Category: War

  • 6 Photojournalists on Conflict, Loss, and Redemption – Feature Shoot

    6 Photojournalists on Conflict, Loss, and Redemption – Feature Shoot

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    6 Photojournalists on Conflict, Loss, and Redemption – Feature Shoot 22-year-old Basemae Maombi, whose eyes were cut out after she recognized one of them men raping her and called out his name in an attempt to make him stop. ©… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/08/6-photojournalists-conflict-loss-redemption/ Conflict, available now on Netflix, comprises six episodes. Photographers Pete Muller,…

  • The Fight Against ISIS in Libya – The Atlantic

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    The Fight Against ISIS in Libya Photos from the front line fighting in Libya from Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/08/the-fight-against-isis-in-libya/495143/ Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic has spent much of the past two months in Libya with fighters loyal to the GNA, mostly brigades from Misrata, as they waged ground battles with ISIS in…

  • Dispatch From Sirt: Goran Tomasevic Photographs Libya’s Battle Against ISIS | TIME

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    Goran Tomasevic Photographs Libya’s Battle Against ISIS Libyan forces are fighting for control of the ISIS stronghold via Time: http://time.com/4434061/sirt-libya-battle-isis/ A veteran chronicler of armed conflict from the Balkans to Afghanistan to the Middle East and Africa, Goran Tomasevic has covered the instability in Libya over the last five years. But for the past three…

  • Remembering the Korean War – The Atlantic

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    Remembering the Korean War Sixty-three years ago today, on July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, ceasing hostilities between North Korea and South Korea. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/07/remembering-the-korean-war/493235/ On this anniversary of the armistice agreement, a look back at the people and places involved in the conflict sometimes called “the forgotten war

  • Watch ‘Conflict’, A Miniseries on the World’s Best War Photographers

    Watch ‘Conflict’, A Miniseries on the World’s Best War Photographers

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    Watch ‘Conflict’, A Miniseries on the World’s Best War Photographers Want to see what it’s like to tiptoe between life and death as a war photographer? Watch Conflict, a 6-episode miniseries that provides a no-holds-barred via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/07/27/watch-conflict-miniseries-worlds-best-war-photographers/ Want to see what it’s like to tiptoe between life and death as a war photographer? Watch…

  • The unexpected life and death of Abdel-Kader Fassouk – Columbia Journalism Review

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    The unexpected life and death of Abdel-Kader Fassouk The killing of a young Libyan photojournalist named Abdel-Kader Fassouk, on July 21, 2016, in Sirte, Libya, will likely never be more than a footnote to what increasingly seems like a widespread war on journalists. Fassouk wasn’t famous, and the number via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/the_profile/fassouk_libya_photojournalism_isis.php THE…

  • Harrowing images show what war against the Islamic State on Iraq’s front lines looks like – The Washington Post

    Harrowing images show what war against the Islamic State on Iraq’s front lines looks like – The Washington Post

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    Harrowing images show what war against the Islamic State on Iraq’s front lines looks like Photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova’s pictures show the emotions of war. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/07/25/harrowing-images-show-what-war-against-isis-on-iraqs-front-lines-looks-like/ The immediacy of war is often missing in daily reports and statistics. What about the gnawing hunger from infrequent meals? The sting of dust from unpaved…

  • The battle for Sirte: Photojournalist captures Libyan forces’ struggle to reclaim Isis stronghold | Africa | News | The Independent

    The battle for Sirte: Photojournalist captures Libyan forces’ struggle to reclaim Isis stronghold | Africa | News | The Independent

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    Photojournalist captures extraordinary images of Libyan forces fighting to regain an Isis stronghold Goran Tomasevic has been shooting unrest in Libya since the 2011 revolution via The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/libya-isis-sirte-photos-reuters-journalist-a7152276.html Goran Tomasevic has been shooting unrest in Libya since the 2011 revolution

  • When War Is Just Another Day in Afghanistan | TIME

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    When War Is Just Another Day in Afghanistan Andrew Quilty continues to document America’s longest war via Time: http://time.com/4402071/afghanistan-war-everyday/ Andrew Quilty continues to document America’s longest war

  • Yuri Kozyrev: On the Front Lines of the War Against ISIS | TIME

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    Iraq: On the Front Lines of the War Against ISIS Photographer Yuri Kozyrev goes back to Iraq via Time: http://time.com/4372463/yuri-kozyrev-back-to-iraq/ Photojournalist Yuri Kozyrev has lived through the full arc of the war in Iraq. Based in Baghdad from 2002 to 2009, he documented the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of the country, from the initial “shock…

  • Yuri Kozyrev in Iraq, 2002-2016: Witnessing the U.S. Invasion, the Rise of the Insurgency and the Fight Against ISIS | TIME

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    Yuri Kozyrev in Iraq, 2002-2016. Here are his best photos A look back at 14 years of work in Iraq via Time: http://time.com/4375180/yuri-kozyrev-iraq-2002-2016/ Photojournalist Yuri Kozyrev has lived through the full arc of the war in Iraq – from the initial “shock and awe” phase of bombardment through the fall of Baghdad in April 2003.…

  • The Battle for Fallujah, Iraq – The Atlantic

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    The Battle for Fallujah, Iraq Iraqi pro-government forces have pushed to the center of Fallujah, retaking much of the city, after two years of ISIS control. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/06/the-battle-for-fallujah-iraq/487859/ ISIS resistance has so far been lighter than expected, but booby traps and mines left behind still pose a risk. Iraqi forces plan to clear central Fallujah,…

  • Photos of the Absurdity of Modern Warfare | VICE | United Kingdom

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    Photos of the Absurdity of Modern Warfare Christoph Bangert’s new photo book, Hello Camel, exposes the surreal and darkly comic side of today’s wars. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/cristoph-bangerts-hello-camel-captures-the-absurdity-of-modern-warfare Having taken on the darker issues surrounding war reporting and our perceptions of conflict, Christoph Bangert’s new book, Hello Camel, exposes the surreal and blackly comic side of…

  • In Syria: More Than Five Years of War – The Atlantic

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    In Syria, More Than Five Years of War For more than five years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/05/in-syria-more-than-five-years-of-war/484946/ Gathered here are images of the ongoing Syrian conflict from the past few months

  • Photojournalist Don McCullin reflects on life on the front line – CNN.com

    Photojournalist Don McCullin reflects on life on the front line – CNN.com

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    Photographer Don McCullin reflects on a life on the front line Don McCullin has seen enough of war and suffering to last a lifetime. From Cyprus to the Congo, he has captured some of the most powerful photographs of our time. The shell-shocked U.S. Marine gripping his gun with a long, bewildering stare. A starving…

  • Why War Photographers Are More Important than Ever | Vanity Fair

    Why War Photographers Are More Important than Ever | Vanity Fair

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    Why War Photographers Are More Important than Ever Sebastian Junger explains why the work of David Douglas Duncan, Don McCullin, James Nachtwey, and Lynsey Addario is more essential than ever before. via Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/05/war-photographers Sebastian Junger explains why the work of David Douglas Duncan, Don McCullin, James Nachtwey, and Lynsey Addario is more essential…

  • A lifelong focus: Photographer Santiago Lyon’s forced resilience – The Globe and Mail

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    A lifelong focus: Photographer Santiago Lyon’s forced resilience Santiago Lyon fell in love with news photography at an early age and never looked back. But over his three-decade career, writes Anthony Feinstein, his go-go philosophy of forced resilience, plowing through the psychological trauma caused by covering mult via The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/a-lifelong-focus-photographer-santiago-lyons-forced-resilience/article30060333/ Santiago Lyon…

  • Platon’s Unflinching Photos of War and Its Cost – Feature Shoot

    Platon’s Unflinching Photos of War and Its Cost – Feature Shoot

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    Platon’s Unflinching Photos of War and Its Cost – Feature Shoot Platon is an internationally-esteemed photographer. Widely known – especially for his intensely intimate portraits of world leaders – his work blends the political with the personal, resulting in striking images with tangible sociopolitical consequences b via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/05/platons-unflinching-photos-of-war-and-its-cost/ In Service, a new photobook…

  • Ramadi: A City Destroyed | AP Images Blog

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    Ramadi: A City Destroyed This is what victory looks like in the Iraqi city of Ramadi: In the once thriving Haji Ziad Square, not a single structure still stands. Turning in every direction yields a picture of devastation.

  • Inside a volunteer paramilitary unit on the front lines in Ukraine – The Washington Post

    Inside a volunteer paramilitary unit on the front lines in Ukraine – The Washington Post

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    Inside a volunteer paramilitary unit on the front lines in Ukraine Photographer Christopher Occhicone recently visited a paramilitary unit in Ukraine. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/05/03/inside-a-volunteer-paramilitary-unit-on-the-front-lines-in-ukraine/ Photographer Christopher Occhicone recently visited a paramilitary unit in Ukraine. He related his experiences there to In Sight