Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/13/world-press-photo-year-turkey-russian-assassination
Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
The top prize in this year’s World Press Photo contest was given to a dramatic image of the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey.
Still, the jurors were “quite split” on the award, said Stuart Franklin, the jury chairman and a member of the international photographic cooperative Magnum Photos, who did not vote for Mr. Ozbilici’s image. He said that it was difficult to say much about deliberations because of a nondisclosure agreement jurors signed. The image, he said, was a hard-hitting news photo that was “extraordinarily well taken” by a man who has “my total respect.” But Mr. Stuart worried about “amplifying a terrorist message in some way” by giving the photo the top prize.
But World Press Photo judges were heavily split in the final decision
via Time: http://time.com/4668281/world-press-photo-2017/
Burhan Ozbilici’s photograph is intense and haunting. Shot in the seconds following the assassination of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, it shows the gunman, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, standing next to the lifeless body, with one hand pointing to the sky and the other still holding the gun. On his face, we can read his fury and determination, making Ozbilici’s photograph one of the most intense images of 2016.
Burhan Ozbilici’s stunning photo of a gunman moments after assassinating the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov spread like wildfire over social media. While many within the photojournalism community quickly declared the image as the “photo of the
via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2016/12/dont-fetishize-this-image/
Burhan Ozbilici’s stunning photo of a gunman moments after assassinating the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov spread like wildfire over social media. While many within the photojournalism community quickly declared the image as the “photo of the year,” and worth of top prizes, one voice offered dissent. Matt Slaby is a photographer and founding member of Luceo Images, a creative visual agency that originally started as a collective of top photojournalists.
Why one photo from the Russian ambassador’s killing got more play than others
via Time: http://time.com/4608713/russia-turkey-assassination-photos/
“I wish this hadn’t happened, and I hadn’t taken those photos”
Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici was covering a photo exhibition in Ankara when a gunman opened fire, assassinating Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. He recounts the chaos that unfolded as he captured the scene.
via AP NEWS: https://www.apnews.com/eadca282d5d341a79bb464bbadc4fa11
The gunshots, at least eight of them, were loud in the pristine art gallery. Pandemonium erupted. People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.
The overlap between online and social media, and war and terror is so complex, it’s hard to make sense of what we’re looking at.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/12/ankara-assassination-photography/
The chilling murder of the Russian Ambassador in Ankara yesterday was a photographic event, as much as it was a serious political event. But the overlap between online and social media, visual culture, and war and terror is so complex, it’s actually hard to make sense of what we’re looking at.
Burhan Ozbilici kept his lens trained while those around him dove for cover
via Time: http://time.com/4606972/russian-ambassador-karlov-turkey-assasination-photo-burhan-ozbilici/
Burhan Ozbilici kept his lens trained while those around him dove for cover