Photojournalism Daily: Nov. 12, 2014

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Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd’s work documenting the legacy of Peru’s “dirty war.” Thousands went missing during the conflict, which lasted from the early 1980s to 2000; since 2006, authorities have unearthed more than 2,900 sets of remains from the 15,000 estimated to have been “disappeared.” Abd’s photographs show the emotional second burial of men who were slain in the remote Andean village of Huallhua, in Ayacucho state, in 1990. Their remains were recently exhumed and returned for a proper burial, giving families a sense of closure nearly a quarter-century after their deaths.


Rodrigo Abd: Peru’s Dirty War Victims (The Associated Press Images)

Denis Sinyakov: Moscow nightclub caters to women (CNN Photo) These photographs from a Moscow club show how its owners do their utmost to please female clientele.

The Images that Moved them Most: Photographers on America’s Veterans (TIME LightBox) Powerful collection of pictures and words from photographers who have covered America’s most recent wars.

Processing the News: Retouching in Photojournalism (American Photo) Scott Alexander continues the important debate surrounding the industry’s ethics of retouching.

War photography: what happens after the conflict? (The Telegraph) New show at London’s Tate Modern – Conflict, Time, Photography – looks at wars and battles through the visual representation of their aftermath. Tate Modern’s curator Simon Baker explains the thinking behind the exhibition.

The first photograph of a human being (Mashable) The fascinating story behind the “earliest known photograph to include a recognizable human form.”


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.


Peru Dirty War Victims Photo Essay
From the series: Peru's Dirty War VictimsTears run down Udilia Ciguria Curo's face as she slowly inspect the remains of her brother Hector Curo Palomino during a one day candle lit wake inside the their home, as is local custom, in Huallhua, in Peru's Ayahuanco region, Oct. 28, 2014. Curo was in his 20s when he was killed defending the town with two other members of the village's citizen self-defense force so villagers could escape from Shining Path militants on June 14, 1990. His remains were only recently exhumed and handed over to relatives, allowing them to bury him properly 24 years later.Rodrigo Abd—AP
Male workers are seen inside Marusya, a nightclub in Moscow that caters to women.
From the series: Moscow nightclub caters to womenMale workers are seen inside Marusya, a Moscow nightclub.Denis Sinyakov
AUGUST 2006: Three wounded U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division await evacuation by helicopter from Kamdesh, Nuristan province. They were ambushed and suffered wounds to their eyes and foreheads.  (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg)
From the TIME LightBox post: The Images that Moved them Most: Photographers on America’s Veterans Three wounded U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division await evacuation by helicopter from Kamdesh, Nuristan province. They were ambushed and suffered wounds to their eyes and foreheads. Afghanistan. Aug. 2006.Robert Nickelsberg

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