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World Press Photo controversy: Objectivity, manipulation and the search for truth
Beyond the attacks leveraged against Paul Hansen's winning World Press Photo, the recent controversy over image toning is symptomatic of the current state of photojournalism and its place in a society...
Photojournalism 22 May 2013
Beyond the Pulitzer Prize, the realities of covering the Syrian civil war
Six staff and freelance photographers working for Associated Press and Agence France-Presse have won Pulitzer Prizes in photography for their work and commitment while covering the Syrian civil war. BJP...
Photojournalism 19 Apr 2013
Which Way is the Front Line From Here?: a documentary tribute to Tim Hetherington
Two years after his death, Tim Hetherington is the subject of a new HBO documentary, Which Way is the Front Line From Here?, which sheds light on his motivations as a photojournalist and filmmaker, and...
Photojournalism 18 Apr 2013
RISC: Training reporters how to save lives
Tim Hetherington’s death might have been avoided if his colleagues had had some basic first aid training, believes Sebastian Junger, who is determined some good will come of his friend’s loss. He set...
Photojournalism 15 Apr 2013
Injured French photographer Olivier Voisin dies
Freelance photographer Olivier Voisin died on 24 February from injuries sustained while covering the Syrian conflict
Obituary 25 Feb 2013
Worldwide campaign launched to support conflict photographers and journalists [update]
An influential group of journalists and photographers have launched a worldwide campaign to highlight the risks their peers face when covering war zones, and to persuade governments and tribunals to take...
Media 22 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: "Stories are about people," says Bernat Armangué
“As wire photographers, we usually provide daily content but, in locations such as this, we try to go deeper into what the war is.” Bernat Armangué speaks to BJP about his World Press Photo winning...
Awards 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Nadav Kander awarded First Prize in Staged Portraits Singles
Nadav Kander’s portrait of English actor Daniel Kaluuya has won him a World Press Photo prize. He speaks to BJP about being included in a prize normally reserved for press photographers
Awards 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Should Olympic Games photos dominate the sports categories?
With just 11 photos from the 2012 Olympic Games rewarded at this year's World Press Photo, Bill Frakes, a photographer with Sports Illustrated and member of the competition's jury, speaks to BJP about...
Sport 15 Feb 2013
World Press Photo: Santiago Lyon speaks of winning image's power
Santiago Lyon, director of photography at The Associated Press and chair of this year's World Press Photo jury, speaks to BJP about Paul Hansen's winning image, its power and message
Photojournalism 15 Feb 2013
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen wins 56th World Press Photo
Photographer Paul Hansen, of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, has won the 56th World Press Photo for a picture of a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through a street in...
Awards 15 Feb 2013
Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres receives second Tim Hetherington Grant
Fernando Moleres, a Panos Pictures photographer, has been awarded the 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant for his work documenting the harsh incarceration of minors in adult prisons in Sierra Leone
Grants 10 Dec 2012
Inaugural Photoreporter festival finances photographers
The Photoreporter International Festival has opened in Saint-Brieuc, France, showcasing 15 recipients of its photography grants used to produce new bodies of work
Festivals 25 Oct 2012
Spotlight on crowdfunding: The Aftermath Project
The Aftermath Project, a non-profit, grant-making organisation dedicated to documenting the aftermath of war, is using the Kickstarter platform to raise funds for the publication of its fifth volume of...
Books 22 Oct 2012
One month left to enter the Lucas Dolega Award
Freelance photographers have less than one month left to enter the second edition of the Lucas Dolega Award, named after the photographer killed in Tunisia while covering the Jasmine Revolution
Awards 18 Oct 2012
Aris Messinis wins Bayeux-Calvados Photography Prize
Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis has won the Photography Prize at the 19th Bayeux Calvados Awards for War Correspondents
Awards 15 Oct 2012
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