Showing posts with label AP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AP. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 August 2011

AP war photographer Anja Niedringhaus to be featured in Berlin exhibit

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For the past 20 years AP photojournalist, Anna Niedringhaus has ventured into war zones around the globe documenting not only the violence, suffering and pain of those involved but sometimes also capturing, juxtaposing the briefest glimpse of humor in stark contrast to the surroundings.

Her images have appeared on magazine covers and newspapers worldwide and Niedringhaus has received numerous awards for her work, including a Pulitzer prize in 2005. An exhibit featuring 40 black-and-white photos taken by Niedringhaus is to be shown at C/O Berlin – International Forum For Visual Dialogues, "At War" opens on Sept. 10 and will run through Dec. 4.

For more information on C/O Berlin, please visit www.co-berlin.info

Press release:

'At War' runs at C/O Berlin gallery Sept. 10 – Dec. 4

NEW YORK – The arc of war and strife since Sept. 11 is captured in an exhibit featuring the work of Anja Niedringhaus, an Associated Press photojournalist known for her striking images from conflict zones around the world. “At War” opens at C/O Berlin – International Forum For Visual Dialogues on Sept. 10 and will run through Dec. 4.

The AP, the world’s leading source for news and information, is cosponsor of the exhibit, which will showcase 40 black-and-white photos taken by Niedringhaus in the past 10 years. To accompany the exhibit, Hatje Cantz has published a 180-page catalog in German and English with an introduction by AP Director of Photography Santiago Lyon.

“In her remarkable photographs, Anja Niedringhaus takes us on an unforgettable visual journey to some of the more hostile and unforgiving locations of recent years,” Lyon writes. “In these days of mass media, instant Internet gratification, and image saturation, it is a refreshing privilege to have the opportunity to pause in front of these prints and absorb the images at our own leisure.”

Lyon adds: “A careful reading of Anja’s photographs reveals that they are, in many ways, a direct reflection of the artist herself: brave, direct, caring, compassionate and humorous. Her photographs remind us that, despite social and cultural differences that often lead to extreme violence, we all share a common humanity.”

Among the images selected for display are the following:

• Hundreds of Marines gather at Camp Commando in the Kuwait desert during a Christmas Eve visit by Santa Claus, December 2002;
• President George W. Bush presents a platter of turkey and fixings during his visit with U.S. troops for Thanksgiving at Baghdad airport, November 2003;
• An Iraqi mother tends to her baby outside the prison of Abu Ghraib in Baghdad as she waits for the release of hundreds of detainees, May 2004;
• The head of a child’s doll is mounted on a stick next to a checkpoint leading into the heavily guarded city of Fallujah, Iraq, February 2005;
• Palestinian children enjoy a ride on a Ferris wheel in an amusement park outside of Gaza City, March 2006;
• Soldiers of Moammar Gadhafi killed by rebels lay in the morgue of Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, Libya, March 2011.

Like the best war photographers before her, Niedringhaus focuses on people: soldiers, weary and traumatized civilians, and prisoners of war. Her photographs show faces marked by exhaustion, desperation, and tension, while still revealing brief, unexpected moments of laughter, lightheartedness and joy amid the suffering.

“She can react with lightning speed, keeping an eye on the whole, as well as on the details,” writes Swiss art historian and curator Jean-Christophe Ammann. “And she does not forget to see, allowing her vision to flow into the camera. Her points of view never appear as foreign entities in the pictures. Glimpses are not her thing. Her gaze is piercing, even when it is also characterized by humility, shyness, or tenderness.”

“If I don’t photograph it, it won’t become known,” Niedringhaus says. “Despite social and cultural differences that often lead to extreme violence, I’ve been lucky enough to photograph people and show the world how we all relate to each other – with pride, tenderness, affection, anger, grief, frustration, and sometimes surprisingly, with humor.”

Niedringhaus was born in Höxter, Germany, in 1965. First based in Frankfurt am Main for the European Pressphoto Agency, she moved to Geneva in 2002, for the AP. She has worked on the front line of every major conflict from the Balkans in the ’90s to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. In addition to crises and wars, she also photographs sporting and political events. She has received numerous awards for her work, including two in 2005: a Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category with a team of AP photographers for their coverage of the war in Iraq, and the Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF).

“At War” marks the first time that Niedringhaus will exhibit her work in Berlin. The exhibit will be shown again in early 2012 at the new headquarters of the Deutsche Börse in Eschborn near Frankfurt.

For more information on C/O Berlin, please visit www.co-berlin.info

Thursday, 21 July 2011

AP photographer Matt Dunham wins first prize in the royalty and entertainment section of the Press Photographer's Year 2011

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Associated Press (AP) photographer Matt Dunham has won the first prize in the royalty and entertainment section of the Press Photographer’s Year Award 2011 for his impromptu image of HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall when their car was attacked and damaged by demonstrators in the heart of London late last year. Dunham’s winning photo is currently on display in an exhibition at the National Theatre, London. The exhibition is free to visitors.

Press release:

Famous Charles and Camilla picture earns Associated Press photographer a Press Photographer’s Year for 2011 prize

LONDON - Associated Press (AP) photographer Matt Dunham has won first prize in the royalty and entertainment section of the Press Photographer’s Year Award for his famous Charles and Camilla picture, taken as the royal couple got caught up in demonstrations on their way to the theatre in central London. HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s car was surrounded by crowds as police clashed with demonstrators last December. At the time, protests were at a high against coalition government cuts and controversial plans to triple university tuition fees in England.

AP Regional Photo Editor for Europe and Africa Tony Hicks said: “Matt Dunham is one of the outstanding press photographers of his generation. This award-winning image is testament to his news judgment and versatility. After filing photos of demonstrations in Parliament Square, Matt decided to follow a group of people he believed were intent on causing trouble. Seeing the group crowd around a large vehicle, in which he realised the royal couple was traveling, he had seconds to fire off five frames. AP used all of the images. This is an example of how following instincts in reporting can pay dividends.”

Out of nearly 8,000 entries, Dunham’s photo was one of 15 pictures selected for the Press Photographer’s Year Award. Some 136 images are being showcased in an exhibition at the National Theatre from Monday, 18 July to Sunday, 4 September.

The website of the Associated Press can be found here. Details of the exhibition at the National Theatre, can be found here.

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