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Female in Gaza by Monique Jacques

Female in Gaza – NYTimes.com.
Powerful photo essay in the April 20 Sunday Review by Photography & Imaging alumnus Monique Jacques 

I have been photographing in Gaza for several years, initially to cover the conflict with Israel, but over time returning because I am mesmerized by the women, and their strength. [read more and view slideshow]

Monique Jaques is a photojournalist based in Istanbul. She has spent the past three years focused on documenting issues in the Middle East as well as Afghanistan and India. After graduating from New York University’s Photography and Imaging program she traveled extensively through the region and landed in Turkey.  See her website for many more incredible projects.

 

An Inside View of Arab Photography – Samer Mohdad

more from the Lens Blog:

An Inside View of Arab Photography.

Samer Mohdad was a 10-year-old boy living in the mountain village of his Druse ancestors when Lebanon’s civil war broke out in 1975. His life changed overnight: His childhood playmates were now his sworn enemies. The traumatic experience of the war, which lasted until 1990, stayed with him and, Mr. Mohdad believes, eventually led him to photography.

Youth in Iran: Inside and Out

Youth in Iran: Inside and Out.

Great Lens Blog featuring the work of Iranian photographer Hossein Fatemi. He offers a very different view of Iran.

“The photographer Hossein Fatemi explores the contrast between how young Iranians present themselves in public and in private, when they are beyond the watchful eye of the Islamic republic’s authorities. ”  Read more…”

Link to his An Iranian Journey  on Panos Pictures.

Daniel Morel

I grew up in this neighborhood everybody knew me, you know. They didn’t even see me. I just keep on working… I was not trying to get something special  …I was not looking for good photos, I was just shooting. >>>

Daniel Morel speaking about photographing in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake in a video of his photographs  on TIME magazine website. I highly recommending watching. LINK TO VIDEO

Following is a collection of the some of the many articles written about the important Daniel Morel copyright case against Agence France Presse and Getty Images.

©Daniel Morel One of the eight images by Daniel Morel of the aftermath of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake that was distributed by AFP and Getty Images. – See more at: PDN online

Morel v. AFP Copyright Verdict: Defense Strategy to Devalue Photos and Vilify Photographer Backfires
November 26, 2013 by David Walker, PDN

Photographer Daniel Morel says his decisive victory in court last week against Agence France Presse (AFP) and Getty images was not only vindication for him, but a victory for all photographers trying to eke out a living in the digital age.

A federal jury awarded Morel $1.2 million in damages after determining that both agencies willfully infringed his copyrights in 2010 by distributing eight of his exclusive news images of the Haiti earthquake without permission.

“I hope the internet is going to be a little safer now for all artists, all photographers,” he told PDN the day after the jury reached its verdict. more >>

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New York Times Lens Blog article by James Estrin

Peta Pixel by DL Cade

Link to several articles at the British Journal of Photography

Editorial Photographers of UK and Ireland

Daniel Morel vs. Agence France Presse and Getty Images Facebook Page

Daniel Morel website 

Jennifer Karady: War Zones


War Zone Traumas, Restaged at Home 
by Jennifer Karady.

Jennifer Karady, In Country: Soldiers Stories From Iraq and Afghanistan is the result of five years’ work by Ms. Karady, who interviewed dozens of veterans and asked them to talk about their most traumatic war moments. She then overlaid those memories onto their present-day lives, in the suburbs, back at school and, in one case, on the streets.

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info about her exhibition at SF Camerwork