Category: photojournalist

Syrian photojournalist helps bombing victims instead of taking photos

Dunja Djudjic

The job of a photojournalist is difficult and surrounded by danger. Still, we often argue about the ethics of photojournalism. The opinions vary whether they should be taking photos, or help those in need when things get tough. Photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak made his decision last weekend, when a bomb hit a convoy […]

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Burhan Ozbilici wins the World Press Photo of the Year

Dunja Djudjic

Burhan Ozbilici, the photographer who documented the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, won the World Press Photo of the Year. On December 19, 2017, he was at an exhibition opening in Ankara, when the incident occurred. As he said back then, he was only doing his job.  As the crowd started panicking, Ozbilici remained […]

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Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert blocks journalist from taking photos of protesters

Dunja Djudjic

Earlier this week, confirmation hearings of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General were followed by protests. Of course, many photographers and reporters covered this even. And one of them had an unpleasant experience which looks a bit like censorship. While Jim Lo Scalzo was taking photos of protesters being escorted out of the hearing room, he […]

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Veteran war photographer Don McCullin receives knighthood in 2017 New Year Honours list

John Aldred

Don McCullin’s 60 year photographic career started during his period of National Service in the RAF. He failed to pass the written theory paper necessary to become a photographer in the RAF. So, he spent his service in the darkroom. During this time, he bought his first camera, a Rolleicord, which he pawned upon returning […]

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I lost my portfolio and was reunited with it 30 years later

Gary Nylander

This is a story about my portfolio that went missing for 30 years. I made this collection of photographs while working as a photographer at the Goldstream Gazette, a weekly newspaper on Vancouver Island from 1976 to 1978. Although I have had my portfolio back for sometime now, I thought I would share this story […]

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Photographer gets hit by a shot put at the World Indoor Athletics Championships

Gannon Burgett

In my career as a sports photographer, I’ve been hit by all sorts of objects: balls, helmets, sticks, pucks and even a mouthguard or two. One thing I haven’t been hit with – and hope to never be hit with – is a shot put. Unfortunately, a photographer shooting the World Indoor Athletics Championships in […]

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TIME photojournalist appears to be slammed, arrested by Secret Service at Trump rally in Virginia

Gannon Burgett

Today, at Donald Trump’s rally at Radford University, in Virginia, a photojournalist was seen being taken down by a Secret Service agent while capturing the activists protesting the rally. In a video posted by reporter Joe Perticone, a photojournalists believed to be TIME’s Chris Morris can be seen being taken down by a man believed […]

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Two Dutch photojournalists attacked inside migrant camp they were making a documentary on

Gannon Burgett

Two Dutch photojournalists have posted a video to YouTube depicting three migrants attacking them and attempting to rob them of their gear inside a migrant camp in Calais, France. Dutch filmmakers Teun Voeten and Maaike Engels were in the middle of shooting for their independent film ‘Calais: Welcome to the Jungle,’ when three masked attackers, one of whom […]

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