Tag: Franco Pagetti

  • Afghanistan's Agony – VII The Magazine

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    Link: In this report by Franco Pagetti we present an overview of the situation in Afghanistan as it stands today. It is obvious that much work lies ahead and that this war now heading to it’s tenth year is far from over.

  • Iraq War: A Photographer Aims to Understand What Happened | Time.com

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    How One Photographer Aims to Make Sense of the Iraq War In the documentary ‘Shooting War,’ Franco Pagetti looks back on his work in Iraq via Time: http://time.com/4758416/iraq-war-franco-pagetti/ More than a movie about Italian photographer Franco Pagetti’s work, the short documentary Shooting War (23 minutes) is a lesson in practicing critical visual literacy. Beyond the…

  • The Veils of Aleppo: Photographs by Franco Pagetti

    The Veils of Aleppo: Photographs by Franco Pagetti

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/04/08/the-veils-of-aleppo-photographs-by-franco-pagetti/#1 The sheets are strung between buildings (what’s left of them, at least) and across streets. They are meant to obscure a sharpshooter’s line of sight, providing a small measure of protection from an assassin lurking in the shadows of these often…

  • In Iraq: What’s in a Name (6 Photos)

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    Link: In Iraq: What’s in a Name (6 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day Franco Pagetti’s portraits of Sunni and Shiites with their ID cards are included in an exhibition of images he took in Iraq between 2003 and 2008 currently on view at the VII Gallery in Brooklyn, NY through April 12

  • Franco Pagetti: Flashback Iraq

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    Link: Franco Pagetti: Flashback Iraq | Le Journal de la Photographie Pagetti arrived in Baghdad shortly before the war broke out. His movements were limited by the regime, but that was before the horror and violence that would kill more civilians than soldiers (like all modern wars) and that would force him to cover the…

  • A Decade of War in Iraq: The Images That Moved Them MostLightBox

    A Decade of War in Iraq: The Images That Moved Them MostLightBox

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/03/18/a-decade-of-war-in-iraq-the-images-that-moved-them-most/#1 In the five years Baghdad was my home, I got to work (or just hang out) with some of the finest news photographers in the world: Yuri Kozyrev, Franco Pagetti, Kate Brooks, James Nachtwey, Robert Nicklesberg, Lynsey Addario, the late Chris…

  • The Rebels

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    In Part Two of VII The Magazine’s series on Libya Franco Pagetti looks at the rebel movement in the Benghazi area of Libya. Even with the support of NATO and the United States they have achieved little towards any kind of victory. The only certainty in this conflict is that the death toll will continue…

  • INVISIBLE – VII The Magazine

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    Franco Pagetti captures the bleak mood pervading Afghanistan and its environs today. Despite the massive presence of Western soldiers, large parts of Afghanistan remain in limbo. For most ordinary Afghans, little has changed for the better, and much has changed for the worse, especially in the countryside, where the Taliban remains strong and entrenched. Link:…

  • Worth a Look: “Our World At War” by the photographers of VII and the International Committee of the Red Cross

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    dvafoto says: VII and the International Committee of the Red Cross have just unveiled their globe-spanning project documenting current humanitarian crises, “Our World At War.” The work includes: Lebanon by Franco Pagetti, Afghanistan by James Nachtwey, Haiti by Ron Haviv, Caucasus by Antonin Kratochvil, Liberia by Christopher Morris, Colombia by Franco Pagetti, Philippines by James…