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PHOTO: EDOUARD ELIAS
French Photographer Wins 2015 Remi Ochlik Award
Edouard Elias won for his work on the French Foreign Legion in Central African Republic
I’ll be signing copies of my book Iraq | Perspectives this morning at 11:30 at the New York City Photo expo
Photographers We’ve Lost In Conflict Zones And Their Work
via @BuzzfeedJames Foley is just the latest photojournalist to be killed while covering the world’s most dangerous wars. Here we look at some of his fellow journalists and their work.
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(Photo: A libyan rebel fighter runs up a burning stairwell during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from an upstairs room during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011 in Misrata, Libya. Rebel forces assaulted the downtown positions of troops loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi April 20, briefly forcing them back over a key bridge and trapping several in a building that fought back instead of surrendering, firing on the rebels in the building and seriously wounding two of them during the standoff. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Bahrain: Award-Winning Photographers Targeted
Authorities in Bahrain are arbitrarily detaining photographers who have covered protests and convicting them in unfair trials. Four award-winning Bahraini photographers are either in jail or facing criminal charges in what appears to be part of a policy that violates photographers’ right to freedom of expression.
“The images that Ahmed Humaidan and Hussain Hubail captured portray a reality that the Bahraini government would prefer that the world – and other Bahrainis – not see,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director. “Throwing photographers in jail isn’t going to keep either the protests or the accounts of what happens in Bahrain out of the world’s sight.”
Photo 1: This photo of an anti-government protester by Ahmed Al-Fardan won first place in Freedom House’s annual photo contest in April 2013. © 2013 Ahmed Fardan
Photo 2: This photo of street protests won Hussain Hubai first prize in a contest organized by Al Wasat newspaper in February 2013. © 2013 Hussain Hubai
The student leader Wu’er Kaixi addresses protesters in front of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People
~ “Tiananmen Square: Unseen photos taken by a protester,” UK Telegraph, June 2, 2014
The struggle between Nigerian authorities and militant extremist group Boko Haram was recently thrust into the global spotlight with the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls, but journalists in the country have been squeezed between the two sides for years.
Boko Haram has threatened and carried out attacks on journalists and media outlets over reporting deemed unfavorable to their cause. Several journalists have relocated from Boko Haram strongholds in Nigeria’s northern regions. Others routinely exercise self-censorship, according to CPJ interviews with journalists who spoke on condition of anonymity. “Many journalists have resigned their appointments because of fear of being killed,” one journalist told CPJ.
According to CPJ research, eight Nigerian journalists have been murdered for their work since 1998. Among the most recent victims: Zakariya Isa of the state-run broadcasterNTA, in a killing for which Boko Haram claimed responsibility in October 2011. In January 2012, Enenche Akogwu of independent Channels TV, was slain by unidentified gunmen as he interviewed witnesses after bombings blamed on Boko Haram.
In late November of 2013 I met Scott Sutton, a homeless man living in the streets of NYC and panhandling in Union Square. It turns out he was a former photographer and darkroom manager at Archive Photos, who had fallen on hard times following the death of his wife.
Over the last few months Marvi Lacar and I have been building up a relationship with Scott and been in contact with his long-lost family and former friends and colleagues. It has been a long process to help Scott prepare for a life out of the streets. Its been his reality for too long. Recently his family have successfully set up a legal guardianship program for Scott in New York.
After posting an image of Scott and his story last year, I was amazed at the outpouring and offers of support from the photography community. His family, Marvi, and I now feel that all the preparations have been made to assure that Scott’s transition out of the streets will go as smoothly as possible.
We asking our community to help one of our own. Please help by donating through this site and/or helping us spread Scott’s story - https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/n2k4/sheltering-scott