In this unnatural state of isolation, photographers show us the things that bind.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/us/coronavirus-photographers-diary.html
In this unnatural state of isolation, photographers show us the things that bind.
A New York Times article on the mounting risk of widespread famine in Yemen showed images by photojournalist Tyler Hicks of malnourished, critically ill children amidst the Saudi-led war against Houthi rebels backed by Iran. The article went viral, as peo
via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/10/the-image-of-famine-that-facebook-tried-to-censor.html
Speaking that day at a PDN Talk, “Covering Conflict,” photojournalist Alex Potter, who has lived in and covered Yemen before and after the current crisis, called Facebook’s action “a form of censorship.”
Photographer Alex Potter (right) has won the inaugural James W. Foley Fellowship for young journalists, fellowship administrator The GroundTruth Project announced last week. Potter will use the $10,000 fellowship to pursue a project about the effects of c
via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/12/alex-potter-wins-first-10k-james-w-foley-fellowship.html
Photographer Alex Potter (right) has won the inaugural James W. Foley Fellowship for young journalists, fellowship administrator The GroundTruth Project announced last week. Potter will use the $10,000 fellowship to pursue a project about the effects of conflict on children in the Middle East.
NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Alex Potter, a young American photographer in Yemen’s largest city Sanaa. She is bearing witness to the terrible human toll of Yemen’s civil war.
via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2015/08/23/433981041/alex-potter-s-photos-bear-witness-to-yemen-s-civil-war
NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with Alex Potter, a young American photographer in Yemen’s largest city Sanaa. She is bearing witness to the terrible human toll of Yemen’s civil war.
Yemen-based photographer Alex Potter talks about Koan, the newest collective on the photo scene.
via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2014/09/qa-with-koan-collective-member-alex-potter/
Kōan is the collaboration of five young journalists (Alex Potter, Allison Joyce, Amanda Mustard, Cooper Neill, and Nicolas Tanner) exploring both new and traditional means of communication and creating unique narratives – through text, photography and the moving image – that present distinct ways of seeing and understanding the world.
Link: Photographs of Yemen in Transition | Feature Shoot
Alex Potter is an emerging photojournalist who has worked primarily in Minneapolis, MN and Yemen. After graduating university with a nursing degree she decided to follow her calling rather than the advice of others and turned to a life in photography.