Our Photographers in Ukraine on the Images They Can’t Forget In a year of war, New York Times photographers have reported from the front line, from cities and villages and in the footsteps of refugees. These pictures stayed with them. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/24/world/europe/ukraine-war-anniversary-photos.html Here, instead, 14 photographers who have worked in Ukraine for The Times each…
When Education Is Hijacked by War After witnessing teachers, pupils and schools caught in the crossfire of war, Diego Ibarra Sánchez began working on “Hijacked Education,” which examines how constant conflict has upended education. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/when-education-is-hijacked-by-war/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body In 2014, Diego Ibarra Sánchez was photographing at a school in Iraq. The building was pockmarked with…
Documenting the Genocide of Iraq’s Yazidis The scene Diego Ibarra Sánchez encountered in and around the Iraqi city of Sinjar was grim: a desolate town left in ruins, silent except for the crackle of gunfire. Thousands of its Yazidi residents — members of a persecuted religious minority — were able to flee to a mountain…
Spotting Hope in Pakistan Most photographs in Pakistan depict something awful or its immediate aftermath: suicide bombings, a horrible earthquake, even more horrible floods, unimaginable grief. The Spanish photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez, who made Pakistan his home for five years, saw something different amid all the tragedy: hope.
