Tag: Renée C. Byer

  • ‘Living on a Dollar a Day’ Captures the Silenced Minority on Poverty’s Edge – Feature Shoot

    ‘Living on a Dollar a Day’ Captures the Silenced Minority on Poverty’s Edge – Feature Shoot

    ‘Living on a Dollar a Day’ Captures the Silenced Minority on Poverty’s Edge – Feature Shoot

    Starvation: In the Charan slum settlement of northern India, Kalpana, 20, starves one of her children Sangeeta, 2, while her sister Sarita, 5-months-old, right, sleeps in comfort, above right, in…

    via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/04/new-book-captures-silenced-minority-lives-edge/

    Pulitzer-prize winning photographer, Renée C. Byer, has traveled to 10 countries spread over four continents in the past four years documenting the myriad lives lived on less than a dollar a day. The photographs, both harrowing and inspiring, are Byer’s way to span the ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots.

  • Renée C. Byer: Living on a Dollar a Day — zPhotoJournal


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    In their new book, “Living on a Dollar a Day,” author Thomas A. Nazario and photographer Renée C. Byer document this worldwide crisis with cautious words and stunning photography. It is, in this editor’s humble opinion, one of the most important books published this century.

  • Q&A: Renée C. Byer’s Living on a Dollar A Day

    Q&A: Renée C. Byer’s Living on a Dollar A Day

    “I think of myself as a journalist who chooses the art of photography to bring awareness to the world. Art is a powerful means of expression, but combined with journalism it has the ability to bring awareness to issues that can elevate understanding and c

    via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/15/qa-renee-c-byers-living-on-a-dollar-a-day/

    Approximately one out of six people live on a dollar a day. It’s a statistic that remains abstract for many who do not feel its implications on a day-to-day basis. That’s why photographer Renée C. Byer traveled to four continents to capture the circumstances of people living in extreme poverty—to give us the names and show us the faces of those it haunts

  • 2007 Pulitzer Winners

    2007 Pulitzer Winners

    Back to good news in the photojournalism world: The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes were announced this week. The Pulitzers are the top awards in newspaper journalism.

    The award for Breaking News Photography was awarded to Associated Press photographer Oded Balilty for the photo above, of illegal settlers being removed in the West Bank.

    The Feature Photography Pulitzer was awarded to Sacramento Bee photographer Renee C. Byer for her story, “A Mother’s Journey,” which tells the story of a single mother and her dying son’s battle with cancer.

    Balilty’s photograph is wonderful and deserving. It’s everything that a great news photograph should be. But make sure you look through Byer’s powerful photo essay on the Bee’s website. If you don’t choke up as you follow the downward spiral of this family’s fight with cancer, well…

    Byer’s essay is everything that I love about great photojournalism. It isn’t a photo-op. It doesn’t involve celebrities. It isn’t the opening of a new government office building. This is a long-term intimate look at real people facing real problems. The frustration and despair, the hopes both wished for and dashed, are all there, captured in great documentary photography. It is truly amazing work.

    Congratulations to both photographers. And thank you.

    Here is Byer’s work on The Sacramento Bee’s website. If you’re in a hurry, make sure you at least click through the four photo galleries (parts one through four) listed along the right side of the project’s page.

    This post first appeared here.