Category: War

  • No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017

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    [contentcards url=”https://petapixel.com/2017/07/05/no-one-buy-photos-free-mosul-2017/”] No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017 My name is Kainoa Little, and I am a Shoreline, Washington-based conflict photographer. I was in Mosul in April and May 2017, documenting Iraqi forces as they fought Islamic State militants to liberate the city.

  • The Battle for Mosul Enters Its Final Stage – The Atlantic

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    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…

  • The images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see – CNN.com

    The images Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to see – CNN.com

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    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…

  • War photographer Alessio Romenzi on covering conflict and managing his fear – LA Times

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    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,…

  • En Irak, la fuite éperdue des civils de Mossoul

    En Irak, la fuite éperdue des civils de Mossoul

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    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…

  • Iraq War: A Photographer Aims to Understand What Happened | Time.com

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    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…

  • Mosul: Photos of the Toll in Iraq’s War

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    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…

  • Syria Chemical Attack: Impact of Viral Photos | Time.com

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    ‘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…

  • Skeleton cities and snipers: the shocking photographs that show the scale of Syria’s loss | Art and design | The Guardian

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    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…

  • In Syria: Six Years of War

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    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…

  • The Raqqa Diaries: life under Isis rule | Books | The Guardian

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    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…

  • 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 – The Washington Post

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    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,…

  • A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS – The New Yorker

    A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS – The New Yorker

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    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…

  • 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 – The New York Times

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    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. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/a-child-of-kashmirs-war-grows-up-to-document-it/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 Showkat Nanda grew up hard in Indian-run Kashmir, a child of war, iron-fisted rule and relentless tragedy.

  • Feeling the pull of war: Andy Spyra | Arts | DW.COM | 03.01.2017

    Feeling the pull of war: Andy Spyra | Arts | DW.COM | 03.01.2017

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    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…

  • Creating a Comprehensive Portrait of Syria at War | American Photo

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    Creating a Comprehensive Portrait of Syria at War Nish Nalbandian on capturing mayhem and the mundane during his time in Syria

  • The Fighter – The New York Times

    The Fighter – The New York Times

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    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

  • How a Conflict Photographer’s Vision Changed After Becoming a Dad

    How a Conflict Photographer’s Vision Changed After Becoming a Dad

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    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…

  • Why Photographs Don’t Stop the War – Reading The Pictures

    Why Photographs Don’t Stop the War – Reading The Pictures

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    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…

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    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