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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Assignment #3 is live in my free online photojournalism class. For this assignment, due Dec. 20 - we take a look at holiday parades. www.sodacitizen.com/photojournal...

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Assignment Three (Due Dec 20) — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

Holiday Parades

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Assignment #2 is now live in my free online photojournalism course. For this moth's assignment we tell stories about folks helping our communities. When we tell stories like this, we highlight good people doing good work, encourage others to help and provide resources for those looking for help.

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Assignment Two (Due Dec. 3) — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

Helping Hands

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Lady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Hello Zine Librarians unConference day 2! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ We're starting with Community Organizing with presenters Kelly Lindberg, Momo Mullings, Ana Rico, Al Cassada, and Leila Boukarim with live Spanish translation

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Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

A man washes blood off the steps at Willie’s Bar & Grill after an early morning shooting left at least four dead and 20 injured in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Willie’s is just around the corner from the historic Penn Center. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Peak Fall Foliage Drive: Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina youtu.be/GVNjqpkEbCg

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

A little from my Saturday. See yall next week.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Dean Moses, Police Bureau Chief and photojournalist for amNewYork, seen in viral video where masked Ice shoved journalists to the ground, sending one to hospital, says the ICE statement in response to the incident is a “complete falsehood” during interview with Spectrum News.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm launching a free online photojournalism course this weekend. With video and text based resources, a few quizzes and a final exam - it can be completed in an afternoon. I'll even personally grade a limited number of the final tests. Here's how to get notified when the free course is live.

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Free Photojournalism Course Updates

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Saturday afternoon at Graveyard Fields along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. If you’re planning a fall foliage trip to southern Appalachia this season check out my first leaf peeping report of 2025 at my sodacitizen website. (Link in bio)

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The photojournalist who learned under Eugene Smith and then found work in the film industry on the set of Taxi Driver and The Godfather. petapixel.com/2025/09/29/w...

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Documentary Explores Life and Work of Iconic Photographer Steve Schapiro

'His camera captured the soul of America.'

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Yesterday on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Cranberry Ridge Overlook in North Carolina.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Headed south yesterday on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina at Courthouse Valley Overlook

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Fall foliage update from Western NC youtu.be/uctY96_Z1VM?...

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Saturday in Columbia, SC (9.20.25) - Jubilee: Festival of Black Culture - Carolina Western Dance Night w Smokey Jones - Palmetto Peanut Boil - Rod Foster & Company - Riot Stares, Show Me Mary, Fake Eyes, Brass Tongue at NBT - Emo Night at NBT - Hellvis, Demiser at Art Bar

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What to Do in South Carolina: Sept. 2025 — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

Yemassee Shrimp Festival + more

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Midweek Update: Photojournalism & Documentary Photography News: Sept. 14-20 Some Headlines Coventry photo display highlights Ukraine's war-torn trees Edson Vera Lima Street Photographer Robert Capa exhibition opens @ Ara Güler Museum “They Fear Our Lenses”: Gaza Photojournalists Speak Out

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Photojournalism and Documentary Photography News: Sept. 14-20 — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

The latest in photography news

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"Among the world’s photographs created by Eddy van Vessell, the image of an adult couple from Bakhmut stands out in particular: the frame conveys not only the destruction but also a deep humanity that keeps people in the difficult circumstances of war."

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Eddie van Wessel’s Kyiv Exhibition: Human Stories Through War Photography | Ukraine news - #Mezha

Eddie van Wessel's powerful photography exhibition in Kyiv captures human stories amid war, using unique techniques to evoke empathy and raise awareness about Ukraine's ongoing conflict.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"After two years in Guam, I moved to the Pensacola News Journal in Florida. I guess I was tired of year-round sunshine because I moved to Cincinnati in 1989. But I've never regretted the move and I've learned to drive in snow! "

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Around the world and at home in Cincinnati: Enquirer photographer retires after 42 years

Liz Dufour started her career in photography in Guam and ended up in Cincinnati. She doesn't regret a moment.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Details announced on the Oct 18 nationwide "No Kings" protests for events in San Francisco, San Diego, DC, Atlanta, Honolulu, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Bozeman, New York City, Greenville (NC), Raleigh, Philadelphia, Stroudsburg and Columbia (SC).

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'No Kings’ Coalition Plans Oct. 18 Nationwide Protests — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

Progressive allies prepare for demonstrations

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

"Between 2010 and 2011, documentary photographer Mark Neville travelled to Helmand Province, Afghanistan to work with British soldiers as an official war artist." plastermagazine.com/features/rus...

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Dispatches from Eastern Ukraine - Plaster Magazine

Matthew Holman speaks to two documentary artists who are helping to tell the human story of the Russo-Ukrainian War behind the headlines

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

"As her new book Art Work is released, the uncompromising image-maker shares wisdom she’s acquired over decades of making beautiful and, at times, controversial work ." www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...

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Life lessons from the renowned photographer Sally Mann

As her new book Art Work is released, the uncompromising image-maker shares wisdom she’s acquired over decades of making beautiful and, at times, controversial work

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

"When impresario Harry M Miller needed a luxury car to ferry American jazz supremo Louis Armstrong around Wellington, he called up his old school friend Ron Woolf at 11pm one night to ask if he could borrow his Jaguar " www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

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The Post

The images by Kiwi photographers who have chronicled life in the capital and beyond are on display at Tākina from Friday along with the best of this year’s international photos at the World Press Photo...

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"This year’s edition showcases the winning works from the 2025 World Press Photo Contest, bringing the best of photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world that are on display until Oct. 13, 2025 at Marché Bonsecours." montreal.citynews.ca/2025/09/03/w...

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'The power of a still image': World Press Photo Expo comes back to Montreal

Montreal is welcoming back the annual World Press Photo Exhibition – a flagship event of the fall cultural calendar – for the 18th year in a row. This year’s edition showcases the winning works from…

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"Few photographers have stared into the heart of conflict like Sir Don McCullin. For more than two decades, his black-and-white images defined what it meant to document war.". fstoppers.com/documentary/...

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Don McCullin: Palmyra and What War Destroys

Few photographers have stared into the heart of conflict like Sir Don McCullin. For more than two decades, his black-and-white images defined what it meant to document war. Stark, empathetic…

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"The Carmignac Photojournalism Award announced that Nicole Tung has been selected as the laureate of its 15th edition, dedicated to Southeast Asia and the human and environmental rights violations linked to illegal fishing and overfishing." loeildelaphotographie.com/en/visa-pour...

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Visa pour l’Image 2025 : Carmignac Photojournalism Award : Nicole Tung - The Eye of Photography Magazine

Le Prix Carmignac du Photojournalisme annonce que Nicole Tung a été sélectionnée comme lauréate de sa 15e édition, consacrée à l’Asie du Sud-Est et aux

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

"Netflix has reportedly purchased the rights to The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo, the controversial documentary that asserts photographer Nick Ut did not take the photo “The Terror of War,” more commonly known as “Napalm Girl..." petapixel.com/2025/09/03/n...

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Netflix Buys 'The Stringer', Explosive Doc That Challenged 'Napalm Girl' Attribution

Netflix has reportedly purchased the rights to "The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo" for streaming later this year.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

First image is Thursday night's 8pm update. Second image is Friday morning update for 2am. More than a week out from any possible US mainland impacts, No worries yet, but something to keep an eye on. Invest 91 * Formation chance through 48 hrs: .60%. * Formation chance through 7 days:.90%.

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Sean Rayford @seanrayford.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

'No Kings' Coalition plans Oct. 18 nationwide protests against Donald Trump. The demonstrations will follow up on the June mass movement that saw millions of Americans take the streets, town centers and state capitals across the U.S.

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'No Kings’ Coalition Plans Oct. 18 Nationwide Protests — Soda Citizen - Photo Stories from the South

Progressive allies prepare for demonstrations

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