VII PHOTOGRAPHERS' LATEST STORIES
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JAMES NACHTWEY
Traveling through Asia during August. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Landstuhl - Since the 2003 inception of the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, nearly 30,000 American military members have been wounded. For the thousands who have suffered severe bodily harm, they are airlifted to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Dalai Lama - In the wake of China's crackdown in Tibet, the exiled Tibetan leader faces his greatest challenge since going into exile 49 years ago. James Nachtwey provides an intimate look into the Dalai Lama's spiritual struggle.
Traveling through Asia during August. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Landstuhl - Since the 2003 inception of the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, nearly 30,000 American military members have been wounded. For the thousands who have suffered severe bodily harm, they are airlifted to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Dalai Lama - In the wake of China's crackdown in Tibet, the exiled Tibetan leader faces his greatest challenge since going into exile 49 years ago. James Nachtwey provides an intimate look into the Dalai Lama's spiritual struggle.
Prior to surgery, doctors clean the wounds of a military member at the Landstuhl Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. James Nachtwey/VII
U.S. Marine Gen. Douglas Stone walks along a security wall in Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq. Franco Pagetti/VII
FRANCO PAGETTI
In Milan. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Gen. Douglas Stone - A little over a year ago, U.S. Marine Gen. Douglas Stone, became the commander of the detention system in Iraq, in order to turn around America's dismal image from the atrocities and abuses conducted at Abu Ghraib. Since then, he has initiated literacy programs, educational studies in the sciences and arts, vocational training, and other activities to combat the once-rampant camp violence and to further prevent released prisoners from returning to insurgent forces. Divided Baghdad - Once a relatively cohesive capital city, Baghdad is now sectioned off by enormous concrete walls, where behind, daily life continues to struggle on, in a city more divided and desperate than ever.
In Milan. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Gen. Douglas Stone - A little over a year ago, U.S. Marine Gen. Douglas Stone, became the commander of the detention system in Iraq, in order to turn around America's dismal image from the atrocities and abuses conducted at Abu Ghraib. Since then, he has initiated literacy programs, educational studies in the sciences and arts, vocational training, and other activities to combat the once-rampant camp violence and to further prevent released prisoners from returning to insurgent forces. Divided Baghdad - Once a relatively cohesive capital city, Baghdad is now sectioned off by enormous concrete walls, where behind, daily life continues to struggle on, in a city more divided and desperate than ever.
A boy scout is seen in on a bicycle taxi, near Kikwiti, Congo.
Gary Knight
In the United States
LATEST WORK: Congo Portaits - The Congolese are generally not the most willing of subjects particularly when they think that the photographer will somehow profit from the exchange at their expense. After a week or two struggling to work on stories on the Congo River I decided to engage in a collaboration with some of the villagers and city dwellers in and around Kisingani. I set up a portable studio (my hotel bed sheet, some gaffer tape and anything in the vicinity I could use to hang it on) and invited passers-by or merchants in the area to be photographed with anything or anyone they desired. It's probably the most fun I have ever had with a camera. Poverty: Justice: Prison in Rio - Ninety-eight prisoners are kept in a cell measuring 25 square meters originally designed for 16 inmates. The prisoners are locked up for crimes as varied as non-payment of alimony to murder. Temperatures reach 50 degrees celsius in the summer. The prisoners are from the poorest members of society, have poor legal representation, and are disenfranchised from political representation as they have no vote.
In the United States
LATEST WORK: Congo Portaits - The Congolese are generally not the most willing of subjects particularly when they think that the photographer will somehow profit from the exchange at their expense. After a week or two struggling to work on stories on the Congo River I decided to engage in a collaboration with some of the villagers and city dwellers in and around Kisingani. I set up a portable studio (my hotel bed sheet, some gaffer tape and anything in the vicinity I could use to hang it on) and invited passers-by or merchants in the area to be photographed with anything or anyone they desired. It's probably the most fun I have ever had with a camera. Poverty: Justice: Prison in Rio - Ninety-eight prisoners are kept in a cell measuring 25 square meters originally designed for 16 inmates. The prisoners are locked up for crimes as varied as non-payment of alimony to murder. Temperatures reach 50 degrees celsius in the summer. The prisoners are from the poorest members of society, have poor legal representation, and are disenfranchised from political representation as they have no vote.
RON HAVIV
In New York. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan civil war, in its 25th year, has claimed the lives of 70,000 people. Ron Haviv documented the lives of civilians being displaced, tortured, and killed in the current fighting. Amongst the forced recruitment of child soldiers, human rights abuses, new security measures in place, people in hiding, and children placing themselves in jail for protection, any chance of diplomatic solution in the near future has been completely abandoned.
In New York. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan civil war, in its 25th year, has claimed the lives of 70,000 people. Ron Haviv documented the lives of civilians being displaced, tortured, and killed in the current fighting. Amongst the forced recruitment of child soldiers, human rights abuses, new security measures in place, people in hiding, and children placing themselves in jail for protection, any chance of diplomatic solution in the near future has been completely abandoned.
Once Middle Class, Now Homeless - Barbara Harvey, 68, is the new face of the rising market collapse in the United States. Until recently, the Santa Barbara, California resident was living in a condo duplex with a job and a steady income. But she was living above her means and month-to-month on her expenses. When she lost her job she had no savings, much like many people in the U.S., and she quickly lost her home and found herself living in her car with her two dogs in a protected parking lot hosted by the city and New Beginnings, a homeless support group.
MARCUS BLEASDALE
In Norway. Available for assignments.
In Norway. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: What Price Oil - Our Love Affair with Cars - On July 11, 2008, oil hit an all-time high at $147.00 a barrel, catapulting gasoline prices to an unprecedented $4.79 a gallon in the United Sates, where recently Bleasdale took to the open road to capture America's love affair with the automobile. In this current chapter of his continuing global project on oil, (also in Azerbaijan, Cameroon, and Venezuela), he traveled on the historic U.S. Route 66 highway. Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition - Each year, 500 million people become infected with malaria with 90% of the new cases occuring in sub-Saharan Africa where the disease ravages the most vulnerable of populations. In an effort to spotlight this crisis, the Expedition traveled the length of the river, delivering treatment to the suffering and documenting the challenges of combating malaria.
ANTONIN KRATOCHVIL
In the Czech Republic. Available for assignments.
Zimbabwe - Fear, panic, terror, pain and anxiety. These are a few of the words that descibe the daily emotional regiment of an average citizen of Zimbabwe. Twenty-four percent of the adult population has HIV/AIDS. The inflation rate the highest in the world, is 168,000 percent, and climbing. And 80 percent are out of work. VII photographer Antonin Kratochvil was recently in Zimbabwe, documenting the suffering, the helplessness of hunger, and demise of daily life.
In the Czech Republic. Available for assignments.
Zimbabwe - Fear, panic, terror, pain and anxiety. These are a few of the words that descibe the daily emotional regiment of an average citizen of Zimbabwe. Twenty-four percent of the adult population has HIV/AIDS. The inflation rate the highest in the world, is 168,000 percent, and climbing. And 80 percent are out of work. VII photographer Antonin Kratochvil was recently in Zimbabwe, documenting the suffering, the helplessness of hunger, and demise of daily life.
Pakistan - The assassination of the former Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 threw the already unstable country into chaos. Antonin Kratochvil traveled to the Bhutto family's ancestral village, photographing her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, niece Fatima Bhutto, and daily life in this hostile area.
JOHN STANMEYER
In Massachusetts. Available for assignments
LATEST WORK: AIDS in Asia - John Stanmeyer has spent the last 5 years documenting AIDS in Asia, through 15 cities and 9 countries. The impact of AIDS in Asia is staggering. Although Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV, South and South-East Asia is the region where HIV is spreading the fastest. Some experts estimate that there are as many as six million Asians infected with the HIV virus, more than the total number of persons elswhere in the entire industrialized world.
In Massachusetts. Available for assignments
LATEST WORK: AIDS in Asia - John Stanmeyer has spent the last 5 years documenting AIDS in Asia, through 15 cities and 9 countries. The impact of AIDS in Asia is staggering. Although Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV, South and South-East Asia is the region where HIV is spreading the fastest. Some experts estimate that there are as many as six million Asians infected with the HIV virus, more than the total number of persons elswhere in the entire industrialized world.
Pakistan Elections - On Feb. 18, 2008, Pakistan held general elections. Amidst a highly volatile climate, Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), won the majority of seats and are now expected to form the new government.
ALEXANDRA BOULAT
Yves Saint Laurent - A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world. Saint Laurent said he felt "fashion was not only supposed to make women beautiful, but to reassure them, to give them confidence, to allow them to come to terms with themselves." Lara Logan - One of Alexandra's final assignments profiles the Chief Foreign Correspondent for CBS News on assignment in Afghanistan.
Yves Saint Laurent - A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world. Saint Laurent said he felt "fashion was not only supposed to make women beautiful, but to reassure them, to give them confidence, to allow them to come to terms with themselves." Lara Logan - One of Alexandra's final assignments profiles the Chief Foreign Correspondent for CBS News on assignment in Afghanistan.
LAUREN GREENFIELD
In Los Angeles. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Tyra Banks: Media Mogul - At 34, she is an anomaly in her industry: she has posed on TV in an unflattering bathing suit, dressed in rags as a homeless person, and played basketball with Barack Obama. As of Fall 2008, Tyra will have 3 television shows on air, a production company with a record of international successes, and a modeling career. Both her talk show, “The Tyra Banks Show” and her reality competition show “America's Next Top Model“ attract more than 13 million viewers weekly.
In Los Angeles. Available for assignments.
LATEST WORK: Tyra Banks: Media Mogul - At 34, she is an anomaly in her industry: she has posed on TV in an unflattering bathing suit, dressed in rags as a homeless person, and played basketball with Barack Obama. As of Fall 2008, Tyra will have 3 television shows on air, a production company with a record of international successes, and a modeling career. Both her talk show, “The Tyra Banks Show” and her reality competition show “America's Next Top Model“ attract more than 13 million viewers weekly.
Helen Ma - Helen Ma is synonymous with Hong Kong fashion and society. A socialite with a fashion sense that pairs ornate riding boots with sequined Chanel hotpants, Ma is today's It Girl. She balances a marriage to hedge fund manager Ian Chu with the glamorous demands inherent to being a style maven and paparazzi darling - attending fashionable members-only nightclubs, hosting champagne parties, and, most recently, spinning records.
