A three-time World Press Photo laureate offers invaluable advice on how to work well with an emerging source of funding in the photojournalistic world: NGOs
Olivier Laban-Mattei has had an extensive career as a photojournalist: while working for Agence France Presse, he covered conflict-prone areas such as Iraq, Iran, Gaza Strip, Georgia Burma, Haiti and Tunisia. He then veered onto the path of a freelancer and began covering the refugee crisis: recently, following migrants along the Serbian-Hungarian border.
A Blink user, MYOP member, and recently appointed director of the agency, Laban-Mattei spoke to Kyla Woods about the benefits of working with an agency and the ethics behind working for non-government organizations.
The photojournalist Olivier Laban-Mattei just returned from a mission in Chad on behalf of the High Commissioner of the United Nations Refugee Agency. He traveled to the Lake Chad region near the Nigerian border, a ten-hour hike from N’djamena, the capital, to document the arrival of the Nigerian refugees
Photojournalists can find themselves in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, but sometimes the hardest part of their job can be just to maintain a personal life. Olivier Laban-Mattei talks of his experience, weeks after leaving Agence France Presse to pursue a career as an independent photographer
