Tag: Joey L.

Photographer Joey L.’s Photos of Kurdish PKK Fighters Deleted by Instagram

Photographer Joey L.’s Photos of Kurdish PKK Fighters Deleted by Instagram

Back in June, we shared a series of photos by Joey L., who made a dangerous trip to Kurdistan to point his camera at the Kurdish guerrilla groups fighting

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2015/09/16/photographer-joey-l-s-photos-of-kurdish-pkk-fighters-deleted-by-instagram/

Joey also returned to Instagram to repost one of the deleted photos, this time in his hands as a print — it’s a print that will be featured at the National Portrait Gallery in London later this year:

January 10, 2020
An insider look at Kurdistan’s fight against ISIS

An insider look at Kurdistan’s fight against ISIS

“I could read all the articles, books, and social media accounts in the world about what led to the war in Iraq and Syria, but that doesn’t constitute experience,” writes photographer Joey L. in his book We Came From Fire: Photographs of Kurdistan’s Armed

via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/an-insider-look-at-kurdistans-fight-against-isis/

Photographer Joey L. has been embedded with Kurdish guerrilla groups for years, capturing the human side of a fast-evolving conflict.

June 18, 2019
Using Drones to Shoot War Zones

Using Drones to Shoot War Zones

Photographer and director Joey L has been using camera drones to capture aerial photos and videos in conflict zones. Here’s a 21-minute talk he recently

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/02/20/using-drones-shoot-war-zones/

Photographer and director Joey L has been using camera drones to capture aerial photos and videos in conflict zones. Here’s a 21-minute talk he recently gave on his work at Hardwired NYC.

February 21, 2018