Tag: Tyler Hicks

  • New York Times Photographers in Ukraine on the Images They Can’t Forget – The New York Times

    New York Times Photographers in Ukraine on the Images They Can’t Forget – The New York Times

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    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…

  • The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal Since 2001 – The New York Times

    The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal Since 2001 – The New York Times

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    The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal The Times photographer Tyler Hicks, who chronicled the 20-year war, captured American troops in battle, the deaths of civilians, schoolgirls in class and the struggles of ordinary Afghans to survive. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/world/asia/afghanistan-war-photos.html One of the first things the New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks witnessed after arriving in Afghanistan…

  • Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Two Other NY Times Journalists Missing In Libya

    Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Two Other NY Times Journalists Missing In Libya

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    Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya The Times said Wednesday that editors were last in contact with the missing journalists on Tuesday morning. via Media Decoder Blog: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/four-new-york-times-journalists-are-missing-in-libya/ The missing journalists are Anthony Shadid, the Beirut bureau chief and twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting; Stephen Farrell, a reporter…

  • How Tyler Hicks Works In Afghanistan

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    Link: While researching our latest guide “Starting a Photography Business,” I had the chance to speak with Greg Smith, who helped develop the NPPA’s Cost of Doing Business calculator while servicing on the Business Practices committee in 2003. He had a lot of tough advice for people starting out in the business, and some of…

  • TIME Picks the Best Photos of 2013: Bangladesh, Syria, and More

    TIME Picks the Best Photos of 2013: Bangladesh, Syria, and More

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: https://time.com/section/lightbox/ Our top ten photographs of 2013 celebrate a variety of images from a multitude of photographers, including seasoned photojournalists Tyler Hicks (the Westgate Mall Massacre in Nairobi), Philippe Lopez, (Super Typhoon Haiyan’s destructive wrath upon the Philippines), and John Tlumacki, for his…

  • Recognizing Outstanding Photojournalism Overseas

    Recognizing Outstanding Photojournalism Overseas

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    Recognizing Outstanding Photojournalism Overseas The Overseas Press Club has honored several photographers for their coverage of conflicts that have spanned decades, or almost escaped attention. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/recognizing-outstanding-photojournalism-overseas/ In an interview today, Mr. Hicks spoke of the many great war photographers who have won the Robert Capa gold medal, including David Douglas Duncan, Larry…

  • Why There Aren’t Any Photos of Hamas Fighters (and Why the NYT, Tyler Hicks and Photographers Have Been Unfairly Blamed) — BagNews

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    Link: The gist of the argument is that Hicks and the other Western photographers could easily seek out and photograph Hamas fighters, and thus balance out the coverage, but they have been too bullied and intimidated to do so.

  • Photography Pulitzer for Coverage of Refugee Crisis – The New York Times

    Photography Pulitzer for Coverage of Refugee Crisis – The New York Times

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    Photography Pulitzer for Coverage of Refugee Crisis The New York Times and Thomson Reuters shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of Europe’s refugee crisis. Jessica Rinaldi of the Boston Globe won the feature photography prize for her story of a boy who endured abuse at the h via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/photography-pulitzer-for-coverage-of-refugee-crisis/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0…

  • 2016 Photography Pulitzer Winners Accounced

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    2016 Photography Pulitzer Winners Accounced Two photo teams have won for Breaking News Photography this year—both for coverage of the refugee crisis. The Feature Photography prize went to Jessica Rinaldi. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/04/2016-photography-pulitzer-goes.html Two photo teams have won Pulitzer Prizes for Breaking News Photography this year: one prize went to Mauricio Lima, Sergey Ponomarev, Tyler…

  • Photographing War: Tyler Hicks

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    Link: Photographing War: Tyler Hicks | PROOF Photojournalist Tyler Hicks spoke at the 2014 National Geographic Photography Seminar in January—an annual celebration of photography held at the society’s headquarters in Washington.

  • Tyler Hicks Tells The Story Behind His Pulitzer-Winning Nairobi Mall Photos

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    Tyler Hicks Tells The Story Behind His Pulitzer-Winning Nairobi Mall Photos The New York Times photojournalist happened to be nearby when Islamist militants launched an attack on shoppers inside an upscale Kenyan mall — he rushed inside and took photos as the event unfolded. via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2014/04/24/306437432/tyler-hicks-tells-the-story-behind-his-pulitzer-winning-nairobi-mall-photos “It’s very rare to have access to people…

  • Tyler Hicks Awarded 2013 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award

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    Tyler Hicks Awarded 2013 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award Photojournalist Tyler Hicks of The New York Times is the recipient of the 2013 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for his photographs of a terrorist attack on the upscale Westgate Shopping Center in Nairobi, Kenya last year. The same picture story by Hicks won via NPPA:…

  • Tyler Hicks – Breaking News Photography Pulitzer Prize Winner

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    {{(global.pageOgTitle) ? global.pageOgTitle : global.pageTitle}} {{(global.pageDescription) ? global.pageDescription : global.pageDefaultDescription}} Link: http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2014-Breaking-News-Photography Awarded to Tyler Hicks of The New York Times for his compelling pictures that showed skill and bravery in documenting the unfolding terrorist attack at Westgate mall in Kenya.

  • Tyler Hicks Photographs the Nairobi Mall Attack

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    Link: Tyler Hicks Photographs the Nairobi Mall Attack | dvafoto He was interviewed by James Estrin of the New York Times’ Lens Blog about what he saw and they published a gallery of the terrific and harrowing photographs that Hicks took inside of the Westgate mall yesterday.

  • Tyler Hicks’s Photos of the Conflict in Gaza

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    Link: Tyler Hicks’s Photos of the Conflict in Gaza – NYTimes.com Tyler Hicks has spent the last 10 days covering the fighting in Gaza City, and its aftermath. Mr. Hicks, a New York Times staff photographer, spoke with James Estrin by phone on Friday night from Gaza City

  • Photographs and story from Syria by Tyler Hicks

    Photographs and story from Syria by Tyler Hicks

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    Recounting a Journey Into Syria Tyler Hicks was on assignment in Syria with the correspondent Anthony Shadid when Mr. Shadid died after interviewing Syrian resistance fighters. Mr. Hicks recounts the journey for Sunday’s paper. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/recounting-a-journey-into-syria/?pagewanted=all An article in Sunday’s New York Times, written by Tyler Hicks, a staff photographer, recounts the journey…

  • Anthony Shadid, a New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria

    Anthony Shadid, a New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria

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    At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning journalist, was reporting inside Syria when he suffered a fatal asthma attack. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/world/middleeast/anthony-shadid-a-new-york-times-reporter-dies-in-syria.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey.

  • Tyler Hicks: A Decade in Afghanistan

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    lens: There are places and times where the politics that drive wars fade and then fade more, becoming abstractions to the people who fight or who are in a fight’s way. And there are moments when politics entirely disappear, and more elemental actions and emotions replace them. These are the seams and the instants that…

  • Tyler Hicks: Amid Famine, Dangers Hinder Aid To Somalia

    Tyler Hicks: Amid Famine, Dangers Hinder Aid To Somalia

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    Amid Famine, Dangers Hinder Aid to Somalia Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/02/world/africa/20110802_SOMALIA_GOBIG.html#1 Southern Somalia is tipping into one of the worst humanitarian disasters to strike Africa in decades, but because of the myriad dangers here, aid organizations are struggling to bring in critically needed supplies and personnel to respond to the famine

  • Libya Releases 4 Times Journalists

    Libya Releases 4 Times Journalists

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    Libya Releases 4 Times Journalists The Libyan government has released four detained New York Times journalists including the photographers Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/libya-releases-4-times-journalists/ The Libyan government has released four detained New York Times journalists — Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario, Stephen Farrell and Anthony Shadid