots, discussions and workshops will be held with just six other photographers.

For more information on the Workshops see click here to book.

McCurry is perhaps most famous for his image of an Afghan girl (pictured below) that featured in the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine. He has since published a number of books with Amnesty International and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986.

If you haven’t purchased a calendar in 2010 yet, consider Amnesty International offering. The world renowned photojournalist has put together a moving collection of images containing intimate portraits of Tibetan women, Indian women huddling from a desert dust storm and young men at the Niger marriage festival.

The calendar contains 12 images and large spaces for writing in appointments.  Sales of the calendar benefit Amnesty International programs.

Amnesty International campaigns for internationally recognized human rights and has more than 2.2 million members in 150 countries.

Steve McCurry is one of the world’s most recognized photographs with classic reportage of major conflicts and human struggles. He has worked for Magnum Photos since 1986.

If you’re seeking motivation or know how about becoming a photojournalist, Tim Page’s story may just inspire you.

The award winning, British born Page has covered major conflicts across the globe, had a character based on him in Coppola’s movie Apocalypse Now, has written at least nine books, has photographs in places like The Smithsonian and The Imperial War Museum and won awards such as the Robert Capa and American Society of Media Photographers.

So even if you haven’t heard of him, you’ve probably seen his images. So how did it all begin?

Page, 65 years, began life with itchy feet, cycling all the way around Scandinavia when he was just 14 years. At 17 he left for Amsterdam where he worked in a chewing gum factory, the Heinken brewery and even as a hash smuggler. But he soon split from there and drove a Volkswagon combi across to Asia until it blew up in India in 1962. He then…

Renowned British war photojournalist UNAMA).

Page is a veteran of seven wars and has covered conflicts in Vietnam, Kossovo, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Lebanon.

Page said “the chance to mentor Afghan photojournalists is an awesome privilege, to promote their skills and passions, so they can do the job that we have usually been assigned to do”.

The students covered the country’s democratic elections in August and honed their skills in Page’s class. The group of six included two female photographers who learnt how to edit, angle, crop, use lighting and document their country’s people and history. The course also included digital photography, laws and ethics, photo essays and visual storytelling.

The students graduated in October 2009. The results of their photos…