Photojournalists Alessio Mamo, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Ed Ram and Anastasia Vlasova have covered the situation in Ukraine since the Russian invasion last February. We hear from them about their experiences
Robert Capa, one of the world’s most celebrated war photographers, used to say: “If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” In this very simple sentence lies the dangerous challenge of photojournalists engaged in a conflict, where “being close enough” means looking at war point-blank in all of its brutality. It means aiming the lens at bodies torn apart by bombs, at buildings destroyed by missiles. It means staying with your feet firmly on the frontline, even putting your own life at risk.
Teachers and journalists are trained in the use of weapons in Zaporizhzhia, April 2022.
