Conflict photography

"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart," Henri Cartier-Bresson famously proclaimed. Five years after co-founding Magnum Photos, he published what is perhaps the most iconic book in photographic history. With that now familiar cover by contemporary Henri Matisse, The Decisive Moment, as it was called in English, defined the parameters of what it meant to be a photographer in the 20th century. Everything--the head, the eye, the heart, but also the frame, the light…

image credit: DN Nation Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot or will not address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion, you should not be in a leadership role. From my perspective, the issues surrounding conflict resolution can be best summed-up [...]

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James Nachtwey est l'un des photojournalistes les plus respectés au monde. Il est considéré comme le principal reporter de guerre de son temps. Son

The exhibition called WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY on display at the Houston Museum of Art includes 480 objects, including photo albums, original magazines and old cameras, by 280 photographers from 26 countries.

Twenty years ago today, Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic were killed by Serb snipers while at a peace rally in Sarajevo. Their deaths are considered by many…

There is nothing quite like Christmas to stir up thoughts of the past. The lights and the trees, the smells and the sounds, so many things that can trigger memories of years gone by. And perhaps, a few "perfect" moments; picture framed in our minds and forever cherished. I recently took my daughter to the Christmas Twilight Parade in hopes of creating such memories for her. We watched to floats go by, decorated with lights, playing music, and of course throwing out some candy for the kids as…

Magnum’s agency-wide documentation of the migrant crisis is part of a longstanding commitment to bear witness to and report upon the events that shape human history. Here we present the work and the issues that came out of this work.

Schizophrenia

A conflict is an important element of literature. Penlighten explains the various types of conflicts with a few examples.