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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Balkan War Photojournalists Recall Being ‘Witnesses to History’ | Balkan Insight
[contentcards url=”https://balkaninsight.com/2019/11/20/balkan-war-photojournalists-recall-being-witnesses-to-history/”] 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 […]
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The Lost Rolls America Archive | A Photo Editor
[contentcards url=”http://aphotoeditor.com/2018/04/13/the-lost-rolls-america-archive/”] 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.
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He Said ‘Excuse Me’ And Then Proceeded to Beat the Vice President
[contentcards url=”https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/06/he-said-excuse-me-and-then-proceeded-to-beat-the-vice-president/”] 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 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 […]
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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 […]
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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
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Three of VII: The Life of a Photograph | PROOF
Three of VII: The Life of a Photograph I corresponded via email with three prolific VII photographers—Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv and Gary Knight—on the things that motivate and inspire them.
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Ron Haviv: Testimony
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
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Ron Haviv’s Bosnian War Images As Evidence in War Trials
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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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VIIphoto agency, Ron Haviv and the world’s two largest arms producers
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.
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Unflinching: Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv hopes for the best while documenting the worst | Take Great Pictures
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
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MSF and VII’s Ron Haviv discuss “Starved for Attention” | dvafoto
I managed to snag a few moments (over email) with Jason Cone, executive producer of the Starved for Attention films and MSF’s Communications Director based out of New York, and Ron Haviv, one of VII’s founding members. I wanted to ask the two about how NGOs and photographers work together, how a campaign such as […]