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Category: War
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The Battle for Mosul Enters Its Final Stage – The Atlantic
The Battle for Mosul Enters Its Final Stage
The Iraqi military says it has reached the final few days of the battle, having encircled an estimated 350 remaining Islamic State militants in Mosul’s Old City.
via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/the-battle-for-mosul-enters-its-final-stage/532032/
Eight months ago, thousands of Iraqi and Kurdish troops, supported by the United States, France, Britain, and other western nations, began a massive operation to retake Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul from ISIS militants. Now, after months of war, the Iraqi military says it has reached the final few days of the battle, having encircled an estimated 350 remaining Islamic State militants in Mosul’s Old City . Reuters reports that more than 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Old City, as ISIS fighters are “dug in among civilians in crumbling houses, making extensive use of booby traps, suicide bombers and sniper fire to slow down the advance of Iraqi troops.” Also, see previous stories on the battle for Mosul here, here, here, and here.
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The images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see – CNN.com
Images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see
Yemen is in the grip of a vicious cholera outbreak and a near famine that have coincided to create one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet.
via CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/21/middleeast/yemen-malnutrition-cholera-crisis-images/index.html
But you won’t find the story splashed on front pages and leading news bulletins around the globe — Yemen’s grinding two-and-a-half-year civil conflict, between Houthi militants and a Saudi Arabian-led coalition of Arab states that support the former Hadi government, is often called “the silent war” because it receives relatively little attention in the media.
Yet that’s not for want of trying: for the past two months CNN and dozens of other journalists have been actively pushing to gain access to the hardest-hit parts of the country. -
War photographer Alessio Romenzi on covering conflict and managing his fear – LA Times
War photographer Alessio Romenzi on covering conflict and managing his fear
via Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-mosul-romenzi-20170606-htmlstory.html
Photographer Alessio Remenzi has been covering conflict in the Middle East since the Arab Spring and was among the first photographers smuggled into Syria to cover the civil war. Most recently he has been covering the battle for Mosul, Iraq. He was previously interviewed by The Times in 2012. He recently discussed covering the fighting in Iraq.
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En Irak, la fuite éperdue des civils de Mossoul
Photos. En Irak, la fuite éperdue des civils de Mossoul
Début juin, le photojournaliste Laurent Van der Stockt suivait les hommes des forces spéciales irakiennes. Dans Mossoul, il a vu des centaines de civils surgir parmi les ruines pour fuir les combats.
via Le Monde.fr: http://www.lemonde.fr/moyen-orient-irak/portfolio/2017/06/09/en-irak-la-fuite-eperdue-des-civils-de-mossoul_5141342_1667109.html
Le photojournaliste Laurent Van der Stockt a assisté à cette journée au cours de laquelle des centaines d’habitants ont surgi parmi les ruines
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Iraq War: A Photographer Aims to Understand What Happened | Time.com
How One Photographer Aims to Make Sense of the Iraq War
In the documentary ‘Shooting War,’ Franco Pagetti looks back on his work in Iraq
via Time: http://time.com/4758416/iraq-war-franco-pagetti/
More than a movie about Italian photographer Franco Pagetti’s work, the short documentary Shooting War (23 minutes) is a lesson in practicing critical visual literacy. Beyond the photographer himself, several people chime in, including Alice Gabriner, International Photo Editor at TIME who assigned the VII photographer to cover the war in Iraq from 2003 until the end of 2008, and Sara Farhan, a History Ph.D. candidate at York University in Toronto
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Mosul: Photos of the Toll in Iraq’s War
Inside Mosul: Scenes of Destruction and Despair
An intimate view of the war’s toll after 6 months of fighting ISIS
via TIME.com: http://time.com/inside-mosul/
The fighting is taking an increasing toll on civilians. During a reporting trip with Italian photographer Emanuele Satolli in March and April, residents recounted terrifying scenes: ISIS militants taking human shields and imprisoning people in their homes, airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition that leveled entire houses. Reports of civilian deaths from American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria soared in March to more than 1,700, an all-time high in the campaign against ISIS.
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Syria Chemical Attack: Impact of Viral Photos | Time.com
‘What Has Changed?’ The Role of Viral Photos in Syria’s War
Alan Kurdi’s aunt, Omran’s doctor and Bana’s mother on the power of photography
via Time: http://time.com/4729560/syria-chemical-attack-photography-impact/
Never before has the influence of photography been so tested as it has with Syria. Millions of pictures and videos have emerged over more than six years of war. Students, bakers and teachers made cameras their weapon of choice. Photographers have been kidnapped, maimed, tortured, ransomed and executed. Some images have won awards. Others have been viewed by those who critics say could make peace a reality. The majority of photographs remain hidden in plain sight—available if we want them, avoidable if we don’t.
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Skeleton cities and snipers: the shocking photographs that show the scale of Syria’s loss | Art and design | The Guardian
Skeleton cities and snipers: the shocking photographs that show the scale of Syria’s loss
From the shelled-out mall that never opened to a family reclaiming their possessions from rubble, Pulitzer-winning photographer Sergey Ponomarev captured Syria’s tragedy from the inside
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/02/syria-photographs-sergey-ponomarev-imperial-war-museum
n the middle of 2014, after the Syrian government had retaken the city of Homs from rebel fighters, Sergey Ponomarev stood with his camera and surveyed the damage. The photojournalist found a family who had returned to their old flat and captured the scene: in a street buried in rubble and lined with destroyed buildings, they load whatever possessions they can salvage into a taxi. Their son wears a brightly coloured party hat he has found. It is at once mundane – the family calmly going about their business – and devastating.
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In Syria: Six Years of War
In Syria: Six Years of War
For six years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war.
via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/03/in-syria-six-years-of-war/519804/
Between August 5th and 9th, 2015, the LGBT community in Uganda held their fourth Pride celebration despite the country being one of the worst in the world for LGBT rights. Moreover, the turnout was larger than ever before. As with previous Pride celebrations, the events were held in “secret”: they were not advertised to the public, and took place in private locations disclosed to members of the LGBT community and their supporters only a few days before an event. The program included presentations on issues of concern to LGBTs, a Mister and Miss Pride competition, a Pride march, and various other performances and festivities.
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The Raqqa Diaries: life under Isis rule | Books | The Guardian
The Raqqa Diaries: life under Isis rule
Your neighbours beheaded, the terror of the religious police: in this extract from a new book, a Syrian activist, interviewed below, records the horror in his city
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/26/the-raqqa-diaries-life-under-isis-rule-samer-mike-thomson-syria
Your neighbours beheaded, the terror of the religious police: in this extract from a new book, a Syrian activist, interviewed below, records the horror in his city
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In this photographer’s home town, stepping out of the house is a risk – The Washington Post
In this photographer’s home town, stepping out of the house is a risk
Hawre Khalid’s photographs give a glimpse into daily life in one of Iraq’s most fraught, most fought-over and often-times, most dangerous, cities.
via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/02/13/in-this-photographers-hometown-stepping-out-of-the-house-is-a-risk/
When people step out of their houses in my home town, they tell their loved ones, “I hope to see you again” — there’s no guarantee they will make it back. I started photographing Kirkuk in 2007. The security situation has been bad since 2003, but it took a turn for the worst with the war against the Islamic State. The war is very close to the city and people are scared. The economy worsened and there are fewer jobs. Arabs are suspicious of the Turkmen and Peshmergas and the other way around. There are still explosions and kidnappings. The city has long been a dangerous place, a flashpoint for Iraq’s many ethnic and sectarian conflicts.
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A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS – The New Yorker
A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS
When the men died, I wanted to find them in a picture, as if seeing them right away would keep their memory from fading away.
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-view-of-a-battle-to-destroy-isis?mbid=rss
This fall, I spent six weeks with the writer Luke Mogelson, following an élite Iraqi police unit called the Mosul swat team as its members fought to take back their city from the forces of the Islamic State. The story, which Luke wrote and I photographed, was called “The Avengers of Mosul”—the men were seeking vengeance not just for the threat to their country as a whole but also for the murders of family members by isis. Nearly every fighter had suffered this kind of loss, and many of them had family still living in peril in Mosul. The men welcomed us on their campaign, and shared with us their provisions, their blankets and mats, their seats in the trucks, and their stories.
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A Child of Kashmir’s War Grows Up to Document It – The New York Times
A Child of Kashmir’s War Grows Up to Document It
Showkat Nanda has dedicated himself to documenting how the conflict over Kashmir has affected families whose sons have disappeared without a trace.
Showkat Nanda grew up hard in Indian-run Kashmir, a child of war, iron-fisted rule and relentless tragedy.
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Feeling the pull of war: Andy Spyra | Arts | DW.COM | 03.01.2017
Feeling the pull of war: Andy Spyra | DW | 03.01.2017
He is one of Germany’s best photographers, and his main theme is war. Andy Spyra told DW about the hurdles and limits of high-risk photography – and why it fascinates him.
via DW.COM: http://www.dw.com/en/feeling-the-pull-of-war-andy-spyra/a-36988778
He is one of Germany’s best photographers, and his main theme is war. Andy Spyra told DW about the hurdles and limits of high-risk photography – and why it fascinates him.
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Creating a Comprehensive Portrait of Syria at War | American Photo
Creating a Comprehensive Portrait of Syria at War
Nish Nalbandian on capturing mayhem and the mundane during his time in Syria
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The Fighter – The New York Times
The Fighter
The Marine Corps taught Sam Siatta how to shoot. The war in Afghanistan taught him how to kill. Nobody taught him how to come home.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/magazine/afghanistan-soldier-ptsd-the-fighter.html?_r=1
The Marine Corps taught Sam Siatta how to shoot. The war in Afghanistan taught him how to kill. Nobody taught him how to come home
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How a Conflict Photographer’s Vision Changed After Becoming a Dad
How a Conflict Photographer’s Vision Changed After Becoming a Dad
Photographer couple Benjamin Lowy and Marvi Lacar created this inspiring short film with Sony about how Lowy’s vision of the world as a conflict
via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/12/21/conflict-photographers-vision-changed-becoming-dad/
Photographer couple Benjamin Lowy and Marvi Lacar created this inspiring short film with Sony about how Lowy’s vision of the world as a conflict photographer changed after he entered the world of fatherhood.
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Why Photographs Don’t Stop the War – Reading The Pictures
Why Photographs Don’t Stop the War – Reading The Pictures
Photographs may have long wave influence, but they don’t end wars or famines or otherwise stop history in its tracks.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/12/why-photos-dont-stop-the-war/
The question naturally becomes, what’s wrong with us? The usual suspects are trotted out: bigotry, social media, and compassion fatigue not least among them. Well, sure, all of those factors could be in play, but once again photography is being framed.
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Magnum Photos Blog
The Battle For Mosul by Paolo Pellegrin
On assignment for the New York Times Magazine, Paolo Pellegrin photographed the ongoing battle as well as the situation of the internally displaced people