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Photos of Mosul 2017

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Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by tomxor »

tomxor wrote: post #19

Good shots Kainoa, I really wish I could read the story that goes with them. I can see it being hard as a news photographer of any sort these days, as papers are going through a very hard transition that may see them completely vanish at the other side of it. Have you considered finding some writers on Medium? Their new concept is to be the platform without the paper, readers select writers more organically and write…

To clarify with the Medium thing, I guess what I mean is when you sell to papers you don't consider it your job to find the writers that your photos go with, but maybe now that is part of the job.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by jbg_ »

zdkl wrote: post #17

Wildly off topic: this site redirected my mobile chrome to some advertisement with a screen blocking scammy alert and closed all other tabs. What the hell?

I think you have some malware on your device; closing all other tabs isn't something a website should be able to do.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by radicalbyte »

arcticbull wrote: post #3

I would love to donate to this person, and I couldn't find a way. Any suggestions?

Me too; I've dropped him an email to see if he has a paypal or patreon or something :)

I don't think that we're the only ones here who want to send him some cash.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by radicalbyte »

arcticbull wrote: post #3

I would love to donate to this person, and I couldn't find a way. Any suggestions?

Me too; I've dropped him an email to see if he has a paypal or patreon or something :)

I don't think that we're the only ones here who want to send him some cash.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by Jaruzel »

probably_wrong wrote: post #14
HearMeRoar wrote: post #10

Why would no one buy these amazing photographs? Either OP is bad at finding a buyer or photography is one tough job.

There are things that are not supposed to be shown on the traditional media, dead soldiers being the first one that comes to mind. Maybe these pictures go against the prevailing vision the media wants to disseminate.

Tell that to the BBC, ITV, and Sky News here in the UK. They show dead bodies all the time. I find it distasteful. I get it - people died, you don't have to show me their bodies to get your point across.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by nikkwong »

zdkl wrote: post #17

Wildly off topic: this site redirected my mobile chrome to some advertisement with a screen blocking scammy alert and closed all other tabs. What the hell?

I'm also having this issue, so I can't even view the photos.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by Nanite »

They're decent pictures, but not "GREAT" pictures. Even in warzones photojournalism is a highly competitive field. Editors at Reuters, AP and other news agencies get tons of sets offered every day.

Whining about it in an extremely passive aggressive blog post really isn't going to help his career along.

Re: Photos of Mosul 2017

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Post by andmarios »

These shots capture the harshness of human conflict and how we (human beings) change in the face of it. Thank you.

I disagree with people saying these are good shots. In the collection another user posted ( http://www.kainoalittle.com/mosul ) there are better shots technically and artistically. Yet that the photographer chose these shots for the article speak tons. These aren't photographs to make you feel better, these are photographs to make you understand (even a tiny bit) what real war looks like and it is ugly.

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