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Michelle Agins on Perseverance and Photographing Martin Luther King

by Briana Ellis-Gibbs September 18, 2022September 21, 2022

The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.

Posted inNews

The Precarious Lives of Freelance Photographers on the Frontlines

by Briana Ellis-Gibbs May 30, 2022May 29, 2022

Underpaid and under-resourced, funding their own equipment and health insurance, freelance photojournalists are barely hanging on — and risking their lives.

Posted inNews

Gripping Images Capture More Than Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Over 80 National Geographic photographers in dozens of countries documented the universality of grief and loss around the world.

Posted inNews

Photographs Capture Chaos at the Capitol

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian January 7, 2021April 3, 2021

Blogger and cultural observer Bucky Turco shares his images and insight from the insurrection at the US Capitol yesterday.

Posted inArt

The Disregard of Power in Journalistic “Objectivity”

by William C. Anderson June 8, 2020November 5, 2020

Images of the brutalized, dead, and dying can buy awards and recognition for journalists. When the opportunity presents itself, many rush to participate because they subscribe to the doctrine of redistributing pain as it is, not as it should be.

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Compassionate Photos of Daily Life in FARC Camps, Colombia’s Largest Guerrilla Group

Avatar photo by Sanoja Bhaumik March 30, 2020March 27, 2020

Federico Ríos Escobar documents FARC camps with a keen eye; his images diverge from the government-produced image of the armed forces as a single, one-dimensional enemy.

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Turmoil, Disaster, and Some Hope in 2020 World Press Photo Nominees

by Hakim Bishara March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

From protests in Hong Kong and Chile to the fires in Australia and California, see a selection of the stirring images nominated for the prestigious photojournalism award.

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Photojournalist Arrested by NYPD While Filming Police Officers

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia February 13, 2020

In video footage captured by his friend, Amr Alfiky loudly and clearly repeats that he is a journalist and offers to show his press credentials while a group of police push him against a car and handcuff him.

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Bogotá Artists Document State Violence Erupting in Historic Protests

Avatar photo by Sanoja Bhaumik January 29, 2020

From photojournalism to conceptual printmaking, visual artists are recording the violence of the ongoing Paro Nacional, or the National Strike.

Posted inArt

Photographing the Personal Through the Murky Frame of the Political

by Alissa Guzman July 19, 2019July 23, 2019

The second annual Latin American Foto Festival, organized by the Bronx Documentary Center, gathers ten photographers eloquently using photography as journalistic evidence, personal catharsis, and cultural celebration.

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How a Political Sociologist Fell into Photojournalism After a 1980 Trip to Iran

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Following her initial trip, Randy Goodman returned to Iran multiple times, shifting her focus to the many women she encountered.

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The Decline of American Empire in One Photograph

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 21, 2018May 22, 2018

Can a single photograph symbolize a momentous geopolitical power shift? Perhaps.

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