For two decades the story of a young American, female photojournalist, etched in film, remained stored in my file cabinet. It was time for these images to see the light of day and to tell the story of Yola Monahkov. — Yola Monakhov was 26 years old when she caught a bullet while working in Israel. She would have died if not for the fast actions of her Associated Press colleagues, who rushed her to the Haddassah hospital where the doctors there put her back together. …

Women in Photojournalism from the Film Era — the next phase, housekeeping and logistics. — Part One: How The List Took Root As you know I have been working on a list of women photojournalists from the film era: the “Silent Generation” project, I have titled it. This list came about because of the broad and manifest knowledge gap that exists today about the contribution women photojournalists (and editors) from the film…

Revisionist history threatens to whitewash The Silent Generation — women who paved The Way. “For a very long time, we’ve been predominantly looking at the world through the experience and vision of male photographers,” wrote photographer Daniella Zalcman. This is a sexist and ageist quote. It was published in a…

Fifteen years ago, at the start of the war on Iraq, I left Turkey and walked for four nights through monsoon-like rains into Iraq. I was on assignment for Time. I didn’t tell this story for ten years. — *This article contains graphic photos* April 9, 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. There was a small group of photographers camped out on the Turkish border with Northern Iraq, in the small towns of Cizre and Silopi. I thought entering Iraq would be a cakewalk: All…

It boggles the mind! Email sent to the leadership of Poynter (Journalism) Institute to counter this piece harvesting free image use “These Tools will help you find the right images for your story” Dear Mr. Neil Brown I am writing to you because I am shocked, baffled and deeply disappointed…

Ten female photojournalists share the stories behind their iconic award-winning images — Joanne Rathe Strohmeyer documented the first black community permitted to take public buses with whites during Apartheid South Africa. Jane Evelyn Atwood was the first photojournalist to intimately document the AIDS crisis in Europe. It was the first time an AIDS sufferer permitted his face to be shown in Europe…

Indispensable pointers from women photojournalists who’ve seen and done it all — COMBINED they represent over 300 years of knowledge; women who in their own right have made their mark in photojournalism. With stoicism and pride, they have traveled deep and wide, to all corners of the world. …