Category: War

  • Can a photograph change the world? – CNN.com

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    Can a photograph change the world? | CNN CNN’s Christiane Amanpour talks to photojournalists featured in “Conflict,” an online series that looks at the role of photographers in conflict zones. via CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/world/amanpour-photographs-conflict/index.html New online miniseries “Conflict” explores role of photojournalists in conflict zones

  • The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action – The Washington Post

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    The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action Dickey Chapelle, one of the first female war photographers, risked her life to capture history on world stages from Iwo Jima to the Vietnam War.  via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/12/03/the-brilliant-photos-of-the-first-american-female-war-photographer-killed-in-action/ The woman was Dickey Chapelle, a female photojournalist on assignment for Life magazine.…

  • A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War | VICE | United States

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    A Photographer Looks Back on the Horrors of the Bosnian War We talked to legendary photojournalist Ron Haviv about his experience documenting the trauma and atrocities of the Bosnian War. Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn953m/photos-of-the-bosnia-war December 14 marked two decades since the official end of the Bosnian War and all the bloodshed that it encompassed. In light of…

  • Let Me Represent You — Vantage — Medium

    Let Me Represent You — Vantage — Medium

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    Let Me Represent You Pete Muller shares their passions, motives and images in new CNN documentary series about conflict photographers via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/pete-muller-let-me-represent-you-a6855026aa8a Pete Muller shares his passions, motives and images in new CNN documentary series about conflict photographers

  • The Best Photography Exhibition Of 2015: ‘Conflict and Consequences’ at Beloit College — Vantage — Medium

    The Best Photography Exhibition Of 2015: ‘Conflict and Consequences’ at Beloit College — Vantage — Medium

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    The Best Photography Exhibition Of 2015: ‘Conflict and Consequences’ at Beloit College Looking beyond the act of war to its many aftermaths via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/the-best-photography-exhibition-of-2015-conflict-and-consequences-at-beloit-college-50b648df74b2 mall-scale, barely-promoted and relatively obscure as photo shows go, I can admit that Conflict and Consequences: Photographing War and Its Aftermath isn’t an obvious pick for this “Best Of 2015”…

  • China : 12th CHIPP, War & Conflict Category (Stories) – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: In the category stories of “War & Conflict” of the 12th edition of CHIPP (China International Press Photo Contest), five photographers were awarded. In the single image category, the first three prizes “Gold”, “Silver” and “Bronze” were awarded respectively to Jerome Delay (Burundi Unrest), Kemal Jufri (Children of The Crisis) and Andrew Burton (Baltimore Uprising). Two awards of excellence were…

  • Photographing Turkey’s Hidden War | TIME

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    Photographing Turkey’s Hidden War More than 350,000 people have been displaced via Time: https://time.com/4369374/turkey-hidden-war/ For the Turkish-born photographer Emin Ozmen, there’s little hope of a peaceful resolution to the conflict. “[It] brings a lot of anger to the young Kurds who are living in this region,” he says. “I feel that the long-term costs of…

  • How Young Soldiers Saw Life in Wartime Vietnam – The New York Times

    How Young Soldiers Saw Life in Wartime Vietnam – The New York Times

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    How Young Soldiers Saw Life in Wartime Vietnam A new exhibit of photos made by young soldiers in war zones features poignant images of daily life in a distant, and dangerous, land. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/how-young-soldiers-saw-life-in-wartime-vietnam/ Yet these photographs were taken not by professionals but by young grunts barely out of high school. Grinning wide-eyed…

  • A firsthand account of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine – Feature Shoot

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    A firsthand account of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine Worker on AKHZ (Avdiivka Coke & Chemical Plant) seen on the roof of the coke battery, Avdiivka, Ukraine, 22nd of October, 2015 The railway bridge on Ukrainian held territory, blown… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2016/08/firsthand-account-ongoing-conflict-ukraine/ The conflict in Ukraine comes on and off the international media spotlight,…

  • Controversial Combat Photo Leads to Ukrainian Photographer’s Dismissal

    Controversial Combat Photo Leads to Ukrainian Photographer’s Dismissal

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    Controversial Combat Photo Leads to Ukrainian Photographer’s Dismissal Ukrainian photographer Dmitry Muravsky has been dismissed by his country’s Ministry of Defense after his viral combat photos became the center of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2016/08/30/controversial-combat-photo-leads-ukrainian-photographers-dismissal/ Ukrainian photographer Dmitry Muravsky has been dismissed by his country’s Ministry of Defense after his viral combat photos became the center of…

  • What Is Aleppo? This Is Aleppo – The Atlantic

    What Is Aleppo? This Is Aleppo – The Atlantic

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    What Is Aleppo? This Is Aleppo Earlier today, Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson was asked by a journalist “What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?” Johnson replied with his own question: “What is Aleppo?” via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/09/what-is-aleppo-this-is-aleppo/499163/ Aleppo is Syria’s largest city, an urban battlefield in the brutal Syrian Civil War since 2012.…

  • Iraqi Kurdistan, Caught Between Worlds – The New Yorker

    Iraqi Kurdistan, Caught Between Worlds – The New Yorker

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    Iraqi Kurdistan, Caught Between Worlds Sebastian Meyer’s images of Iraqi Kurdistan, taken between 2008 and 2016, capture the region’s contrasts, which often exist side by side. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/iraqi-kurdistan-caught-between-worlds The pictures by the American photographer Sebastian Meyer, who documented Iraqi Kurdistan between 2008 and 2016, capture the region’s contrasts, which often exist side by side.…

  • A photographer and a soldier talk about dealing with PTSD from being in war situations – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | ‘My appetite for covering conflict faded gradually, a light waning until there was nothing left to see’ Former Reuters photographer Finbarr O’Reilly talks about a book he co-authored with former Marine Thomas James Brennan via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/08/22/my-appetite-for-covering-conflict-faded-gradually-a-light-waning-until-there-was-nothing-left-to-see/ I wish I could pinpoint a defining moment, or a shutter click that marked the…

  • ‘I Am Not Useful for My Camera if I Die’: A Syrian Photographer’s View – The New York Times

    ‘I Am Not Useful for My Camera if I Die’: A Syrian Photographer’s View – The New York Times

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    ‘I Am Not Useful for My Camera if I Die’: A Syrian Photographer’s View The story and work of Hosam Katan, a Syrian photographer, reveals much about how coverage of the Syrian conflict has changed. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/i-am-not-useful-for-my-camera-if-i-die-a-syrian-photographers-view/ When a Syrian Army sniper shot Hosam Katan in Aleppo in May 2015, Mr. Katan couldn’t…

  • In Her Own Words, Photographing the Vietnam War – The New York Times

    In Her Own Words, Photographing the Vietnam War – The New York Times

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    In Her Own Words, Photographing the Vietnam War While covering the Vietnam War, Catherine Leroy wrote over 100 letters home, detailing her professional and personal experiences as the only female photojournalist in Vietnam at the time. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/in-her-own-words-photographing-the-vietnam-war/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body Catherine Leroy was 21 when she arrived in Vietnam in 1966 with only a hundred…

  • Photographers edit photographers: The late Stanley Greene called Yuri Kozyrev’s war photography ‘lyricism in darkness’ – The Washington Post

    Photographers edit photographers: The late Stanley Greene called Yuri Kozyrev’s war photography ‘lyricism in darkness’ – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Photographers edit photographers: The late Stanley Greene called Yuri Kozyrev’s war photography ‘lyricism in darkness’ An American war photographer selects the work of a Russian war photographer. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/12/28/photographers-edit-photographers-the-late-stanley-greene-called-yuri-kozyrevs-war-photography-lyricism-in-darkness/ In the final installment of our series featuring the Noor agency photographers editing one another, we show 10 images by the renowned Russian war…

  • Vietnam War: Rare and Classic Photos by Terry Fincher | Getty Images FOTO

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    Link: Across five tours, Terry Fincher covered the defining conflict of his time.

  • My Lai Massacre Anniversary: The Photographer who Captured an American Atrocity | Getty Images FOTO

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    Link: EXCLUSIVE: Ron Haeberle talks with FOTO about his pictures from an American atrocity that changed the course of the Vietnam War.

  • Looking at the war in Syria through a Syrian photographer’s eyes – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | Looking at the war in Syria through a Syrian photographer’s eyes Photographer Hosam Katan documents the war in his home country. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/06/29/looking-at-the-war-in-syria-through-a-syrian-photographers-eyes/ For most of the war, journalists have had trouble getting into the country because of the dangers. Many have been kidnapped and killed. And, of course, Syrian journalists…

  • How the Wars Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria Went Off Script | Time

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    What Happens When War Goes Off Script? Lorenzo Meloni’s photographs from Iraq and Syria show no traditional markers of a war’s end via Time: https://time.com/longform/fragments-of-war/ As the fight against ISIS winds down, photographer Lorenzo Meloni’s work in Iraq and Syria shows no traditional markers of a war’s end