Category: War

  • A Photographer’s Courage at the Frontline in Syria – Feature Shoot

    A Photographer’s Courage at the Frontline in Syria – Feature Shoot

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    A Photographer’s Courage at the Frontline in Syria – Feature Shoot Two YPG fighters stand in a damaged garage in the Sheikh Maqsood District of Aleppo, Syria on April 20, 2013. The YPG (Popular Protection Units) of the Kurdish Democratic Union… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/12/photographers-courage-frontline-syria/ While documenting a war-torn Syria, photojournalist Nish Nalbandian has seen…

  • Fleeing Mosul: Photographing the Flow of Iraqi Refugees

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    Fleeing Mosul Five photographers document the flow of refugees escaping the Iraqi city via TIME.com: http://time.com/fleeing-mosul/ Over the last six weeks, five photographers—Maria Turchenkova, Laurent Van der Stockt, Jan Grarup, Ivor Prickett and Emin Ozmen—have documented Iraq’s push against ISIS and the resulting flow of refugees. They speak to TIME LightBox.

  • The journalists risking their lives to film in Aleppo – BBC News

    The journalists risking their lives to film in Aleppo – BBC News

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    Risking it all to tell the story of Aleppo The journalists who risk their lives documenting Aleppo speak of the difficult choices they have to make. via BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38238898 Journalists in Aleppo risk their lives every day capturing the powerful images that show the rest of the world what is happening in the besieged…

  • Devastating Photos of Life in Aleppo | VICE | United States

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    Devastating Photos of Life in Aleppo The debut monograph by award-winning photographer Nish Nalbandian immerses you in the turmoil of day-to-day life during the Syrian Civil War. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/syria-a-whole-world-blind-nish-nalbandian-interview Award-winning photographer Nish Nalbandian’s debut monograph A Whole World Blind depicts the realities of Aleppo, Syria where war has become part of everyday life. Shot…

  • Gilles Carron, the “French Robert Capa” – The Eye of Photography

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    Gilles Carron, the “French Robert Capa” Gamma: A story of photographers, a story of an agency, one of the best. An Éditions de la Martinère book (Gamma : Une histoire de photographes) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It is astounding. The texts by Hubert Henrotte and Floris de Bonneville are sumptuous. Each week, L’Œil de…

  • ‘I Saw This Huge Fireball’: A View of Urban Warfare in Mosul | TIME

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    ‘I Saw This Huge Fireball’: A View of Urban Warfare in Mosul A photographer recounts a hellish scene in the offensive against ISIS via Time: http://time.com/4575508/iraq-isis-mosul-offensive-car-bomb/ AP photographer Felipe Dana recounts a hellish scene in the offensive against ISIS

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    On the Road to Mosul Jerome Sessini documented the Kurdish Peshmerga offensive against Islamic State (IS) in the city of Bashiq over the last month. Then crossed the region to cover Iraqi forces pushing towards Mosul, the jewel in the crown of towns captured and controlled by IS since 2014. Resistance has been fierce with…

  • ‘They Will Have to Die Now’ – The New York Times

    ‘They Will Have to Die Now’ – The New York Times

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    ‘They Will Have to Die Now’ With the Kurdish pesh merga on the road to Mosul. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/magazine/they-will-have-to-die-now.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 With the Kurdish pesh merga on the road to Mosul.

  • The Road to Mosul: What ISIS Leaves Behind | TIME

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    The Road to Mosul: What ISIS Leaves Behind Photographer Magnus Wennman followed Iraq’s push against ISIS via Time: http://time.com/4544966/mosul-iraq-magnus-wennman/ Photographer Magnus Wennman followed Iraq’s push against ISIS

  • ISIS Sent Four Car Bombs. The Last One Hit Me. – The New York Times

    ISIS Sent Four Car Bombs. The Last One Hit Me. – The New York Times

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    ISIS Sent Four Car Bombs. The Last One Hit Me. After a long day in a convoy near Mosul, it seemed safe for a photographer and Iraqi troops to exit their vehicle. Suddenly someone screamed, “Car bomb!” Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/middleeast/iraq-mosul-isis-car-bombs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Mr. Denton, a photographer for The New York Times, was with Iraqi counterterrorism forces as they…

  • Now and Then: Photographing the Battles for Sirte | TIME

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    Now and Then: Photographing the Battles for Sirte Photographer Fabio Bucciarelli was in Sirte in 2011 and 2016 via Time: http://time.com/4537800/photographing-battles-for-sirte/ “Sirte has the same neighborhoods, the same streets and buildings — only they are five years older, as are the eyes of those who fought,” says photographer Fabio Bucciarelli

  • These stunning photos show what the fight against ISIS has looked like – The Washington Post

    These stunning photos show what the fight against ISIS has looked like – The Washington Post

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    These stunning photos show what the fight against ISIS has looked like Photographer Emilien Urbano follows mostly Kurdish factions battling against the Islamic State and sometimes also against Turkish forces. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/10/24/the-fight-against-isis/ Photographer Emilien Urbano’s project “War of a Forgotten Nation” takes us on a visceral, sometimes visually poetic, journey inside the war…

  • Haunting traces left behind by ISIS in Libya – The Washington Post

    Haunting traces left behind by ISIS in Libya – The Washington Post

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    Haunting traces left behind by ISIS in Libya Photographer Lorenzo Tugnoli and writer Sudarsan Rhagavan go on a a journey through the topography of war and ambition via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/10/02/haunting-traces-left-behind-by-isis-in-libya/ The black shapes were becoming more focused, until they were sharp as the sun’s rays. A mangled truck here, a charred car there. They…

  • How We See Syria | TIME

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    How We See Syria The evolving conflict has forced news agencies and their photographers to adapt via Time: http://time.com/4513081/syria-war-wire-photo-agencies/ The evolving conflict has forced news agencies and their photographers to adapt

  • Syria: Local Photographers Reflect on Powerful Images of War

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    War Through Syrian Eyes In their own words, Syrian photographers reflect on images that moved them most via TIME.com: http://time.com/war-through-syrian-eyes/ In their own words, Syrian photographers reflect on the images that moved them most

  • Visa pour l’image 2016 : Dominic Nahr, Fractured State – The Eye of Photography

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    Visa pour l’image 2016 : Dominic Nahr, Fractured State The conflict has spread across the country, with the combination of violence, famine and disease developing into a humanitarian disaster.  The reportage shows the plight of the civilian victims of the war

  • War Of Words Over Ukraine ‘Combat’ Photo

    War Of Words Over Ukraine ‘Combat’ Photo

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    War Of Words Over Ukraine ‘Combat’ Photo A controversy is escalating in Ukraine over a photo that seems to capture the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in a single frame. It could be one of the greatest war photographs ever taken – or a fake. via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-war-photographer-real-or-fake-controversy-muravskiy/27946182.html t could be one of the greatest war…

  • Omran and Alan: On the Limits of the Photo of the Wounded Aleppo Boy – Reading The Pictures

    Omran and Alan: On the Limits of the Photo of the Wounded Aleppo Boy – Reading The Pictures

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    Omran and Alan: On the Limits of the Photo of the Wounded Aleppo Boy Ultimately, and in contrast to the Alan Kurdi wake-up call, the photograph of Omran, the wounded Syrian boy in the ambulance, is a rescue fantasy. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/08/viral-photo-of-wounded-syrian-boy/ As we see every couple of months or more, the media…

  • Aleppo boy: Photographer behind iconic image of dazed and bloodied child describes harrowing moments that led up to it

    Aleppo boy: Photographer behind iconic image of dazed and bloodied child describes harrowing moments that led up to it

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    Man who captured photo of dazed and bloodied five-year-old Syrian boy that shocked the world speaks out Mahmoud Raslan passed several lifeless bodies before seeing the child via The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/aleppo-boy-photo-video-syria-war-photographer-on-moments-that-led-up-to-it-air-strike-a7197291.html “We were passing them from one balcony to the other,” said photojournalist Mahmoud Raslan, who took the picture. 

  • Inside ISIS’ Last Bastion in Libya | TIME

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    Inside ISIS’ Last Bastion in Libya “Anything can happen. That’s the most terrifying,” says photographer Lorenzo Meloni via Time: http://time.com/4451070/lorenzo-meloni-sirt-libya/ “Anything can happen. That’s the most terrifying,” says photographer Lorenzo Meloni