Reuters relaunches photographers’ grant program in memory of colleague Yannis Behrakis The Reuters photography grant program, launched in 2017, will be expanded and renamed for long-time Reuters photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Yannis Behrakis, who passed away last week. via U.S.: https://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-yannisphotographergrants-idUSKCN1QU1YT The program, which Yannis led, seeks to recruit and develop a diverse new…
Obituary: Reuters Photographer Yannis Behrakis, 58 | PDNPulse The Pultizer Prize-winning photojournalist covered conflict and other major news events as a Reuters staff photographer for 30 years. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/03/obituary-reuters-photographer-yannis-behrakis-58.html Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis, who led a team of photographers that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for coverage of Europe’s migrant refugee crisis, died…
Pulitzer-winning Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis dies aged 58 Respected photojournalist covered violence and upheaval across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/03/pulitzer-prize-winning-reuters-photographer-yannis-behrakis-dies-aged-58 Respected photojournalist covered violence and upheaval across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Prix Bayeux 2016: The Tears of Generosity His hand on his heart, lips trembling, Yannis Behrakis came up to receive his second award of the evening: the “Prix Photo AFD Grand Public”. Known as a good-hearted man as well as for his talent as a committed photographer, with his trophy in his hand, he announced,…
