Finding Afghanistan’s Resilient Spirit Amidst the Destruction Afghan-born photographer Zalmaï documents an everyday war to survive via Time: http://time.com/3911413/finding-afghanistans-resilient-spirit-amidst-the-destruction/ Afghan-born photographer Zalmaï documents an everyday war to survive
Dreams and Dread in Afghanistan How does one photograph a story that has not yet occurred? How does one evoke a sense of what might happen, or of what could? This was the challenge for … via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/07/zalmai-photographs-from-afghanistan.html?currentPage=all How does one photograph a story that has not yet occurred? How does one…
Behind the Scenes: Silence at a Festival – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: Most shows were the result of the dedication of individual photographers to the telling of a single story. Several of the most talked-about exhibits were by photographers whose projects were driven solely by passion, often with no assignments to sustain them. Among the…
PDNPulse: Getty Announces September 2009 Grant Winners: Getty Images today completed its fifth annual photojournalism grants program by announcing that Krisanne Johnson, Brenda Kenneally (both from the United States) and Zalmai (from Afghanistan and Switzerland) have been selected to each receive $20,000 grants, as well as collaborative editorial support from Getty Images, to pursue their…