Tag: Ron Haviv

  • The DJ and the War Crimes — Rolling Stone

    The DJ and the War Crimes — Rolling Stone

    The DJ and the War Crimes — Rolling Stone

    Thirty years after a death squad massacred civilians in Bosnia, none of the infamous Arkan’s Tigers have stood trial for their alleged part in those crimes.

    Link: https://investigation.rollingstone.com

    A young American photographer watched much of it happen. Ron Haviv met the Tigers in Croatia, where he had photographed them. Arkan liked one picture, in particular: the paramilitary commander standing in front of his uniformed men, posing with a baby tiger in one hand and a gun in the other. So Haviv embedded with the Tigers for one day, on April 2, 1992.

  • Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography | 1854 Photography

    Industry Insights: Ron Haviv on the changing landscape of conflict photography
    From cutting through the oversaturated image market to combating fake news, the renowned conflict photographer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker discusses how the role – and risks – of photojournalism continue to shift in the digital age
  • War-Zone Experience Carries Journalists Into Inauguration Coverage – The New York Times

    “I’m used to being a war reporter in countries where there were no institutions, or the institutions shattered very rapidly,” said Ms. di Giovanni, now a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. “This is a country that had, until recently, extremely strong institutions that protected us descending into the abyss, and to see what’s happening now is disturbing beyond belief.”
  • Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now

    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020
    For those of us who work in journalism the myth of the cavalier photojournalist who rushes toward conflict with zeal is well established. Robert Capa’s famous comment about photographers needing to get close to the action in order to capture the best picture is part of industry folklore. Don McCullin has spoken about the adrenalin rush of going to war, likening it to drug addiction. Tim Page’s antics during the Vietnam War have been immortalised in pop culture, Dennis Hopper’s character in the movie Apocalypse Now modelled on the British photographer. Yet while there are those who are lauded as celebrities, the vast majority of conflict photojournalists work in the background, committing themselves to covering some of the world’s darkest moments, to bearing witness to history, largely invisible to the outside world. Glory and money do not motivate them. In fact, these days it is more difficult to make ends meet than ever before. So what drives an individual to the frontline or to document the depths of human misery?
  • Balkan War Photojournalists Recall Being ‘Witnesses to History’ | Balkan Insight

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    Balkan War Photojournalists Recall Being ‘Witnesses to History’ | Balkan Insight

    US photographers Ron Haviv and Christopher Morris presented some of the most important of their images from the break-up of Yugoslavia in Zagreb on Tuesday evening, with Haviv saying that he went to the Balkan war zone in the 1990s to “witness history” for himself.

  • The Lost Rolls America Archive | A Photo Editor

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    The Lost Rolls America Archive | A Photo Editor

    So today, we’re going to pivot away from book reviews, and bring you a special feature about the Lost Rolls America Archive, a project led by NYU professor Lauren M. Walsh, and photojournalist Ron Haviv.

  • He Said ‘Excuse Me’ And Then Proceeded to Beat the Vice President

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    He Said ‘Excuse Me’ And Then Proceeded to Beat the Vice President

    Days prior, photojournalist Ron Haviv had been given a plane ticket by photographer Christopher Morris to cover the controversial election. At the time, he was freelancing and selling his photographs for $50 a piece. In Ron’s words, he barely knew what he was doing.

  • Young photographers capture the beauty and wonder of Morocco – The Washington Post

    Young photographers capture the beauty and wonder of Morocco

    “Follow the light! Follow the light!” It sounded like a scene from the 1980s film “Poltergeist,” but it was, in fact, award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv giving some high school students sound photographic advice. The light was falling on a corner in the Berber town of Tinjad at the base of the Atlas Mountains and was fading fast. Cameras at the ready, the students trained their lenses, composed and made photographs that captured the spirit of this astonishing country.

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  • Honoring the creation of VII Photo Agency – The Eye of Photography

    Honoring the creation of VII Photo Agency

    Perpignan, Visa pour l’image festival, September 8, 2001. For a few years, a certain gloom reigns over the world of photojournalism, in seemingly continuous decline. Then, however, a group of seven photojournalists– Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, and John Stanmeyer– announced the formation of VII, a traditional photo agency based on the global Web.

  • A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War | VICE | United States

    A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War

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    December 14 marked two decades since the official end of the Bosnian War and all the bloodshed that it encompassed. In light of the anniversary I wanted to revisit Ron Haviv’s Blood and Honey and ask him a couple of questions about the role of photojournalism then versus its role now, and when aesthetics disrupt documentation

  • Photo Brigade Podcast #87 with Ron Haviv | The Photo Brigade

    Photo Brigade Podcast #87 with Ron Haviv

    On this episode I sit down with acclaimed war photographer Ron Haviv of VII Photo Agency in New York. We talk about his background in photography that led to covering conflicts and natural disasters around the world, his new book “The Lost Rolls”, the business of photography, and how important it is to diversify their revenue streams in order to make a living as a photographer. We discuss social media, video work, safety, workshops, Ron’s infamous scarf, and much more

  • 7 with VII: All About Gear — Vantage — Medium

    7 with VII: All About Gear

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    We asked Facebook, Instagram and Twitter followers to submit questions about gear for the second installment of 7 with VII. Read on for the 7 answers from VII’s Ron Haviv, Sim Chi Yin, Ashley Gilbertson, Arthur Bondar, Ed Kashi, Poulomi Basu and Sarker Protick

  • Veteran photojournalist talks about going into hotspots | Poynter.

    Veteran photojournalist talks about going into hotspots

    Ron Haviv, co-owner of VII Photo, whom I spoke with this week. He has been taken hostage three times

  • Three of VII: The Life of a Photograph | PROOF

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    I corresponded via email with three prolific VII photographers—Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv and Gary Knight—on the things that motivate and inspire them.

  • Ron Haviv: Testimony

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    Link: Ron Haviv: Testimony (3 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

    “Testimony,” Ron Haviv’s first solo exhibition at Anastasia Photo in New York City, spans 23 years and 18 countries, from Bosnia to Haiti to Libya. He has documented three genocides and over thirty conflicts worldwide

  • Ron Haviv’s Bosnian War Images As Evidence in War Trials

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    Link: Ron Haviv’s Bosnian War Images As Evidence in War Trials – NYTimes.com

    On a cool spring day at the beginning of the Bosnian war in 1992, Ron Haviv watched Serbian paramilitary soldiers pull a middle-aged Muslim couple from their home in Bijeljina. Shots rang out, and although members of the Arkan Tigers militia had warned him not to take photographs, Mr. Haviv stepped behind a truck and squeezed off a few frames.

  • War Enabling: Duckrabbit vs. Haviv, VII in a Larger Context


    Link: War Enabling: Duckrabbit vs. Haviv, VII in a Larger Context — BagNews

    Frankly, it’s hard to see war photography these days as anything but a moral compromise across the board.

  • Ron Haviv Response


    Link: Ron Haviv Response « blog

    I draw a strict line between my photojournalism and commercial campaigns and feature examples of both on my website, where they are clearly labeled for what they are.  I support humanitarian intervention, detente and defense as I’ve seen what can happen when those things don’t exist. I am comfortable with where I set the boundaries. I also appreciate and respect that there are many different views about where those boundaries lie.

  • VIIphoto agency, Ron Haviv and the world’s two largest arms producers

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    Link: @VIIphoto agency, Ron Haviv and the world’s two largest arms producers | duckrabbit

    This poster is found here on Ron Haviv’s website. Haviv is one of photojournalim’s greats and is a founder and owner of VII. The caption to the poster reads Lockheed Martin (c) Ron Haviv, VII.

  • Unflinching: Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv hopes for the best while documenting the worst | Take Great Pictures

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    Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv opens up about how he hopes for the best while documenting the worst around the world.

    Link: Unflinching: Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv hopes for the best while documenting the worst | Take Great Pictures