Category: War

  • In Syria: Four Years of War – The Atlantic

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    In Syria: Four Years of War For more than four years now, Syrians have endured the loss and hardship caused by a protracted civil war. Nearly four million Syrians have fled the country, filling refugee camps in neighboring countries. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/in-syria-four-years-of-war/389781/ Gathered here are images of the ongoing Syrian conflict from just the…

  • Longform Podcast #135: Scott Anderson

    Longform Podcast #135: Scott Anderson

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    Longform Podcast #135: Scott Anderson · Longform Scott Anderson is a war correspondent and novelist. He’s written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Vanity Fair, and more. “I really feel that what’s at the root of so many wars now, modern wars, unconventional wars, it really just comes down to a via Longform: http://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-135-scott-anderson…

  • The Vietnam War, Part III: Hands of a Nation – The Atlantic

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    The Vietnam War, Part III: Hands of a Nation The photojournalist Eddie Adams, who covered the Vietnam War for the Associated Press, not only captured the action and chaos but took the time to get up close to the Vietnamese people whenever he could. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-vietnam-war-part-iii-hands-of-a-nation/389309/ The photojournalist Eddie Adams, who covered the…

  • The Vietnam War, Part II: Losses and Withdrawal – The Atlantic

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    The Vietnam War, Part II: Losses and Withdrawal Tactically, the 1968 Tet Offensive was a huge loss for the North, but it marked a significant turning point in public opinion and political support, leading to a drawdown of U.S. troop involvement, and eventual withdrawal in 1973. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/the-vietnam-war-part-ii-losses-and-withdrawal/389192/ This photo essay, part two…

  • The Vietnam War, Part I: Early Years and Escalation – The Atlantic

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    The Vietnam War, Part I: Early Years and Escalation Fifty years ago, in March 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in South Vietnam, the first American combat troops on the ground in a conflict that had been building for decades. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/the-vietnam-war-part-i-early-years-and-escalation/389054/ This photo essay, part one of a three-part series, looks at the…

  • Coming home to Kobane – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/syria-turkey-islamic-state-kurds-conflict-a-homecoming-in-kobane#.VRVyfS4js20 I travelled to Kobane a day before Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, and stayed for a week to photograph people returning to their homes, two months after the Kurds recaptured the town from Islamic State fighters

  • A War Photographer’s 99-Year Journey | TIME

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    A War Photographer’s 99-Year Journey David Douglas Duncan, whom LIFE called “perhaps the best war photographer since Matthew Brady,” is celebrated in a comprehensive new book via Time: http://time.com/3735936/david-douglas-duncan/ David Douglas Duncan, whom LIFE called “perhaps the best war photographer since Matthew Brady,” is celebrated in a comprehensive new book

  • Object Lesson – NYTimes.com

    Object Lesson – NYTimes.com

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    Object Lesson Things have the longest memories of all; beneath their stillness, they are alive with the terrors they have witnessed. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/magazine/object-lesson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss So epic and cinematic were the photographs from the Maidan that it took some effort to remember that they were first and foremost news images, unstaged depictions of real, ongoing human suffering.

  • In Tripoli, One Street Brings the Syrian War Home | TIME

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    In Tripoli, One Street Brings the Syrian War Home Stefano De Luigi documents two communities that have been fighting for centuries via Time: http://time.com/3694192/in-tripoli-one-street-brings-the-syrian-war-home/ On Syria Street in Tripoli, Lebanon, two communities face off

  • This Female Vet Is One Of History’s Most Decorated Combat Photographers

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    This Female Vet Is One Of History’s Most Decorated Combat Photographers “When you’re young, you have this sense of invincibility, “ says Stacy Pearsall. “You can hear the gunshots, but they can’t touch you.“ Pearsall is a former Air Force Combat Photojournalist who spent much of her storied ten-year Air Force career assigned to the…

  • A Year of War Completely Destroyed the Donetsk Airport – The Atlantic

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    A Year of War Completely Destroyed the Donetsk Airport In Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport has been reduced from a modern transportation hub to piles of scorched rubble in less than a year of warfare. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/ This week, as a cease-fire held, rebels (now in control of the…

  • Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage | Poynter.

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    Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage “I sensed I was burning out, and feared my readers were, too. How many videos of war and suffering can a person handle in a day?” Carvin wrote.

  • Accidentally Photographing the War in Ukraine — Vantage — Medium

    Accidentally Photographing the War in Ukraine — Vantage — Medium

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    Accidentally Photographing the War in Ukraine A photographer went in search of his roots and ended up stumbling into the opening skirmishes of a new Cold War via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/accidentally-photographing-the-war-in-ukraine-ae140f02664b A photographer went in search of his roots and ended up stumbling into the opening skirmishes of a new Cold War

  • Raining fire in Donetsk – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/donetsk-shelling#.VNDaGEL_un0 We stop. The situation is tense, we know we won’t be able to stay here long. I head to find local people to interview while Dominique and the video reporter take pictures of the bodies in the street and the damaged trolleybus. The strike, I am told, took place half an…

  • Famine babies and crying war widows: unpicking the cliches of conflict photography | Art and design | The Guardian

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    Famine babies and crying war widows: unpicking the cliches of conflict photography A new exhibition questions familiar images of suffering around the world to broaden our notions of beauty, brutality and civil rights via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/-sp-human-rights-human-wrongs-cliches-conflict-photography A new exhibition questions familiar images of suffering around the world to broaden our notions of beauty, brutality…

  • Documenting the raging civil conflict on the front lines in Donetsk, Ukraine – The Washington Post

    Documenting the raging civil conflict on the front lines in Donetsk, Ukraine – The Washington Post

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    Documenting the raging civil conflict on the front lines in Donetsk, Ukraine A conflict photographer’s raw and emotional photographs of civil conflict that continues to envelop civilians and soldiers in east Ukraine. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/02/02/documenting-the-raging-civil-conflict-on-the-front-lines-in-donetsk-ukraine/ Experienced conflict photographer Manu Brabo has been embedded in Ukraine covering the conflict in and around Donetsk for several…

  • Back and Forth in Central African Republic’s Unholy War | TIME

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    Back and Forth in Central African Republic’s Unholy War French photographer William Daniels discusses his time covering the conflict via Time: http://time.com/3640525/central-african-republic-conflict-anti-balaka-seleka/ One photographer’s year-long look at the unending cycle of death and uncertainty in a country mostly neglected by the international community

  • Taking Heavy Fire at the Conflict Photography Workshop — Vantage — Medium

    Taking Heavy Fire at the Conflict Photography Workshop — Vantage — Medium

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    Taking Heavy Fire at the Conflict Photography Workshop I wake to multiple explosions outside my makeshift tent. “IDF! IDF!” via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/taking-heavy-fire-at-the-conflict-photography-workshop-e1554494e45 Luckily the mortars aren’t real, just large firecrackers thrown by our instructors: Photojournalists with decades of combat experience and an expert military trainer. It is the last day of our 3-day field simulation…

  • Photographer’s last images show Ukrainian despair – CNN.com

    Photographer’s last images show Ukrainian despair – CNN.com

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    Photographer’s last images show Ukrainian despair – CNN Andy Rocchelli was killed while photographing the Ukrainian conflict in May. His last photos show his maturity and talent, colleagues say. via CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/world/cnnphotos-andy-rocchelli-last-images/ Described by his Cesura colleagues as young, idealistic and very passionate, Andy Rocchelli lived and breathed photography and storytelling. His last photographs, some…

  • Horrific pictures of dead bodies won’t stop wars | Comment is free | The Guardian

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    Horrific pictures of dead bodies won’t stop wars Paul Mason: People who believe that showing violent images from conflict zones will deter killing are mistaken via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/23/horrific-pictures-of-dead-bodies-wont-stop-wars People who believe that showing violent images from conflict zones will deter killing are mistaken