Ron Haviv, a photographer with the VII photo agency has published a pretty powerful multimedia piece featuring his reportage following the earthquake in Haiti. Haviv arrived in Haiti just 24 hours after the quake hit, and his photos, video and audio of the chaos and destruction in Port au Prince are quite moving.
Photojournalist Danfung Dennis was embedded with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Company of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade when they went into the Helmand River Valley of southern Afghanistan in early July of 2009. Equipped with a Canon 5D MKii, he shot this amazing video of the soldiers after they were dropped 11 miles behind enemy lines to seize a key bridge. Shortly after landing a battle broke out which lasted for three days.
This video is a trailer for the upcoming film by Dennis called “Battle for Hearts and Minds: A documentary on the war in Afghanistan by Danfung Dennis”
Noor Images is a photo agency based in the Netherlands with a small group of outstanding photojournalists that cover stories across the globe.
I came upon their website after someone sent me a link to their Noor Newsletter, Since their most recent addition came out today.
After poking around their site a bit I realized that I knew one of the photographers at the agency, Nina Berman, who I had worked with in the late 90′s in New Jersey. A slide show of her images of Marina Orlova, who was voted “World’s #1 Sexiest Geek” by Wired Magazine and has one of the hottest channels on YouTube.
Christopher Anderson's Capitoio, a multimedia photo essay produced by Magnum in Motion.
Christopher Anderson, a photographer with the Magnum photo agency, has a very nice multimedia slide show from Caracas, Venezuela that was put together by the Magnum in Motion division of the agency.
There are over 70 photos in the slide show which is set to moving Latin music by Banda Ionica.
Capitolio translates into capitol, or the domed capitol buildings of Venezuela. The photos are taken in the capitol city of Caracas and show the darker side of the city where “the human drama plays itself out in what President Hugo Chavez called a ‘Revolution.’”
“I sometimes imagine Caracas as a living breathing animal. Obscured by the darkness it appears both violent and sensual, but perhaps it’s true nature will only be revealed at the moment it devours me.” – Christopher Anderson
“Emotion or feeling is really the only thing about pictures I find interesting. Beyond that it is just a trick.” – Christopher Anderson
Photo agency Zuma Press has created the “Pictures of the Day” web site to showcase some of the best work that is being done by their contributing photographers. The site is updated daily with a handful of diverse images from across the globe.
Zuma claims to be “the world’s largest independent press agency and wire service” representing more than 3,000 photographers worldwide, as well as having relationships with over 100 newspapers.
Gangs of Rio in the New Yorker. Photos by João Pina, Narrated by Jon Lee Anderson
New Yorker magazine has an interesting audio slide show narrated by writer Jon Lee Anderson. In an article in the magazine Anderson writes about gangs in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro. In this audio slide show, Anderson talks about how the gangs operate and the obstacles that the local police face while trying to curb the illegal drug trade. Photographs by João Pina.
