How do you photograph the largest gathering of people on Earth? Getty photographer Daniel Berehulak writes for LightBox about the challenges of photographing the Maha Kumbh Mela, a 55-day event estimated to draw over 100 million people to the confluence of three holy rivers in India.
TIME acknowledges the distinctive and powerful work of Agence-France Presse chief photographer Marco Longari, our pick for the best photographer on the wires in 2012.
Getty Images announced the winners of their 2012 Editorial Photography competition at Visa Pour l’Image, the annual festival of photojournalism held in Perpignan, France. Four photographers will receive more than $80,000 in funding.
The romantic notion is that photojournalists bare unique witness to the events of the world as they unfold around them. In reality, due to circumstance, comfort and organizational requirements, photographers often find themselves in the company of fellow photojournalists, working side by side, when covering the news.
On the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan, TIME asks 40 renowned photographers to reflect on their harrowing experiences covering the conflict—and to describe which of their own photographs moved them most.
The 3/11 Tsunami Photo Project, a new app for the iPhone and iPad, features the work of fourteen photographers who documented the tragic aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The app is an innovative fundraiser as well – all proceeds from the project go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Pulitzer Prizes in photography were awarded today to Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times and to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of the Washington Post
Center Awards names Hungarian Photographer Tamas Dezso’s series Here, Anywhere as the winner of it’s annual juried prize.
