“Photograph whatever happens. Above all, focus on the men. Ships and planes will become obsolete, but men will always be there ». Edward Steichen, at the head of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, he told the photographers called to document the American war effort. The United States entered World War II 80 years ago. On […]
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Afghanistan, MSF: “Here children are dying of hunger”
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More than one hundred days after the capture of Kabul by the Taliban. A little over three months in which Afghanistan was overwhelmed by a disastrous economic crisis that is bending the population. The United Nations has defined it the “worst humanitarian crisis ever”. People are afraid, they have lost everything, they do not see […]
Sharbat Gula, Steve McCurry’s Afghan girlfriend, is safe in Rome
He was under 12 when Steve McCurry took the photo of her that became the symbol of a nation. The Afghan girl from that shot on the cover of the National Geographic in 1985 she is a woman with the same gaze, but the face marked by time and by the vicissitudes of one of […]
Between Poland and Belarus: water cannons against freezing migrants
In between are the migrants. In front of them are two walls, even if they are not yet made of bricks. Tension is very high on the border between Belarus and Poland where thousands of people have been stationed for days. Poland rejects migrants who would like to enter the European Union and opposes them […]
Sohail, who disappeared in Kabul, and the other Afghan children: is there salvation for them?
It is through symbolic images that the tragedy of Afghanistan has been told for months. In August the world saw children, even newborns, given by parents to military and foreign personnel beyond the wall of the Kabul airport, left in the hands of strangers to give them a better life, a hope of survival in […]
Doctors Without Borders and Magnum: 50 years in photos “to look beyond”
Being in the world to witness what is happening. To denounce and first of all offer help. With this mission 50 years ago, in 1971, it was born Doctors Without Borders, today one of the most important international non-governmental organizations. The foundations were laid by two journalists from the medical journal Tonus, Raymond Borel and […]
The Hardship of Life photo, symbol of the conflict in Syria, moves and shivers
It can only shake the photograph that won the 2021 edition of Siena International Photo Awards. Entitled Hardship of Life, was taken from fotografo turco Mehmet Aslan in the Turkish province of Hatay, on the border with Syria. The protagonists of photography with a very strong impact (impossible to remain indifferent) there is a man […]
With our eyes, the photos taken by Syrian children
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The sunsets, the sea, moments of everyday life. Something that seems far from war and violence but that grows inside it. They are the photos of Syrian children. Those behind the camera are the eyes of refugee minors from the Samos hotspot in Greece. They are the ones who took the photos of the project […]
Instead of a summit with Putin. EU extended economic sanctions against Russia: journalist
The European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia due to the occupation of Crimea and support for militants in Donbas. This was announced by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Brussels Ricard Jozwiak on Twitter. The sanctions restrictions have been extended for 6 months. “Against the background of all the talk about the […]
In Europe, Biden was reminded who he is meeting with today: a photo collage with Putin as a “KGB agent”
American President Joe Biden, who is meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin today, should not forget that he is responsible for thousands of murders of Ukrainians. This is stated in the statement of the largest faction of the European Parliament – the Christian Democrats (the faction of the European People’s Party). “You are meeting […]
