Ask A War Photojournalist

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The first photographs of a major military conflict were taken during the Crimean War of the 1850s. Nearly 175 years later, photojournalists are on the ground, on the frontlines of conflicts around the world, documenting history.

They do so at great risk to themselves. So far, at least five photojournalists have died during the Israel-Hamas War, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

"You see the spirit of human beings when everything else is stripped away," says photojournalist Lynsey Addario. "That's what drives me to keep going back. At the end of the day, people can be horrible, but they can also be extraordinary and wonderful."

We discuss how photojournalists in conflict zones do their work and the impact of witnessing the atrocities of war first-hand.

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0:15.0	When catastrophe strikes, a military invasion, a natural disaster or a terrorist attack,
0:29.4	nearly everyone tries to flee, but some people run toward the danger.
0:34.3	First responders do that, and so to photojournalists.
0:37.9	Matazaziza is a Gazan photographer who had 25,000 Instagram followers before the start of the Israel-Humas War.
0:46.0	He now has more than 14 million.
0:48.0	I'm here today to show you the massive destruction that happened to the most beautiful areas in the
0:55.0	in the city.
0:57.0	I'm speechless.
0:59.0	I don't know what to say.
1:01.0	I don't know what what should I say?
1:03.0	It's like a whole square.
1:06.0	15 to 20 has got demolished.
1:10.0	Photojournalists documenting conflict do so at huge personal risk.
1:15.0	Maybe this last message from me.
1:18.0	That was Gazan photographer Mohammed Zoon.
1:21.0	Since the start of the Israel Hamas war, on October 7th, 40 journalists
1:26.2	and media workers have been killed, 35 of them Palestinian. The Committee to Protect
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