Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Preston Gannaway and Rick Loomis, Emmy Award winner Paula Lerner, along with Todd Maisel, Chris Usher, Angela Rowlings, Edward Greenberg, Stan Wolfson, and Rita Reed.
Tag: Rick Loomis
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Beyond 7 Billion
Link: Beyond 7 Billion – latimes.com
After remaining stable for most of human history, the world’s population has exploded over the last two centuries. The boom is not over: The biggest generation in history is just entering its childbearing years. The coming wave will reshape the planet, and the impact will be greatest in the poorest, most unstable countries.
BY KENNETH R. WEISS :: PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK LOOMISvia NPPARick Loomis
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Embedded with troops in Afghanistan – Framework
By Rick Loomis, Los Angeles TimesCameras. Check.
Passport. Check.
Bullet proof vest. Check.
And so it begins. My ninth trip into Afghanistan, a captivating country where I’ve now spent about two years of my life.
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Rick Loomis: Unforgotten Casualties
Toward the end of that fight, when the Marines and Loomis were evacuating the area, he had to make a decision. Was he only a photographer, or was he going to put down his cameras and help a young Marine, Lance Cpl. Aaron Austin, who had been shot several times through the chest during the battle? Loomis remembered the admonition of veteran photojournalist David LaBelle, who always said, “Be a human first,” and helped carry Austin out of danger.
Link: PhotoMedia Magazine Online » Blog Archive » Rick Loomis: Unforgotten Casualties
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Iraq Through Rick Loomis’ Eyes
APAD says:
This is a really great look at covering a war — through a photojournalist’s lens. LA Times photojournalist Rick Loomis takes you from his storage locker in California into battle in Fallouja. The self portraits over time are very telling, and there are some fun stories about drinking Saddam’s wine seeing a woman for the first time in weeks.
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A picture not taken, a memory forged – Los Angeles Times
By Rick Loomis, LA Times
How can you never forget someone you never knew?
I did take Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Austin’s photo, but I take photographs of people every day and I can’t say I knew him.
It’s the picture I didn’t take that has left Austin burned forever in my memory.
Check it out here.