Tag: David Guttenfelder

  • David Guttenfelder, Ambassador

    David Guttenfelder, Ambassador

    David Guttenfelder, Ambassador – Reading The Pictures I imagine the North Koreans look at these factory shots and feel that Guttenfelder is paying them respect, capturing an ethic of hard work and industry, perhaps believing also that the photos must counter perceptions the country is barely scraping by. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/04/david-guttenfelder-ambassador/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29 I imagine…

  • New Show Celebrates Opening of A.P. Pyongyang News Bureau

    Link: Lens David Guttenfelder is now the only Western photographer able to photograph on a regular basis there. He has used all of his extensive talents – and added a new one: acting as an unofficial diplomat between North Korea and the United States. “I represent the U.S. and the outside world to them,” he said.…

  • Japan Earthquake: Photographing the aftermath

    As the scale of the devastation became apparent, dozens of other photographers packed their bags and headed to Japan too, including Magnum Photos’ Dominic Nahr, VII Photo’s James Natchwey, Paula Bronstein of Getty Images and Associated Press’ David Guttenfelder. Panos Pictures photographer Adam Dean arrived in Tokyo just 20 hours after the earthquake hit –…

  • On Assignment: Afghanistan

    On Assignment: Afghanistan – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: You could call David Guttenfelder the man behind the man in the pink boxers. Mr. Guttenfelder, 40, the chief Asia photographer for The Associated Press, attracted attention two months ago — all the way up to the Commander in Chief — with his photograph of Specialist Zachary…

  • David Guttenfelder, Josh Meltzer, Photojournalists of the Year

    David Guttenfelder, Josh Meltzer, Photojournalists of the Year

    From the National Press Photographers Association: “This is an extraordinary photographer,” judge Ruth Fremson of The New York Times said after the panel picked Guttenfelder’s portfolio for First place. “There is a beautiful eye, someone who can handle any kind of news situation, including a helicopter crashing practically at his feet. This photographer has a…