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Anything to Get the Shot: Precarious Positions

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Photographers sometimes get into the most precarious positions to get that perfect shot. The humorous drawing (below left) was apparently part of the White House News Photographers Association banquet in 1923, perhaps poking fun at the contortions necessary to snap an elusive photo. (The unidentified photographer whose head has been pasted on was perhaps one …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Anything to Get the Shot: Photographers and War

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

In the latest installment of our occasional series on challenging photography, Anything to Get the Shot, I’m going to highlight one of the more dangerous choices a photographer can make: covering war. Photographers during the U.S. Civil War faced serious challenges in their work. Due to the size of the camera equipment and long exposure …