New York Times photographer Lynsey Addario is speaking publicly about sexual aggression she experienced while detained in Libya last month by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. Addario was held for six days with Times colleagues Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farr
The photographer-reporter Yves Debraine passed away last Thursday in Lausanne, at the age of 85. Based in Switzerland since 1948, the Parisian-born Debraine worked for decades for diverse titles such as L’Illustré, the Schweizer Illustrierte and L’Hebdo.
Syrian authorities have released Reuters photographer Khaled al-Hariri, who had been missing since Sunday March 27, Reuters reports. Al-Hariri, a Syrian who has worked for the Reuters for more than 20 years, was on his way to work at the Damascus office o
The new Getty contract finally arrived and while there’s nothing outlandish in the new terms, there seems to be a continual slow creep towards selling images for whatever price they would like. Long ago Getty bought into the long tail business model, whic
Leaf’s latest digital back, the Aptus II 12, delivers a whopping resolution that the company claims eliminates any worries about Moiré. Adam Woolfitt finds himself edging closer to the Holy Grail of medium format capture.
If you own an SLR and have a single ounce of creative curiosity in your body, you should probably think about trying out a Lensbaby. I bought myself the Composer as a birthday gift a year and a half back and it’s crazy fun. And if you’re considering buyin
Suau returned to the city in 2010 to follow up on the story and make a multimedia piece on its attempts to dig out of the mess, including one housing court judge whose efforts to make owners and banks take responsibility for their properties and communities is making a difference.
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am about the new Magnum project, Postcards From America. This May, I’m going to be joining four other photographers (Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas…
[slidepress gallery=’williameckersleyalexandershields_u-s-80′] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls William Eckersley and Alexander Shields U.S.80 play this essa…
In summary – this is a terrific, even a landmark camera, likely to be an instant classic. In my opinion it is kept from being truly exceptional by some easily fixed user interface issues. Hopefully a firmware update, which could correct all of them, is not too far off.
Pete says: I know my wife has this “AP Mobile” news app on her phone and receives text message alerts whenever something big is happening around the world, I decided to play a little pr…
In 2011, 52 years after the signing of the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, millions of children around the globe continue to live in a state of constant emergency – their rights forgotten, their futures pre-written. Far removed from the UN offices that gave birth to the declaration, for these children protection, safety and a free, dignified childhood are but a distant dream.
This edition of the Australian PhotoJournalist is dedicated to them. Collectively, the children’s stories are the silent scream on the pages of this magazine.