Link: “To be honest, I am still having a bit of trouble processing the magnitude of the recognition,” Manzano, a freelancer for Agence France-Presse, said by email Tuesday morning. “I feel privileged to be [in] the company of my colleagues who also work as freelancers in some of the most challenging environments with little or no…
Link: Six staff and freelance photographers working for The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse have won this year’s Pulitzer Prizes in photography for their work and commitment while covering the Syrian civil war. BJP speaks with Javier Manzano and Narciso Contreras about the realities of working in one of today’s most dangerous conflicts
AFP’s Fabio Bucciarelli and Javier Manzano win Bayeux Calvados Awards Fabio Bucciarelli has won a €7000 cash prize at the 20th Bayeux Calvados Awards for an image shot in Syria of ‘a wounded young Syrian who sits at the back of a truck after an attack carried out by President Assad’s forces on a Shaar neighbourhood’.…
Link: Photojournalists launch conflict photography workshop – British Journal of Photography Photojournalists Jason Howe, Martin Middlebrook, Javier Manzano and Eric Bouvet have teamed up to offer a conflict photography workshop this November
Bruce kicks photographer, takes oath : Updates : The Rocky Mountain News: “But his patience snapped as photographers from the Rocky and Denver Post crouched before him to shoot his picture as he stood for the House’s morning prayer. Bruce told Rocky photographer Javier Manzano ‘Don’t do that again,’ and then gave him a swift…
