War Photography

Life In The Faas Lane

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Photography, Peter Arnett, War Photography, Vietnam War Photography, Horst Faas, Vietnam War, Eddie Adams, Nick Ut, Culture News
Doug Bradley

If ever there was a war defined and illuminated by photography, it was the war in Vietnam. And if ever there was a photographer who left his imprint on the unforgettable images of Vietnam, it was Horst Faas.

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The Front Line Photographer

Tom Christie | Posted 03.06.2012

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Tom Christie

A grenade was thrown over the wall, its shrapnel catching both the soldier and the photographer. Anja Niedringhaus was evacuated to a military hospital in Kandahar. A few days later, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning photographer flew to India for another assignment.

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PHOTOS: Haunting Portraits Of Soldiers

Posted 12.27.2011

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Netherlands-born photographer Claire Felicie possesses an uncanny ability to connect with her subjects, despite their often-grim circumstances. For he...

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PHOTOS: Photographer Captures Gritty Serbian Life

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Boogie, Photography, Kosovo Independence, Boogie Photography, Nato Bombing, Kosovo, Albania, Genocide, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, War Photography, Yugoslavia Genocide, Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, Arts News

The photographer Boogie has found much success with his cinematic portrayals of the grittier side of urban life. He has documented the tortured existe...

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PHOTOS: Infrared War Photography

Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Photography, Congo Conflict, Saddam Hussein, Democratic Republic of Congo, Richard Mosse, Documentary Photography, War, War Photography, Congo, Robert Capa, Arts News

For centuries, the Congo has compelled and defied the Western imagination. Richard Mosse brings to this subject the use of a discontinued military sur...

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PHOTOS: Hiroshima: The Original Ground Zero

Adam Harrison Levy | Posted 10.05.2011

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Adam Harrison Levy

What can a suitcase, found in a pile of garbage, tell us about Hiroshima and its legacy? The suitcase was found eleven years ago by a man who was out...

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PHOTOS: Before The Situation Room: Iconic War Photography

Posted 07.13.2011

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This month has already begotten two iconic photographs: one released, one not. The first refers to an image of the President and his staff in the Situ...

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PHOTOS: The Faces Of The Civil War

Posted 06.11.2011

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Why do the men in Civil War portraits look so calm? The soldiers, who fought some of the bloodiest battles in American history, couldn't have been at ...

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Controversial War Photography

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Felice Beato WHAT: A Photographer on the Eastern Road WHERE: The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, ...

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