TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev documents violent clashes between protesters and Egyptian central security forces as well as the tense atmosphere leading up to Egypt’s landmark democratic elections on Nov. 28, the first since the February ouster of long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak.
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev captures the tense atmosphere of Change Square, the locus of anti-government protests in Yemen’s capital, which has become a veritable tent city.
Yuri Kozyrev is known best for his photographs of conflict, but the one photograph he’s taken that may have had the most impact is not of a battle, but of a badly burned 12-year-old boy lying in a Baghdad hospital bed, the victim of a misdirected allied bomb during the Iraq war. TIME revisits the story of Ali Abbas.
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev documents the fragile optimism of a changing Republic of Georgia.
In Libya, the fall of a dictator came faster than anyone expected. After six months of fighting along what were often stagnated front lines, the rebels succeeded last week in overwhelming the forces of Col. Muammar Gaddafi to take control of the Libyan capital. TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev captures the fall of Tripoli.
Just minutes ago, top honors were awarded to TIME Contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev at the prestigious international photo festival, Visa Pour L’Image. Kozyrev received the Visa D’or for his work covering the Arab Spring since January of this year. Here lightBox takes a look back.
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev documents life in Yemen during a critical time in the country’s history.
Updated March 31, 2011
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev photographs the ongoing battle between rebels and Gaddafi forces in eastern Libya.
TIME LightBox is thrilled to report that the Libyan government has released four New York Times journalists held captive since last Tuesday. Photographers Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks, along with Anthony Shadid and Stephen Farrell, were detained in the city of Ajdabiya while covering clashes between rebels and the Libyan army.
