20/12/2013
Donald R.Winslow, a photographer and editor of News Photographer magazine says: “We now live in the most visual, literate society America has ever had”. Despite that, the number of photojournalist decreased considerably and “there are eyes missing on major stories”, explained Ron Haviv, war photographer.
Haviv described to the Atlantic, the first time one of his photos changed history. The photo shows a supporter of Panamian dictator Manuel Noriega attacking elected Vice President Guillermo Ford in Panama City, in 1989. What is striking is not just the violence we see, but the Panamanian soldier standing in the background and doing nothing. How does that kind of photography can change History? Why the world needs photojournalists?
19/12/2013
The Associated Press chief photographer in Asia, David Guttenfeldrer is Time’s Instagrammer of the year for his work in North Korea. Guttenfelder is already a seven-time World Press Photo award winner. This time, he is reward for his incredible work in one of the most isolated and hard to cover country in the world. Speaking to Times over Skype from a Hotel in Pyongyang, Guttenfelder says: “Nobody knows anything about [North Korea] and what it looks like.”
In his Instagram pictures, the photographer chose (also forced by the difficulties of taking public pictures in this country) to build a kind of puzzle of North Korea, little piece by little piece…
Read more : http://u.afp.com/TimeWorld
18/12/2013
“There is no question that since I’ve had a family, I’ve become a better photographer, a better journalist.”— Ed Kashi
Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist, member of VII Photo. He is renowned for documenting contemporary sociopolitical issues all over the world. With two children a wife, Career and family, work and love, how does this passionate photo-reporter deal with these two different parts of his life?
After a long absence of six weeks spent in northern Nigeria, an extremely violence’s zone, Ed Kashi came back to his family. Ed and his family chatted with National Geographic senior photo editor Alice Gabriner about their feelings in front of this situation.
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