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“You know, for years, you go on assignments, on missions. You are away for weeks, months. Sometimes you have no shower, no sleep, no food. Sometimes you risk your life. It’s good to know that someone recognises that, recognises the work.”
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The first prize went to Syrian photographer Sameer Al-Doumy for his series on the effects of aerial bombardments on rebel forces in Douma and Hamouria. The second place went to Roberto Schmidt for his coverage of the avalanche on Everest. The third place went to Bulent Kilic for his series on Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey.
The 2015 Arthus-Bertrand Visa d’or awards go to the best reportages published between September 2014 and August 2015. Laureates are Daniel Berehulak with The Ebola Epidemic for The Visa d’or Feature , and Bülent Kiliç for the Visa d’or awards for news reporting with Syrian Refugees at the Turkish border
World Press Photo, the premiere photojournalism competition, has recognized Agence France-Presse Bulent Kilic as one of the best wire photographers of the year
via Time: http://time.com/3705844/turkish-photographer-wins-two-top-awards-at-world-press-photo/
World Press Photo, the premiere photojournalism competition, has recognized Agence France-Presse Bulent Kilic as one of the best wire photographers of the year
Brad Vest of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee has won Newspaper Photographer of the Year honors at the 72nd annual Pictures of the Year International competition. Vest’s portfolio stood out for its journalistic and esthetic quality, POYi organi
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Winners so far include Bulent Kilic, who won first place in the Spot News category for his dramatic photograph of an air strike against ISIS militants near the Turkish border; and Alexey Furman, first place winner in the Portrait category for his photograph of a woman who survived the shelling of her home in eastern Ukraine
Photos by Agence France-Presse’s Bulent Kilic made the front pages all year
via Time: http://time.com/3611797/bulent-kilic-wire-photographer-of-2014/
Amidst a turbulent year, Bulent Kilic’s photographs have consistently grabbed the attention of editors and viewers around the world
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This year Bulent Kilic’s powerful, assured work — made most recently in the aftermath of the deadly coal mine collapse in Soma and earlier amid the political unrest in his native Turkey and the turmoil in Ukraine — brought him wide attention and established him as a force to watch on the news wires. TIME talked to Kilic about his pictures and his formative years — and discovered a bold young photographer whose compassion and integrity are as strong as his imagery.
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AFP photographer Bulent Kilic, usually based in Istanbul, is in Kiev covering the dramatically worsening events in Independence Square. He says it feels as much like a war as it does a protest.