Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV
We conclude our series remembering Chris Hondros: Tyler Hicks, Darren McCollester, Shannon Stapleton, James Pomerantz, and Bruno Stevens. Additional photos and videos by Tim Fadek, Mark Ovaska, and Alan Chin.
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Alan Chin: Through the Champagne Spray – Report from Ground Zero upon bin Laden’s Death
A crowd gathered at the World Trade Center site (Ground Zero) to celebrate after President Obama announced the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part III: Tal Afar
Edward Wong of the New York Times shares the story of Chris Hondros's photographs documenting the accidental killing of Iraqi civilians by American troops in Iraq.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II
Alan Chin, Scout Tufankjian, and Stephanie Sinclair share their memories of Chris Hondros.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I
Tim Fadek, Spencer Platt, Nicole Tung, and Gary Fabiano share their thoughts on Chris Hondros.
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David Degner in Cairo: The Revolution Continues
David Degner updates from Cairo: If photographers aren't present, the story doesn't exist -- or at least it is much harder to pin down.
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Amanda Rivkin in Hungary: Toxic Red Sludge
It's been six months since toxic red sludge from an aluminum plant in Hungary burst and flooded two surrounding villages. Photographer Amanda Rivkin delivers an update.
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Jake Price in Japan: Dispatch From The Quake Zone
Back in Sendai from the epicenter of the Japanese earthquake, photographer Jack Price captures the ordeal, and brave spirits, of survivors.
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Alan Chin on the Middle East: Ghosts of Suez and Srebrenica
In this momentous period in the Middle East, Alan Chin reflects on military interventions that didn't happen, concerns for the one that has, and the emotional forces at play for a photojournalist now back home, while friends and colleagues remain at risk.
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Nina Berman in Florida: Abortion Patient As Perp
This is what women’s healthcare looks like today. In the face of pro-life protesters and a history of violence against abortion providers, women, whether seeking abortions, morning after pills, pap tests, or HIV screening, are forcibly thrust onto an open stage where an extremely private undertaking becomes a public passion play.
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Nicole Tung in Eastern Libya: Fresh To My Virgin Eyes WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW
Nicole Tung, in Libya photographing her first war, captures the deteriorating situation of the anti-Qaddafi forces. Her story and images are raw, harrowing, and intensely honest.
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David Degner in Benghazi: Victory Signs, Mostly (and How Arabs Play for the Camera)
Raising my camera in Libya these past two weeks, the most common reaction is a smile and the flashing of a peace sign. It is used by protesters and rebels to identify themselves as anti-Qaddafi. But Eastern Libya is not complete with "peace signs," by the way.
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Danny Ghitis in Poland: Ordinary Life in Auschwitz
In a departure from our usual focus on contemporary news imagery, BagNews is excited to launch this series from photographer Danny Ghitis, who has been traveling to Poland and exploring the subtle and nuanced nature of memory, history, and ordinary life in Auschwitz:
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Nicole Tung in Eastern Libya: The Front Line
The battle for Brega south of Benghazi in eastern Libya: Qaddafi repulsed by the opposition.
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Nicole Tung in Benghazi: This Is What The Revolution Looks Like
Nicole Tung explores how Libyans present themselves in this first moment of liberation.
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Alan Chin on the Tunisia-Libya Border: Chaos (Controlled?)
This exodus exemplifies a dark face of globalization: Smaller numbers from richer societies are taken care of, while the masses of laborers from poor countries struggle to survive -- and that is a fundamental reason why this wave of revolt and revolution has swept across the region.
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Alan Chin on the Tunisia-Libya Border: Exodus
It's no longer quiet at Tunisia's Ras Jedir border where Alan Chin had been attempting to cross into Libya these past two days. Instead, there is now a mass of evacuees choking the area.
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Christopher Guess in Wisconsin: Truly the People's House
This is a second report on the protests taking place inside the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. Photographer Christopher Guess is a Wisconsin native and graduate of its university. In this post, Christopher documents how the face-off between Governor Scott Walker and citizens, students and state employees had, by mid-week,...
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