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“Please Tell the World What Is Happening to Us”: A Photographer’s Account of Covering the War in Ukraine

Natalie Keyssar speaks about her powerful, yet devastating photographs from Ukraine—and the essential need for photography in a moment of crisis.

When Women Photographers Went to War

From Gerda Taro to Susan Meiselas, a new book examines the ways eight women have expanded the field of war photography.

Don McCullin Doesn't Want You to Look Away

From the Troubles in Northern Ireland to the wars in Southeast Asia, McCullin’s images defined the conflicts of the twentieth century.

Photographs Do Not Stop Wars

The celebrated photojournalist James Nachtwey has covered global conflicts for four decades. But in his current retrospective, politics is an afterthought.

How Do We See War?

In the age of drone strikes and nuclear threats, artists challenge expectations of photographing conflict.

A Conversation with David Shields

David Shields’s War Is Beautiful critiques sixty-four photographs of war that ran on the front page of the Times between 1997 and 2013.

Brian Dillon on Conflict, Time, Photography

A new exhibition at Tate Modern, London, presents photographs of war arranged by how soon after the event the photograph was made.

War photographers and reporters on "Telling Afghanistan"

At the Brooklyn Brewery, a group of photographers and reporters explored why they report on war.

Vicki Goldberg on Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels with Natalie Zelt, War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath

Vicki Goldberg reviews War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath by Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels with Natalie Zelt.

Embedded Images

Susie Linfield reviews Memory of Fire, a new collection of essays and interviews edited by Julian Stallabrass. Updated July 24 with an exchange of letters between the authors.

Cihad Caner Wins the Photographic Museum of Humanity 2013 Grant

The Turkish photographer wins with a documentary series focused on the ongoing impact of Syria’s civil war.

Photography Reading Shortlist – 09.30.12

Our choice of the best in online photography news and commentary.

Shifting Sands: Conflict Photojournalism and Ethics – Recap

A brief summary in images and tweets of a discussion on the ethics of conflict photojournalism.

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Aperture Releases “Counter Histories,” Produced with Magnum Foundation Spring Issue Presents Photographers Who Uncover Personal and Political Histories (New York—March 6, 2024) What creative possibilities are offered by the gaps, absences, and silences in historical records? This spring, Aperture magazine presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their…