Tag: Joao Silva
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The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections – The New York Times
The Deadly Prelude to South Africa’s First Free Elections The vote in 1994 was a time of hope — but in the weeks before, the country came close to the abyss. A photographer remembers what he witnessed. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/world/africa/violence-south-africa-1994-elections.html To my left lay Ken Oosterbroek, mortally wounded, while to my right, Greg Marinovich clutched at…
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New York Times photographer severely wounded in Afghanistan – British Journal of Photography
Link: Joao Silva, a New York Times photographer, has been severely wounded in Afghanistan after he stepped on a mine, the newspaper has announced
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‘Conflict Zone’ Showcases Photography From Iraq and Afghanistan
Two Wars, Seen Many Ways Originally conceived as a fund-raiser for Joao Silva, “Conflict Zone” — which opens in New York on Friday — has become a collaborative effort to show the humanity in war. The New York show is dedicated to Chris Hondros, who believed in photographing shared human experiences. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/two-wars-seen-many-ways/…
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Photos of South Africa Show a Country Still Divided – The New York Times
Photos of South Africa Show a Country Still Divided Joao Silva came of age chronicling South Africa’s transition to democracy. In a new series of images, he looks at how the country’s gap between rich and poor poses new challenges. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/joao-silva-apartheid-economic-inequality/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body Joao Silva came of age as a photographer documenting social upheaval…
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6 Photojournalists on Conflict, Loss, and Redemption – Feature Shoot
6 Photojournalists on Conflict, Loss, and Redemption – Feature Shoot 22-year-old Basemae Maombi, whose eyes were cut out after she recognized one of them men raping her and called out his name in an attempt to make him stop. ©… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2016/08/6-photojournalists-conflict-loss-redemption/ Conflict, available now on Netflix, comprises six episodes. Photographers Pete Muller,…
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Joao Silva: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Joao Silva: Looking Back, Moving Forward In a solo show of work from his first 20 years as a photographer, Joao Silva chose to represent the three countries that most shaped him: Afghanistan, Iraq and South Africa. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/joao-silva-looking-back-moving-forward/?_r=0 Well, I mean, I’m not finished, I’m not done. I still have lots to…
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Joao Silva: 'This Is What I Do. This Is All That I Know.'
Joao Silva: ‘This Is What I Do. This Is All That I Know.’ Joao Silva’s work will be featured this week at the Visa Pour l’Image photojournalism festival. Earlier in August, Mr. Silva spoke in front of a large audience at the Bronx Documentary Center. Here is a condensed version. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/this-is-what-i-do-this-is-all-that-i-know/ People…
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Back in Action and Back on Page 1
Lens: “I went to David Scull, the national picture editor, and said: ‘Joao’s there and has his equipment. Why don’t we assign him?’ It turns out that Joao was already shooting it.”
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The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers
‘To Be on the Edge of History’ Bill Keller talks with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich about what animates — and terrifies — combat photographers. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/the-inner-lives-of-wartime-photographers/#/1/ Last week, Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, met with the photographers Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich at Walter Reed Army Medical…
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Two war photographers talk injuries and ethics on NPR
Two War Photographers On Their Injuries, Ethics Combat photographer Joao Silva is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he’s recovering after losing his legs in an explosion in October. Greg Marinovich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who was shot four times while covering conflicts. Silva via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/21/135513724/two-war-photographers-on-their-injuries-ethics an interview taped Tuesday with combat…
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Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following Major Reconstructive Surgery
Photojournalist Joao Silva is doing exceptionally well this morning following extensive reconstructive surgery at the hands of three teams of specialized surgeons yesterday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, his boss New York Times assistant managing editor Michele McNally told News Photographer magazine this morning Link: Joao Silva Doing Exceptional Following…
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The Bang Bang Club – Movie Trailers – iTunes
The Bang Bang Club – Movie Trailers – iTunes The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers – Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek – bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risked their lives and used…
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Joao Silva – Bearing Witness to History – NYTimes.com
Bearing Witness Why photographers like The Times’s Joao Silva, who lost his legs in Afghanistan this year, risk their lives for their profession. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/weekinreview/26kamber.html?_r=1 TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Joao Silva was a troubled high school dropout on the streets of Johannesburg. His future looked bleak until the day a friend took him along on a…
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The Things that Make an Employee Proud – NYTimes.com
What Makes an Employee Proud What makes me proud of this newspaper is the incredible people like Joao Silva, the war photographer who stepped on a landmine in October. And the newspaper’s decision to hire him as a full-time staff member after he lost his lower legs. via On the Ground: http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/what-makes-an-employee-proud/ PhotoShelter CEO (and…
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A Special Visit for Joao Silva's Recovery: Emilio Morenatti Pays a Call – NYTimes.com
A Special Visit for Joao Silva’s Recovery Two photojournalists covering Afghanistan have sustained terrible injuries to their lower limbs from explosive devices. They met on Sunday.Who better to counsel one than the other? via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/a-special-visit-for-joao-silvas-recovery/ Emilio Morenatti of The Associated Press, who lost his left foot and part of his left leg in…
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'It's the Photographer': Joao Silva's Fateful Assignment in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com
This slide show is taken from the memory card that was in Joao Silva’s camera on Oct. 23 when he stepped on an anti-personnel mine at Checkpoint 16, near the village of Deh-e-Kuchay, Afghanistan. Mr. Silva, a contract photographer for The New York Times, and Carlotta Gall, a Times correspondent, were on patrol with a…
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Support Wounded Photographer João Silva – A Picture's Worth
The idea came up to take the effort a step further by setting up an entire website to sell João’s prints and help raise funds. We donated an account and photojournalist/web designer David Brabyn donated the design and configuration work. Together, David and Greg worked very quickly to gather some of João’s best work and…
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Times Photographer Joao Silva: Courage, Recognized, in Combat – NYTimes.com
Courage, Recognized: The Infantry and Joao Silva Shots of battle from the war in Iraq in 2006, taken by the photographer Joao Silva, helped lead to a Bronze Star for a brave Marine sergeant who saved a fallen Marine’s life. via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/courage-recognized-joao-silva-in-combat/ During a few frantic minutes late in 2006, Joao Silva,…
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PDN Pulse » Fund Established for Injured Photog Joao Silva and Family
Fund Established for Injured Photog Joao Silva and Family | PDNPulse Since the news went out that photographer Joao Silva had been severely wounded when he stepped on a mine in Afghanistan on Saturday, colleagues have sent messages of support to Silva’s Facebook page and The New York Times, where Silva is on contract. Ph…