Jada Yuan, in writing for the NYT about conflict photographers, highlights the tight community of journalists that the late Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were a part of. The accompanying spread includes moving portraits by Christopher Anderson, and poignantly described by the title of the piece: “You Never Forget That First Taste of War”: The photographers that [...]
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Tim Hetherington update – Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger reflects on Hetherington and other photojournalist colleague, Chris Hondros, in this moving interview on NPR’s Here and Now – update again: read this article by Junger on Vanity Fair [thanks Les!]
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Wolf Böwig
Wolf Böwig, from his book with text by Pedro Rosa Mendes, ‘shadows, dreams, shapes: the lulik reality’ Conflict photographer Wolf Böwig spent the last three days in Sewanee. Wolf: your visit has energized many people here – thank you!! Wolf’s web site: http://www.wolfboewig.de/ several multi-media examples of his work, including the films ‘Kurosafrica’ and ‘Gandhi’s Way’. Wolf’s [...]
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Werner Herzog and The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Herzog captivates as he talks about his new film on WHYY’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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Mary Knox Merrill in Haiti
Sewanee alum Mary Knox Merrill is a staff photographer for the Christian Science Monitor and reporting from Haiti. This article has some of her work – scroll down to mid-point and click on the ‘Video: Earthquake Haiti’ link. Other stories by Mary Knox: AFRICA Rape in Congo as weapon of war Congo’s gorillas Educating girls [...]
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photographer not terrorist
Anti-terrorism legislation in the USA, UK and many other democracies is affecting the work of photographers, documentarians and journalists. This article from the British Journal of Photography has triggered the (photography is) Not-A-Crime initiative to bring attention to the matter. Do your bit.
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KayLynn Deveny
The work of KayLynn Deveny – quiet, respectful, and a message in a bottle. (thanks for the pointer Angela!)
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new folio – photographs from haiti
I have just posted a new folio of photographs from Haiti – this is an ongoing body of work, which for now is very much in progress. The folio contains several threads of ideas which will ultimately take on a documentary form.
preston merchant
Photographer, writer, Preston Merchant visited his alma mater, Sewanee, last week and posted these images on his blog. Thanks Preston!
documentarian wiki
I have just created a new wiki and resource area for documentary photo work based on communities and small cultures. The site is at the earliest stages of development, and is itself designed to be a community effort. Please take a look. I hope to spend most of next year working on this.
