I sat next to Faduma in her tent in Baidoa, Somalia, the morning after her three-year-old daughter Hawa died from malnutrition. She caressed and touched two of her remaining children, over and over, in shock. She sang to them, kissed … Read more
One week after the May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, I attended a vigil for the victims. I felt it was important to arrive early to ask permission from people attending the event who I … Read more
Bethany Mollenkof, photojournalist and 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow, on photographing the devastation the coronavirus is bringing to Southern and rural Black communities: “When I am creating portraits of someone, I like to ask them to take me to … Read more
For those who care about foreign reporting, the news about the news isn’t good. Reporters kidnapped, beheaded, disappeared. The Committee to Protect Journalists documents the toll with a grim menu of online search options. Deaths by type: … Read more
‘… photographs require context to tell a more complete narrative. The best thing for photojournalists to do is to slow down, become a little more engaged, and spend a little more time on their projects in a much more intimate way.’ Read more