A recent picture of mine from the North Korean border town of Kaesong got double-page display in this week’s TIME magazine. Here’s an essay about the photo on the magazine’s Lightbox Tumblr.
Here’s a excerpt:
“I think that the photo is interesting because you can only see the exclamation point — it makes you begin to understand how ubiquitous the propaganda is inside North Korea. At the same time, there is a very noticeable absence of advertising there. In New York, we live with several-story-tall underwear ads looming above us. There, it’s the constant reminder of the regime at every corner.”
For more of my recent North Korea coverage, take a look at TIME’s Lightbox blog
The traveling exhibition War/Photography will be at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles until June 2nd when it heads to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. and the Brooklyn Museum.
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY encompasses over 150 images going as far back as 1887 through present-day and is arranged by themes presenting both the military and civilian point of view including the advent of war, daily routines, the fight itself, the aftermath, medical care, prisoners of war, refugees, executions, memorials, remembrance and more.
Video link here
The 2013 International Center for Photography Infinity Award for Photojournalism.
The use of everyday photography, even in times of tension. A profile of my North Korea pictures on NBC Nightly News.
The @natgeo Instagram account was the honored recipient of a Shorty Award (@shortyawards) for best brand presence on Instagram. We beat out other finalists MTV and Oreo cookies. Oreos on Instagram?
I just arrived in #Pyongyang. I wonder if there’s anything good on TV tonight?
Marking a decade of war in Iraq. I’m posting a set of my pictures taken in Iraq in 2003.
Marking a decade of war in Iraq. I’m posting a set of my pictures taken in Iraq in 2003.
My North Korea iPhone photography is now being featured by the instagram folks on their blog at http://blog.instagram.com and on their account at http://instagram.com/instagram
Or check out my own instagram feed here where I’ve been posting geolocated iPhone and iPod touch pictures from inside North Korea since the beginning of 2013.
This past week marked my 20th trip to North Korea. It started in 2000 when I accompanied then-US Secretary of State Madelline Albright’s visit to meet the late leader Kim Jong Il. During that trip, we were told not to take photos from the bus we traveled in and my hotel window was covered with a black plastic sheet.
So, fast forward to this past week when North Korea’s mobile phone service provider, Koryolink, announced that foreigners visiting North Korea will be allowed to bring in their phones and can connect to the internet on the DPRK’s 3G network.
It’s a powerful way to connect directly with the outside world from one of the most isolated countries in the world. The window on to North Korea has been opened a small crack.
Meanwhile for all North Koreans who will not be allowed access to the same services, the window remains firmly shut.
Here are a few other links to sites talking about the instagram pictures and new acceptance of 3G in the DPRK.
NPR’s The Picture Show
A Q&A on National Geographic Newswatch
Gawker
The Huffington Post
CTV News
TV5Monde
Business Insider
Buzzfeed
Track via Storify
I’m proud to post that I’ve been honored with the 2013 International Center of Photography Infinity Prize for photojournalism. Please follow this link to their website to see a list of all of this year’s winners, including the legend David Goldblatt and my friend Kitra Cahana.
See here some of the results of a year-long project with a Hasselbald XPAN camera inside North Korea.
Read AP Asia correspondent Tim Sullivan’s latest story, with a slideshow of my photos, comparing North Korea’s 2nd-tier cities to the capital Pyongyang.
