Dan Chung´s Blog

Guardian relaunched

After years of planning, my newspaper The Guardian relaunched today at an estimated cost of £80million.  The new smaller Berliner format is designed with pictures in mind.   I had the opportunity to go with Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger to see the first copies roll off our brand new presses and I can say the repro quality looks terrific, better than I've ever seen in a newspaper.  There is a also a double page spread photo in the first edtion that looks excellent.  I hope this launch signals a rebirth of great photojournalism usage in newspapers.

Visa pour l'image party pics posted

Visa pour l'image, the annual festival of photojournalism has just taken place in Perpignan, southern France.  It was all attended this year by British photographers.  Here's a few pics of us partying.  Click on the photo to enter the gallery

London bombing Aftermath pictures

I was in Edinburgh covering the G8 summit when the first bombs went off in London this summer.  I was called back to London to try and illustrate some of the aftermath.  Subsiquently I was sent to Leeds to see the area where the bombers lived and photograph the local muslim community.  The came the second wave of failed bombings and the shooting of an innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes by police. 

I wasn't all together happy about my images from this period, even though I missed the bombings themselves I think I should have made better images.

Niger photos posted

You can view my images of the crisis in Niger by clicking the photo above.  I would like to thank the aid agency Concern for helping us when we were in Niger.  You can read the Guardian article and donate to Concern here

My Live8 photos posted

I've put up a selection of my pictures from Live8 where I was lucky enough to be at the front of the stage.  We were stuck in position for about 8 hours but I think the results were worth it.  Click the picture above to enter the gallery.

End of Jackson trial party pics

I've finally  got around to posting some of the more fun photos from my recent travels.   These are some of our antics at the post Michael Jackson trial party in Pizmo Beach, California. Click on the photo above to enter the gallery.

Tsunami picture gallery added

I’ve just posted a series of photos from my recent trip to the Tsunami disaster zone in Aceh province, Indonesia.  Despite arriving nearly two weeks after the Tsunami, the coastline was still a scene of total devastation, with bodies still being pulled from the rubble.  I have never felt so humbled by the power of nature, pictures can only begin to show the true horror.

Guardian's Martin Argles year in pictures

Guardian Photographer Martin Argles has 12 of his favourite pictures of 2004 on the Guardian Unlimited website including a surreal image of a horse in front of the MI6 building, an image from the Cornish mudslides,and a portrait of the Prime Minister.   The Guardian website also still has a special report on the life of Henri Cartier-Bresson that's worth a look.

Ben Curtis launches Snappertalk blog

Africa based Associated Press Ben Curtis has started a new blog called Snappertalk which has dicussions on a number of topics for photojournalists.  The site currently has a good roundup of the latest FTP and transmission software and some interesting Ben's views on Senegal.  Ben was nominated for this year's prestigious Bayeux-Calvados prize for war correspondants for his images from Africa.

Shanghai Image Gallery posted

I've just uploaded a gallery of images from my recent trip to Shanghai for the Guardian's G2 supplement.  I accompanied a team of 12 Guardian writers, an artist and fellow photographer Don McPhee to record one week in the life of the vibrant economic hub of the new China.   Working to a very tight schedule I took pictures from early morning to late at night trying to capture a flavour of the city.  All images are shot on an Eos1Ds or Eos20D camera.