Posts Tagged “witness”
War Images As Evidence in War Trials
April 2, 2013
Powerful story and images – posting so I remember it. Ron Haviv’s Bosnian War Images As Evidence in War Trials – NYTimes.com. “The photographs really didn’t have any of the effect that I had hoped they would,” said Mr. Haviv, (…)
Watching War
March 19, 2013
A Guide to Watching Syria’s War. MARCH 18, 2013 By Heather Murphy, NY Times Amateur video has been pivotal to the way the conflict in Syria is understood. NY Times video that raises good questions about what do without media.
Photojournalism And Post-Processing
February 20, 2013
Interesting articles about the 2013 World Press Photo Contest winners – very similar to questions I had upon seeing the winning image above. Photojournalism And Post-Processing: Should Contest Images Be The Actual Published Picture? | NPPA. DURHAM, NC February 20, 2013 (…)
The Story Behind the Iconic Photograph from Sandy Hook
December 26, 2012
The Story Behind the Iconic Photograph from the Sandy Hook Tragedy Interesting and touching account from the photograph. Don’t know why it struck me as I read this, who brilliantly decided to call flash cards for cameras – “memory cards?” (…)
Shocking Photographs
December 12, 2012
You tube warns us. The New York Times tells us the next photo will be upsetting or of a dead child. Interestingly, they don’t give us the option to skip the image and in other parts of the website the (…)
Some good journalism
November 27, 2012
Cjchivers.com / Pinterest C.J. Chivers using Pinterest for arms identification – brilliant. —— Interview with Tyler Hicks on Lens Blog
world is watching
February 26, 2012
Inspired (again) by Nicholas Kristoff article = this one about Ryan Boyette and his citizen journalism project earsandeysnuba.org. It hasn’t launched yet but looking around led me to other witness projects. Satellite Sentinel Project: George Clooney initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (…)
Marie Colvin – Remi Ochlik
February 24, 2012
Looking at the coverage of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik’s deaths in Syria. Marie Colvin: War Reports, The Sunday Times American Reporter Marie Colvin’s Final Dispatches From Homs [Lede Blog] Ghastly Images Flow from Shattered Syrian City [NY Times] (…)
Tyeler Hicks Famine photo
August 7, 2011
Photo Makes Somalia’s Famine Front Page News : The Picture Show : NPR On Aug. 2, when most U.S. papers ran a front page photograph of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ return to the House, The New York Times went with Hicks’ (…)
Face That Screamed War’s Pain Looks Back, 6 Hard Years Later via Iraqi Child in Acclaimed War Photo Tries to Move On – NYTimes.com. I am surprised that this photograph was shielded from her for 6 years. The story is (…)
