Category: War

  • The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

    The War in Libya: Photographs by Michael Christopher Brown

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/05/20/the-war-in-libya-photographs-by-michael-christopher-brown/#1 “I didn’t go to Libya to cover a war, I went to cover an uprising,” said Brown, who was using an iPhone loaded with the Hipstamatic app after dropping his SLR on one of the first days he was there. “But…

  • The Consequences of War

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    In a very personal interview with VII The Magazine, photographer Ashley Gilbertson, opens up about the effects of war on soldiers and their families, himself, and the country. Link: VII The Magazine

  • Unflinching: Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv hopes for the best while documenting the worst | Take Great Pictures

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    Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv opens up about how he hopes for the best while documenting the worst around the world. Link: Unflinching: Legendary conflict photographer Ron Haviv hopes for the best while documenting the worst | Take Great Pictures

  • The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers

    The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers

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    ‘To Be on the Edge of History’ Bill Keller talks with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich about what animates — and terrifies — combat photographers. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/the-inner-lives-of-wartime-photographers/#/1/ Last week, Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, met with the photographers Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich at Walter Reed Army Medical…

  • Jake Whitney interviews Michael Hastings / Full Metal Racket

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    Jake Whitney interviews Michael Hastings: what had been planned as a dissection of Hastings’s major articles evolved into a broader conversation about American exceptionalism, the process and duty of war reporting, the privatization of American war making, and the Pentagon’s intensifying effort to “tear down the wall” between public affairs and propaganda Link: Guernica /…

  • Remembering Chris Hondros, Part III: Tal Afar

    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part III: Tal Afar

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    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part III: Tal Afar – Reading The Pictures Edward Wong of the New York Times shares the story of Chris Hondros’s photographs documenting the accidental killing of Iraqi civilians by American troops in Iraq. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/remembering-chris-hondros-part-iii/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes) I didn’t know Chris well, but I saw him on a few occasions…

  • The Graffiti of War

    The Graffiti of War

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    The Graffiti of War From war, art. This is the basic premise of The Graffiti of War, a project from two combat veterans that features the unconventional military art that soldiers, seamen, marines, and airmen (and wom… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/27/the-graffiti-of-war.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag From war, art. This is the basic premise of The Graffiti of War ,…

  • When it turns sour – Greg Marinovich

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    I flinch from making too much of the deaths of journalists in conflicts, even that of friends. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that in the same counterattack that killed Hetherington and Hondros, seven rebels had been killed as well as a doctor about to leave for work at the overwhelmed local hospital. His wife,…

  • Two war photographers talk injuries and ethics on NPR

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    Two War Photographers On Their Injuries, Ethics Combat photographer Joao Silva is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he’s recovering after losing his legs in an explosion in October. Greg Marinovich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who was shot four times while covering conflicts. Silva via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/135513724/two-war-photographers-on-their-injuries-ethics an interview taped Tuesday with combat…

  • The Media Equation: War, in Life and Death

    The Media Equation: War, in Life and Death

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    War, in Life and Death Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were killed last week covering the fighting in Libya, used their cameras to communicate the human suffering of war. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/business/media/25carr.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Tim and Chris were very different men who died because they had something in common: each thought it important to bear witness, to…

  • Photojournalist Chris Hondros: At Work in Misurata, Libya

    Photojournalist Chris Hondros: At Work in Misurata, Libya

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    Photojournalist Chris Hondros: At Work in Misurata, Libya Oscar-nominated British film director and photographer Tim Hetherington (L) climbs from a building in Misurata on April 20, 2011. Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros walks in Misurata on April 18, 2011. Both men, 41, were killed and two other Western via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/04/photojournalist_chris_hondros.html Getty Images Photographer Chris…

  • In Memory of Chris Hondros

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    There’s a quote from the movie Apocalypse Now that always stuck with me, when Willard speaks of Colo

  • Tim Hetherington: A Vanity Fair Portfolio | Politics | Vanity Fair

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    highlights of Hetherington’s photography for Vanity Fair. Link: Tim Hetherington: A Vanity Fair Portfolio | Politics | Vanity Fair

  • Injured British photographer in serious, but stable condition [update]

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    As of this morning, Martin was still in a Misrata hospital. BJP understands that he will only be evacuated when he recovers or stabilises further. Link: Injured British photographer in serious, but stable condition [latest] – British Journal of Photography

  • Chris Hondros Dies of Injuries in Libya

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    He won numerous photojournalism awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award in 2006, and multiple awards from the World Press Photos and Pictures of the Year International Competition. Link: Chris Hondros Dies of Injuries in Libya

  • Tim Hetherington, Chris Hondros Killed In Libya

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    A contributing photographer for Vanity Fair, Hetherington died shortly after arriving at hospital in Misrata. Hondros clung to life for several hours in a coma before he died from what Italian doctors said was an irreversible brain trauma. Reports are Hondros was revived at least two times, but Getty Images has now confirmed his death…

  • Chris Hondros Killed in Libya

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    Chris Hondros Killed in Libya | PDNPulse Award-winning photographer Chris Hondros has died of injuries he sustained in Misrata, Libya earlier today, his agency, Getty Images, has confirmed. Getty released the following statement: “Getty Images is deeply saddened to confirm the death of Staff Pho via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/chris-hondros-killed-in-libya.html Award-winning photographer Chris Hondros has died of…

  • Tim Hetherington in Memoriam

    Tim Hetherington in Memoriam

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/20/tim-hetherington-in-memoriam/ Today, the devastating news arrived that Tim Hetherington had been killed in Misratah, Libya. He was many things: a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker, an artist and friend. He recently won popular acclaim after the documentary Restrepo, which he directed, was nominated…

  • R.I.P. TIM HETHERINGTON

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    Tim’s final Twitter post sheds a stark light on the current state of Libya: “In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.” Link: R.I.P. TIM HETHERINGTON – Viceland Today

  • Photojournalist killed, others severely injured in Libya

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    Photojournalist Tim Hetherington has been killed in a mortar attack in Misurata, Libya, whil