Category: War

  • Mythical power: Understanding photojournalism in the Vietnam War

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    Mythical power: Understanding photojournalism in the Vietnam War – David Campbell Photojournalism in the Vietnam War is often said to have had the power to change the course of the conflict. But this power is mythical. via David Campbell: http://www.david-campbell.org/2013/01/31/mythical-power-understanding-photojournalism-in-vietnam-war/ “This is significant for photojournalism’s understanding of its historical role and potential power. Many of…

  • I Feel it Would be Wrong Not to Stop and Take Note of this Photo from Aleppo

    I Feel it Would be Wrong Not to Stop and Take Note of this Photo from Aleppo

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    I Feel it Would be Wrong Not to Stop and Take Note of this Photo from Aleppo – Reading The Pictures Yesterday’s scene from that Aleppo canal. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/01/i-feel-it-would-be-wrong-not-to-stop-and-take-note-of-this-photo-from-aleppo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29 Practically though, can you imagine if 100 corpses had been deposited in one continuous stretch along the High Line in New York City?…

  • Lynsey Addario’s Photographs of Women in Combat

    Lynsey Addario’s Photographs of Women in Combat

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    Women Shooting on the Front Lines Years before the Pentagon’s official lifting of the ban on women in combat, Lynsey Addario saw the rapidly evolving role of female soldiers in Afghanistan. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/women-shooting-on-the-front-lines-2/ “Lynsey Addario, a  photographer for The New York Times, has extensively covered the war in Afghanistan, often focusing on female…

  • The Conflict in Mali

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    The Conflict in Mali via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/the-conflict-in-mali/100446/ Two weeks ago, the French military launched Operation Serval, intervening in a complicated, months-old conflict in northern Mali.

  • Pete Muller Covering the War in Mali

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    Link: Pete Muller Covering the War in Mali » Prime Collective Prime photographer Pete Muller shares thoughts and images from his recent coverage of the war in Mali.

  • Would you Die For a Photo – Erie War Photos from War Zones

    Would you Die For a Photo – Erie War Photos from War Zones

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    Would you Die For a Photo – Erie War Photos from War Zones Photos from some of the best war photographers in history help answer the question: Why are willing to die for a photo? James Nachtwey, Larry Burrows and João Silva featured. via Chase Jarvis Photography: http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2013/01/would-you-die-for-the-photo-a-look-at-war-photography/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChaseJarvis+%28Chase+Jarvis+Blog%29 I’ve been asked before if I’d consider…

  • Bored, Lonely Japanese Man Becomes a ‘War Tourist’ in Syria

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    Bored, Lonely Japanese Man Becomes a ‘War Tourist’ in Syria Calling himself “a combination of samurai and kamikaze,” a Japanese truck driver is so bored with life at home that takes vacations in Syria, photographing the war from the front lines. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/01/bored-lonely-japanese-man-becomes-war-tourist-syria/60531/ “Calling himself ‘a combination of samurai and kamikaze,’ a Japanese…

  • Overexposed: A Photographer’s War With PTSD

    Overexposed: A Photographer’s War With PTSD

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    Overexposed: A Photographer’s War With PTSD “One of the truly great things about war … is that all you have to do is survive.” via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/overexposed-a-photographers-war-with-ptsd/266468/1/ “‘I don’t think you can go into the most traumatic situations that arise on earth, voluntarily, and come back unchanged,’ said Ashley Gilbertson, who admits that his…

  • Syria’s Agony: The Photographs That Moved Them Most

    Syria’s Agony: The Photographs That Moved Them Most

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/12/10/photographing-syrias-agony-the-images-that-moved-them-most/#1 “Syria has always been a tough place to cover as a journalist. Confidently authoritarian with a ruthlessly formidable security and intelligence apparatus, Syria has long been one of the most policed of Arab police states. And so, when some Syrians defied…

  • Using War as Cover to Target Journalists

    Using War as Cover to Target Journalists

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    Using War as Cover to Target Journalists Journalists who dig into dangerous corners of the world have grown accustomed to being threatened, but now some governments have decided shooting the messenger is a viable option. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/business/media/using-war-as-cover-to-target-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss three employees of news organizations were killed in Gaza by Israeli missiles. Rather than suggesting it was a…

  • An Unvarnished View of War, Perched on a Helmet

    An Unvarnished View of War, Perched on a Helmet

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    An Unvarnished View of War, Perched on a Helmet Helmet-camera videos exemplify how technology has enabled and sustained the flow of information from the world’s war zones. via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/an-unvarnished-view-of-war-perched-on-a-helmet/ Battlefield helmet cameras aren’t new; some units even provide them to their troops, and we will continue to see a proliferation of their…

  • Skirmishes in the Israel-Palestine battle over photos of dead children

    Skirmishes in the Israel-Palestine battle over photos of dead children

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    Skirmishes in the Israel-Palestine battle over photos of dead children Why are activists on both sides of the conflict so eager to debate the question of whose munition killed a young Gaza boy? via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/20/skirmishes-in-the-israel-palestine-battle-over-photos-of-killed-children/?wprss=rss_world “The latest controversy on Israel-Palestine blogs and social media is over a widely reported photo of Egyptian Prime…

  • The Instagram War: Gaza & Israel, 2012

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    The Instagram War: Gaza & Israel, 2012 …welcome to a media space in which we are consuming hostility and processing raw data and raw propaganda almost as quickly as the war correspondent, the fighter pilot, the governments, the diplomats and the antagonists themselves. –Michael Shaw * * * U via John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports,…

  • The Israeli-Palestinian politics of a bloodied child’s photo

    The Israeli-Palestinian politics of a bloodied child’s photo

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    The Israeli-Palestinian politics of a bloodied child’s photo The heated conversations around images of children wounded or killed in fighting between Israel and Gaza are a reminder of the mistrust and entrenched attitudes in the larger conflict. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/16/the-israeli-palestinian-politics-of-a-bloodied-childs-photo/?wprss=rss_world The old arguments of the Middle East are so entrenched that the photos, for…

  • Israel, Hamas Draw Us Literally into War in Game Change for Social Media, Media and Photography

    Israel, Hamas Draw Us Literally into War in Game Change for Social Media, Media and Photography

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    Game Change for Social Media, Media and Photography: Israel, Hamas Draw Us Literally into War – Reading The Pictures We can hardly begin to understand how much the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas (and the apparently greater range of the Palestinian’s missiles) have, overnight, changed the waging of war. via Reading The Pictures:…

  • The story behind the photo: Journalist’s 11-month-old son killed in Gaza strikes

    The story behind the photo: Journalist’s 11-month-old son killed in Gaza strikes

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    The story behind the photo: Journalist’s 11-month-old son killed in Gaza strikes The BBC’s Jihad Misharawi was in his Gaza home when a round killed his young son and sister-in-law. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/15/the-story-behind-the-photo-journalists-11-month-old-son-killed-in-gaza-strikes/?wprss=rss_world Jihad Misharawi, a BBC Arabic journalist who lives in Gaza, carries the body of his 11-month old son, Omar, through al-Shifa…

  • Israeli military releases video of Gaza strike on Hamas leader

    Israeli military releases video of Gaza strike on Hamas leader

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    Israeli military releases video of Gaza strike on Hamas leader Here’s the Israeli strike that killed Ahmed Jabari in Gaza. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/14/israeli-military-releases-video-of-gaza-strike-on-hamas-leader/?wprss=rss_world the recent failure of crowd-sourced news photos of Hurricane Sandy, and the shortage of coverage of other climate change-fueled disasters around the world, demonstrate how far we are from truly democratizing…

  • Syria in Ruins

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    Syria in Ruins via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/11/syria-in-ruins/100402/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains defiant, stating in an interview with Russia Today that he planned “live and die in Syria,” adding, “I am tougher than Gaddafi.” Collected here are images of this bloody conflict from just the past few weeks

  • Two Americans killed in unusual gunfight involving several Afghan soldiers

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    Two Americans killed in unusual gunfight involving several Afghan soldiers Unlike most insider attacks, the weekend incident involved more than one Afghan soldier. Two Americans were killed. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/two-americans-killed-in-unusual-gunfight-involving-several-afghans/2012/10/01/23b93464-0bff-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html?wprss=rss_world “What sets this apart is that there were multiple attackers from multiple positions and there was zero provocation,” said the official, who had access…

  • 150 Years after Antietam: Photographs by Alexander Gardner

    150 Years after Antietam: Photographs by Alexander Gardner

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/17/150-years-later-picturing-the-battle-of-antietam/#1 After the Battle of Antietam, photographer Matthew Brady tacked a sign to the door of his New York City photo studio that read, simply, “The Dead of Antietam.” Inside, he exhibited the work that his assistant, Alexander Gardner, made in the…