BELIEVABLE IMAGERY
When We Should (Dis)Believe Photos And Why

The pen is mightier than the sword but in our increasingly visual culture maybe the image has become the automatic weapon, with unprecedented power for communication and with very real consequences. We swim in a visual culture and yet like fish in water we hardly think about significance of the medium that envelops us: information, news, advertising, pop culture, celebrity portraits and not to overlook our family albums now online an… Continue

WOMEN/CONGO
Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of Congo

Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Opening Night, 6pm
The Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center at Saint Thomas More
The Catholic Chapel at Yale University
258 Park Street, New Haven, CT
Panel and Reception Panelists:
Leslie Thomas, Curator and Co-Director Congo/Women, Executive and Creative Director, Art Works Projects; Carroll Bogert, Associate Director, Human Rights Watch; Jocelyn Kelly, Research Coordinator, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative… Continue

Iraeli Photographer , Yaniv Nadav's photo of a young bedouin boy releasing a pigeon has been chosen as the cover image fror Photojournale's forth coming book release - Connections Across a Human Planet.

The image as Yaniv describes that "this image as the heart of the project about the Bedouin tribe " ghalin" the tribe living in occupied territories, a small minority… Continue

by VII AND ECPAD
October 31 - February 26, 2010

Musee de l'Armee, Hotel des Invalides
129, rue de Grenelle, Paris

Visit the website for more details

In collaboration with VII Photo Agency and in partnership with the Etablissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la défense (ECPAD), the Musée de l'Armée presents a photographic exhibition on Afghanistan, a country, a culture, a society, at the dawn of th… Continue

I will publish more photos in the near future. I just getting startet and will be filling in more photos in the albums and create new ones.
Oscar

A Darkness Visible
by Seamus Murphy

VII Gallery, 28 Jay St. Brooklyn
October 20 to November 22, 2009

Artist Reception
Thursday, October 29, 2009

A chronicle of Afghanistan from 1994 to the present, and a record of the Afghan people's ability to survive the savageries of war with extraordinary grace.

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NEW YORK CITY OPERA PRESS RELEASE

Parallel Perceptions
Emerging Artists Illustrate the 2009-2010 City Opera Season
Featuring Christopher Morris

Exhibition of Contemporary Photography at the David H. Koch Theater November 5 - 22, 2009

Opening Reception for the General Public
Friday, November 6 from 5-8pm

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Seeking Justice - Social Activism through Journalism and Documentary Practice
Online Symposium October 15th, 2009
Featuring Marcus Bleasdale, Gary Knight and Adam Ferguson

Register now to be a part of this landmark event where the world of
journalism will be connected for one day over three sessions and across all
time zones.

Throughout the day you will be able to log on and be inspired by some of
the world’s best journalists.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear Paul Fusco, Ed Kashi, J… Continue

My recent photographic actuality.

Congo/Women and Women On the Front Line: Regarding Gender-Based Violence
Featuring Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv and James Nachtwey

United Nations Headquarters
North Gallery
Public Lobby Entrance – First Avenue at 46th St.
Admission is free
Gallery hours:
Weekdays, 9am to 5pm
Weekends, 10am to 4pm

The photographs in this exhibition, taken by Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, Ron Haviv and James Nachtwey, tell the story of daily life in the Congo - political, economic, cultural, m… Continue

VII at PhotoPlus!
International Conference & Expo, New York, NY
October 22-24, 2009
http://www.photoplusexpo.com/ppe/index.jsp


VII Presents The New News: Redefining the News Agenda in the 21st Century
Thursday October 22, 08.45 – 11.45
Featuring Stephen Mayes, Christopher Morris, Antonin Kratochvil, Katherine Harris & Hanan Gelbedorf… Continue

© Ron Haviv

Can One Story Change the World?
A Conversation between Photography and Policy

Ron Haviv, VII photojournalist, John Prendergast, Co-founder of Enough Project, Noelle LuSane, Staff Director House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, and media industry leaders invite you to join in a conversa… Continue

For those interested... just updated my final entry into the Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog with fresh text and photos from the desert region called Huiricuta by the Huichol Indians @ Estacion Wadley in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

"Again, rain and cold. Hopefully once I get back to the sacred desert known as Huiricuta by the Huichol Indians, where I began this journey, the weather would be good. I thought perhaps I’d get one more lucky break on this trip… that my ride from Zacatecas back to Wadley… Continue

I retired this spring from the Postal Service a.k.a. The U.S. Fail
Very busy all the way around. Find time for tidbits like this here and there.

The board of directors of the Alice Austen House Museum cordially invite you to the opening of

"Russian Archive"
Photographs by Donald Weber
September 26th-December 30, 2009

*Please join us for a sunset reception with the artists on the beachfront estate Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 5… Continue

25 Years of Medecins Sans Frontieres
Featuring Donald Weber/VII Network
September 8 - May 2010

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders / Artzen zonder Grenzen) celebrates it's 25th anniversary. A photographical retrospective including the work of Donald Weber/VII Network is on display throughout 2009 until May 2010.

Visit http://www.artsenzonde… Continue

Hey my name's Zephyr McIntyre I'm a philosophy student at UCSB this is the blog that I'm doing this year about UCSB and the small town next to campus named Isla Vista (I.V.).

My plan is to photograph significant events as well as pursue significant stories around campus. One being the California budget crisis and the activism occurring on the UCSB campus to mobilize against budget cuts that would significantly damage the UC system's reputation, impacting the future of UC's international reputat… Continue

An exhibition featuring the work of Balazs Gardi / VII Network

Korengal Valley is among the deadliest pieces of terrain in the world for U.S forces. The six-mile long strategic passage is located in northeastern Afghanistan surrounded by treacherous mountain ridges, which are held desperately by the Taliban and ...al-Qaeda. Nearly one-fifth of all combat in Afghanistan occurs in this valley, and nearly three-quarters of all the bombs dropped by NATO planes target the surrounding area. The Valle… Continue

For those interested... just updated my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog with fresh text and photos from Zacatecas, Mexico

"At what point do you cut and run? I was so Hell bent & committed to making good distance away from Puerto Vallarta before I slipped into even more days of lazy balmy leisure… that I just kept telling myself that the black cloud mass would just “burn off” like JR speculated. But, it got just got darker and d… Continue

Amazonia is the world's largest dense tropical forest area. Since the 16th century the original indigenous people have been virtually pushed away or exterminated. The primal ancient unity between tribes and the jungle ambient has changed into a fight between the urban based civilization and the jungle enviroment. New generations of white and mestizo settlers have not become adapted to the wild tropical climate and rough conditions so far, but they keep moving deeper into the virgin forest. The t… Continue