Category: War

  • Working in a town turned into a cemetery – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/photographer-in-a-town-turned-into-a-cemetery I live and work in opposition-held Aleppo, so my movements remain relatively free. There is intermittent internet access. We can buy SIM cards for $2, and get WiFi on computers connected to generators or car batteries. At AMC, we organised a sort of monitoring system on Facebook. We have correspondents in…

  • The End of War

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    Why the Best War Reporter in a Generation Had to Suddenly Stop After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home. via Esquire: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a37838/end-of-war-1015/ After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.

  • Blood and Determination: A Young Photographer’s Intro to a Revolution Photos | Image #1 – ABC News

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    The Realities of a Revolution: The Libyan Crisis Michael Christopher Brown’s “Libyan Sugar” centers around the 2011 Libyan Revolution, detailed through photographs, journal entries, and written communication with family and colleagues. “Libyan Sugar” is a depiction of a youth uprising that quickly becam via ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/International/photos/blood-determination-young-photographers-intro-revolution-33378100/image-33378620 Michael Christopher Brown’s “Libyan Sugar” centers around the…

  • Alfredo Bosco – Davai Donbass | LensCulture

    Alfredo Bosco – Davai Donbass | LensCulture

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    Davai Donbass – Photographs and text by Alfredo Bosco | LensCulture In the trenches and amidst the madness of Donetsk, Ukraine—the center of what could be considered Europe’s first civil war of the new century via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/alfredo-bosco-davai-donbass This project was done in two phases. The first in the autumn of 2014, when separatist forces…

  • Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN.com

    Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN.com

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    Surviving one of photojournalism’s darkest moments – CNN Michael Christopher Brown will never forget the first time he experienced armed conflict. He was documenting the Libyan conflict in 2011 when tragedy struck. via CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/23/world/cnnphotos-libyan-sugar-civil-war/ Photographer Michael Christopher Brown traveled by car into Libya with a digital camera in his hand and adventure in his…

  • Alex Potter’s Photos Bear Witness To Yemen’s Civil War : NPR

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    Alex Potter’s Photos Bear Witness To Yemen’s Civil War NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Alex Potter, a young American photographer in Yemen’s largest city Sanaa. She is bearing witness to the terrible human toll of Yemen’s civil war. via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2015/08/23/433981041/alex-potter-s-photos-bear-witness-to-yemen-s-civil-war NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Alex Potter, a young American photographer in Yemen’s largest…

  • Jason Koxvold photographs Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan in his series “BLACK – WATER.”

    Jason Koxvold photographs Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan in his series “BLACK – WATER.”

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    What Are We Still Doing in Afghanistan? After 14 years of combat, thousands of deaths and injuries, and billions of dollars, the war in Afghanistan is technically over, yet thousands of… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/08/19/jason_koxvold_photographs_operation_resolute_support_in_afghanistan_in_his.html After 14 years of combat, thousands of deaths and injuries, and billions of dollars, the war in Afghanistan is technically…

  • A summer of fire in Sarajevo – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/1995-a-summer-of-fire-in-sarajevo une 1995: summer was just beginning in Paris when I was called over to the editor-in-chief’s desk. AFP was urgently looking for someone to run the bureau until September in war-ravaged, besieged Sarajevo. Naturally I accepted, though I knew the mission would be tough.

  • The Pentagon’s Dangerous Views on the Wartime Press – The New York Times

    The Pentagon’s Dangerous Views on the Wartime Press – The New York Times

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    Opinion | The Pentagon’s Dangerous Views on the Wartime Press The Defense Department’s new manual on the law of war could severely hinder the work of journalists covering armed conflicts. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/opinion/the-pentagons-dangerous-views-on-the-wartime-press.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 The Defense Department earlier this summer released a comprehensive manual outlining its interpretation of the law of war. The 1,176-page document, the first…

  • How Photographers Change People’s Views on War

    How Photographers Change People’s Views on War

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    How Photographers Change People’s Views on War Here’s a 3.5-minute video by Seeker Stories that explores how photography has affected the way people feel about wars over the past couple of centuries. via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/08/06/how-photographers-change-peoples-views-on-war/ Here’s a 3.5-minute video by Seeker Stories that explores how photography has affected the way people feel about wars over…

  • Reporting From A Conflict Zone: A Talk With The AP’s Kathy Gannon | National Press Club

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    Reporting From A Conflict Zone: A Talk With The AP’s Kathy Gannon Kathy Gannon has been covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Associated Press for nearly 30 years and was severely wounded last year when an Afghan police officer opened fire on her vehicle. Her colleague, AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed in that incident.…

  • “Failing Leviathan: Magnum Photographers and Civil War” is on display at the National Civil War Centre. (PHOTOS.)

    “Failing Leviathan: Magnum Photographers and Civil War” is on display at the National Civil War Centre. (PHOTOS.)

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    Magnum Photographers Show How Covering Civil War Has Changed Since the beginning of the Magnum Photos cooperative agency, its elite photographers have been covering conflicts, including civil wars, around the… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/07/21/_failing_leviathan_magnum_photographers_and_civil_war_is_on_display_at_the.html Since the beginning of the Magnum Photos cooperative agency, its elite photographers have been covering conflicts, including civil wars, around the…

  • Nightmares and miracles in Srebrenica – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/bosnia-nightmares-and-miracles-in-srebrenica It’s the summer of 1995. I am in Croatia to cover French army manoeuvres being staged there on Bastille Day, when I get a call from AFP’s chief editors. Can I go to Bosnia? Srebrenica has just fallen to Serb forces.

  • College student Trey Yingst skips classes … to report from conflict zones | Poynter.

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    College student Trey Yingst skips classes … to report from conflict zones At first, every time he raised his camera to shoot, rioters swarmed, threatening to attack. The press group he was with was targeted and confronted by angry rioters armed with hammers and 40-ounce bottles. A reporter near him was later punched in the…

  • War photographer Heidi Levine: ′I could cover conflicts and make it home for dinner′ | Arts | DW.COM | 25.06.2015

    War photographer Heidi Levine: ′I could cover conflicts and make it home for dinner′ | Arts | DW.COM | 25.06.2015

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    War photographer Heidi Levine: ‘I could cover conflicts and make it home for dinner’ | DW | 25.06.2015 American war photographer Heidi Levine is the recipient of the first Anja Niedringhaus Award. She tells DW why she chose to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the last 30 years while raising three children. via DW.COM: http://www.dw.com/en/war-photographer-heidi-levine-i-could-cover-conflicts-and-make-it-home-for-dinner/a-18540223…

  • Yuri Kozyrev: Photographing 15 Years of Chechnya’s Troubled History | TIME

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    Yuri Kozyrev: 15 Years of Chechnya’s Troubled History The photographer has witnessed Chechnya’s dramatic evolution via Time: http://time.com/3927017/yuri-kozyrev-photographing-20-years-of-chechnyas-troubled-history/ When they returned to the base, it was clear from the glares of the troops that they all blamed Kozyrev for the fiasco, he says, and Gen. Otrakovsky advised the photographer to leave in the morning. “He…

  • Bellingcat’s conflict crowdsourcing: analyzing photos and video to learn more about war | dvafoto

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    Bellingcat’s conflict crowdsourcing: analyzing photos and video to learn more about war Bell¿ngcat is a fascinating operation. The site says it is “by and for citizen investigative journalists.” While I’m normally skeptical of much that falls under the name “citizen journalism,” Bell¿ngcat is something altogether different. Researchers there analyze satellite imagery, social media, photos and…

  • VIDEO: Goran Tomasevic, War Photographer | British Journal of Photography

    VIDEO: Goran Tomasevic, War Photographer | British Journal of Photography

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    VIDEO: Goran Tomasevic, War Photographer Goran Tomasevic has photographed conflict for over 20 years in countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. Few people will have heard his name, but he’s authored some of the defining images of modern warfare. At an exhibition of his wor via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/2015/05/video-goran-tomasevic-war-photographer/ Not many…

  • The Saudi Arabia-Yemen War of 2015 – The Atlantic

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    The Saudi Arabia-Yemen War of 2015 The recent civil war in Yemen prompted neighboring Saudi Arabia to intervene militarily six weeks ago, launching airstrikes, bombing targets from border stations, shelling from the sea, and establishing a blockade. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/05/the-saudi-arabia-yemen-war-of-2015/392687/ The recent civil war in Yemen prompted neighboring Saudi Arabia to intervene militarily six…

  • ‘You have 10 minutes to get out of your house!’ – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/yemen-conflict-saudi-sunni-iran-shiite-huthi-rebels-you-have-10-minutes-to-get-out-of-your-house#.VSVVZM4js20 In the evening of March 31, our correspondent in the southern city of Aden, Fawaz al-Haidari, received a tip-off from a leader of the “popular committees” militias loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi: “You have 10 minutes to get out of your house. It’s about to be bombed!”