Topic: Photojournalism

Kathy Eldon overcame tragedy by helping others tackle challenges

After losing her journalist son in Somalia, Kathy Eldon started a foundation that's touched the lives of millions.

3 great photo books

Three of the best photo books of 2011, as picked by the Monitor's photo staff.

Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris explores the nature of truth in photographs.

Cinema Eye's finalists for best 2012 nonfiction film

Eleven movies from six different countries have been named by Cinema Eye as finalists for their 2012 nonfiction award.

Good Reads: Qaddafi's pest fixation, Libya's missing weapons, and a former hostage returns to help Somalia

In today's papers, Muammar Qaddafi reveals in a recorded audio message that he has not fled the country. The Monitor's Scott Peterson reports that thousands of Libya's weapons have gone missing, and Geoffrey York finds a former hostage who returns to Somalia to make a difference.

'Peacebuilding on Screen' film series highlights human dignity, compassion, and courage in the face of conflict

The film series is a welcome reprieve, considering stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Kenya bracing for a possible fresh eruption of ethnic tensions, and brutality from Libya to Syria.

7 best books of June: Amazon editors' favorite picks

Some of this summer's most interesting books will taken you traveling: from suburban Vermont to 19th-century Paris, from the sweltering Amazon to 1950s communist China, and from psychological thriller to sci-fi apocalypse. Here are seven of the titles that drew the most enthusiastic thumbs-up from the editors at Amazon.com.

What it means for outsiders to cover war and tragedy in Africa

A reporter visits South Africa along with a copy of 'The Bang-Bang Club,' a book by war photographers that was recently turned into a movie, and contemplates the difference between covering conflict and living through it.

Crowdsourcing is good -- but not enough

The rise in citizen journalism around the world has vastly extended our eyes and ears. But journalism is still crucial to derive meaning.

Hetherington, Hondros, and the risks journalists take

The two photojournalists Hetherington and Hondros, both men at the top of their craft, were among 10 people killed in the western Libyan city of Misurata yesterday.

'Restrepo' filmmaker Tim Hetherington killed photographing war in Libya

Tim Hetherington, the photojournalist and codirector of 'Restrepo,' the documentary film about war in Afghanistan, was killed in Libya Wednesday. Three other journalists were wounded.

A photo and a simple question

A young Vietnamese girl tells her dream to a foreign photographer.

Five ways Egypt's Constitution stifles opposition

Among the demands of Egyptian protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, one of the most central is constitutional reform that will prevent a repeat of the concentration of power achieved under President Hosni Mubarak.

Vice President Omar Suleiman announced Feb. 8 that a committee had been formed to discuss constitutional reforms necessary for free and fair elections, but many protesters are wary that the reforms will be only superficial.

Below are a few of the constitutional provisions that have served to limit Egypt’s opposition and cement the government’s power.

Cartier-Bresson: A master's black-and-white world

Cartier-Bresson captured moments and movements of profound social change with an artist's eye. A new exhibition looks at 45 years of his iconic work.

'The Aftermath Project': Photographers go back after the war

The effects of war linger past the fighting, as Sara Terry found out herself when she documented a mass grave being dug up in Bosnia.

A photographer's evolution

After years of capturing news, a former photojournalist relishes the freedom to manipulate the image.

Photojournalism enters a golden age

As the importance of real-time news and images rise, photojournalism is gaining greater cultural currency.

Your label here: the power of words in a picture

The Monitor's language columnist considers how the labels put on news stories and public events shape our thinking.

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