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Each issue, Enter offers a chance for aspiring photojournalists to put a question to someone who is a leader in the field.
There is no substitute, it is said, for experience and our experts are only too pleased to pass on some of theirs to people just starting out on their careers.
Michael Machellah, who has recently been taking part in a World Press Photo seminar in Tanzania, wants to know how best to identify himself when he first travels to a conflict zone.
He puts the question to Alexandra Boulat, co-founder of the VII photo agency, whose news and features stories can be seen in various international magazines including the National Geographic and Paris-Match.
Ng Swanti, who comes from Indonesia, is wondering how best to sell her pictures and would like to know what advantages there are in signing up with an agency.
The answer is provided by Adrian Evans, Director of Panos Pictures.
Aware just how easy it is to change digital images in Photoshop, Sriyantha Walpola, a former World Press Photo seminar attendee from Sri Lanka, asks just how much photo manipulation is permissible and are there any leading publications which ban it altogether?
The answer is provided by Per Folkver, picture editor-in-chief of the Danish
newspaper Politiken.
Would you like to put a question to an expert? Just email your question, and the person you'd like to answer it (we'll do our best) by clicking here and emailing us.
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Working in conflict zones tests the courage of any photojournalist. But lack
of experience can be the most dangerous aspect of any assignment. Michael Machellah
wants to know how to cut down the risks but properly identifying himself as
a journalist. Alexandra Boulat tells him how.
So – you’re capturing excellent images. But how do you sell them to all those
picture editors who’ve never heard of you. Ng Swanti asks is it worth joining
an agency? Panos Pictures boss Adrian Evans provides the answer.
Just how many changes can you make in your image in Photoshop and is the whole
process frowned upon by picture editors? The question is posed by Sriyantha
Walpola and a picture editor-in-chief Per Folkver comes up with the answer.
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