Documentary Photography

Back in October, I made a post about shooting a mini-documentary on the New York Marathon as it streamed through my neighborhood. "I...

Today was the first day of the term for my Television Studio class. I hate to have students wait to get their hands on the equipment, so we ...

To be said in best Inigo Montoya voice: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Look, there...

A little pre-term session today. Those little color-coded-keyboards? I don't like them. For one: no little fingerbumps on the "f...

Today was my first trip back to The Bronx in about a month. The new term starts this week, and I'm teaching a television production clas...

Sure, you can trace the physiological basis of editing to the fact that we see the world in blinks. That's no big surprise, when you rea...

I think historians of the future will ignore most of what we say or write today and instead look at our actions. The fastest growing artform...

I've shared my opinion on the Polanski Petition -- signed by a number of people in the film industry -- previously: Facts Matter Polans...

Well, it looks like there will be a bright shiny future for documentary filmmakers. As long you really want to be a corporate shill when you...

Back on Halloween, I made this post about preparing to shoot a mini-documentary on the New York City Marathon as it passes through my neigh...

Here's our short documentary Hoop Springs Eternal . Enjoy, and share with your hooping friends. Feel free to embed it on a blog, Tweet i...

Over on my other blog, I've made a few posts giving a little background information as we go through the process of shooting a short int...

Redrock Captain Stubing - Setup from matt conway on Vimeo . Matt Conway and Kirk Dilley completed the first interview on our new short doc...

Back to the Grind from matt conway on Vimeo . Today, Matt Conway and Kirk Dilley are scheduled to shoot the first interview session for a ...

These two stills are from a video I'm editing, shot at the 2009 New York Marathon. If you can help me identify the runners, please post ...

This is Part Four of the series Do Social Advocacy Documentaries "Work"? You may want to start with Part One . In comparison a “do...

This is Part Three of the series Do Social Advocacy Documentaries "Work"? You may want to start with Part One . One expects it is...

Redrock Captain Stubing Test from matt conway on Vimeo . I'm remotely producing (and later will edit) a short documentary. It's in...

This is Part Two of the series Do Social Advocacy Documentaries "Work"? You may want to start with Part One . One can also study ...

This is Part One of a series intended as an examination of the effectiveness of social advocacy documentaries. In her 1999 essay What's ...