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Join NYU Gallatin and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU for Conflict Photography Today: A Conversation with Motaz Azaiza, Jodie Ginsberg, and Lauren Walsh. 

This panel focuses on the documentation of contemporary conflict and brings together Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza and Jodie Ginsberg, the CEO for the Committee to Protect Journalists, for a conversation moderated by NYU Gallatin professor Lauren Walsh, a leading specialist in the visual coverage of conflict. 

Today’s news headlines are so often dominated by war, suffering, and injustice. Through headlines and press coverage, we are able to read and see vivid images depicting the current situation in Gaza and elsewhere, but rarely do we have an opportunity to hear from those risking their lives to deliver critical news from these zones of conflict. 

The discussion will bring on-the-ground insights, experiences and perspectives about conflict photography, offering an opportunity to understand such situations in greater depth. The discussion will consider the role of visual journalism, the risks and tolls that journalists face, and the value and limitations of documentation.

This event is also co-sponsored by: NYU Gallatin’s Writing Program, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Moderator

Lauren Walsh is a professor at NYU and runs the Gallatin Photojournalism Intensive. She is the author of multiple books, including Conversations on Conflict Photography. She specializes in conflict/crisis photography and peace journalism; has published on photography and war crimes, censorship, and journalism and mental health safety, among other topics; is the author of national curricula on media and visual literacy; leads journalist safety trainings; and is a Fulbright Specialist in photography and ethics.

Panelists

Motaz Azaiza is an award-winning Palestinian photojournalist. His images have garnered global recognition, with millions of followers across his social media platforms. As an active photojournalist during the latest phase of the conflict in Gaza, Azaiza's photos have shed light on the hardships endured by Palestinians. In 2023, he was GQ Magazine Middle East’s “Man of the Year,” one of his images was named in TIME magazine's Top 10 Photos, and he was honored with the “Impact Award” by the Lucie Foundation.

Jodie Ginsberg is the chief executive officer of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that supports journalists at risk by documenting threats and attacks on the media, providing advice and assistance, and conducting advocacy. A journalist by profession, Ginsberg joined CPJ in 2022 from media development organization Internews Europe, where she was the chief executive officer. She began her career at Reuters news agency where she held positions including Bureau Chief, London. In 2014, Ginsberg was appointed chief executive of London-based freedom of expression group Index on Censorship, which she led until 2020.

As part of the Social Documentary Network festival, this panel features

Michael Christopher Brown, Stephen Hart, and Lauren Walsh, moderated by Fred Ritchin

https://socialdocumentary.net/cms/documentary-that-matters-2024

Session led by Mary Bisbee-Beek with guest Lauren Walsh.

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Content authenticity, professional photography and Gen AI: a discussion among experts in the field, including Dr. Walsh

Nov 8, 11am ET

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Prof. Lauren Walsh (NYU Gallatin), a specialist in the photojournalistic coverage of conflict and crisis speaks with Evgeniy Maloletka, the Associated Press’s Chief Photographer in Ukraine, who has been documenting the conflict there since 2014. He is the recipient of the 2023 World Press Photo award as well as a 2023 recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for his photography in Ukraine. Walsh and Maloletka discuss the role of the photojournalist in spaces of war, the impact (or lack) or photographs on public opinion, and the motivations behind working in a conflict zone.

This event is open to the public and will appeal to anyone interested in public affairs, geopolitics, journalism, current events, photography, and civics.

Co-Sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and the Initiative for Critical Disaster Studies at NYU Gallatin.

Photo: Ukrainian emergency workers and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital damaged by an airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka / Associated Press)

Moral injury and vicarious trauma

With Bruce Shapiro, Kate Black and Hannah Storm

Oct 11, 2023

Keynote by Lauren Walsh

Schedule here: https://www.concordiacollege.edu/academics/events/symposium/

Sept 20, 2023

Photographing Conflict/Photographing Peace

by Dr. Lauren Walsh

This talk explores the complicated realm of covering conflict and crisis, addressing concerns such as physical risks and emotional tolls that photojournalists face as well as ethical dilemmas related to this type of work. Importantly, Dr Walsh also focuses on why coverage of post-conflict and aftermath settings matters and how the camera can be a tool toward justice and peacebuilding. Framed through topics covered in two of Walsh’s recent books, Conversations on Conflict Photography and Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter, this presentation aims to enlighten listeners and to provoke critical questions about the role of visual media in contemporary conflict and post-conflict situations.

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Hosted by Social Documentary Network and Projections

Moderated by Lauren Walsh, a conversation with photographers who have been working in Ukraine to cover the ongoing conflict. Panelists include: Svet Jacqueline, Evgeniy Maloletka and Nicole Tung

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In conjunction with the exhibition Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection

 Following last semester’s conversation On Political Photography: Documenting Racial Inequality in the US, this event probes the power of photography in the contemporary moment by exploring queer and trans visibility in photojournalism, a field that has historically struggled to make space for non-traditional genders and identities.

Join NYU Professor Lauren Walsh and photographers Allison Lippy and Annie/August Tritt for a discussion that will consider what belonging means for trans and queer photographers within this industry, how queer subjects are represented in documentary and photojournalistic spaces, as well as what changes can be made for future generations.

Promo image by Annie/August Tritt

As part of the Documenting Peace conference, organized by the Bosch Network:

Dr. Lauren Walsh, a professor at NYU, is a leading expert on the photojournalistic coverage of conflict and crisis, and the author of multiple books on these topics. This event explores the critical role photojournalism plays and the numerous challenges and threats the industry faces, whether covering Ukraine, Covid, volatile protests, or other strife. Walsh discusses the unprecedented obstacles journalists face, both on the ground as well as inside the newsroom, and she guides participants in thinking about the physical risks, psychological tolls, and ethical dilemmas in covering war and humanitarian crisis. Ultimately, this talk examines how journalism can aid in peacebuilding.

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DEC 1, 11:15AM ET/5:15PM CET

Join NYU Professor Lauren Walsh, author of Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter, and Vanessa Charlot, an award-winning photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on the intersectionality of race, politics, culture and sexual/gender expression, for a conversation on the power of political photography in the contemporary moment.

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Promo image by Vanessa Charlot

Join us in the ICP Bookstore Café for a book-signing by Dr. Lauren Walsh, author of Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter.

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Join the BDC for a conversation and book signing with author and educator, Dr. Lauren Walsh, as she discusses her new book Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter, in conversation with Washington Post visuals editor Natalia Jiménez.

2020 was a period of groundbreaking social and political upheaval, in combination with a colossal epidemiological crisis—and it urgently redefined the working conditions of photojournalists. The historic 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for photojournalism, forcing photographers into a terrain defined by new ethical, technological, and safety (emotional and physical) concerns, as well as innovative attacks on press freedom.

Through a series of interviews—with top photographers who covered 2020’s biggest crises, as well as key photo editors who grappled with these unprecedented obstacles inside the newsroom—Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter unpacks the industry’s most critical debates as it sheds light on the experiences and thought processes of the visual journalists themselves. Importantly, this book encourages readers to consider the efforts behind the camera lens: the challenges and risks visual journalists face to bring us the news in pictures.

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Promo photo by Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer

“Images of Conflict and Peace” is panel with four photographers and a scholar discussing a curated collection of exhibits from the Social Documentary Network archives that address the topic of conflict and peace. This body of photography was selected based on both its geographic location and subject matter. The project and panel were built to parallel the subject matter in panelist Dr. Lauren Walsh’s NYU Gallatin seminar Photographing Peace. The four areas of focus are Bosnia & Herzegovina, Rwanda, Colombia, and the United States (more specifically, the summer of racial justice in 2020). These four areas may be completely different in terms of location, yet they create an overarching conversation on peace and how it is depicted in photography. 

Peace photography, a fairly recent subset of photojournalism, takes on an advocacy role by utilizing the camera as a tool to spread awareness and hold bad actors accountable. Instead of simply photographing what they see, peace photographers will use pictures to help people understand the political, economic, and social systems causing the violence depicted elsewhere. Our panelists were selected based on their different depictions of peace in their imagery, just as varied as geographic locations photographed. 

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Promo photo by Carol Allen Storey

Join author Lauren Walsh and Director of Photography at the Philadelphia Inquirer Danese Kenon for an online discussion of Walsh’s newest book, Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter.

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Dr. Lauren Walsh on Photojournalism in a World of Crisis

Lauren Walsh, a leading expert on the visual coverage of conflict and crisis, discusses her two recent books, Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter and Conversations on Conflict Photography. This event explores the critical role photojournalism plays and the numerous challenges and threats the industry faces, whether covering Ukraine, Covid, volatile protests, or other strife.

Through a series of interviews with top photographers who covered 2020's biggest crises as well as key photo editors who grappled with unprecedented obstacles inside the newsroom, Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter invites readers to think deeply about events we have only just seen in the news and quite possibly experienced ourselves. Meanwhile, Conversations on Conflict Photography, explores the physical risks, psychological tolls, cyber dangers, and ethical dilemmas in covering war and humanitarian crisis.

This event is moderated by Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent. Clarissa Ward is CNN's multi-award winning chief international correspondent based in London. For more than 15 years Ward has reported from front lines across the world from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Yemen to Ukraine and Georgia during the Russian incursion in 2008. Named 2019 Reporter/Correspondent of the Year by the Gracies, she is the author of 'On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist.'

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Please join us at PROJECTIONS as we host Lauren Walsh and an esteemed panel of photographers. Growing from Walsh’s new book THROUGH THE LENS: THE PANDEMIC AND BLACK LIVES MATTERS, this panel unpacks some of the photojournalism industry’s most critical debates.

The historic 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for photojournalism, forcing photographers into a terrain defined by new ethical, technological, and safety concerns.

Panelists include Rodrigo Abd (AP), who covered Peru which had the highest per capita Covid morality rate in the world, and Joshua Lott (Washington Post), who has documented the explosive ramifications in the US since George Floyd’s murder. Their experiences provide insights on censorship, harassment, lack of diversity in the industry, emotional tolls of covering death and violence, and the power (or not) of a single image in the age of Instagram.

Walsh is the Director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Lab at NYU. THROUGH THE LENS is a powerful follow-up to her previous book CONVERSATIONS ON CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHY.

We continue to present via Zoom:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6692503751 We start at 7:00pm sharp.

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Join Sebastian Junger, Stephen Mayes, Michael Kamber, and Lauren Walsh as they discuss the coverage of conflict in the digital age and the legacy of documentarian Tim Hetherington, a major inspiration for the creation of the BDC, who was killed in combat in Libya in 2011.

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Bronx Documentary Center

Dr Walsh addresses the critical role photojournalism plays and the numerous threats the industry faces.

University of Georgia, in Athens

March 24, 5pm

Journalism Building, Studio 100

Dr Walsh talks about Ukraine, conflict photography and crises “closer” to home: Covid and Black Lives Matter

March 22, 10am

 25 Park Place Conference, Room 830 

Atlanta, GA 30303 

J. Sybylla Smith, host of this online photobook group, discusses the newly release Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter with author Lauren Walsh.

March 10, 12-1:30pm EST

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What are the issues around mis/disinformation and how can they be addressed within photojournalism? This panel, with Santiago Lyon of the Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe, as well as VII Photo Agency co-founder Gary Knight and VII Agency photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien, addresses this and other pressing questions. The panel is moderated by Dr Lauren Walsh.

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This intensive one-day workshop is led by Dr. Lauren Walsh, a professor and director of the Gallatin Photojournalism Lab at NYU and Andrea Bruce, an award-winning photographer who has covered historic events globally. The workshop entails informative lectures by the teachers and hands-on activities, and participants learn about the value of photojournalism, deepen skills to create powerful visuals, and develop a stronger eye for visual narratives. A background in photography is encouraged, but not required. Participants can use their preferred digital camera (DSLR, smart phone, etc).

Location: Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL

Event image: Bassel Barhoum hugs his mother Jamila Marshid during his brother’s funeral in the village of Daqaqa in Latakia Province, Syria. Abu Layth died while fighting for the Syrian Army. September 2013. © Andrea Bruce/NOOR.

Please join Lauren Wash, the curator of the Southeast Museum of Photography’s exhibition, Conversations on Conflict Photography.

Southeast Museum of Photography

1200 West International Speedway Boulevard

Daytona Beach, FL, 32114

Part of the Photoville Fsetival

A discussion about the power and perception of photography, the value of saving both personal and professional work, photography’s importance to history and what can be learned through it. Photo Historian and Curator Gail Buckland, Photo Editor Mike Davis, Photography Professor Lauren Walsh, and educators and photographers Ron Haviv and Kamal Badhey with PhotoWings Founder Suzie Katz. This event was pre-recorded, and you can find more from these interviews at photowings.org.

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https://photoville.nyc/2021-the-value-of-our-photographic-heritage-five-perspectives/