Photo agency VII member Marcus Bleasdale has a stunning body of work focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on David Alan Harvey’s Burn Magazine. The DRC is home to the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998, the largest death toll since the Second World War, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Marcus Bleasdale is being presented on Burn through Matthieu Rytz from Anthropographia. You can view the body on work on Burn Magazine.

IMPACT: An Online Exhibition.

Visit the inaugural IMPACT online exhibition, a new project exploring the blog medium as a venue for photographic work. RESOLVE is excited to be hosting this experimental new project.

Each “gallery” includes a series of images a photographer has uploaded to their blog along with the same IMPACT logo, all related to the idea of “Outside Looking In.”

By allowing viewers to move between different photographer’s online galleries, we hope to gain exposure for their work while providing a multifaceted visual study of the chosen topic.

The IMPACT team wants to remind viewers of the important role photographers play around the world, so we asked participants to share images from a project where they had an impact or were impacted themselves.

Please help us increase this project’s IMPACT by sharing it with your community.

Enjoy!

View the online exhibition.

The IMPACT Team: Yumi Goto, Miki Johnson, Paul O’Sullivan, Jeremy Wade Shockley

Peter Turnley’s 50-image essay of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is featured on The Online Photographer. As usual, Peter’s work is comprehensive, compassionate, and personal.

View Peter Turnley’s essay on The Online Photographer.

U.S.News & World Report spent time with seven people over 90 whose vitality is testament to lives well lived. Their exceptional multimedia piece can be found on their website at www.usnews,com/oldest.

If you write fiction, then you are not a journalist – although, many people might believe that mainstream media has moved more toward sensationalism than to the truth to gain ratings. Journalism is in trouble, if this is how this writing genre is depicted today. But, educators are seeking to turn the genre’s reputation around to a more reputable yet still exciting stance. This movement is reflected in many free online courses and in entire Websites dedicated to journalism ethics, editing and new media.

The following list of top 50 free open courseware classes for journalists includes classes offered by college and universities. But, it also includes entire Websites sponsored by nonprofit foundations and colleges, which are dedicated to teaching readers about journalism. This list is categorized and listed alphabetically by course name or Web site name within those categories, and the sponsoring college or foundation is listed after each description.

To see the list of courses visit http://journalismdegree.org/.

This is why it’s so important to get it right when you can. As photographers we’ve got a small window to get a little bit of great work published out of Haiti. We have, maybe two weeks to add another chapter to the permanent record of the ongoing human nightmare that is Haiti. – From Kenneth Jarecke’s Blog, Mostly True.

James Nachtwey’s Struggle to Live essay on BURN Magazine is the publication’s first sponsored photographer essay made possible by the generosity of  BD.BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) is a global medical technology company that is focused on improving drug delivery, enhancing the diagnosis of infectious diseases and cancers, and advancing drug discovery.

View Nachtwey’s essay with narration at www.BURNMagazine.org.

THE FRAME- The Sacramento Bee

THE BIG PICTURE – The Boston Globe

THE NEW YORK TIMES

HAITI EARTHQUAKE AID LINKS

Clinton Foundation

On January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit outside of the capital of Haiti, causing widespread destruction to homes, hospitals, schools, government buildings, roads, and lives. Emergency responses from the U.S. Department of State, the American Red Cross, Mercy Corps, and others have been quick, but we need your immediate support to provide food, shelter, and other relief supplies. As the UN’s Special Envoy to Haiti, President Clinton is asking everyone to give what you can to help the people of Haiti respond and recover from this disaster.

The American Red Cross

Send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999

Editorial note: You can make a donation by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).

Doctors Without Borders

The first reports are now emerging from MSF teams who were already working on medical projects Haiti and have treated hundreds of people injured in the quake. “The situation is chaotic,” said one senior staff. “I visited five medical centers, including a major hospital, and most of them were not functioning.”

Photo of James Dean by Dennis Stock

The British Journal of Photography is reporting that photojournalist Dennis Stock has died.

“Born in New York City in 1928, the photographer was particularly known for his portraits of James Dean, commissioned by Life magazine and taken shortly before the actor’s death in 1955. The photographer is also remembered for his coverage of the Venice Beach Rock Festival.”

More here at The British Journal of Photography.

Dennis Stock’s Magnum Portfolio is here.

Igor Posner’schapter fragments from a book project about St. Petersburg (2006-2009) – “Notes from Underground” (working title).

View the slideshow on BURN MAGAZINE.