We have all lost a great photographer and an amazing human being with the passing of Reuters freelancer Mike Cassese on Thursday December 27, 2012. Fred Thornhill, one of Mike’s closest friends, gave this speech at his funeral:
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Newfoundland photographer Greg Locke started in news photography about 30 years ago and now shoots corporate, commercial, and industrial, photography and video. His assignments have taken him from offshore oil fields in the North Atlantic to civil wars in the Balkans to corporate boardrooms in North America. His photography has been published in three books.
His web site is straylight.ca
Corporate communications shoot for Cougar Helicopters Search and Rescue services. (Photo by Greg Locke © 2012)
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A 2006 video by CBC’s Peter Wall who followed four Canadian Press photographers during the 2006 Canadian federal election.
Peter Jones started freelancing with Reuters in 1986 and was hired on staff in 1991. He is currently the Editor-in-Charge, Canada Photos and North American Sports Pictures Editor for Thomson Reuters.
Alexander Wurz of Austria crashes in his Benetton team car on the first lap of the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal, Canada, June 7, 1998. Wurz used his spare car and finished in fourth place. (REUTERS/Peter Jones)
(Editor’s note: How easy was it to shoot this car crash? Watch here and decide.)
The 2013 World Press Photo contest opened today. The 56th annual photojournalism contest and 3rd annual multimedia contest are accepting submissions. The deadlines are: 10 January 2013 for the multimedia contest and 17 January 2013 for the photo contest. Winners will be announced in mid-February.
