Tag: Samuel Aranda
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Reactions to Samuel Aranda’s World Press Photo-winning image
Link: The winners of World Press Photo 2012 were announced on Friday, and while no awards went to anything as controversial as an iPhone or Google Street View series, there have been varied reactions to Samuel Aranda’s winning image of a woman in a niqab comforting an injured man in Yemen
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Samuel Aranda’s Photo From Yemen Wins the Photo of the Year
A Painterly World Press Photo Winner Samuel Aranda had to slip into Yemen carefully as he covered last year’s unrest. His patience was rewarded today when one of his images was chosen Photo of the Year by World Press Photo. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/a-painterly-world-press-photo-winner/?pagewanted=all “I got back to my place and I saw the photo…
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Emotionless
Link: The new crop of world press winners is out and as in every year many reflections come to mind. Reminiscent of Eugene Smith’s Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath , the winning image, from Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda lacks all the required W’s that makes a great news photograph. By looking at it, you have…
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Trapped Between Africa and Saudi Arabia
Trapped Between Africa and Saudi Arabia As the son of Spaniards who moved to find work, Samuel Aranda knows the sacrifices parents make for a better life. For Africans in Yemen whom he has photographed, it’s a tough way station. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/trapped-between-africa-and-saudi-arabia/ From dusty villages overrun by poverty and violence to modern cities…
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World Press Photo Contest 2012
World Press Photo Contest 2012 via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/world-press-photo-contest-2012/100246/ World Press Photo, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, recently announced the winners of its 2012 photojournalism contest. More than 5,000 photographers from 124 countries submitted over 100,000 pictures to the competition. Top honors this year went to Samuel Aranda for his image of a…
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Aranda’s World Press Photo of the Year: Pietàs and Burkas and Just Plain Obscurity, Oh My!
Aranda’s World Press Photo of the Year: Pietàs and Burkas and Just Plain Obscurity, Oh My! – Reading The Pictures So, does does Samuel Aranda’s 2011 World Press Photo of the Year, honoring the Arab Spring, too much resemble the Pietà? Or, is that the only place where Western eyes can hang their hat? via…
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POV: My Take On The World Press Photo Of 2012
POV: My Take On The World Press Photo Of 2012 travel photographer Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2012/02/pov-my-take-on-world-press-photo-of.html Everyone has an opinion…and voiced it. NPR even compared the scene to the Pieta, writing “the image bears an uncanny resemblance to Michelangelo’s iconic (and religious) Pieta. Along those lines, The New York Times describes it as having “the mood of a…
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Samuel Aranda Wins 2012 World Press Photo of the Year
Samuel Aranda Wins 2012 World Press Photo of the Year | PDNPulse Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won 2012 World Press Photo of the Year for his photo, shot for The New York Times, of a Yemeni woman holding a relative wounded during anti-government demonstrations. The World Press Photo organization announced the via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/02/samuel-aranda-wins-2012-world-press-photo-of-the-year.html…
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Samuel Aranda’s Weeks in Sana and Elsewhere
In Yemen, a Photographer With No Name Samuel Aranda worked anonymously for weeks in Yemen, where he was the only Western photographer shooting for a number of weeks. Last week, his name began to appear with his images published in The New York Times. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/in-yemen-a-photographer-with-no-name/ It has been hard much of this…