Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 23, 2014

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Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Justin Maxon’s compelling work on Chester, Pennsylvania, a city with high number of unresolved murders. The photographs show family members who have lost loved ones, paired with images of murder sites as well as related items such as newspaper clippings, diary entries, and drawings. Together, they create compelling triptychs that convey a powerful sense of loss.


Justin Maxon: Heaven’s Gain (Burn Magazine)

Kevin Frayer: Risen Again: China’s Underground Churches (Time.com) Hoz do Christians live in a country where the government is wary of organized religion.

Stanley Greene: Unhealed Wounds in Chechnya (The New York Times Lens) The photographer revisits a region he covered in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Kadir van Lohuizen (TEDx Maastricht) An enlightening TEDx talk by the Dutch photographer on his project documenting contemporary migration in the Americas.

Taking Pictures: A Way for Photographers to Protect Their Work (The New Yorker) Interview with photographer Yunghi Kim, who has become somewhat of a spearhead against photo copyright infringements online.

Putting Photojournalism Where It Will Be Stumbled Upon (The New York Times) The French founders of photography project #Dysturb, Pierre Terdjman and Benjamin Girette, hit the streets of New York last week, along with local collaborators, to paste photojournalistic images right on the walls of the Big Apple. Also on TIME LightBox here.


Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.


LOVED ONE LOST:NAME: Jabril BradleyAGE: 20DOB: 10/6/1990SEX: MaleDATE OF DEATH: 9/1/2011TIME: After MidnightLOCATION: 9th st and Ave of the States, Chester, PACIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO MURDER: Bradley was riding his bike home from a friend’s house on the east side of Chester, September 1, 2011, when an unknown gunman opened fire. He was struck in the back once and continued to ride his bike home. A number of blocks later he collapsed to the ground from blood loss. He bled to death on the street. Bradley’s family claim that he was shot because of mistaken identity. According to his mother, Bradley was supposed to still be in prison. He was serving a sentence for possession of a controlled substance and was allegedly released before his time was up. Within weeks of his murder, the FBI came looking for Bradley at his mothers house, claiming that he got released by mistake. IN PHOTOGRAPH:NAME OF FAMILY MEMBERS: Sister to Jabril Bradley: Danita Harris, 30.Son to Danita Harris: Jah’lil Harris, 3.
Triptych from the series Heaven's Gain: Loved one lost: Jabril Bradley, 20. Date of death: Sept. 1, 2011. Time: After midnight. Location: 9th Street and Avenue of the States, Chester, PA. Justin Maxon
A new Chinese Christian man is dunked in the water in a small tub as he is baptized during a ceremony at an underground independent Protestant Church on Oct. 12, 2014 in Beijing, China.
From the series Risen Again: China’s Underground Churches A new Chinese Christian man is dunked in the water in a small tub as he is baptized during a ceremony at an underground independent Protestant Church on Oct. 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images
Chechen Island, Dagestan, 2013.
From the series Hidden ScarsMaryam, the only young girl living on Chechen Island. Her mother Patimat, is the island's nurse. Her father was killed at sea, while drunk, and she lost her two brothers to cancer. She stays on the island because of her mother. Chechen Island, Dagestan, 2013.Stanley Greene—Noor
Rafts are used to transport local people, migrants and goods across the Suchiate river between Guatemala and Mexico.
From the series Via PanamRafts are used to transport local people, migrants and goods across the Suchiate river between Guatemala and Mexico. Kadir van Lohuizen—Noor

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