CNN Thursday March 31, 2022
Will Smith striking Chris Rock at Sunday's Academy Awards will go down as one of the most shocking moments in Oscars history. And Brian Snyder was there to document it, notes CNN. The Reuters photojournalist was one of the photographers who captured the moment, and his photo — which captured Smith slapping Rock at the moment of contact — was soon seen around the globe. "Immediately afterwards my reaction was 'did that just happen?'," Snyder told CNN. Read the full Story >>
By David Schonauer Thursday March 31, 2022
The U.S. Capitol under siege. The fall of Afghanistan. Sexual abuse. California wildfires. Those are some of the stories covered by winners of the 2022 Best of Photojournalism competition from the
National Press Photographers Association. Marcus Yam of the Lost Angeles Times wins the Photojournalist of the Year (Large Market) top prize for a portfolio of images shot across Afghanistan and
Lebanon. Kent Porter … Read the full Story >>
The Washington Post Wednesday March 30, 2022
Ray Lustig, a longtime Washington Post photojournalist who covered crime stories, natural disasters and auto races but was best known for his work on Capitol Hill, where he captured the debates and drama of Congress, was found dead March 10 at his home in Washington. He was 83, reports The Post. The cause was a heart attack. Lustig joined The Post in 1981 after 15 years at the Washington Star, which ceased publication that year. He covered the Watergate hearings in the 1970s and went on to become one of the most-respected and longest-serving members of the Capitol photography corps. Read the full Story >>
AnOther Wednesday March 30, 2022
Japanese photographer Seiichi Furuya met Christine Gössler, an aspiring actress and Austrian art history student, in 1978. They soon married and in 1981 had a son. From the beginning, Furuya felt compelled to photograph her, and together they built an archive of thousands of images—an archive Furuya has revisited time and again since Christine committed suicide in 1985. These excavations have materialized in a series of photo books collectively entitled Mémoires. It’s Furuya’s monument to his great love, notes AnOther. Read the full Story >>
