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In Focus, 3: Lynsey Addario Photo Shocks World

The New York Times   Monday March 7, 2022

A photograph of a family killed by a mortar in Irpin, near Kyiv, taken by photojournalist Lynsey Addario for The New York Times, has gone viral on social media as been featured on cable news outlets. The image, featured on the front page of the newspaper, was taken as a site where Ukrainian refugees were milling near the entrance to a bridge. The family was killed after crossing into Kyiv. Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has repeatedly denied that his forces are targeting civilians fleeing battle zones, note the Times.   Read the full Story >>

State of the Art: AI-Generated Andy Warhol to Narrate New Netflix Documentary Series

ARTnews   Monday March 7, 2022

Continuing a trend that has been controversial among filmmakers, a new Andy Warhol documentary series coming to Netflix will resurrect the Pop artist using artificial intelligence. In the show, Warhol can be heard reading from his diaries. That voice, however, is not the artist’s own but rather the product of AI made to sound like him, notes Art News.   Read the full Story >>

In Focus, 2: Sky New Team Tells of Violent Ambush in Ukraine

Sky News   Monday March 7, 2022

Correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his team were attacked near Kyiv. Camera operator Richie Mockler took two rounds to his body armor, while Stuart was wounded. Their experience illustrates the scale of the mayhem and violence as Russia's invasion enters a new and deadlier phase, notes Sky News.   Read the full Story >>

In Focus, 1: Daily Life in the Face of War

The New Yorker   Monday March 7, 2022

As the Russian military unleashes the full force of its arsenal throughout Ukraine, any pretense of normalcy in the country has been ripped away, notes The New Yorker, which features a portfolio from photographer Mark Neville. The British-born Neville, who lives in Kyiv, has travelled through eastern Ukraine and captured the sense of determination he found there. “The only thing they want is to sit me down and tell me what’s happened to them. They have lost people, seen people wounded terribly, seen their streets obliterated,” he says.   Read the full Story >>

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