Archive for December, 2010

In part IV of our series of interviews with photojournalists, TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE talks about sneaking into North Korea, the relative advantages of working outside the mainstream news, and how to break out of your little photo cave on the internet.

Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War in their hidden village in Laos. © Tomas Van Houtryve 2007

Third in our series of interviews with photojournalists is MICHAEL KAMBER, a contract photographer for The New York Times. Kamber was in Paris on his way to Kabul when we spoke with him. As assignments go this one has a bitter side to it: Kamber is replacing his friend and colleague Joao Silva, the Times photographer who lost both his legs when he stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan on Oct. 23.

Balad, Iraq, November 2003. © Michael Kamber

As Emphas.is’ launch date nears we asked a number of photojournalists how the crisis in the media has affected their work and what they expect from Emphas.is. ‘People want to be informed, and if they’re not getting that from newspapers anymore, then maybe it is time for the public to start producing news stories directly,’ says KADIR VAN LOHUIZEN.

Fishermen in Chile. © Kadir van Lohuizen 2007

As Emphas.is’ launch date nears we asked a number of photojournalists how the crisis in the media has affected their work and what they expect from Emphas.is. Kicking off the series is Seattle-based photographer AARON HUEY.

© Aaron Huey