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 different parts of the country who can alert us when something happens. So when we hear of a barrel bomb explosion, we can all go out to do our work.
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
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 became a bloody civil war, through the eyes of a young photographer looking to make a difference
This project was done in two phases. The first in the autumn of 2014, when separatist forces took control of Donetsk’s airport in Ukraine. The second in the winter of 2015, following the current ceasefire subsequent to the occupation of Debaltseve/Debaltsevo, an important strategic point for the territory.
Michael Christopher Brown will never forget the first time he experienced armed conflict. He was documenting the Libyan conflict in 2011 when tragedy struck.
Photographer Michael Christopher Brown traveled by car into Libya with a digital camera in his hand and adventure in his heart. He intended to document an uprising, but as it escalated, he wanted — no, needed — to experience armed conflict
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.
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.
After 14 years of combat, thousands of deaths and injuries, and billions of dollars, the war in Afghanistan is technically over, yet thousands of NATO-led troops remain in the country as part of Operation Resolute Support. This past June, Jason Koxvold spent a week photographing the series “BLACK-WATER” to find out what our continued presence in the country looks like.
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 Defense Department earlier this summer released a comprehensive manual outlining its interpretation of the law of war. The 1,176-page document, the first of its kind, includes guidelines on the treatment of journalists covering armed conflicts that would make their work more dangerous, cumbersome and subject to censorship. Those should be repealed immediately.
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.
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.
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. Gannon describes how threats to journalists in the Middle East are changing, her methods for mitigating danger, and why she plans to return to work even after that deadly attack
Since the beginning of the Magnum Photos cooperative agency, its elite photographers have been covering conflicts, including civil wars, around the world. But in the decades since its founding in 1947, the nature of warfare has changed, as has the nature of photojournalism. The exhibition “Failing Leviathan: Magnum Photographers and Civil War” which is on display at the National Civil War Centre in the U.K. until Nov. 5, shows those dual evolutions through the work of 11 photographers in 11 conflicts.
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.
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 face and a second was hit in the head with a bottle, each requiring on-the-scene medical attention and a hospital trip.
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.
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.
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 said it may not be safe anymore for me to stay among his men,” Kozyrev remembers.
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 from mainstream media, and other sources, to elicit facts about conflicts that might not otherwise be obvious.
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
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.
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
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!”
