Category: War
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On Assignment: Into the Maw at Marja – Lens
On Assignment: Into the Maw at Marja Tyler Hicks of The Times accompanied Company K, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines into Marja. Patrick Witty annotates Mr. Hicks’s firsthand account. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/assignment-28/ Our ethical position is that we will take every step we can alongside the people we cover in combat, but never ask them…
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The Shooting War: Images from the World's Most Acclaimed Conflict Photographers | Foreign Policy
The Shooting War An exclusive collection of work by the world’s most acclaimed conflict photographers. via Foreign Policy: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/the_shooting_war An exclusive collection of work by the world’s most acclaimed conflict photographers.
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Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks
Link: Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks – Yahoo! News
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Too Much Information? : CJR
Too Much Information? The release of battle footage sparks a controversy in Norway via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/short_takes/too_much_information.php The release of battle footage sparks a controversy in Norway
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Essay: How Not to Depict a War – Lens
Essay: How Not to Depict a War After years photographing in Iraq, Michael Kamber saw “The Hurt Locker.” He barely recognized the war that unfolded on screen. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/essay-15/ One of the greatest disservices of “The Hurt Locker” is the impression that soldiers in Iraq were masters of their destinies. If they snipped…
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In Marja, it's war the old-fashioned way – washingtonpost.com
In Marja, it’s war the old-fashioned way Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021905294.html?wprss=rss_world They had slogged through knee-deep mud carrying 100 pounds of gear, fingers glued to the triggers of their M-4 carbines, all the while on the lookout for insurgents. Now, after five near-sleepless nights, trying to avoid hypothermia in freezing temperatures, the grunts of the 1st Battalion…
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photographylot: The World Press Photo Awards, Julie Jacobson and Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard
The World Press Photo Awards, Julie Jacobson and Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard This years winners of the World Press Photo competition have recently been announced. You can see the winners gallery here . Once again, … Link: http://photographylot.blogspot.com/2010/02/world-press-photo-awards-julie-jacobson.html To those who think this picture is disrespectful, I say that perhaps you prefer it if we…
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Domains – Christiane Amanpour – War Rooms
War Rooms CNN’s chief international correspondent, best known for her coverage of conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, lives in a “big and comfortable” rental apartment overlooking Central Park. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14fob-domains-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 1. Most Amiable Dictator: Slobodan Milosevic. He would slap you on the back, offer you a drink. He tried to be charming.…
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Don McCullin | Photography review | The Guardian
Don McCullin | Photography review This career retrospective shows that time and familiarity have not dulled the impact of photojournalist Don McCullin’s astonishing combat photography, writes Andrew Pulver via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/10/don-mccullin-review It feels like a state honour: the photojournalist Don McCullin, one-time employee of the Observer and the Sunday Times, is being dignified with…
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Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin
Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin | Photography review The great war photographer Don McCullin talks to Sean O’Hagan ahead of the major retrospective of his work in Manchester via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/07/don-mccullin-shaped-war-review “The day I came across that boy was a killer day for me. There were 800 dying children in that schoolhouse.…
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Don McCullin: War photographer
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon McCullins autobiography ‘Unreasonable Behaviour‘ in Dublin and couldn’t put it down. It’s an unflinching account of his life. I really had no idea about the man at all (indeed might be due a re-read). Truly gripping a life like his defies fiction you really couldn’t make up the…
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Conflict Photography – Before you go to war…
New York photographer James Pomerantz launches a new site dedicated to archiving conflict photography Link: Conflict Photography – Before you go to war…
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Stanley Greene’s Black Passport | dvafoto
Have a look at the “trailer” for Stanley Greene’s new book Black Passport, a deeply personal journal of life and a career in conflict. Or perhaps it is, as compiled by Teun van der Heijden, a biography. Link: Stanley Greene’s Black Passport | dvafoto
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Visions of the Decade: One Night in Tal Afar, 2005 | PDN Photo of the Day
Chris Hondros: When I give talks or lectures people often ask me my personal feelings about war, usually I dodge the question. Sometimes I say that I don’t expect my pictures to stop wars, but rather I hope they help citizens to understand what going to war means. On that level at least I think…
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Chris Hedges: The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See
The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. In an instant, industrial warfa via Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_pictures_of_war_you_arent_supposed_to_see_20100104/ In Peter van Agtmael’s “2nd Tour Hope I don’t Die” and Lori…
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2003 U.S. raid in Iraqi town serves as a cautionary tale – washingtonpost.com
2003 U.S. raid in Iraqi town serves as a cautionary tale Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/23/AR2009122303469.html?wprss=rss_world The soldiers shouted in English. Most of the residents stared back in frightened incomprehension. Like others, Jabbouri raised a white handkerchief, in a universal sign of surrender. With hundreds of others, he was blindfolded, bound with plastic cuffs and forced to lie…
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dispatches / War Stories. From Fenton to Fincher
War Stories. From Fenton to Fincher. from Hulton Archive on Vimeo. via: dispatches / War Stories. From Fenton to Fincher
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Sides of the Wire: America in Afghanistan – The Digital Journalist
by David Bathgate It was in early March 2002 when I first arrived in Kabul – just weeks before springtime and Nawroz, the Persian New Year. The Kabul Valley looked cold and barren-dry as the Ariana flight descended through the clouds. Snow-covered peaks of the Hindu Kush lay on the horizon, aloof from all that…
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The Long Haul – The Digital Journalist
by Lucian Read I’ve been to Afghanistan eight times in the last 18 months. My apartment is slowly taking on the look of a caravanserai. I have more friends in Kabul than Manhattan. My mind is full of snippets of Dari, counterinsurgency strategy and half-remembered warlords, major and minor. My son – not yet quite…