Red Shirt Protests: Day 46
When I began photographing the Red Shirt protests, over six weeks ago, it would have been easy to confuse the gathering at Bangkok’s Phan Fa Bridge for the Thai equivalent of a European music festival. You could never make the same mistake now.
Red Shirt Protests: Day 8
The carnival atmosphere returned, on the surface at least, to the anti-Government Red Shirt protests in Bangkok today. The Reds temporarily abandoned their stronghold at Pha Fa Bridge and set-off on a rally through the city streets.
Finbarr O’Reilly’s photographs from the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Boston Globe’s Big Picture web site has rapidly become a popular resource for anyone interested in photojournalism. They’ve just published a series of photos taken by Reuters photographer Finbarr O’Reilly from the Congo. The situation in the Congo continues to deteriorate as the army, the UN and rebel forces move rapidly towards melt-down in [...]
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2009: Scholarships announced
The 2009 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop will take place in Manali in India’s Himachal Pradesh region from 26th July to 1st August. The Foundry Workshops were created to provide a low-cost opportunity for aspiring photojournalists to practice their technique, hone their skills and to build a network of other photographers working in their field. Students get [...]
A Year in Pictures: December 2008
How best to conclude a pictorial summary of 2008? I think this is appropriate. 2008 has been a year of change and readjustment for me. It concluded with me planning several exciting projects for 2009 and I think the final entry in next year’s blog promises to be really interesting. One of the projects I [...]
