Tag: Narciso Contreras

  • Beyond the Pulitzer Prizes, the realities of covering the Syrian civil war

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    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

  • AP Severs Ties with Photographer Narciso Contreras Over Photoshopped Image

    AP Severs Ties with Photographer Narciso Contreras Over Photoshopped Image | PDNPulse Associated Press (AP) has severed ties with freelance photographer Narciso Contreras for altering a news photograph he shot in Syria, the wire service has announced. Contreras was part of a team of AP photographers that shared the Pulitzer Prize last year via PDNPulse:…

  • The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Associated Press Coverage of Syria

    The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Associated Press Coverage of Syria

    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/04/15/the-2013-pulitzer-prize-winners-associated-press-coverage-of-syria/#1 Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Khalil Hamra, Muhammed Muheisen and Narciso Contreras were members of the team that contributed to the agency’s coverage of the two-year-old conflict

  • From the Front Lines: Syria by Narciso Contreras

    From the Front Lines: Syria by Narciso Contreras

    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/12/17/from-the-front-lines-syria-by-narciso-contreras/#1 But over and over again, one photographer in particular, a Mexican-born freelancer named Narciso Contreras, has managed to illuminate and distill the horrors of the signature battle of our time — the intractable Syrian civil war — more consistently than any…