Sean O’Hagan: Obama’s decision not to release the photograph of Bin Laden’s body speaks volumes about the continuing power of the photograph
via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/06/osama-bin-laden-photograph-obama-body?CMP=twt_gu
Obama’s decision not to release the photograph of Bin Laden’s body speaks volumes about the continuing power of the photograph
Kosuke Okahara, 1980, Japan, is a photojournalist who has been covering stories around the world since 2003. He made a lot of photographs th…
Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/05/photographer-285-kosuke-okahara.html
Obama’s decision not to release the photograph of Bin Laden’s body speaks volumes about the continuing power of the photograph
Bill Keller talks with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich about what animates — and terrifies — combat photographers.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/the-inner-lives-of-wartime-photographers/#/1/
Last week, Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, met with the photographers Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where Mr. Silva is recovering from the grave injuries he suffered — including the loss of his legs — when a land mine exploded under him in Afghanistan. Their conversation, which served as the basis for Mr. Keller’s column in The Times Magazine this week, is presented here in full, with minor editing and condensing.
Tereza and I were visiting New York on September 11, 2001…
Tereza ran to the corner to see and began screaming. I ran up and we could see smoke and flames billowing out of the large black hole, along with desks, chairs, papers and several bodies. I knew I was no longer a news photographer as my instinct was to get my wife out of there
Link: WE WILL NEVER FORGET | DOUG MENUEZ 2.0: GO FAST, DON’T CRASH
Since the summer of 1967 – Lyndon Johnson was President, there was a war in Vietnam, Civil Rights was a kind of day–to–day thing with no…
Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2011/04/of-big-events-and-such.html
I was reminded over the past couple of days that we are living in a new era. I have just returned from an assignment in London to cover the Royal Wedding. I felt some kind of obligation to history, I suppose, having been present as part of a big team of photographers covering the Diana-Charles
Edward Wong of the New York Times shares the story of Chris Hondros’s photographs documenting the accidental killing of Iraqi civilians by American troops in Iraq.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/remembering-chris-hondros-part-iii/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes)
I didn’t know Chris well, but I saw him on a few occasions in Iraq. He was a calm, cheerful presence in the middle of a war that was growing more chaotic by the day. After I heard the awful news of his death in Libya last week, I remembered interviewing him in Baghdad about what he saw one winter night in 2005: the accidental shooting of an Iraqi family by American soldiers in Tal Afar. My notebook with the entire interview is in the U.S., but I found a memo on my computer that I had typed up afterwards. There are few better examples of his professionalism and compassion than the photos he shot that night. Chris was a strong advocate for documenting the impact of war on civilians. This is an edited version of the memo.
contributions can be made by sending a check to The Chris Hondros Fund, c/o Getty Images, 75 Varick St., 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013.
Link: Chris Hondros Fund To Aid Photojournalists Established
When Tuscaloosa News‘ Dusty Compton took a photo of the massive tornado that swept through Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, he didn’t know it would land on the cover of The New York Times, USA Today and dozens of other newspapers throughout the country.
Link: Iconic Tuscaloosa News tornado photo lands on dozens of newspaper front pages | Poynter.
After a 12-hour drive we reach Sendai, with an empty tank. We have been listening to the radio all day. Reactor No. 3 has blown up. NHK Radio is playing a slow instrumental version of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” NHK is a news station and never plays music. Not a good sign.
I get phone calls from the writers. “Leave now!” they say. I call Harald and explain why I want to find out more before I make a decision. He tells me to be very careful, but says that he trusts my judgment.
Link: Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Accident: Christoph Bangert’s Journal in Japan – NYTimes.com
I flinch from making too much of the deaths of journalists in conflicts, even that of friends. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that in the same counterattack that killed Hetherington and Hondros, seven rebels had been killed as well as a doctor about to leave for work at the overwhelmed local hospital. His wife, a nurse, lost both her legs. They were unnamed.
The following interview by Miki Johnson was copied with permission from the Emphas.is blog. • • • The Emphas.is team is so grateful to the photographers we’ve collaborated with and the 750+ backers…
via Tomas van Houtryve | Journal: http://tomasvanhoutryve.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/130-editors-insights-from-a-photographer’s-first-crowdfunded-project-via-the-emphas-is-blog/
The Emphas.is team is so grateful to the photographers we’ve collaborated with and the 750+ backers who have pledged more than $60,000 to their projects. Many people have taken a leap of faith on this new funding model for visual journalism — now it’s our responsibility to return the favor.
In this post, and more to come, we hope to contribute to the growing discourse on innovative journalism funding models and to help develop success strategies for Emphas.is and other crowdfunded projects.
his event [will be a place for] the entire NY Photo community to gather together, celebrate the lives of Tim and Chris while also generating funds for the recovery of Guy and Michael who will be in great need over the coming months
Link: An exhibition, celebration, and fundraiser in NYC | dvafoto
Philip Scott Andrews has learned to look for the eye of the hurricane. Emilio Morenatti has been an inspiration.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/in-chaos-a-moments-repose/
Philip Scott Andrews, 24, graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2010. He has been an intern at The Associated Press and National Geographic, and is now at the Washington bureau of The New York Times.
In a dreadful instant on Wednesday, the 27-year-old Guy Martin was propelled from his cohort of Promising Young Photojournalists into the honorable — if unsought — company of those who have been injured or killed in the line of duty.
Link: Guy Martin, 27, an Emerging Photojournalist, Survived a Deadly Attack in Libya – NYTimes.com
Something I don’t do often enough is congratulate photographers when they go above and beyond.
New York City based photographer Melanie Burford has done that time and again. This time, she spent a large swath of the past year telling a story of the oil spill to a depth that few photographers reached.
Freelance photojournalist Guy Martin, who was severely injured yesterday in the mortar attacks in Libya that killed photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, remains in critical condition after undergoing surgery for eight hours yesterday. “The su
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/update-guy-martin-critical-but-stable.html
“We want to thank everyone for their support, especially the medical team in Misrata that has done an incredible job. Guy is a loving son, brother and partner and our main focus right now is just to get him home safely.”
In the end, I believe, that the supreme way to honor Tim and Chris is to do my best, love my family and friends, live life to the fullest and never forget.
Link: on life and loss, death and photojournalism – Shooting from the Hip
All the war photographers I’ve ever met had that weird light about them. They are God’s chosen ones- His angels designated to be the bearers of bad news and images of hell on earth. What kind of maniac chooses to enter a battle unarmed? I don’t believe they choose to do it. I believe they are chosen.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated most recently on 1 May 2011. All the link additions can be found at the bottom of the post. The world lost Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros in Liby…
via P H O T O J O U R N A L I S M L I N K S: http://photojournalismlinks.com/2011/04/21/in-memoriam-tim-hetherington-1970-2011-chris-hondros-1970-2011/
I would like to dedicate this post to the memory of the two men and to their friends and family. My thoughts are with them at this very sad time. I can only imagine the pain felt by those who knew Tim and Chris personally. I hope friends and family can find some solace in the fact that neither of them lived their lives in vain. Not only did both Hetherington and Hondros spend most of their careers highlighting important issues that would have otherwise been ignored or overlooked by the general public in countries such the UK and US, but they also practiced their craft at the very top tier of our industry to a very high standard and they were setting a mark towards which the rest of us should always strive for. Tim and Chris will be greatly missed.
